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Chicago Debates Telephone Trust and Municipal Options
A long lettered editorial argues against the Telephone Trust in Chicago, praises municipal ownership ideas, and urges action by Alderman Bauler and Armour to push cheaper automatic telephone service, with calls for a public policy vote and new rate schedules ahead of elections. It also endorses several judicial candidates and frames the broader fight over rates, trust power, and public ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telephone Trust
Chicago Daily News
National Senate
Interstate Commerce Comittee
Kenyon
Ald
Herman J. Bauler
Chicago Telephone Company
Bauler
Council
Chicago
J. Ogden Armour
Illinois Tunnel Company
Grafters Union
Chicago American
New York Times
New York City
Armour
Packer
Harrison
American Telephone Trust
Tobacco Trust
New York
United States
Klondike
Bell
Harriman
Kennedy Todd
de Forest
Chicago Subway
Subway
National Post Office