Governor-Elect Dunne Declares Focus on Reform Agenda
Governor-elect Dunne pledges to avoid entanglement with lawmakers and to push major reforms. He supports abolishing the State Board of Equalization and creating a tax commission, and backs Colonel James Hamilton Lewis for U.S. Senate. The speech criticizes utility interests and defense of Chicago home rule against a state utilities commission.
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Dunne
State Board of Equalization
Board of Equalization
James Hamilton Lewis
United States
Lewis
Si Mayer
Council
Commission
Chicago
Legislative Commission
Hotel la Balle
Dailey
Mayer
Block
Molherney
Cullerton
Richert
Senator Dailey
Alderman Cullerton
Chi
Organized Appetite
State Utilities Commission
Li Mayer
That Utilities Commission
Public outcry over Chicago telephone rates and Trust
Citizens denounce the Bell controlled local system as antiquated and costly. Aldermen face pressure to cut rates, end pay later schemes, and curb officials tied to the electrical arm of the monopoly amid malfunctions and poor service.
Chicago City Council urged to curb Bell monopoly and lower phone rates
A Chicago editorial blasts the Bell system and a trust controlled monopoly for high telephone rates and poor cross city service. It argues for a dual system, city action to lower prices, and dissolution of the telephone trust as public demand grows. It condemns over capitalization and antique methods hindering intercity service.
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Telephone Trust
Bell
Illinois Tunnel Telephone Company
Harrison
Chicago
Public authorities and Chicago rate raise questioned
A 1912 Bell Telephone annual report excuses rate increases by subscriber consent or public authority acquiescence. The writer doubts subscribers were asked and asks whether Chicago authorities will acquiesce to higher telephone rates.
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Bell Telephone System
Chicago
Public urged to cut telephone rates amid high dividends
Public scrutiny grows as telephone service profits are blamed for steep charges. Calls for across the board rate reductions intensify as observers decry continued high dividends.
Telephone trust studies three pricing classes
The telephone trust could profit if it limited service to three measured classes at 9, 12 and 20 dollars per year, but the plan would not yield eight percent dividends.
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The
Telephone Trust
Times
Spirit of
the Times
England
Chicago
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Forest Preserve
Wilson
Loop
Telephone
Big Telephone Trust
Bemis
Bell Telephone Company
Local Telephone Company
Western Electrical Company
Bell Telephone
Telephone Company
Bell Monopoly
Seyferlich
Trust
Oscar W. Underwood
Congress
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