Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, August 30, 1913, Page 4

PAGE FOUR The Eveiing Telegrai S — : A Published e ver) afternoon from o Kentucky Buiding, Lakeland, Fie . ¥ntered in the postoilice at Lake pand, Florida 4s mail matter of tu pecond clses e M. F. HETHExNGTON, EDITOR P— -HENRV BaCON, MANAGER. i SUBSCRIFTIUN RATHS: Dme year ...... conns veovese$.00 @iz monthe ..... i s e aid] Whree months .............. 120 Delivered anywhere witnin the fimits of the City of Lakeland for 10 pents a week | From the sawe oflice 18 i88ucd < THE LAKELAND NEWS, A weekly newspaper giving a resume of local matters, crop conditions, pounty affairs, etc. Sent anywhere for $1.00 per year. NEW LIGHT ON usti.e would have been douc . i . vy the court. There w.g } the slightest excuse for the dood ¢ the mob. of the State the courageous exaipl: of the sheriff of Spartanturg coun ty, South Carolira, who last week held his prisoner against great odde and asserted the majesty of consti- tuted authority.” Senator Fletcher's monumenta’' measure to provide for rural credit banks, entirely divorced irom the general currency system of the coun- try, is attracting much attention. It will probably arouse long, debate and no little antagonism in Con- gress, but in the end it is likely to become law. It will be immensely helpful to the farmer in getting him long credit at low interest on real estate security, and as the same system works well in FEurope it ought to be successful here. The Fort Myers Press is right when it says: ‘“While Senator Fletcher's rural ———-—- | credit bil) may not get a place at the special session of Congress, it stands GENERAL SHERMAN | & pretty fair show, from present in- During the last generation Clara Louise Kellogg was the most fam. ous of our native American prima donnas. She married years ago and retired from the stage, and now she {s writing for the Saturday Evening Post a series of delightful articles of a reminiscent character telling of her career as a singer and the fam- ous people she met in both this coun- try and Europe. She had just come into fame at the conclusion of the civil war, and in Chicago she met Generals Grant and Sherman, who went to tho theater to hear her sing. The following from Miss Kellogg's article in the Post of last week concerning “Old Tecumseh,” throws a new and kinder light on the character of the man who said that war was hell and made it so: “In recalling General Sherman I find myself thinking of him chiefly in the later years of my acquaint- ance with him. After that Chicago night he never failed to look me up when I sang in any city where he was, and we grew to be good friends. He was always quite enthusiastic about operatic music, much more so than General Grant. He confided to me once that above all songs he especially disliked MarchingThrough Georgia, and that naturally was the gong he was constantly obliged to listen ‘to.. People, of course, thought it must be or ought to be his fav- orite melody. But he hated the tune as well as the words. He was des- perately tired of the song and above - all he detested what it stood for and | what it forced him to recall. Like nearly all great soldiers, Sherman was naturally a gentle person and saddened by war. Everything con- nected with fighting brought to him chiefly the recollection of its hor. rors and tragedies and always made him very unhappy and uncomfort- able. “So it was that his real heart's preference was for such simple-old- fashioned, plantation-evoking, coun- try-smelling airy as The Little O Log Cabin in the Lane. One day during his many visits to our home he asked me to sing this, and when I informed him that I could not be. cause I did not know it and did not have the words, he said he would send them to me. This he did and I took pains after that never to for- get his preference,” R o We knew that Governor Tram- mell would “put one over on them” in the matter of pulchritude in that assembly of governors out in Colo- rado Springs, and here is the proof taken from a telegraphic report of the personnel of the conference: “The tall, well-fed figure of Trammell, with his smooth_shaven face and glossy black hair, was ev- erywhere the cynosure of hundreds. Governor Trammel is not on the pro- gram for an address, but he is win- ning just about as much attention in the beauty contest as the ‘high- brow” State chieftains who have been telling their brothers just how a commonwealth should be run.” And the Orlando Reporter-Star very properly and truthfully adds to this: ‘““And the Reporter.Star takes pleasure in adding that Gov. Tram- mell is just as good as he looks. He is all right in every way and our people are not only proud of him, but proud of ‘the good work he is do- fig for the biggest and best State ehst of the Mississippi river. Long live the:governor.” J —_————— The other day in Charlotte, N. C., a mob dragged a wounded negro out of the hospital and lynched him. The negro’s offense was not the usual one in such cases; he had shot a po- ficeman. Governor Craig says that mob of thirty-five members shall be prosecuted with all the vigor he can put into the law, and his ringing words deserve to be widely quoted: + “The persons who committed this crime will be prosecuted and pun- yshed to the limit. All good citi- gens will do their part to avenge this outrage against the law. The accused was in legal custody and & dications, of being passed at the reg- ular session this winter, and we sin- cerely trust that it will win in a walk. Cheap money for the farmer, and on the kind of security he has to offer, should put him a little nearer on a level with his fellowman in the financial world, many of whom do not do half so much, and are there- fore not worth half so much to the country as a whole as the farmer.” —_——— We trust that the California quarantine against Florida products, as illustrated in the burning of a carload of Florida oranges which sought a market in that State, will not be extended to the celebrated six-legged calf, native of this State, which a news item informs ug is now on a slow trip afoot, of one- night stands, to California in charge of its master, to add glory and eclat to the Panama exposition in San Francisco. California may be | jealous cf our oranges and grape- fruit, but as ours is the only six. legged calf in captivity, jealousy should slink away in such a case and the exposition directors should 2o out in a body to welcome this ra- diant six-pointed Florida star in liv. ing veal to a swell stall in the big show . e Y Up in Bradford county, where negroes engaged in the “blind tiger” business are ,said to be numerous, Sheriff Denmark, in answering some criticism directed against him be- cause he doesn’t entirely suppress that trafic, makes a strong point when he concludes his letter to the Lake Butler Times with these words, which are probably applicable in many other counties as well as in Bradford: “Now I will say, if the good peo- ple of Bradford county will stand by me and assist me, we will be able to break up the illicit sale of whis. key in this county. If on the other hand they rise up in arms every time a negro is caught and charged with selling whiskey, because he happens to work for some man who wants his labor and assail the sher- iff’s office for attempting to deprive that man of his labor, T can do noth- ing.” ————— JOICCH CACROB080B0HOHCRIHOBCHC IOBCHOBCRCE KBCBoEONT: -] oy -} AUGUST 30 IN HISTORY o [~} TOROB0A0A0X ICB0R087CH KROHCROBCHOACBORIBOREC KK 1801—The French evacuated Egypt in favor of the British. 1802—John Childe, who induced Cougress to pass the | grant of public lands to bene- fit a railroad, born in West Boylston, Mass. Died on Feb. 2, 1858. 1812—British were repulsed by the Americans at Belair, Md. 1862—Confederates victorious the second battle of Run. 1877—Turks defeated in a desper- ate sortie at Plevna, Bulga- ria, by the Russians, who captured the town. 1904—Terrific fighting continues between Russians and Japa- nese at Liao-Yang. 1912—Disastrous tornadoes in the Philippines cost the lives of many natives. in Bull TODAY’S BIRTHDAY HONORS James Alexander Daugherty, of Missouri, former congressman and capitalist, was born Aug. 30, 1847, at Athens, Tenn. He was reared on a farm, educatel in the common schools and has had a conspicuously successful career as a farmer, miner and banker; was president of the First National Bank of Carterville for several years; was associate judge of the western district of Jas- per county two terins and a member of the .lissouri Legislature one term; also served as president of the board of managers State Aslyum No. 3, Nevada, Mo.; was elected to the Sixty-second Congress. - I comxmend te all oiii x~l':| a .an ELA TEEPIOHE BATES Report of Committee Appointed by Florida Telephoue E:change to Investigate Phone Rates m—— To the Florida Telephone Associa- tion: - Gentlemen—Your committee, ap- pointed to consider the question of rates, having made a partial report at the special meeting held at San- ford, Nov. 28, 1911, believing that the committee should set forth some comprehensive statement of the facts and basis of their findings for the consideration of the association, as well as the telephone interests gen- erally throughout the State, desire to say: The committee finds no reason to change the rates proposed in its par- tal report which are as follows: 250 or less Telephones—Resi- dence, $2; business, $2.50; part residence, $1.50; part business, $2. 250 to 500 Telephones—Resi- dence, $2; business, $3; part resi. dence, $1.50; part business, $2.50. 500 to 750 Telephones—Resideace, $2.50; business, $3.50; part resi- dnce, $2; part business, $3. 750 to 1,000 Telephones—Resi- dence, $3; business, $4; part resi- dence, $2; part business, $3. Extensions 500 or less telephones wall sets, $1. Desk sets, $1.25. 500 or more telphones, $1.50. Local conditions in individual cases may justify a departure from this schedule. Indeed it would be impossible to find a schedule of rates | which would meet the varying condi- tions for all of the telephone ex. changes throughout the State. There is probably no commodity which is utilized by so many of the general public and paid for by them about which there is so little under- standing of the elements which en- ter into the expense or cost of pro- duction as telephone service. Near- ly every one who uses telephones is familiar with the fact that the charges for telephone service are greater upon a large exchange than’ upon a small one, but few under- stand the necessity for this, and there is confusion in the minds of the general public as to why this is a necessity. There has, accordingly, developed a general impression that somehow the telephone business is different in this respect to all other business. The difficulty lies at the very threshold of the subject. The gen- eral public seems to assume that the telephone located on the wall, or standing on the desk of each sub. scriber is the unit of cost of the com- modity which the telephone company is selling, and herein lies the error. The telephone is not the unit of ex- pense, but the number of calls per telephone determines the expense of rendering the service for which the subscriber pays. By analogy the conditions are very similar with a telephone to that of a water pipe or an electric light wire leading into the premises of a consumer. The placing of the water pipe or the electric light wire does not de- termine what it will cost the com- pany to serve the patron, but the number of gallons of water which the company is required to pump through the pipe for the use of the patron, or the amount of electric current which the company gener- ates, and causes to flow through the wire for the use of the patron. The only real difference is that in the case of water and electric cur- rent the patron may determine the expense by the use he makes of the water or light, while in the case of the telephone, the size of the ex. change determines the average num- ber of calls per telephone, which rapidly increases as telephones are added to the exchange. It is not true that the telephone business differs in this respect from any other business. It is a fact that the cost of furnishing service to a telephone upon a large exchange is proportionally much greater than the cost of furnishing service to a tele- phone upon a small exchange, and that an increase upon the charges per telephone is necessary. But when the increase in the amount of service rendered to a subscriber upon a large exchange is taken into consideration there is found to be really a very great reduction in the price of service to the subscriber as against the cost of service upon a small exchange. For {llustration: The average number of calls for each of the tele- | : phones upon an‘exchange of one | hundred and fifty telephones per; day will not exceed five calls per telephone, or one hundred and fifty . calls per month per telephone. If the rate be $1.50 per month, the telephone service then costs the av-, erage subscriber one cent per call. | The average number of calls per telephone upon an exchange of five hundred or more is approximately ! ten calls per telephone per day, or ND, FLA.,, AUG. 30, 1913. alls per month. Sup- uch an exchange h, it will readily three hundred ¢ pose the rate on § be $2 per mont ; :)(; see: tl;mt the telephone service on such an exchange, though in- creased per telephone, will only cost the subscriber 2-3 cents per call. The same rule will apply whatever the rate may be. It will, therefore, be seen that instead of the telephone service becoming more expensive to the subscriber as the size of the ex- change increases, it actually be- comes less expensive as the size of the exchange increases. * It 1s the immutable law of nature t n for | & This 18 as true With tele-| that something cannot be give nothing. phone service as any other commod- ity or neecessity received by the hu- man family. A telephone company cannot render to a subscriber ten telephone calls per day, or three hundred telephone calls per month ag cheaply a8 it can render to him five calls per day or one hundred and fifty calls per month. This is a fact that has been demonstrated by every telephone exchange that has ever been installed which has remained in business and increased its capacity, and what experience es. tablishes universally must be the guide in business affairs as well as all other affairs of life. But we do not have to leave the matter simply with what experience has demon- strated. 1t is a very easy matter for any reasonable man to ascertain the reasons for this in the matter of telephone service, as well as all other business affairs. In an exchange with a small num- ber of telephones, the construction is simple and the investment per telephone is not great; the switch- board is not expensive and is easily maintained, not requiring the serv- ices of an expert; the poles are not required to be large and the cables, if any, are not only small, but of short length; no underground con- struction is necessary; the cost of operation, maintenance and replace. ment are all relatively small; the telephone lines are short; and the operator at the switchboard can handle many more telephones As an exchange increases in size these conditions gradually change and in e s, e of time it becomes S8 to have underground con- ::T(e: al.ylonger cables, multiple switchboards, power plants, and su- pervisory apparatus of many kinds, and the employment of expert men, at a greater rate of pay, and addi- tional apparatus that must be added from time to time and the necessary space for the accommodation of em- plo’:::;e are also conditions in this State which make it more expensive to maintain telephone service than almost any other part of the coun- ry, such as greater freight rates, reater cost of living for employes, greater difficulty in securing effl. cient employes, and higher wages and salaries which have to be paid to t which equipment caused by the extreme moisture. There are also condi- tions at this time thrpughout the country which make it more ex- pensive to render telephone service than at most any other period of the history of the country since tele- phones have been in general use. 'In the past few years everything that | goes into an exchange has increased !in price. Poles cost several times ! what they did a few years ago and wire and mechanical labor cost much more. This is not only true in telephone business but is true in every class of business, and of every commodity that is purchased or sold. There are many items in detail entering into the matter which your committee have not enumerated be- | lieving that the points stated above suficiently set forth the facts which have governed your committee in recommending this graduated scale of rates. Respectfully submitted, RATE COMMITTEE, Florida Telephone Association. the due course WAORE IRORORRHNRCACROCAC LBORACH CHCRCRORT ] AUGUST 31 IN HISTORY [-] -] LA LA TOTTRACRBIBAD TRFO 1854—Cadiz having been made a free port, Gibralter was re- BATES’ BIG SEPT. $ (@ This is a genuine clean-up sale of numerous lines. Ready-to-Wear for Men, Women atd Children, STARTS A good 50c Cap a little damaged for Men’s Hat going at HALF PRICE and LESS. $2.50 and $3 Hats for Shirts worth $1.50 for —————— SEE WINDOWS Ladies’ Dresses worth from $1.25 to $1.50 for o Children’s Dresses worth from $1 to $1.50 for O Good For School Fruit-of-Loom a Bleaching, YOURS FOR HONEST MERCHANDISE 10 yards for aem, and climatic conditions, seriously affect telephone nd Lansdale / / U. G. Porteq ¢y ), its trade, 1864—Hu\ing aly Dlfllfu.'m, Nution:fl '-‘on! cago fldjoum | 1868—A portjy, troop, Tecally 1904—Belgiang Te gun formy State iy vasion, log felr [ i lSIZ—Massachmm ‘ I Iy divideq President Ty Roosevelt, going away to Colly, at least 1 box of gy “Not just guarant PROOF.” The Holeproof Hy from 74c to $1 a pouy they use—thus emb est luster, and the shaped HOSE. And g insures them againy six months. If youg proof Hosiery (ustom day and let us dem superior quality, Women’s Hose, $2 Men’s Hose, $1.0 ¢ Williamson-M ‘FASHION Smop? PHONE 298 ; DR} M wd §151 I 98 B