Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-01-20

antitrust Law. one Of then Deovidel
hat when any patent granted By the |
10 used to build up trust |
Or combination the patsnt shall b fee
Isite1."
All telephone rates are now sub3osa
70 revision svsfy ave yearo.
The telephone company wants ths
city 70 raise rates and abolish The pro
vision In the ordinance calling for ~
vision every i've years.
They want 70 keep the people whees
they have them 20 that they cant -
away.
The expert" on pages ios and los
OF his report apparently feels much
sympathy for the company On this Sub
lest.
VIII the aldermen show any syn
pathy for the psopss,
e~
The telephone company wants the
public to pay high rates bssease -
the improvements II has put n the
service. II this kind Of reasoning holds
good. thea Marshall Field q CO. aal
The Fair should charge higher prices
for the eoods because Of the 1ne
buildings and other inpssvensats
they have paid for. And o. the sane
like Of argument The NSstAwseGee1
Railroad should double the price q
railroad fares because Il has erected
. 13s,o00.ooo depot.
The telephone monopoly ooliees he
ussrs Of nickel phones TO guarantee :
cents Per day. II the monthly deposit
Of nicksls falls short d ~ guarantee
the company makes the phono rentoe
pay the difference. II there shoul1
happen 70 be an excess e niehel0 the
company gobbles them an TIE phoos
renter GETS no credit for that sxoeo0.
That's the logic q the monopoly.
The Telephone Trust doesn't want
much from the City Council.
It only wants the phone rates raised
. trife. They are not high enough at
present to swell the dividends Of the
local and the parent company.
It only wants permission to install
pay.in.advance slot machines all over
the city. because people are not losing
enough nickels already.
II wants the people to bear more oi
It's earning expenses than they do now
It wants them to deposit nickel
before they can get police or fire pro
lection on an emergency call.
II wants the city to give It free
rein to carry out its designs on the
public.
II wants a great deal more.
What aldermen will sell out theil
constituents to help this monopoly?
Mayor Harrison made Q popular
move when he ordered new report
On the telephone situation. The "sx
pert" whose report 10 now In thu
hands Of the Council Committee fav
orsd the raising Of rates and . gen
eral contribution to the necessities o.
the phone gang. His report strangel!
enough showed that the Chicago
branch Of the monopoly 10 ownet
body. boots and brseches BY th'
American Telephone crowd who con
troll the telephone business Of th'
whole country. His report also show
sh~x A. rhtoo oo hro ch ~ tho u,nunp
oily is obliged to buy all Of It's equip
mept from a notorious Electric Com
pany which Is also owned by th'
American Telephone Trust. This com
pany makes its own prices for wha
It sells to the other concern and tn
people OF Chicago are expected to pa.
for the profits OF both subsidiary inst
tutions OF the Trust.
Talk about the Tobacco Trust, tn
Standard Oil Trust and every othe
trust. The trust that Is the real thin
is the Telephone Trust. This Trus
hits over quarter OF million peopl
in Chicago. Recently It has grown q
bold that II managed TO grab OF 10
the purchase OF It's watered stock
big sum OF money donated by the ger
erous Chicago public for the immed
ate relief OF the widows and orphan
OF brave fremen who gave up thei
lives last December In the discharg
OF their duty. Any alderman VIII
votes for an ordinance favoring III
Telephone Trust deserves the ignon
iny which he will certainly receive.
~
The telephone monopoly in Chicai
has grown to bs an unbearable nui
ance
The service 10 rotten.
The scandal attendant on the pas
age OF the telephone ordinance BY Il
council nvs years ago 10 not forge
ten.
The passage Of the present ord
nance win result in something mol
than scandal for the facts win I
easier TO get at.
Any alderman who votes for an 4