Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 180, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1919 — THIS MAY BE THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF H. C. OF L. [ARTICLE]

THIS MAY BE THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF H. C. OF L.

With control of the telegraph systems of the country formally relinquished by the government, a reduction of 20 per' cent m rates will be made immediately on the lines of the Postal company, but the Western Union will retain the schedule put into effect after Postmaster General Burleson took control on April 1. „ Clarence H. Mackey announced in a statement Thursday that the rate reduction would be in accordance with its promises to the public. He qualified the announcement, however, by saying that if expenses continue to mbunt charges might have to go with them.