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Show WHO SAYS We may bo old-fnshloneil, nnd a set or old fogies, but ono llttla qucntlon arises which, wo will probably bo told by tho upllfters nnd social and moral tono olovators, amounts to nothing. .VovcrtholesB we will nsk It: Whonco lj to como the fl.000,000,000 needed' t buy up both systems of telegraph iid tolophono and tho hundred and o)io Independent concerns scattered all over tho country rrom Yuba Dam to Passamaquoddy Hay? And again, ir wo nro to govcrnmcntnllzo the tele-phono tele-phono nnd telegraph, why not includo tho very necessary cnblo systems running run-ning to nil partn of tho world. It would only Involve an extra $100,(100.000 or so to tnke In tho cnblo systems, and, don't you see, wo could huve free . cable tolls ror outgoing business and l clinrgo all the oxpenso to the foreigner who sends us messages - N. Y Financial Finan-cial World. |