The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-11-06
DEMAND THAT PRE-WlR
PHONE RATES BE- RESTORED
Bel Company Is Charged With
Making Exorbitant Profits
and Give Rotten
Service

Oklahoma Casy. Nov S--Tae stale ..
Oklahoma. III Represented by III W
Habenshal. teic hone expert of the
corporation commission il prepared
90 ~go 10 qhe mar today with the
Southwestern Bell Telephone cora-
gAny. The case IS 10 be heard by the
corporation commission The cozn-
plainans asks the commission TO re-
casre the ~oupanv to regaTn 40 Ns
iyre-wAr rate schedule and I'm Grove IT'S
service.
The telephone department. o. ehe
gsonsrais son has kaYt q record 81 coTs-
plaincs, sD6 has rrepared sabf~
showing sAe increase in numbers thus
wear over last Up 20 Nortmeer 4.
sAls wear. there were approximately
shree times as many kicks as there
we're a4l last year Mos os ih|1r
were against dhe Southwestern Ba4i.
The clAsMs of coM9lalats ase atse
aAhufaaed and compared in Ferx~ns-
ege Records show snary more corEa-
plants agzins- service than aisaansz
rates
The prosecution ~ the case against
the corvnny viii be conducted ny q
n ThraveS. coun@e.ar i0r the gpTTs0r-
xgsou commission. tie wSaa ~r'en the
csse with ahe following ssatemsni.
which he expects 70 sulNcRv ay evs-
dence.
We exHecs 10 prove that IN MarcA-
1915. ahe cg.fgscraGipn eaEnnlissl put
into effecU q schedule at rates whsch
increased the rates In effect fr-ior 70
sl1ar tine practically 10 Ger ce-T- Thai
thereafter an January o. 1873. she
federal eayernsneEl permitted his
company so Increase iss soll rsiss and
lAger 0r Mav 4 lsaA no 8n~~eare its
lenia! rates Thext Increases sglox "a
nv che federal e9gsvmzaenE Increased
Tie gzges sA snTn feet 1s tbs cor
po7Aaion c0snmAss ION frsau IS 10 A.
l.er cent IN s schedule 0f rasrS re
rlained in efsccf tv anfhrrisv of she
federal government nuvil Anrus- II
1913 and VIE conrinue IL efsega until
aha 4y g4raa sf scar months here
after un.sss il ahe gnf5 tune, tnsy sre
changed hV kAe ccTgAsT sgiHa c0namis-
sion 10 al fhs peesen7 time ihr
Somh western Bel Ts sgih0Ae corr
pary Is enforcing 4 ScATcu1c of wafrs
which We viii snow has in-rea nd
lis re, rsverne e9 per c~ns-
Thar ia aeaii5cn 70 tRe inc-esse M
rates allowed hss ca-aasny nv tha fee
Grad rurrrIzns nj N was allrrwFd he
reraassify lis s4rTse4 .wer'ahw q hs7
SEhsti-atea for ne tlasses n5 sp~at1e
auaAe~lzed t1r tAH cammi sion csgaa81
additional 1aAsass IL sevrl@e mserh ln
effect increase shat ciaSs Of ssaT 8se
5A9 pev cent
''Thss fn splse II The fact fha rhe
camgary has vn5aya6 an increase nf
practically 5d~ f-.r eenf in iss ne1
reverse. aha character os shs service
furnished the paAgic In ree1rn, There
for has rrs aaassy dssg~sasFsa unsll +
mas reached = rsaiH1 where II D. IN
solerabit sud in sdra4 cases ss'a1iv
Undesirable Therefore, since saae laE
g5vtTning she rase for se-vsre rend
erred Ar cubic Utilities ~eoairae Thai
regulating bodies IN ra instance al
low q ccsnIHnv to receive more from
the public thar Yis services are wosxh
we ask thar the commission recuirr
ihs company Immediately 10 pue IN
10 effect lis pre- war rate schedule and
lgson IFS tsilure TO srsT,axe its sarv-
ice thas iss rates fse fnrv hsr reduced
rnsil ffe gB5lic il nor required 7s par
more ahan the service rFnderAd * az
iAe company Is actually worsh