| Show telephone companies will wilt ah ad ance rates tl TI e people of tl e ti itic district ira ire somewhat riled up tip 0 over er tie tl e report that tl e telephone companies aie ale pre paring parin q to raise the rates both upon b iciness and aiesi iesi lence phoi es the bu business inese people have been ia pacing ing 4 3 per month year for tel telephone phone service and the new aae mill be 1 per month for business phones and a corresponding increase in the price of residence lesi denoe phones manager swan of the titio of the lent com company lany s s that his company does i ot i propose to raise the rates i pon poll those who are now using telephones but that new subscribers will have to ray the ad danced rite rate such a procedure on the ahe part of the telephone companies is sure to cause trouble because u it is anything but just there are new people coming into gintic almost every day and they should be edmour aged and given decent treatment if they desire a telephone in their homes or place of business they should not be forced to pay a higher rate than their neighbors aie ale paving we do not believe that the people of tintic gintic in general will N ill stand foi lot anything of this kii kit d and further more we do not believe that a tele tole phone company has a legal right to charge one man 4 00 a month for his telephone when the man next door who probably derives more benefit from his telephore tel e pays but 3 00 manager vance ot the bell comp any spaces states that his company v ill also charge the above ad vinced rates on telephones to new andas and as soon as conditions can be ada adjusted listed the old fc mill will ilso also be charged the new rate both companies are evidently pa pai ing the way toward haisli g their rates and it is now up to the si SL blenders blen bers to say w whether heth er or not they will stand for an increase Se several eral business men have declared their intent len of dis bensing with the telephones telephone sif if the rates are raised |
