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Show The telephone company has raised its I' rates, to tuko effect May lot. The com- party makes tho excuse that, owing to te fact that the court has granted it no relief against tho interference of electric wires, it is compolled to do considoroblo expensive reconstruction. It proposes to i make the customers pay for Bomothing f for which they hro in no way responsible. It does not take into consideration the S f''ct that tho growth of business in this ;) city will pay for increased ex-,j ex-,j penditures. Tho raising of the f telephone rates is simply an il outrageous extortion. Had tthia stop q been taken before tlia legislature ad-journed, ad-journed, the citivhs of Salt Lake might have Bocttrod the passage of a law fixing I telephone rates iu Utah, us has been done in various states. The next timo i the city council grants n franchise to j any corporation which shall render pub-jf pub-jf lie sorvice it ought to roserve the right jj of flxiug the tolls. |