Show PACIFIC CABLE Construction by Congress or Private Company Is Recommended I call your attention most earnestly to the crying need of a cable to Hawaii and the Philippines to be continued from the Philippines to points in Asia We should not defer a day longer than necessary the construction of such a cable It Is demanded not merely for commercial but for political and military mili-tary considerations Either the Congress should immediately immediate-ly provide for the construction ot a Government Gov-ernment cable or else an arrangement should be made by which like advantages advan-tages to those accruing from a Government Govern-ment cable may be secured to the Government Gov-ernment by contract with a private cable ca-ble comnanv |