CURRENT NOTES
Follette, Belle Case La
INDEBTED TO MR. RAWLEIGH THE nation is indebted to W. T. Rawleigh of Freeport, Illi-nois,'for his fine piece of public service in having the iniquities of the tariff bill expos&d to the public...
...Q. Your home is where...
...Rawleigh's sympathetic interest...
...Q. The American Light andTraction Co...
...Q. What is the name of the publication that you get out...
...Water Co...
...Q- When was the Public Service Magazine established...
...we need not ask about...
...Who is Robert J. Graf, of Chicago, the owner of 50 shares...
...D. H. Foote, of San Francisco...
...Samuel T. Bodine...
...Q. Will you allow me to see it...
...Jtawleigh has won the lasting gratitude of those who Baire bem fighting irrihis country for a social onler that will pring aaarger measure of contentment and happiness to a freJberjIumber of people...
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...The Public Service Magazine is filled each month with public^ utility propaganda...
...During the recent investigation conducted by the Federal trade commission it was learned that thousands of other people throughout the country were receiving this magazine free of ^charge...
...Insull was president...
...And this is only one phase of the many propaganda activities conducted by the big utilities to influence the American people...
...Q. That is the company of whicij Mr...
...A. He is an official of the Pacific Gas and Electric Co...
...Q. And Mr...
...Gonden decided that more money was needed, and so plans were made to sell $30,000 worth of preferred stock...
...Let an insurgent, however, advocate an amendment to the constitution and see how quickly he is branded as one who would Overthrow the government...
...TO- PW what purpose was it established...
...A. Yes (handing paper to Mr...
...AvThe Public-Service-Magazine...
...Two years after the incorporation of the company, Mr...
...Heal*) Q. What id your name, Mr...
...Q. You own 39 shares of the preferred stock and Mr...
...the facta ifeat we have published nyinttog munictfrt owner-¦[ iM»ifo m vmrnm;- 'w-mt ifa-jmwltoi'^ki aofrreed the 1% 1907 .4andˆ» naexled some monay- to cnrxj:M» the rnajfa^ ¦p^.dnd ao h* decidad to incorporate,' 'Examiner Heab' ukti Mr...
...Gondcn...
...under the laws of Illinois with a capital stock of $25,000...
...A. William R. Putnam is vice-president and general manager of the Idaho Power Co...
...Rawleigh has indicated his Aj^^lion^o tm^ubl'c/elfare...
...C. E. Yost, of Omaha, Nebr...
...Q. Mr...
...Rawleigh, who is a wealthy manufacturer and distributor at Freeport, Illinois, persuaded three well-know economists at the University of Wisconsin—Profs...
...A. He was president of the Nebraska Telephone Co...
...A. I believe he Is treasurer of the Electric Bond and Share Co...
...A. Yes, sir...
...so that the preferred stock today is owned by 15 different parties...
...Q. Who is George W. Williamson of Chicago...
...Q. The Kansas City Power and Light Co...
...Would we not now be hearing feverish farrpoals from our patriotic leagues, the Daughters of the Amer-"ican Ifcevoluton, and other kindred organizations to suppress those influences which would "overrun our institutions...
...The study showed that the increase in the tariff on sugar would impose a burden of $66,000,000 on the ^•on|»:a^Brs at the'eountry...
...Gonden about this incorporation, and the following testimony was taken: A. 1 believe it (the incorporation) was in March, of 1907...
...A. Twenty-five shares were sold to Samuel Insull, of Chicago...
...A. I have...
...We never subscribed for the publication and have never paid a cent for its regular appearance at our home...
...of Grand Rapids...
...The commission then decided to investigate...
...Irtto'far as...
...Privilege therefore views benignly any statements looking toward the abolition of the senate...
...Healy and the answers given by Mr...
...Sam Insull, the big public utility magnate in Chicago, was interested in the magazine almost from its start...
...Some months ago Mr...
...Q. To whom were those shares sold...
...I Incorporated a company called the Public Service Publishing Co...
...The house of representatives has become a mere parrot (for organized wealth...
...until his death...
...Harvey J. Gondcn, the editor, was'placed on the witness stand...
...The farmers engaged in the raising 'of %gat beets would- profit to a comparatively small proportion of iMt|toOHBt...
...Lq...
...Here, then, is the record showing how this magazine appears in thousands of homes ostensibly as an independent journal when in reality it has been financed by the big utility interests...
...I * ,- * * WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM *TppRn.he past two years this writer has been receiving each -F month a copy of the Public Service Magazine published in Chicago...
...And, lurking in the background, is the secret yearning of the financial plutocracy in this country to destroy all parliamentary government and substitute a dictatorship based on wealth...
...and contributed generously to the campaign fund '.ftit that grekt battle...
...of Philadelphia...
...j-.You are engaged in the publishing business...
...Q. Who is Frank T. Hulswit...
...A. Yes, sir...
...On m$ sjjMirf neweasion Mr...
...Gonden before the federal trade commission on the preferred stock: Q. who owns the 300 shares of the preferred stock...
...Q. The .balance of the 300 shares are all owned either by utility companies or by persons acting for them...
...M. Byllesby & Co...
...Q. And Mr...
...Following are the questions asked by Mr...
...Hjfe supported the candidacy of Robert M. La Follette for presi-.dint I!* 1924...
...A. Vice-president it...
...Rawleigh's sole instructions to the professors was to get the itruth iifwder that the information could be presented to congress aid to the nation...
...A. He is an official of the American Water Works and Electric Co...
...A., Harv.ey J., Gondcn...
...The professors agreed to do th|s research work without compensation to themselves...
...however, those shares are all non-voting...
...Commons, Hibb'ard, and Perlman—to undertake a scientific Study of the tariff bill before congress...
...Unlike so many men of wealth, ^t^jaceo Tie public good above considerations of special priv-i^^for his own class...
...y-^.- Unquestionably the facts found in this survey with respect to theNsugar schedule brought about the defeat of that provision in the tariff bill...
...Wootan 2? A. Yes...
...identifies itself...
...Healy...
...your magazine has consistently opposed tvery prop-am in favor of munl-^^fc- ;^etel HOPwlWiWpt...
...Q. Have you a list showing who they arc and what they own...
...Q. Who Is Arthur C. Ray, of New York...
...Faubel's testimony seems to be part of a general understanding to divert public attention from the big business lobbyists by starting "a back-fire against the senate...
...K • ¦# * * * OVERTURNING OUR INSTITUTIONS ^jTylJP the United States senate should be abolished was the ¦"^>s4iirtling proposal made by Arthur R. Faubel, secretary of the American Tariff League, before the senate committee investigating lobbying last week...
...A. The Public Service Corporation of New Jersey...
...A. JPor the purpose of collecting and publishing truthful information regard-ing both privately and publicly owned ut|)]tle|,.and the dissemination . th£nngbfM*4 the country of tfti* information...
...Every movement designed to advance t&e^pmSfion welfare has Mr...
...E. MacDonald...
...By that, time I had realized the necessity of a little capital...
...At the . present time the United States senate is the hope of millions • jof .p&t$e in this country who are depending upon the upper /jjrrouse 3f congress to arrest the encroachment of privilege and monopoly...
...His testimony follows in part: ' ' ' (Direct, examination by Mr...
...Q. What company was T. W. VanMiddleworth with...
...Q. Who is William R. Putnam...
...Q. And who bought the other 25...
...of Sterling...
...A. May I state that Immediately after this increase in capital stock and the creation of the preferred stock, all of the common stock outstanding, excepting what I owned, was exchanged, share for share alike, for preferred stock...
...A. I think he is manager of the Sterling (111...
...A. I am not sure, i think he is treasurer of the Commonwealth Edison company...
...A. The other 25 shares were sold to Mr...
...Who is Prank h. Mason, of New York...
...Evidently'it all depsnds upon whose ox is being gored...
...A. He was formerly president of the Pacific Gas and Electric Co...
...Suppose a Progressive, a Socialist, or a Communist had ^made-such a proposal...
...These facts brought the death knell to sugar |J \ Meitiljers of tie senate who have been fighting this inde-inisr'fjte' tariff bill have been given great help by these un-|j|j».fv»-erab]c farts deduced in the Rawleigh survey...
...and out of the 250 shares, all of which were common stock, of the original company, I sold SO shares, retaining 200 shares in my own name, from which 1 derived the sum of $5,000...
...Q. What Is his business...
...This, despite the fact that Senator La ^follefcie wfes always committed to the principle of ability to pay wk a /jMniiating factor in taxation—a principle which is almost RajV'-iffcalfy' opposed by men of wealth in this country...
...RAWLEIGH THE nation is indebted to W. T. Rawleigh of Freeport, Illi-nois,'for his fine piece of public service in having the iniquities of the tariff bill expos&d to the public view.' The attempt to impose a huge burden upon the consumers of the country through an increased tariff on sugar has been stopped largely through the initiative of Mr...
...A. The United Gas Improvement Co...
...L Mr...
Vol. 1 • February 1930 • No. 9
