Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1919 — Telegraph Rates Reduced. [ARTICLE]

Telegraph Rates Reduced.

Indianapolis, Aug. I.—lntrastate telegraph rates in Indiana were reduced 20 per cent at midnight last night. This resulted from the action of the public service commission in denying the petition of the Western Union Telegraph company for permission to retain the present government rates after the'wires revert to private control at midnight. The commission’s action restored pre-war rates. No action has yet been taken by the commission regarding telephone rates which may be retained four months after the owners take them over, according to a federal ruling. No such provision applies to telegraph rates, but the commission announced that the telegrapjh company may ask for higher rates. *