OCR Text |
Show AUTO MEN PROTEST PHONE RATE RAISE SALT LAKE. Aug 9. A resolution of protest against Increased telephone rates ordered byi the I'tah public utilities commission wa.i adopted by the intermountain Automotive Trades association in a meeting Tuesday afternoon. af-ternoon. 'The members of the ajBSOclatlon are called upon to "exert every effort to induce the public, utilities commission of Utah to rescind Its recent ruling and reduce the old rate instead of increasing it " W ages and the prices of materials gencrulL have been reduced .'nd il is necessary for the general prosperity ol the country to lower the cost of doing business and the cost of living." liv-ing." the resolution says. At mass meetings held Tuesday night at I o'clock at L'nlon and Bast Mill Crek, residents of those districts dis-tricts voted to hav II). ir telephones withdrawn as a protest to the recent ;(lion of the state public Utilities commission permitting the Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph com-panj com-panj i" Increase the rates Qeorge Smith Of Holliday and John Plkton ity attorn, v of Murray, and Miles Cahoon commercial representative representa-tive of the telephone company, were the principal speakers at Union, rwenty-seven citizens attended the mi' 'ting ni inlon. and at East Mill Creeli therew as a total of 2s present. The two meetings vv.-re the most or-rjcilv or-rjcilv h.ld so fair In connection with ill. telephone controversy. Definite action was taken, the wfciole proceedings proceed-ings lasting not more than one and one-half hours. n n |