The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-11-12
Citizens Protest
Against Increase
RESOLUTIONS ADOPT sON
PHONE RATE INCREASE
JACKSON GATHERING

A citizens meeting was held on
"Wednesday afternoon Of last week
in the directors room of the Grenada
Bank fer the pUri.ose of getting at
The sentiment Of the community re-
Iative to the proposed increase in
rates being asked by the Cumberland
Telephone and Telegraph COMPANY.
DR.. j. P. BrOadstreet was made chair
man of the meeting and Mr.. W. NJ
Mitchell secretary. the resolutions
which follow were uninousiy adopted
and o. F. Lawrence was named to
so to Jackson to appear before the
| Railroad Commission to present the
| resolutions:
''Whreas the Mississippi public is
advised that the Cumberland Telc-
phone and Telegraph Company will
ask the Mississippi Rail Road Com
mission for the State authority to in
crease its rental and toll rates in
Mississippi; and,
Whereas the public has been ad-
vised that the question will be l.eard
by the Rail Road Commission 1T its
meeting in the City Of jackson, Nov.
4, 1920, and in view Of the notice to
the public, we assume that the Rail
Road Commission desires to hear
from the citizenship of the State who
must pay the expense of any increase;
and,
Whereas it would seem that for
mer increases allowed the said Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company by the
Federal Government and by the Rail
Road Commission would be- sufficient
to meet the ends about which the said
Company complains, but if not, then
then the Cumberland Tel, & Tel.
Company indicts itself fer ircompen-
cy and want OF proper knowledge of
its own affairs, which, if true, iusti-
fles the public IL believing th"t il the
proposed increase row being asked
fer IS allowed. it will be bHt an ex-
cuse or stepping stone to still furrher
rate increases; and,
Where's there is downward
trend in prices and 1ates throug, out
The Country, fact which meets with
the earnest and most sympathetic
Of the public generally;
Therefore Be it Resolved by the
of Grenada, Miss, in mass
Meeting that IL cur judgment to IT.
,rease the rates, cr to allow an in
rease, of any public service corpora
ion in the face of the downward
rend OF prices and tie conditions
hat confront the people would be
ighly preju1ical to the public veal
nd sigccl to proftcers IN general
hat Mississippi frowns upo the idea
i ever q few steps toward pre-war
ricec.
''Be it further Resolved that the
all Road Commissio, be most re-
pectfully urged to deny the request
f the saic Telephone & Telegraph
company fol an increase in rates liz
nyway whatever for the reasons
bove setforth and sundry others,
nd that a copy of these resolutions
2 either forwarded by mail or sent
| person to the Rail Road Commits
on so that that body may be in pos
ession OF them i. time to consi 'er
,me tomorrow"
There were representative citizens
rom every part of the STATE before
he commission to protest against the
,crease in rates. The State chamber
the Capital was nearly two-thirds
Ill.
A line of procedure was agreed
/ and Judge Morgan Stevens and
on. Oscar Johnston named to rep
sent the citizenship of the state in
eir protest against the rate in
eas. The final hearing will be had
ecemher 20, but in the meantime,
forts are being made to get at the
act status of what the books and
e earnings of the Telephone Com
ny show.