Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-12-04

stock. IL j. true the certain reputei rch
men have large holdings vi the stock VI
our company Oi them beng On
our Board Of DirectOrs-but not one OF
them has made any money whatsoever
out II dealing III our stock They have
all paid dollar for dollar, in cash, at par,
into the treasury OF our company, for
every share they hold, and they have
simply c5me into our company because
they believed Il 10 De sale investment.
There :, to-, upon the part Of the
public, 4 belief that the company Is
largely engaged in politics. We imagine
this feeling = cars-i By the fact that IN
the past, simply from the standpoint Of
eli Preservation, CERTAIN corporations
Eere zinsQ-t c1mp led - be in politics
bat 10 ihes- days. ~hrn the tendency Is
o. r-zlr al c9rp.1rztiors and trust affairs
INTO III 1zL..> & Central body, such
=. tt- Interstate Commerce Commission
AT ga stale c-EZ-ss-Cns, etc, 10 deal
El-1 IL c1r-1sr Il t1-l-->zs- such a.
ls--s- -el-E lz -.L-l->. = believed by the
p.1d-1c. E11-I- -- .c.ll-h thing and en-
i-e.y ---e,~=,sL-y his :. thrn-tOre 10
sac ~ r-zt'..i--y .--l &c are NOT. either
1lr-stly - .--.-s--r-y. IN politics. ia any
~sy- >1zr= 60 -4-rer. and shall not IL
We zre s1ius - attempt - give you
tie entire s-crT a. 10 our rats We
have n<sn tod, -h-n stating 10 some Of
the purl,c thzi ~ proposed starting a
can paizn Ike thi-. thAt our efforts would
u futile, that our subscribers would
turn oli % e selfish and only Look to-
ward Tie end oi getting a. cheap tele
phone rz-es A. p0>~i Ole. We DO not te-
lIeye this. We believe that the great
majority o. the public are inclined 10 be
f.lr, ami TIA, !. : not 50 much the ques-
hon 81 what our telephone rAtes arr as il
: that when Ne make statement re-
gzrtinz them. and show our true finan-
eng, that xe shall be honest, and that
the public shall know that We ARE hon
81 That when We make a statement As
70 our profits and earnings, showing Just
where the dollar that our subscriber pays
Us goe-, the public mayknoW that We are
not trying 10 deceive them or keep any
thing back that should b. shown When
We honestly do this and our position
seems 70 be- just and right, We believe
that the fairness OF the public will sus-
tain Us.
We are going 10 set forth the inherent
difficulties OF giving universal telephone
service. These articles and letters are
not 10 be piece OF special pleading or
adroit Use OF words. but a clear. bust
ness-like setting forth Of facts. We hope
before We get through, both ouselv,.s and
the public will understand each other
better. There is at least no harm to be
done in trying to accomplish this desired
result
1t il our aim to educate, please and
satisfy the public and to be educated
ourselves. IL seems to us that every cor
poration has the right OF self defense.
the same as All individual. The public
has the same right. Listen To our de-
fence and we will listen TO yours. No
problem has ever been harder for us
than Just how We were going to let the
public know truly about us, but We be-
lieve that no problem has ever been
more important to both. II We really
can make you feel that you are part
ner In our business, We shall have ac-
complished much A large part OF the
problem will be solved, il we can only
bring the public, through education, to
full understanding that there is mu-