The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-18

lectly pays the losses inyOlseQ ia ia.
+ lefforts 10 FURNISH service at less 1nal
: It's fair cost, either through the las
!. OF the capital myois III, the iosses 81
eident to pcor service or In nes
sary increase in. charges required t.
pay for-dupiication OF capital.
Ne believe that TIE Hignest com
merciai value = the telephone ser
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vice depe completeneea.-. u
mot only
Isolated se6
dependentl -;
adjusted
tain tbd elop
{ making a every one @
& be connected. W10 VII add to the val
nc cf the system, thus giving the
greatest value to The greatest number
that tbs interdependence Of The tele-
II halc service and Che value OF com
riete and universal intercommunica-
lion justify and require some services
partly at The expense Of the wAcre.
i We believe that tlIis highest com
mercial value can only be attained
By one system under one commoa
control and that it cannot be given
shy independent systems unless they
are operated under agreements which
result in ono common control and one
common interest, in effect max ne
them single system.
We believe that the rates should be
so adjusted as to afford the company
sufficient revenue to pay such WAGES
and compensation as Will secure the
most eiIieient service; to maintain the
very highest and most advanced stan
dards Of plant and apparatus, to car
IA on such scientific and experimen
tai research and Inventions as to ap
paratus and methods as to insure the
highest standards, and 10 carry to re-
serve and depreciation such amounts
as will enable The company at any
time to replace old plant and old
methods with new plant and new
methods as fast as they can Be deyei-
nped and found 10 be 10 the adyan-
tage Of the service We beilrve that
in addition, such fair charges should
he paid upon the Investment in plant
as will enable the company al ans
line to obtain money necessary to pro
vide the plant required to meat til,
continuing demands of the pupilc; and
duplication OF effort may be avoided
and uniformity Of purpose and corr
mon control be enforced. that Their
should be a centralized general ad
ministration in close communication
@ith and having general authority
over the whole on matters common t
all or matters of general policy.
We believe that any surplus beyom
that necessary to equalize dividsnds
on fair basis should b. nsed by
The company for the benefit Of tbs
public and should be inallenabIe fol
any other purpose and should be
tither invested in revenua-carning
plant until necessary to substitute
plant which may become inadequat'
or obsolete, or should be used L
make the service cheaper or let
Ter.
We believe that under proper gov
ernmental control and regulation til
profits from promotion or operation
allowed to be distributed should no
be so large as to warrant or tempt
complete duplication OF plant and o.
ganization, with It's duplication of Its
capital charges and its organization
operating, maintenance and depreci
alton expense: and we do not believe
that utilities giving fair rate on e.
Goiont and sufficiently comprehensive
universal service should be subjec
to limited competition, not giyint
such service, Competition which ig
nores the obligation to furnish a com
piete and comprehensive service il
not competition, is not for the bone
TT of the public, in that it does not
reach the whole public Interested
#, therefore complete duplication
with its dual exchange connecri9a
dual bills for service. IS a aretcn
site to complete Compensation, Sovega
ment control and regulation eaano5
go hand in hand with competition
We believe that record Of IS
nj, e,,~to,, vii; ~ ,1-s,.,t.,F Ia, sl,c
public as fully in accord with thase
declarations Consistent, adhsrsace
TO this policy has given the public
of the United States the besf, most
comprehensive and cheapest tale-
phone service in the world and
made the Bell standards the $ md
ards of all nations.
To remove any possible excuse for
misapprehension on account Of the
many misleading statements 5tic1
Unnecessary and decentralization