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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-03
Governor Has Promised.

That Governor Goldsborough is in
hearty accord with The movement
that has been started by the Admiral
Winfield Scott Schley Post No. 65,
Veterans of the Army and Navy of
the Philippines, Cuba, Porto, Rico
and China, to have erected in Balti-
more q monument to the memory of
the. late Rear Admiral Winfield Scott
Schley, was demonstrated at spec
ial meeting of the veterans that was
called at the headquarters Sunday aft
srnoon in that city.
Last Thursday afternoon the veter-
ans came in body to Annapolis to
do all they could in the way of Great
ing more interest in connection with
the movement. Senator Peter j.
Campbell presented TO the General
Assembly the bill for an appIopria-
ton of $4,000 for the monument,
and it was received very favorably
by members of the Senate, although
this is only the first reading that the
bill has had. The members of the
Post returned to Baltimore very much
pleased with the way it was received.
Should the appropriation that is
asked be made the Governor has
promised the veterans that he will
not hesitate to sign the bill, aud at
the me citing Sunday a vote of thanks
was rendered the chief executive by
the memb srs of the post.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-03

Il - not a auesuon OF price arone
Il is question first Of service In
the broad sense Of that term. and then
Of the lowest possible price consistent
with the rendering Of that service.
Whether from the standpoint OF de-
velopment or the quality OF the service
when compared With any publicly or
privately operated organisation, the
people IN these United States sre set
ting the very best there Is to be had
AS 20 the cost, the business and the
rates are so generally supervised by
Public Utility Commissions that the
public may be assured they are set.
ting the very lowest rates consistent
with a continuance OF good service
II each of us VIII DO faithfully and
concienttcusly her and his duty g
feel that we need have no fears lor
the result
Gentlemen. I have saved 20 the
last a thought on this subject lom q
gentleman that We an wish we could
have with us here tonight Last YEAR
at your dinner you had the president
of the company, Mr. +. H. Bethel
and he has written 20 say how sorry
he is that the press OF other matters
makes il impossible for him to be
here tonight But he has put in his
letter a thought about this very serious
matter which want 20 leave with YOU
for closing You may take 80 as "a
message from Mr.. BETHEL and one t1
which I most heartily subscribe.
IF ! were with you. I would. with
your permission. say something on
the question Of Government owner.
ship OF telephone properties. This
great question of policy is bigser
much bigger, than the business itself
Il is Of vital Importance TO every
man and woman in the country
The idea Of the founders OF this
nation was that the people themselves
should do an things possible Tor them
to do The principle applied in Cu
ropean countries IN just the reverse
There the Government undertakes 80
do all things possible for II to do
Our nation has prospered as no other
nation ever prospered. and the tale-
phone service, developed by private
enterprise, has done much toward nsa.
noting the general prosperity. Tina.
those now at the head Of our Govern
ment would reverse a policy that a7s
been this nations policy since ns
birth without the most careful con-
sideraton Of the great questions iH-
voiyed seems incouceivahle J. for
one do not believe IL possible
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-03
500 REWARD, 500

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
me dreaded disease that science has
0een able to cure in all its stages, and
that is Catarrh Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
q constitutional disease, requires a con-
stitutional treatment. Halls iCatarrh
Cure is taken internally acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system, thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in do
ing its work The proprietors have so
much faith in its curative powers that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials
Address f. ] CHENEY & Co.. Toledo
Ohio.
Sold BY all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti
patton.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-03
Fair.
SNAPSHOTS.

"A wife in hand is worth two in
Reno
Fools rush in where angels fear to
tango.
Lots of people say nothing without
even saving wood
The naked truth is a pretty cold
proposition this time Of year.
Faint heart me- r won a fair lady
bat don't let that influence you TO be a
braggart.
Many q man marries a woman, ex-
pecting her not only TO lock up to him
but to put up for him.
To carry the smile ever farther. il 5
a wise chicken that knows its own in
cubator.
Amendments to the Postoffiee bill
to strip the P0stmaster-General of
power to lower rates AMI alter regula-
tioDs Of the parcel post were thrown
out by the Senate.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-03
METEOROLOGICAL ] SUMMARY.
Monthly R,port Of The Weather
Bureau.

DR.. Oliver L. Fassig, Section Di-
rector Of the Weather Bureau, has
issued his monthly meteorological
summary of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture.
The report shows the highest at
mospheric pressure to have been 3O.7
on February IL, and the lowest was
29.46 on February z. The highest
temperature for the month of Febru-
airy was 81 degrees on February a,
and the lowest g degrees on Febru-
airy 10.
The greatest precipitation for the
month, in twenty-four hours, was 1.O2
inches on February IS and ID, the
total for the month being 2.89, snow
fall, ia. The prevailing direction
of the wind was north.
There were IL clear days, partly
cloudy days, 10 cloudy days and 8
DAYS on which there was .01 inch or
more, precipitation. The foggy days
in February were February 8. 4, 6, Z,
10, 10, 26 and %. e
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-03

We have heard good deal recently
In regard to Government ownership
OF the telephone and telegraph. We
do not believe II TO be our duty either
to champion that plan or violently TO
oppose II. When the people Of this
country decide that IL is their wish
that the Government OF the United
States own the telephone and tele
graph, then the Government OF the
United States will own them There
is no doubt about that
We do not intend TO set ourselves
up In opposition TO the expressed wish
OF the people--that isn't our plan or
our policy--but we are going this far:
II viii be our policy 10 present the
salient facts; we do believe It IS our
duty to let the people OF this country
know just what is involved IN the
proposition of Government ownership
II you viii compare the progress Of
the telephone business where IL is un.
der the direct ownership and opera.
ton by governments with the prog
ress OF the telephone business in this
country. you will be convinced that
there is an underlying difference Of
some sort.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-03
SPECIAL HEALTH WARMING FOR
MARCH.

March is a trying month for the very
young and elderly people. Group
bronchial colds, lagrippe and pne1-
nonia are TO be feared and avoided.
Foley's Honey and Tar is great tami-
~ medicine that will quickly stop a
cough, check the progress OF colo,
and relieve indamed and congested AR
nsssaves y. G. Rhodes, Middleton,
Ga. says:l La grippe gave me
hacking cough for which got no re-
lief until took Foley's Honey ana lar
Compound, and was soon well OF pom
cough and cold. Feldmeyer bios,
ANNAPOLIS, Md. mo-iV-lt-z4 =
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-03

Personally, / have no fears or mis-
givings as TO the result Of this legis-
lation.
This opinion Is based in part on my
confidence in the good Judgment o.
the American people, and more partie-
ularly on the good work done in the
past BY each and every employe Of the
Bel System and which good work
know you win continue to do in the
future.
Through these individual efforts the
public has been trained to expect and
demand good service. and they VIII
not consent 10 any change which does
not guarantee a continuance Of this
same character OF service.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-03

If we consider only the question OF
development we find that of the
cities possessing 10000 telephones and
over considerably more than half are
situated in the United States.
There are at least 80 American
towns where there is a telephone 20
fewer than every 10 of the inhabitants.
In Europe there is only one. London.
with population more than three
times as great as Chicago, has fewer
telephones. Paris Is twice the size OF
Boston, but possesses little more than
half as many telephones.
In the whole Of the United Kingdom
there are only about as many tele.
phones as In New York and Chicago
In all France there are fewer than in
Chicago alone; in all Russia there
are fewer than in Philadelphia; in
Austria fewer than in Boston; IN
Italy fewer than in Los Angeles; IN
Spain fewer than in Toledo, Ohio: IN
Belgium fewer than in Kansas City,
and in Hungary fewer than I'm Pitts.
burgh
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-03
MuLTARY REGIMsNT wANTEDI

Yes. a military regiment IS wanted
All at ence in New York City, as you
viii see by reading the 24-page Illus
trated Magazine of next Sunday New
York World This Magazine viii also
present ia complete form one OF the
best IS short stories ever written,
story abont really and truly fairies,
another great drawing by James Mont
rorery Fiagg. strange romance
about 8 girl and train rubber, etc.
etc. rhe Sund ~ World is BY far the
best sunday newspaper IN the llniteu
States. Order it in advance. Stm2
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-03

We are told that the experience Of
the Postoffice Department with respect
to the parcel post Is proof positive
that that department would be equally
successful In handling the telephone
and telegraph business. I submit to
you II is no proof at all
What has the Posto6ice Department
done IN creating the parcel post? Has
1t done anything more than announce
a new rate for certain classes of mali
matter and then supply the necessary
force for handling the increase Of
mail matter resulting from the estab.
lishment Of the new rate? II has NOT
entered any different line Of business;
IL has not gone into a highly organ.
lied technical business; It has sim.
ply increased the amount Of business
IT formerly transacted, and / am told
that # has done this so far without
even arranging for adequate compen.
sation to the railways which are hand
ling the increased tonnage
Now. II you want a real comparison.
Il seems TO me you viii have TO con.
slider that the Postoffice Department
had decided 10 take over the railways
necessary for handling the postal
business. to equip them with engines
and mail cars. and then 10 operate
such roads by running the trains The
Postofice Department has done moth.
ing approaching that
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-03
Church Oyster Supper.

An oyster supper for the benefit
Of Trinity M. f. Church, South, An
napolis. will be held on Wednesday,
March 4. 1914, from to 10 p. m. at
207 West street. Tickets, 20 cents. :
SITES.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-03

We may take the figures IN yet an
other way Roughly speaking. there
Is one telephone for every nine Ameri
cans. Remember this ratio in the
United States. one telephone to every
nine persons. IF the same proportion
obtained in Europe. Denmark would
have times as many telephones as
she actually possesses. Sweden, 3ik
times; Norway, Az times; Swltzer.
land. times; Germany, 61s times;
Great Britain. TX times; the Neither
lands II times; Belgium, nearly rs
times as many: France. 10 times; Aus.
tria, all but 80 times Hungary, 81
times; italy. Sc times; Portugal and
Spain, about 80 times; Russia, los
times. and Greece, Servla and llul
garia, from 10 TO 204 times as many
Think of London with a population
Of over 100000 souls served by n
telephone system of about 245o00 sta
tons; of Manchester, with a popula
ton Of 100000 and 29,400 stations
Why, Baltimore has half as many peo
pie and twice as many telephones as
Manchester. Glasgow. with n popula.
tion of 100000 and $4,000 telephone
stations: of Birmingham. with popu.
lation Of 1,0690 900 and only about
$4,000 telephones of Liverpool, with
population OF 100000 and only
about $4,000 telephones.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-03

tunities because the decision as 10 the
appropriation for the telephone serv-
ice has rested with administrative
and legislative bodies, only remotely
interested in the possibilities Of the
service. not correctly informed as to
the real need for the appropriation.
The result Of the arbitrary cutting Of
appropriations, the inability Of those
responsible for the service TO get funds
at the time needed, is plainly shown
in the figures that gave you a few
moments ago
We apply the term privately own.
ed" to enterprises conducted by cor.
porations such as ours from those
owned and operated by some form OF
governmental agency, which, on the
other hand, we call publicly owned"
But when we apply the term private
ownership without thinking a little OF
really what the ownership means. we
are apt to be led into mistake.
In the first place, our business. al.
though we speak of IL as privately
owned, is really owned by the public
The American Telegraph and Tele.
phone Company has $4,000 stock.
holders.
Although we speak Of Il as privately
owned the regulation of telephone
companies by the various States and
by the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion insures a thorough control of the
enterprise at every vital point in the
public interest. Telephone companies
are subject TO the regulation Of the
Interstate Commerce Commission and
Of State Commissions in Il out of the
IS States in the Union.
Although the line between the pri.
vately owned public service corpora.
ton subject to public regulation and
the governmentally owned and oper
ated utility Is by no means so hard
and fast as one is first apt to think of
1t. there remains, of course, the essen.
tial difference which justifies the two
terms.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-03

government accompanied suon a
thing And. too, our Government IS
no more forehanded than most gov
ernlnents in its appropriations for the
needful things.
In so vital matter as the public
defense we End the admission By Sec.
rotary Of War Garrison 70 a Congress
sional committee several days ago
that the Withholding Of appropria-
tons by Congress had brought about
condition where It would take, with
every available facility and unlimited
money. two years 10 get the ammuni.
ton and armament stock Of the army
to a point where we could 90 TO war.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-03

Another point for consideration Is
the question OF taxes. During 1918
the Bell system alone paid 1000. 600
IN taxes to the Federal Government in
the various States and municipali
ties. The Government pays no taxes
even on its real estate. Government
ownership would mean that the So.
100000 now contributed By the Bell
telephone companies alone 70 the
Government in the various States.
cities, towns and villages would have
to be raised by additional taxation Of
the whole people whether they are
telephone subscribers or not.
Take roads II is the common ex
perience Of almost all Of our States in
road building. where the State itself
has charge OF the building Of the
roads. that the waste has been enor.
nous and that there is hardly a time
when the necessary repairs TO the
road are done at the time they arc
necessary, but actually after the road
Is worn out.
There Is no more justice in compar
ing telephone conditions and tele
phone service and the telephone prob
lem I'm this country and IN Europe
than there would be I'm comparing the
service Of a street railway Of 25 years
ago, with horses for motive power
with the service Of our New York sub
ways.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-03

But however the telephone business
is to be conducted, the public is en-.
titled to expect the same treatment
that Is, good service at the most rea.
sonable rates, with a liberal policy as
to extension; and these three things
depend, first upon an efficient alert
and, as near as may be, unchanging
management and force OF employees;
second, the command Of sufficient
money promptly to make needed ex.
tensions.
OF the FIRST. Mr.. Goethals, in his let.
ter Of January II, addressed to Mayor
Mitchell regarding the Police Commits
sionership Of the City of New York,
points out the vital weakness Of try
ing 10 obtain results without the
power TO compel service. He states
Il thus: Attractive as your offer IS,
| would be Obliged TO decline II so
long as the present law remains in
force by which removals from the
police force are subject to review with
decision based on legal evidence. In
public work of any kind efficiency can
be secured only when the service Of
those engaged in IL is satisfactory
to superiors, and while fully believe
In the right OF every man to have
hearing, the decision Of the superior
as 20 the character Of the mans serv.
ice should be final. In cases where
a man whose services have not been
satisfactory can be reinstated by a
court of review, the effect on disci.
pline and efficiency is most Injurious
It undermines authority, leads to in.
subordlnatlon, tends to destroy the
loyalty and cooperation which the
executive authority must have to Sc
cure results and makes HIS authority
of Office impossible"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-03

II has long been the opinion Of great
economists that public utilities calling
for a more or less high degree OF tech
nical ability and the employment Of
great many men, such as transports.
ton, telephone. telegraph, etc, can
best serve the people when privately
owned and publicly regulated.
We al know that the United States
Is the best country 10 live in and that
our form OF government is the best
form OF government. But az the same
time we know that the Government
has never been remarkable for its
ability to do things economically, and
II Il can furnish the telephone-tele
graph service Of the country cheaper
than private enterprise can furnish
II II win be the FIRST tins that shA
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-03

Let us look at case on this side Of
the water on January I, 1908. the
Province Of Manitoba, in Canada
purchased TIE privately owned tele-
phone system. At that time the Hon.
r. p Robin. Premier, and Attorney.
General G. r. Campbell promised bet
ter service at half the cost What
happened:
March /, 1908 Rates I'm Winnipeg
for certain classes Of service were In
creased % per cent.
February. 1909--.Inferior party line
service was introduced and a slight re-
duction made.
March, 1910 Chairman Of the tele-
phone commission declared the rural
rates inadequate.
May. 1871 ~ Long-distance rates
doubled and time limit decreased from
three TO two minutes.
November 1911--Chairman Of tele-
phone commission reported a loss for
The year Of $4,000 without making
any provision for depreciation
December, 1911-Exchange rates for
The whole Province practically dou.
bled
Commenting on this, the Montreal
Gazette of December is, 1911, said:
Some Of the advocates Of public
ownership seem to have thought that
having got the Government to take
over the service, It would be easy to
get cheap telephones by putting a part
Of the cost on the general taxpayers.
It is not wen 10 put the cost Of per-
onal ice f6r some Of the people
upon an the people"
II Is hard TO remember statistics,
but I want 10 get this simple fact
in your mind because it comes pretty
near telling the whole story. In the
whole Of Europe. out Of every 100
communications sent by mail tele-
graph or telephone, % of the 100 are
carried by the telephone. Now what
do we find in the United States under
private ownership? Out Of every 100
messages we find as against 26 in
Europe so messages sent by telephone.
Gentlemen, this hasn't Just hap.
pened!"
want TO repeat what l said when
/ started In to talk about Govern
ment ownership. A majority Of the
citizens OF this country are going 10
have what they want We are not
going TO oppose them, but If 2 real
campaign ensues in which this Is a
real issue we are going to make the
public acquainted with such facts as
we possess, and then the people must
judge for themselves.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-03

In the European countries appro-
priations required for the extension
and improvement OF the business have
not been forthcoming. The managers
see the opportunities for extending
the development Of the service and
cannot take advantaKs Of these oppox
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-03
Government Ownership Of
The Telephones
BY NJ. X. suehler.

Second Yoesent and General Manag ne Chesapeake and Potomac
TetephoHs the Telephone Society
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-03

This fault is inherent in the man.
agement OF all Government enter.
prises and would Itself be sufficient
20 wreck the service Of Government
owned telephone system.
OF the second, one of the most i'm.
portant and vital problems Of the
telephone or any other business is the
securing OF money TO be used in pur
chasing and building the permanent
equipment necessary for conducting
the business In the telephone bust
ness this problem is a continuing one
In most other lines of business the
investment once made requires no
addition. or additions comparatively
small IN amount, but in the telephone
business the construction account IS
never closed and there is the continu.
iar need for new money During the
construction Of the Panama Canal the
Boll system expended more on the
extension OF the telephone system
than the Government did on the con.
,ruction Of the canal Sixty million
dollars viii be required this year in
the companies of the Bell System
Under Government ownership If the
city or territory served by the Gov,
ernment-owncd plant grows after it,
arst installation to a point where there
are additional territory and consumers
lamoring for extensions OF the seTY.
ice. these cannot be made except by a
special appropriation Consequently,
1t has been the experience that under
public ownership extensions are not
made with nearly the liberality or
the promptness that exists under pri.
vate ownership.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-03

What is said of exchange develop.
ment and exchange service can also
be said of toll development and toll
service. The European governments
for the most part construct such toll
lines as are constructed when they
are forced to do so by an excessive
demand our policy has ever been
to construct the lines ahead of the
demand. to be ready when the demand
comes to show the value of the serv.
ice and thus help to create a demand.
our policy has been to build for the
peak of the load instead of for the
average load. and there is a vast DIFF
ference both in the amount Of invest
ment required and in the convenience
TO the public between these two poll.
cies
In the Bell System I'm the United
states there are 100000 telephones
working together TO take care OF the
telephone needs OF the people Of this
country-tw twice as many telephones
operating under a single system in
the United States as there are under
oil Systems and all companies in the
whole of Europe.