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Show PRESIDDfT FIELD " DISCUSSESIuDSOF TELEPHOn SERVICE Declares Profits and Effi-' Effi-' ciency Go Hand in -, Hand. B. B. Field of Denver, president of the Mountain 8tatea Telephone and Telegraph company, with Mrs. Field and his daughter daugh-ter and his personal staff comprtetng E. M. Burgeaa, general manager at tha company: com-pany: J. K- McDonald, secretary, and Philip Hamlin, assistant to the president; and Mrs. Burgess, reai had the city In the private ear Jolanthe." on the Denver Rio Grand railroad lt- night. The members of the party are making an Inspection In-spection of the physical condition of the company's holdings, and are making a close personal study of .the needs of the different fields traversed by their linen. The members of the party left the car here and have taken quarters In the Hotel Ho-tel I'tah, where they will remala during Uielr stay. "My trip Is fjne of Inspection," Mr. Field says. "I want to meet the employees em-ployees of tha former Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company and to familiarise familiar-ise myself with the physical plant ao that 1 may paaa Intelligently upon the propo- aiiiona that are put up to ma for the telephone development of th four states added to my Jurisdiction. It la my policy to develop our telephone ayatem ao that -- W--j wereaeary adjTinct to Fverv touslne and aoclal nternrlse. To do thta will require tha Investment of a great deal of capital, and to Interest new capital w must pay a reasonable return for Ita use. And sine tha vervlc w furnish Is so much a part of th very-day very-day Ufa of our patrons. 1 have found that w secure a mora Intelligent understanding understand-ing of our corporate management by Inter In-ter ting with ua financially our customer custom-er and patrons rather than outaid Invest In-vest ore. "I -attribute the succees of th Colo ifado Tlephon company In th past, of which company I have been the active head for many years, to the fact that we had over JOOe local etockholders. These stockholders are now Interested In th Mountain Cltatee Telephone A Tele-graph Tele-graph company In th same way. and they are Interested quite aa rnuch to see that adequate faclMtha are nrovtded end , good aervic rendered aa they are that fair dividends be paid. "As a matter of fact, dividends and service go hand In hand. So long aa an Individual or a Arm ofa corporation find difficulty in paying reasonable In terest upon their Investment, just ao long is- the natural! tendency to skimp th service so aa to produce reasonable Interest, In-terest, but when th Individual or Arm or corporation feel assured of a fair profit, thla tendency to eklmp vanishes and we find In Its place a pardonable pride In furnlahins; a high class product. And o I feel very much encouraged for the telephone future of this great mountain moun-tain atatea district. We have a mag-ninent mag-ninent territory to serve and w have a strong nucleus of home Investor and a management composed of western men who understand western needs. As tn the psst. the policy will b not to build up or serve ny on city or communllv at th expen of other, but lo connect them adequately, to make of them one great sjommuntty. the union that Is strength. It will be our arm not merely to meet the needs of tilts region, but to anticipate them and to provide In ad vance for the growth and prosperity that are surely coming." |