The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-01

shall have accomplished much. A
largo part of the problem will be
solved, if we can only bring the pub.
iic, through education, to full under-
standing that there is a mutual de-
Pendence between the public service
corporations and the public, and that
public prosperity depends largely upon
the utilities that bring them in contact
with each other, and that the more
nearly perfect In efficiency and suf-
hclency the utilities serving the public
are. the more prosperity, comforts and
conycnIences the public will enjoy.
we believe our story is an interest
ing one, and we hope that everyone
will read it.
.NoTE;-As an instance of the kind
or startling news which newspapers
sometimes s9aas.; publish, we want to call
attention to, recent articles in the
nnewspapers headed, FUnited States
Government Calls Upon Two Girl Ste.
nographers to Tell Where Thev Got
Two Million Dollars to Form the Cor
Poratlon Securities and Investment
company Then the articles went on
to say that this Corporation Securities
and Investment Company was
scheme OF the Telephone Company IN
turther its purpose Of monopolizinc
telephone companies, etc.
'iu'h is tnat our company has
Seen met with a strong feeling in the
sal-that something should be done In
reheve the citizens of that state, oF
TWO telephone systems. Public n,est.
lngs have been held, and votes taker
that the telephones of one or the othor
OF the systems should be thrown ont
resolutions and letters have been sub.
nlltted to us, and we have started out
% see What we could do to relieve the
clt1zens OF that state of this burden.
we found that the independent in.
terests, operating there also onerstad
IN spokane, in the State of Washino.
t1n' and IN northern Idaho, and that
the independent interests doing busi.
ness IN Montana could not be houpbt
OF sold, so as to alone cover the nsor'
erty IN Montana, but that the purcbaaa
states infi@Gs of TS,nd tnelr eI, property in the
-nountaln sl G States Telephone and Tele,
eitbnr COMPANY ~ does not operate in
Iore; is not responsible for telepbono
condltlons there. nor does il wish IN
operate there, but we felt we n,,,st
meet the situation in Montana "a
So, IN order to be in a nosit;or ~
fI.her BUY or SELL from or to. the
ttLhoePendent interests in Montana
was formed this CORPORATION So
curltles and Investment Companv %.
corporate company, to enter into na' S
EQUATIONS with the Independent ;ntas
ests in Montana, which neUot;ation. ,henr,
are now in progress, and. If noss;bia
sP no puy these Independent interest," ;r'
NJ ontana, northern Idaho and w Wash IN
lngton, and then in the end If "Isn ihat
purpose was accomplished, the cornav
ration Securities and Investment @ tOSS[po- Snpn
pany should sell to The Monntoin I'm,
ouates Telephone and telegram c., Co."
DDany the portion of the InSenondnt Ipn Iom
pants located in Montana and Iueui eli
20 others the portion of these InSa sH,i
pIenbent Isa b plants existing in nortbern
loa9o an and Washington. i'nefh
we explain this SO tho puh1ic mo-
know that in the above Tnroy may
%HheIe % VIC say "there is no c%oru, comno,
h Tithin company, or wheels company wIshiy
rnseis, we are speaking abso,ntai,nl ,tn,n
iIuiy, and also that this CornoratiaS
securities and Investment &C CpnS purasion
gh!ch was so freely advertised 5'ihnpany, hPp
IN the newspaper refcrrcS tne
absolutely legitimate d'inu and TO 70,
ompany and organized for fbe proper
purpose stated. '"e specihc