Show IT is evident that the telephone company expects those who ordered out the instruments instru-ments rather than submit to the exorbitant exorbi-tant increase of rates to weaken and retain re-tain the phones We say this is the expectation ex-pectation otherwise the company proposes to throw good money away for the sake of maintaining its position There are in round numbers 550 telephones which at SCO a year the old rate would yield a revenue rev-enue of 33000 Say 150 of these have been ordered out leaving 400 which will pay 32000 a year at SO the new rate or put it in this waythe company gets SOOO additional from the 400 by increasing the rental 20 and loses 9000 by the taking out of the 150 instruments Yet it is plain that the company expects to force the protestants pro-testants back into line for the telephone people are not of tho kind to throw money away Wo wonder if they will be disappointed disap-pointed t |