OCR Text |
Show THROWS SOME LIGHT 91 TELEPHONE FIGHT Independent Interests Have Rig Fund Ready to Oppose Hell People. NHW YORK, Dec 1. 1 ndependent telephone interests have an available fighting fund of $100,000 subscribed lo do baitle against the Bell telephone interests in-terests wherever the latter attempts lo wipe out competition. This was the gist of testimony by D. A. Wilson of New York, prominently identified with the Independent interests, inter-ests, at the state investigation of telephone tele-phone and telegraph companies today, "The disposition on tho part of the Bell company is to annihilate the independent, inde-pendent, companies all over the country," coun-try," said Mr. Wilson. "The National Association of Independent Telephone companies has created a fund of .! 00.-000 00.-000 to light the Bell people wherever they try to wipe out competition. This was formed three months ago. Tho way the Bell company deteriorates the inde pendent companies is to buy a company here and there, thus breaking up the chain. There are .'5,000.000 telephones in New York, New .Jersey and Connecticut Con-necticut that cannot enter New York Cil- because there, is no independent company here," t |