Flora Journal-Record

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The F.»,.u Journal-Record
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VOLUME XI
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FLORA. ILUNOIS. THURSDAY. JUNE 7. 1923
NUMBER 38
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TBB VOCAL   'PHONB   StTVATION
Tbere > atw aaaieroas inaolrlea balag made as to what action sboald ho taken relative to the higher ratae impooed oa onr ettUens by the Coai- aerelai Telephone Coasaanjr .
pt October, J«21, the Commercial Company filed a acbednle ot ratea with the illinoio UtUlUes Board aad •agaasted appn^M ot same. Tha ihtee In heariag betore the Board 'were eppeeed br reprooeatatlveo of the commanitles affected, reanltlac S8BD 1 • dec^ioa by the Illiaoia Conaria- ta deayi*g approval ot the' ratoa - Ithe iro«adJhat thev   weia   me'
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oa the ground ^t they jwttlfled. flowaral beartaga imd aad tbannarlto ot tba caaa ther- aaghly goaa Into before readerlag thlo adverse decision. Oar ottlaeao rrate rahreoeated by a committee ot tho Wiolk OMMNTcial Clab at theoe hoariaga.
Os Itarch Slat, 1»SS, the Com- aMretet Telephone Company appear^ ad, through their attomey. In the Federal Oonrt and aaked tor aa la- loettan reatraining tbe UUIitloa Board from enforcing their decision er loterferlng by Conrt action or Oftherwise, in the collection ot tbe Mtee shown in their schedule ot Oiihber, 19S>, and a temporary In- Jsm^lon was granted and later made permanent. The next dayi Aprtl tot, and before the Injunction was ¦jade penMaeet we were told to pay^ tha. rafae bf tha schedule or phone'^ would bo ent out .
This advance was one dollar per ouHith oa reoldence phoneo and one doHar and Hwenty-flve cents per aionth on basiness phoneo, or ap¬ proximately. Uve hnndred dollars per month advance chargea Imposed oa this community and in the' face ot the refusal of tHe State UtIIltiee to oaaotloa the ratoe. It looka like we hild better petitloa to abolloh thb fkmti and go baek to local option on .Sixties and tight our own batUes.
;ip line with instructions of ^(he ^fiOra Commercial Club, a committee woo appotated to investigate the sit¬ nation as developed by the injunction Scoeeedlags and this committee re¬ ports that we have the means at hand to successfully protect oursehree against the demands ot the Commer¬ cial Telephone Company.^
The Commercial Club . desires to •et in goOd faith tor the' benettt ot Flora and Its citisens and according to past resolutions and instructions. Ma jnemhers express a desire and in¬ atrneted that tbe telephone raise be Oppooed by all fair means possible.
no Commereial Telephone Co«~ paay. al no stage of the game, has aakad the opinion ot oar cAtiseas or rogtMOted cooperation in arriving at «r oaearlag adeauate ratee. Poesi- My tbey were and are entitled to laerease over old rates, bat eertalnly are not entitled to the BOW being enforced on ns. re do not owe the Commerciai thone Company any considera- [„. whatever, for they have not ~ it. They have nsed force to their ends and It we do not pro- Mjt- own Intereeta by pnttlng In i^sn j>lione system. In the bands good telephone man, with up-to- eauipmeat, at this   time, it   is
Itetlite J^bat we wtll be paying In- Nfld^jplkjlar. Rumor has it that theIWotnanpany will take over tbe Oonuaerelal Company in the near fature, if it has ndt already done so.
If yon want to help in this eom¬ maatty proposition, see the ottleers «f tbe Commercial Clnb, P .H. Slmp- ooh. Preoldent; Held Orant, Viee- PrOaldent; L. M .Wood, Secretary; or tbe.Teiaitbone Committee:—Jr C. amttataora, T. 3- Priend aad B .D. BBae