Telephone Trust and City Rates in Chicago Controversy
Public scrutiny of telephone monopolies grows as Attorney General Wickersham weighs dissolution of the Bell trust. Editorials condemn nickel-prong charges, urge rate relief, and call for government confiscation of patents while detailing investigations and political fallout in Chicago and San Francisco.
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Charles F. DeWoody
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William Kent
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Bernard E. Sunny
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