Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, September 17, 1913, Page 4

oo P — g 3= >z e . T R r2GE FOUK Tie Do allernoon from (he lsued every tuildics, Lakeland, Fla, a ACK o e N — witorod an the postoffice at Like~’ sand, iFiorida, as mail matter of the Aol [GEV-N | 8 ¢ HETHEKINGLION, EDITOR. : .ENRY BACON, MANAGER. PR : SUBSCRIFTION RATES: URe year Uissvar 8800 Bz monthy L.uc. e i e 8IS0 ¥aree months ....... 1.26 Delivered. anywhere witnin the umits of the City of Lakeland for 10 ports a week from the same offles is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS, A weekiy newspaper giving & resume ! local matters, crop conditions, wounty affairs, etc. Sent anywhere tor $1.00 per yeai. The Orlando Sentinel makes this comment on the appointment of J. | C. Brown, of Lakeland as Unitedl States marshal for the Southern dis-! trict of Florida: Locomotive Engineer J. C. | | | | | | Brown, who guides a train over the Coagt Line every oth>r day past Or- lando, has won the appointment of United States marshal for the South- ern district. He is to be congratu- iited. Brown was a useful member of the iast Legislature, He is straight and clean ani courageoua-. ’ ——-o——_ It was prematurely stated that Lee county vot21 $200,000 for good roads boncs in the election the other day. I'ull returns showed that the bonds had been defeated, for the reason, amon ti.e Fort Myers Press . becavse the proposition submitted did not specify —rhat kind of good reoads vrere to be built. payers are certainly others, as Tax- entitled to in- formation on this ver, material point, anc in the absence of that in- formation it is not strange that they ! refuse? to vote the bond But Lee is not likely to stop at this; the cood | roads cause there is still alive and kicking. I 0 | The following little local para- graph which we take from the Kis- simmee Journal, has more than local interest and will be read with pleas- ure by newspaper men all over Flor- ida, tor it shows that Will Crawford, former editor of the Pensacola News | aud one of the most popular members of the State press zang, has prospered in the lezal profession and got his vine and roof-tree at last: “W. B. Crawford and Mrs. Craw- fortl will mcve into their new home next week. This elegant home has lately been built by Mr. Crawford, and is one of the handsomest to be s on in Kissimmee, " O——— Some good people over in Pul'\:uni county have been strongly impressed | by the of Missouri, where the male population *‘riz” en recent example masse at the bidding of the governor and headed Yy that gentleman con- SO iple of hundrad miles of alleged good roads in one day. They ! want Florida to do likewise and are now acitating for public sentiment to induce Governor Trammell to is- sue a proclamation after the fashion of the Missouri governor, setting apart a certain day when 2ll of us| will rush th pick and chovel ar serapers 8 to the hizhwas - ——— | vill i « I | fn whicl emerged lon” enough to Times-Unicn the other day after a fulsome ¢ v of Roosevelt, that the Mexicun diplomacy of President Wil- €on s the laughing stock of Eu- rope. Colonel Apderson was always interesting, though seldom right in what he said as a Roosevelt booster during the presidential campaign, but this time 1e is neither interest- ig nor right. One of the conspicu- ous facts in connection with Presi- dent Wilgon's Mexican diplomacy isi | that its consummate wisdom has been recognized and applauded by the American people rezardless of | our control, and will cordially | we i We will promptly "RTP ar Tuc e INTERESTS UF Tiit BELL SYSIE AND TulE PuBLID The suit brought by the United States questioning tue purchase of I te'epuone properties in the s, as well as the pending Commerce Commission gation, have caused Without taking up anythinz going to the merits of these proceedings, it has seemed to us proper to state generally what has Iuterstate teieohone inves many inquiries. been our policy and purpose in the | conduct of our business. We have found, or thought that | we had, that our interests were best t mercial value of the telephone ser- | served when the public interests were | best served; and we believe that such success ag we have had has been be- ; of the facilities for intercommunica- | Paid during the yea: n cause our business has been con- | tion, not only between individuals| to only 6.1 per cent o ducted on these lines. We believe that our company has an interest as \vital as that of the | public in the proper administration of the problems of electrical inter- communication. The success and prosperity of our company :depend upon a solution of these problems which shall be sound from both the standpoint of the company and the public which it serves. Following our own best judgment, supplemented by the best obtainable advice, we have endeavored to do what would best serve the public in- terest; wherever possible our plans have been discloséd to the public in | €fit of the whole. advance, and what has been done in carrying them out has been along or- dinary business lines, with the im- plied, and, generally, with the ex- pressed approval, authorization or consent of the municipal and State authorities directly interested. Our effort has been not only to obey the law, but to avoid everything which micht even have the appearance of an attempt at evasion. Onr businesg metholds and poliey, and practically all of the details as to the transaction of our husiness, are matters of common knowledge and are, and tor many vears have been, well known to the zovernment, We will willingly furnish the gov ernment any additional informatio I which is in our possession or under ¢0- operate further quire. will be gziven by ns to the courts in their effort to determine whether our policy is or has heen inimical to the public interest. We desire that anything wrong be corrected; will voluntarily rectify any wrong that may be pointed out to us; and, so far as it may be deter- mined that our poliey or any act un- ; der it is against the public interest, conform with it in obtaining such itormation as it may re- Every possible assistance to such determination. t We believe that i each of our ex- | changes were made an independent unit and if cach connecting line were put under a separate control, the et fect upon the telephone sgervice of the country would be a condition so intolerable that the public would re fuse to submit to it and would imme¢ diately require such physical connec- tion and common control of these va- units wonld amalgamate them into a sing Physical connection in the case of telephone rious HE) 1o system, or telezraph does not mean transfer of messages from one line to the oth- er. It means such a connection as will permit one person to have the actual possession of the particular line of commuuication from one end of it to the other and this can only g n cfliciently by xchange sys- S ( . 1 s under to- what a ¢ hone system hould bLe, and what are its relatior lie We believe in and were the first tc lvocate State or government con and P———— A — A ————— . e A OB A, A P+ . . . 0. <P e —————————— = ielograin HUTUAL RELKTGAS 443 :Zld(l to the value of the system, thus §22, , giving | greatest number; far b E.Me PELEGRAM, LAK ELAND, FLA re stated, the are given. Txcept fizures are fer the Le is, the Americar graph, and its The entire 30, 1913, had outstanding in !mvnds of the public obligations (1. open accounts, bonds and £ $776 tributary tcrritories; that such means can ouly be afforded by pros- perous utility and service companies and that fair rates are essential to prosperous companies. We do not be- lieve that any public either desires or can obtain, nor can any service or utility furnish, permanent and ef- e., notes, : ficient service at less than cost, in- shares) to the par value O cluding capital charzes. We believe 000,000. IR that ultimately the public either di-, The book value'ox the‘ mh,l]l xlfuijs rectly or indirectly pays the losses ble assets, which is cousndem'% : S involved in the efforts to furnish than their replflcff'“e”t yaRe such service at less than its fair cost, amounted to $960,000,000. dfany either through the loss of the capi- . appraisals of property included lf‘ tal involved, the losse$ incident to these assets have been mad.e. and mO;l poor service or the necessary in- of them under the Wireetion of pub- crease in charges required to pay for lic authorities. In no case has the duplication of capital. ‘alue as it stands gn t:&m b;‘l’)}: i t _{ tailed to be sustained, an We beleve that the highest com CiRkse (b Gb: Bean veny largely ex- ceeded. The total dividends and interest 1912 amounted the average and Bell System ou vice depends on its completeness— ! | | i ' on the extent and comprehensiveness | but between centers of population; |Of its outstanding obligations, i | that no isolated section can be con- | to less than 5 per cent on the aver | sidered independently of any other | age value of i [ section or of the whole; that rates ! must be so adjusted as to make it | paid into the treasury of the i ! possible to cotain the maximum de- ' ican Telephone and Tvle.'ruph tomv- { velopment by making it possible for Pany on account of the capital obli- every one to be connected who will = £ations now outstanding amounts to t 000,000 more than the par of value to the such outstanding obligations that the interde-l pendence of the telephone service and the value of complete and uni- versal intercommunication justify | year 1912. 2 i and require some services partly at The steadily increasing neces§nn,h the expense of the whole for the ben- | of the public not only for additional but for new telephone service can We believe that this highest com- | OBI¥ De met by new construction, in- : [ volvi i ; meet wercial value can only be attained | YolVing capital outlay. TQ by one system under one common '1eS€ demands during the six and \ | 4 o 2 el control and that it cannot be given ! "“eflha_” T from “Q o J[‘.II’.. by independent systems unless they | 1913, inclusive, the increase in tele ts assets. Amer- 90 the greatest The Associated Companies collect- ed from the public and paid back in | taxes over $10,000,000 during the | land compensation as will secure the i dends on a faiv basis should be used { 'as as ws: Toll are operated under agreements which | PhOn® plant was as follo .-”““ i result in one common control and @ W!F¢ iner ""‘1 ”"f]l' o ht i i '8 : i+ miles; exchange one common interest, in effect mak- S 10 ‘--"”'_ HIoEn oo ing them a single system wire inereased from 36,000,000 We believe Y){flt ru.h‘S should ho so Miles to 13,000,000; the number ot j v exchanze ations increased from | [adjusted as to afford the company xchangze stations iner ‘1 ed I‘H 2730000 to 5.200,000: the number | suflicient revenue to pay such wages 5 of stations o spendent companies the Bell System efficient onnected the very most service; to maintain highest and most advanced creased standards of plant and apparatus, to 3 carry on such scientific and experie PANIOS mental research and inventions as to "»‘“ o I methods ; standards, apparatus a the hizhest as 1o insure cln and to carry omn. n Decer 31 to reserve and * depreciation such "OWPd e CRRE amonnts ax will enable the company | Was 141,000, During this same period the num- ar any time to replace old plant and old methods with new plant and new 5 methods as fast as they may be de- | ’l-,.l-r.ml.onr v.md Ai' le um.{ h Cor \ veloped and found to be to the ad- [ MOt including either the associated of the service. We believe | OF connected companies, increased that in addition, such fair charges| from 17,000 to about 54.000. About should be paid upon the investment 17,000 shareholders hold less than in plant as will enable the company | 70 shares cach; 6,500 ¢ at any time to obtain money neces- | NOM from 100 to 1,000 ¢ sary to provide the plant required to 247 shareholders hold from 1,000 to meet the continuing demands of the | 7:000 shares each, while there ar public; and in order that waste and | ©Nly 16 shareholders of 5,000 shares duplication of effort may be avoid- | OF OVer in their own right. A ma- hold her of shareholders of the Americs vantage areholders each; ares ed and uniformity of purpose and jority of the s eholders are women, | common control be enforced, that | AMERICA HONE AND TEL “there should be a centralized general | EGRAPH CO., administration in close communica- | THEO. N VAIL, President tion with and having general an-' 1108 | thority over the whole on matters | NOTICE common to all or matters of general | poliey. ! We lDelieve that any surplus Ye- yond that necessary to equalize divi It you want a first class mechani to build your residence or to do othor carpenter work and one that has had years of experience and is a hust] and can do your work at the mini mum cost, drop a postal to A, M Hobbs, Box 627, Malaria or Chills & Feve Prescription No. 666 is prepared especially by the company for the benefit of the public and should he any other purpose, and should be either invested in revenue-earning plant until necessary to substitute plant which may become inadequat inalienable for 68 A8 1184 0] ¢ & 14 be use [4) | or obsolete, or should t 1sed t for MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER. make the service ch r or berter. Five or six doses will bresk any case, and We believe that under if taken then as a tonic the Fever will noy erlimental contiol and te return. It acts on the liver better thag regulation of public utilities: that this control or rezulation sho be by permanent quasi-judicial | Lodies, acting after thorough inves { not for the benefit of th« tigation and zoverned by the equi- | ties of each case; and that this con trol or regulation, berond requirinc the greatest efficiency and economy should not interfere with manage ment or operation. We believe tha these bodies, if they are to be per manent, effective and of pub!ic bene should be thoroughly representa tive; they should be of such char acter and should so conduct thei investications and deliberations a to command such respect from bot he publi ons ths ic and the corno! party, and in Europe the approval is hoth will without questinn aceey s0 fronounced that leading :o\-g_-n.i heir conelucions ments there have | heliny 1t the rablic wor rately re- versed their po! ard Mex in | dorsement to t} United States p has made ar of him and i ate censure are aiike absurd, unjust and profitless | requisite | declarations. «C Calomel and does not gripe or sicken, 2 romotio or or its g C ‘\ t \ beli tha t 4 rat ¥ + ¥ ; cot & € ser cho t to 1 cor titio 1 S1C which ignores the obli complete hensive service is not competitio pub n that it does not reach the whole pub- lic interested. I8 If, therefore, complete duplication, with its dual exchange connection | and dual bills for service, 1s a pre- to complete competition, government control and rezulation cannot go hand in hand with compe- tition. We believe that the record of the Bell System will be accepted by the | public as fully in accord with these Consistent adherence to this policy has given the publie of | he United States the most com- and chearest t e in the world to furnish a and comp i | heet Tant rehensive | System; thal Telephcne and Tele: | ciated companies. June | the ! The actual cash which has been | | | | } la q! Longer, | Neaterand Prove More Economical If S AN EXTRA l’wwm | of the same material . s your suit 4 the time of leaving your measure f; fine clothes, tailored to order by '\ Ed. V. Price & Co. If you failed to do this on your lay | order, come in today, before you favorite pattern is gone. Williamson-Mootre Co. “ Fashion Shop For Men” Exclusive Local Dealers 1d V. Price & Co., (hicip DAQ 0QICAVVVOVOT LOCULI GOOD | <] Rhone. 9| 1864—Confederate and Ui diers interfered in fight tween Mexicans und on the Mexican border, [s fighters helping the Mes with defeat of opponents SEPTEMBER 16 IN HISTORY OB OB DOOODOROO0 L2 | Bl | SEPTEMBER 17 IN HISTORY | INO4 -~ American newspaper: lgitat-‘; 1870—Prussian troops brought ing the retention of New Or- | ward to surround the it leans island and sale of rest | Paris. of Louisiana, | 1904—Russians repulsed in atd INZU—-(Great prep. wions to L‘(‘I(!-; to recapture Etseshan fon brate the approaching mar- 1911—Italy and Turkey on v riage of Ferdinand, king of | war., Spain 1912—English suftracettes at 1852—-Great inundation in the val-! to storm premiei's 1 levs of the Rhine and the | in Downing strect, Lond : or squoa‘ = i 4p in Busipess : Extrava that cre S gance is one of those insidious hab ®P upen us and take away our mone! : (‘:’IZStes OU;:ime and robs us of a comfortub # °'C 20e. Those small fritte ® away from sums that we week to week would look V¢ P :?:dsome a few years from now in the baf 4 willefr i hav? started a bank raccount ¥ E 1d that it is no sacrifice to deny Y self many of " D St an amount of money. O Your Banking With Us ™ «JOF LAKELAND ™