Gunnison news-champion., 1913-12-05

tsue that certain repused rsch us~r have
ta<Ge hoSdsags ~ the stark Of oxzr com.
peny ssBs u them being % oar Hssrt
II lssxctors bot ssos oue Of them r,4,
Rs<s< any meney UhatsacSer eszf s'
dssisuG " our stSck. They have sl
pad doasar fur dollar. IN cash. af par
INTO ~ Treasury ef oar company fsl
every share they hosd. and they have
SIMPLY come INTO oar company beesssss
they keieSed st to be q safe invest.
nent-
Th~rs u, tos. upon the part u shs
public. q belief that the company u
largely engaged IN politics. We mag
Iae this feeling " caused by the fact
that 'n the past. simply from the stand
point Ut self f-preserva alton. certain cor.
Porstsonr we're almost eompeissa to bs
IN polstics; but IN these days. when the
tendency " 10 place all corporations and
trust Affairs into the hands Of a central
body. sucn as the Interstate Commerce
CommIsslsn and local state commissions.
ETC., 10 deal with the conduct of busl-
nesses such as ours. being IN pos,t,cs. a.
belsevsd by the publlc, would be a fool
Ish thing and entirely unnecessary
This rs. therefore t. state emuest,cally
that we are not, either directly OF IN
directly, IN poistscs, IN any way, shape
o. manner, assd shall not be.
Ne sre ROt Gosne " attempt to give
yoa the entire story ss to our rates
Ne have been tod, when Stating to
soaRe Of the public shat we propesed
seersinG . cenpsign hke this, that our
soorts would ke futile. shst our sub
scrlbsss W0uld turn eut To be- selfish
90 ouay bsok tO~ srd the end Of getting
e ehsap telephone rates - possible
Ue % not behese this. Ne belseve
eAst sAe greet UaJority 0f The psblic
0se lnclasssd ~ be far, and it ls not 10
much eAe question Of whst oHr teIe-
PAoRe satss sse - IL u that when we
oske . ststsmeat regarding tAem, sRd
sAow eur trae financing, thst We shall
~ hGosot, sRd thst the public shall
know that We ase h0aest. That when
We make . stoteWseUt - 10 our pru1ts
end sasniaGs, showing jsst where the
dollar that 0Hr subscriber pays W gsses,
The pablic nay know that we ere not
trying ~ deceive them or keep snythinG
heck that sA0uld be shown. VIXEN We
honestly Do this sad o0r position seems
- he just snd right, We beiieve that the
faisness u the public will sustain vs..
We sse going to set forth The inner
sss asslesltiss q E,vins sniyer.sl ssle,
letters ere nOt TO be . piece Of special
pase6iag - sawsit sse u wssas, but .
clsar, besinsss-like setting forth Of
faets. We hsPe, befsse Ne 0et tAssaGA,
bseA saessevss sRa The ps6iic wiM ~
dssssana saeA 0sAer better. TheFe y
sA lsest 10 hssn 70 - dSae in trying y
asssnQisA - Assissd pesuk-
II y sur sia = slneaAe, pasase 81
ssAisfy - Iubke - - Ae sdsesAsd
sussstvSs. u sssos - - eAaA svssy
oaVssn1isah - - Gioh4 - sef-As1sass,
tAe seae - - hAviAnal. H. puh.ie
Aas ~ seDe dUht Lis4sa - ssr T.
fsase snd We will ksesa 70 ysass. No
ps0heeR has ever been harder for ~
then jsst hOw We were going to let the
public know tFsly sbS0t W, but We be-
lieve that no problem ives ever msse
important 10 both. II We really cen
make yOa feel thst ys0 ere . partner IN
our business, we have accomplished
much. A large part Of the problem
will be solved, if we can only bring the
public, through education, to . full un-
derstsDding that there is . mutual de-