Show Company Offers to Cut Rates on Cradle Phones Hand Set Surcharge Will Be Dropped Firm Informs P. P U. U C. C The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph company Monday filed with the state public utilities commission an offer to eliminate on January 1 the cent 25 monthly surcharges on hand sets or cradle telephones telephones telephones tele tele- phones that have been In use three re years rs in a a. a general complaint attacking rate structure of the company the commission has alleged that surcharges surcharges sur charges for hand s sets rots ts are excessive The company's offer pointed out that a 25 cent monthly charge for three years ears is considered sufficient to amortize the cost of or the hand sets There are of ot these sets In use in inthe inthe inthe the state according to the offer oHer The commission took th the offer Unde under un Un- de der advisement In most other states the period for which telephone companies may make a surcharge on hand sets is three years and in some states this has been cut to two years it was reported at the commission of offices Support of the Utah public utilities commission in its campaign for lower telephone rates was WilS given Monday Monda in a resolution adopted by the executive executive tive committee o of the Consumers' Consumers Welfare and Research league The resolution will be presented for adoption at a public meeting Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day night In South high school at which State Senator Herbert B B. Maw will speak on Aie Are the Citizens ens of or Utah Justified in Seeking a Reduction in Electric and Telephone Rat Rates s Other speakers will be Dr Dt W W. H. H Woodard dean of the B. B Y U. U summer school and M Mark rk Arid Anderson manager of the R Roberts er hot hotel l Provo Povo o- o |