The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-02-11
FiipIESON'S RATES
HAVE STIRRED STATE
| meal INCREASES IN TELE-
AD. RATES WERE CAMOU-
FnU' zen AS REDUCTIONS

p.;1rood Commission of
Shall the N@'-l +be +elephone COM
Georgia con'io .;o or shall these COM
l.nies Of George - 49, postmaster
anls' w ,ritbout congressional author
l. gring MIN ,',t 4os ond +ako in his
h sovereign 5 Lsos ond telegraphs ?
Ands the teIePI Ea pa;lroad Commits
Members o. ''' ,.ndvinp about this
\ on have zee" o1 weeks and the
Iestion for sever al - +l,o roora
/ thew studied about II 'le iiioi :
u' L;oc+e5 to federal usurpatlon,
|hey UO'' oro they felt inclined to
bid the mo- +ho,;+,, of the post
lhsIenge the @",'0-
kster genera .bor;+v
Has No 49,. ~ 1ooo1
They asked Judge HINES 'iie ie"
, 80. If the commission, TO give
'l''' ,.ri+ten opinion concerning
hem a WIZ, .,,orol,s authority in
se postmaster s'!0i % "a
n matter and TINS oplnIoii, ~ 10 Ul
food declares Mr.. Burleson hao
fi''Y Hs.;+r
su'llO''' ~ commission has Joined
So now inc tS4. ao,,n,;s iona
\ res with otnef sVd'e 'oiii
=, tbe country and gone INTO the
-. for the determination of the
0aiS ~ .a,-oroign states A petit
tghtS o. 'o'' 80. +oloobo,,o
Non for an order ehJ0lillls Ct ~. ~,
mpanes IN Georgia rpm pu St.,ae.+ 80
i effect the order Oh IIle p?a 'i nc ~
General making an hcredse III 'ii U1to
adon rates VIII oe H lIe"lu w "a Sai4 4 u
hby before Jquge mas S. w. 'iA'n'
the Stone Mountain vi oul''
Rates were Ihcfedseu'
What aggravated the matter anu
sve particular point 10 the opJee'lpii
( ganSt federal QSufpatioh was Che
assoc attending the revision Oh lolls
stance telephone rates oy Vhe posi-
baSter general some weeks ago II
Sas officially announced IN Washing
'bn with a fanfare OF IrumpheCs Ih3t
be postmaster generaI hau mace
sweeping REDUCTIONS IN long ClS-
sRnce rates ms was SnorIly 1ol-
|pwed by Distribution OF the posCmasrr
T generals order. Appncatlon Oh
sRis order disclosed the TACT mat tne
Rtes were not [educea' out, on tIie
|0nlEaEE were SUBSTANTIALLY lhcre4seo.
long HSI Oh examples mas oeeH
pfRea Gut Oy D. Fflhce "epsCeF' IaVe :
per Oh me hallfoad COMMISSION on
AeoEga' aho Ihese examples sho"
Ia Il II every case me postmaster gen
IaS revision was not d reouctloh-
H an increase
FiascO Found.
It is true that the postmaster gen
aa'S administration" rate is less
ban the previous rate between most
pnts but the station-to-station rate
pure fasco. Under this rate. for
Eanpe, wholesale merchant in At
la would wish to call his travelling
lSman stopping at the Dempsey
Eotel in Macon or the Hotel Savan-
hh in Savannah. If he merely called
n private branch exchange in the
sotel he would get the station-to-
patton rate, which is less than the
previous rate, But if it should hap
In that the pretty blonde who pre-
sdeS over the destiny of the private
4 wished to talk to. and if he insisted
s2en conyegsing with his travelling
/, pay a! a service" charge for a per
4 o mw,peISon call, this charge being
'o ,a.p9ta for the labor involved
5o ss'"ng the salesman to the tele-
El s.r Il It 50 happened that the
~ ''i I was not in the hotel at the
sE ns .g called, he would have to pay a
,.is charge for finding out that
H. s sian was not in the hotel. If
y 81 Sag.fsman had left word with the
Es an mat ne would be back at Il
Eo oJ,A noon the wholesale merchant
l. Dll8 q. nave to pay service" charge
IT, 5ndlng out that his salesman
AI -9 d oe back at noon. Then if he
o'l l at noon he would pay for talk
H. !, %ouid pay for getting the sales
IN 5. 4" the telephone, and would pay
II r ra,i9g previously ascertained that
, Sg..d be able to get the salesman
"'Oo'
El, AL Of which, of course, is nrenos-
fI p5 'Dl o. - piep0S-
5e2p-e do not use the long distance
IT, sgaeae for the purpose Of taIkino
j ~a station-to-stati6n T" The ('n oniS
r. Of conversation that is ever rne tr amy
by long distance te 81 vn iG ia .
ssoota;,tso-person conversation Hence 40 :