Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-12-01

dollar, in cash. al par. into the treas
ury OF our company, for every share
they hold. and they have simply come
into our company because they bel
lieye Il To be safe investment
There n, too, upon the part OF the
public. belief that the company is
largely engaged In ppiilics. We imag-
Inc this feeling Is cIused by tho fact
that in the past simply from the
standpoint OF self-preservation, GER
tain corporations were almost conn
PEELED TO be In politics. but Ia these
dpys. when the tendency is To place
an corporations ana trust affairs into
the hands Of a central body, such az
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion and local state commissions,
20 deal with the conduct of busi-
nesses such as ours, being in politics
M believed by the public. would be a
foolish thing and entirely unneces-
sary This Is. therefore. 20 state em-
phatically that Ne are not, either di-
rectly or indirectly. la politics. In any
way, shape or manner. and shall not
be.
We are going TO attempt 90 give
you the entire story as 90 our rates.
We have been told when stating 20
some OF the public that We proposed
starting campaign like this. that
our efforts would be- futile; that our
subscribers would turn out TO be
selfish and only look toward the end
OF getting as cheap telephone rates
as possible. We do not believe this.
We believe that tho great majority OF
the public are inclined To be f,iir. and
that IL IT, not SO much the question uf
what oui telephone rates are az IL n
that when We make "a statement re-
gnrding them. ana show our true o.
nancing. that We shall be- honest, and
that the public shall know that we
are honest. That when we make d
statement as 20 our profits and earn
ings. showing Just where the dollar
| that our subscriber pays us goes. the
public may know that SIC are not
l trying 60 deceive them or keep any
I thing back that should be shown
/ when we honestly de- this aud oin
position seems Co Doe just and rieht
We believe that the fairness OF tht
public wiz sustain us
/ We are going 10 sci forth tho in
| herent difficulties of giving uniftt
sal telephone service. These article,
and letters are not 90 be- "a piece al
| special pleading or ndroit use o
words. but clear. husinoEs-liko set
ting forth Of facts. W. hope, before
we get through, both ourselves an,
the public will understand each oihol
better There s. az least no harm @
De done en- trying Co accomplish thl
desired result,
n b. our aim tu educate. please an'
satisfy the public and go he edceatc'
ourselves. ID seems to ua that ever
corporation has the right Of solt-dc
fense the Same as an Individual TIA
public has the same right Listel
TO our defense and we VIII listen q
{ yours. No problem has ever hce'
: harder for uN than just how we wcr
+ going 10 lct the public know trul
about ua. but We believe that n
problem was ever more important L
+ both. n We really can make you fee
that YOU are partner In our husl
+ ncss. we shalt have accompiisho
, lmuch large part ~ the pfohlei
/ lwnl be solved. " we can only hrin
q the public. through education 90
! lfun understanding thai there rs mu
/ ltual dependence between tho PUBL
y service corporations and the nubh
r and that pubic prosperity depend
+ largely upon the utilities that hrin