| Show POSTAL our oar readers are somewhat familia ar with this subjects subject which in effect is to ddn roli dato all uie the fele telegraph graph lines in tho united st attis and it al thel tein under government control arol tho plan c h h haq been tado adopted pied by fe v iral of the r eai a rapi roccin xi gover governments limen ta withro irked EUC bill ot ems cass resulting resul in great to the citizens and at the same time faini ng a revenue to tho ilia government has been brought prominently becore the people by an a elaborate statement of oft ill lic post abo who a t r raes it anil and has urged congress to act in ilia th matter bills have hare been introduced in con krea for the purpose or of carrying I 1 out ut tha th plan and thi the air press acta throughout the country have agitated the subject ono portion of it protecting the interests int cresta of the telegraph company and anle another portion clamoring for I 1 the ke adoption of the plan plain by congress re garding tho the West eist union company is as a gigantic MODO monopoly pOly I 1 the company in anticipation I 1 of the action illion of Cong Congre refi rs and in m order to change in relation to in tho the object as 11 well as to neutral iio tic tb 0 effect of ot the lie pott master G enc rals worm warm advocacy of the alio postal telegraph aclegra P h scheme early in september requested david A wells late lat special commas honer of revenue to the affairs ol of the company and prepare a sta statement lement which his has just been submitted to the llie committee on alons tl te report is lengthy elaborate and full nil an impression adorable avo rable to tile lie company and adverse to government interference mr wells in opening lis his report states tb the telegraph lines in in the bo united state unlike railroad line hive have never received favors from the government lut but have paid in taxes from I 1 ats to 1870 0 over a million and a in comparing thi the lims of the united states with thoc of europe mr afir wells says I 1 ux ID to atai F it lift ft to eneato antto enter enterprise prie the kle telegraph graph As been moro rapid and and to a comparatively extent client than lluu in ilk iny any other country there being ing ono nulo of to tory VJ 11 period ui in the united stake sm comilia red one ona to every ul la in europea europe whilo tho the rates on ft a jemne transmitted are as ODA to every three periOD fl in ilia former boil I 1 to 0 e r y dion 0 of litter As aj illustrating f ar t ayze r moro mom what nhit the lh telegraph is under a free COT T crumell by this system attention li ailsto to the iho feel fc thit that if at tho he preot lima we TO were to 10 compote all jl the ge dem nim cottor ar delivered by the th amphran telegraph to presto as so per transmitted to cacti player it would comprise an equal to all tho the kind sent ever all the felt graphs of the world within a given period aa lecter for comparison the report contin cionti uca nitea irith the statement that from 1866 to 1872 the ag greg dividends paid to E rs have oot dot equaled final cd 2 pet percent cent per annum son um and although the apparent net bet profits of the western union co for the hit fiscal year fear were that amount not birss c than 7 per cent on heir capital arid and out of this the company constructed construct cc and parc hated mile I 1 not included in this surplus was the tare of during the fame time forthe for iho maintenance and repair of lines P passing to the consideration of the question lot iol federal interference mr wells says that the imm immediate ocilia te e expenditure needed to be made by the th 3 national Tg treasury elury would be froni from jacj to p and in order cider to meet chils a new DOW national loan would bo be necessary this statement is ia followed by a carefully prepared argument intended to prove that the governmental control of the lines line would neither benefit the people nor promote reform in a the civil service ice mr wells in concluding his hill very able and diplomatic diplo mitic report says ays when ibis alil whole question of moderal inter far fonock note with tho be ll Is fully by alio llio people there cwb no doubt on side ido tho ilia intends of a truly free government and the iho opponents of 0 official will moko culio baita to array amy clim contained Onta ined in a letter fron tint elatic io which appears this morning relative to tho IO location CatiOn of an extension ili of it a claim by tho samo same parties will be answered same I 1 rf of in a day 01 two wo |
