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The Telephone Trust and Municipal Ownership Debate in Chicago
A lengthy editorial argues for government seizure of patents and higher fares to curb the Telephone Trust. It praises Alderman Bauler for pushing a penny telephone plan and municipal ownership, cites Mayor Harrison and Aldermen, and notes proposed ordinances to remove nickel box phones and regulate the system.
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
Ilinois Tunnel Company
Grafters Union
Harrison
American Telephone Trust
Tobacco Trust
Standard Oil Trust
Chicago American
New York Times
New York City
Armour
Packer
New York
United States
Klondike
Bell
Harriman
Kennedy Todd
de Forest
Chicago Subway
Subway
Dimcult
National Post Office
Central
Ald. Britten
23D
Sexton
Corporation
Charles M. Thomson
Als
Bayler
Edward W. Bemis
W. J. Hagenah
Tate
Seventy Cent Gas League
Fred A. Britten
Hoover
Britten
San Francisco
Oliver Grand Jury
Board of Supervisors
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Home Telephone Company
William Kent
Daniel L. Cruke
Buffalo
N. Y
University of New York
Chicago College of Law
Lake Forest University
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Ohio