Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1913-02-15

Wnen the appropriation for County
Treasurer was discussed, Mr.. O'Con.
nell appeared before the committee.
II believe in practicing economy, but
not at the price Of efficiency" he
said. Il believe there Is malice be.
hind this movement to cut $63,OOO
from the appropriation for my ONCE.
Even the story Of the proposed whole.
sale cut has disorganized my office.
Among Chicago's foremost finan.
ciers and business men no name
stands higher in the community than
that Of Albert @. Wheeler.
Cook County has never had an
ADLER, harder working or more pop.
ular ofiicial than County Judge John
II. Owens.
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Alderman Jaosb A. Hey has made
enc q The best aldermen Chicago
he's ever had n the City Council. His
whole record = one q achisvement.
He 10 honest aal able end hes q oil
times the courage Of bic convictions.
The citizens Of The Twenty.third Ward
have watohel m. Hsy's career n the
City Council end they are proud Of
hin. Alderman Hey win run % the
Progressive t1oket for re-eleetjon and
noa familiar With coodielons n the
ward afo already pro4ict1aG osrtain
victory for hin ct the polls.
AlAormaa Hey has lived n the
ward q ~ immediate vieintty for
ewoaty1ix yoays end has been On.
Oage1 n ne Orain. hay and coal bust.
ness at his present location. $3.50
North Halsted, for the past twsoty.
I've years. doing business under the
6rm name Of Hey Bros.
In The City Council. where b has
boo0 since 1891, Al1ssDaa Hey has
taken IN setivs part In the Legislative
WORK oe ~ city. ABB ana forcsful,
ho he's earned the respect Of he asso.
etate0 in the Council whether they
agreed o. disagreed with him. A.
chairman Of the committee on street
nomenclature he 10 responsible for
the present system OF street mum.
bsring. which 70 . decided improve.
meat over The old system. Since Mr..
Hey has represented the Twenty.third
Ward b has maintained IN once ct
1850 North Halsted street, where he
could b seen between the hours Of
and . .. m. by any Of the citizens
Of the ward.
Telephone users who have boen pay.
ing high prices 70 the Trust view With
pleasure the attitude Of Prssidenteleot
Wilson towards monopoly.
President-eleet Wilson 0ayD that
monopoly must 90 and the Phone
Trust 10 the biggest monopoly In ~
country.
Many people regret that the present
Administration has not been more VIC.
orous In it, opposition to Telephone
Monopoly than II has.
Attorney General Wickersham has
called the attention Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission to alleged dis
elimination against Independent com.
panies, especially In long distance
service.
Calling the commissions attention
to the immensely Of the subject. Mr..
Wickersham said:
There are said to be some 10000
Independent telephone companies.
representing investments aggregating
many millions Of dollars. which to.
gether operate more than 100000
telephones. No one of these companies
represents capital or business com.
parable in size with that of the Amer.
lean company or any Of It's principal
subsidiary companies.
'The American Telephone and Tele.
graph Company, either directly or
through subsidiary companies whose
stock 1t owns, operate what 10 known
generally az the Bell telephone sys.
tenn. which reaches upwards Of TO-.
900 places. distributed among prac.
tically all the states Of the union.
having some 100000 telephones in
use. and operating the principal long
distance lines between the states.
1T has an invested capital Of Q
book value Of nearly $600.000.000. It
also 10 the owner Of large block Of
stock Of the Western Union telegraph
Company. through which It practically
controls the operations Of the tele.
graph and cable lines Of that corpora,
tion."
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The dose Of knockout drops that
Johnnie Richert declared he got the
night he was "daxed" has not de.
TERED him from inviting q knockout
for his treasureship hopes.
Mayor Harrison's manly stand for
telephone competition will figure In
national politics yet. The people OF
the whole country hate monopoly.
The only thing the NUM-. Voters
gang could say against Alderman
Ryan OF the Fourth Ward was that
he opposed their pet Daxy Richert
last spring.
Lieutenant Governor O'Hara starts
In vigorously and shows that he has
the right stun In him.
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"Dazed Johnnie" Richart will hardly
do for city treasurer. He 10 not