This paper opposed the proposed raise in rates several months ago because it believed the rates asked for were unjust. It has learned many things about the business of this telephone system since then and it believes that it will not hurt the people of Moscow to investigate and get at the actual facts. Surely knowledge of the actual condition of so important a function of our city's business life as the telephone cannot be harmful. We still believe that our suggestion of "come, let us reason together" does not mean disloyalty to Moscow's best interests or unduly favoring the telephone company.
If the facts have been presented to the writer, we believe the people of Moscow will be in favor of an increase in rates. If they are not as represented to us, we want to know it and the people should know it. We are not a lawyer and do not know whether or not the government has a legal right to increase rates. But one does not have to be a lawyer to know right from wrong and whether a corporation can continue to do business at a loss. With the best interests of the people of Moscow, the business interests, which include all business enterprises in Moscow, we suggested that the people who patronate the telephone system meet Mr. West, the proprietor, and consult together. 