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Show i MINUTE AT COST OF A GENT A WORD entor Claims That He Will transmit Messages Mes-sages Across Ocean at ate Cabi'e Companies Cannot Toiich. ACE BAT, Cape Breton, Jan. 7. o hundred -words a .minute at 1 cent rd and the general use of wireless rraphy Instead of t lie malls for a ' large proportion c the personal espondence that no r passes be-n be-n America and Eurt pe are devel-ents devel-ents that I see in the near future," Slgnor Marconi. v "here Is nothing rash in ' that predic- for having solved t he problem f. the success of the Ci ipe Cod sta- means only the applic atlon of the e methods, rand I expect within two ks or pekifeps a little Ion ger to have I tlon In operation across the ocean and have "frsonally seen to the equipment and readjustment of the Poldhu station we shall accept commercial messages. That may be several months from now, but when we do begin business it vlll be done without any chance of failure. "In all probability the next step will be the connection of Italy with Argen tine by wireless. The King of Italy, wlto has been most kind to me, is interested in-terested in that project, and construction construc-tion work on the Italian tower has already al-ready been begun. That will be a much larger Jump than has yet been attempted, attempt-ed, for the distance Is more than 4000 miles. . I don't anticipate failure, however. how-ever. I never anticipate failure." Y perTixt working order. ;ome Athe newspapers tf the Unlt-tatehave Unlt-tatehave scoffed at my experl-tts; experl-tts; others, while accepting wireless raphy Joyfully when it Beemed ap-able ap-able only to short- cLista nces. seem e Influenced in some dei free by the ffl of the cable companies and are decrying and dlscretSitlng our suc-i suc-i here. I have found thrj same an-mlsm an-mlsm in England jitnong the repre-ative repre-ative newspapers. , uction Gradual. spoke of a cent a wrrd few days " said Marconi, smilingly. "That us to have worried some of the bus-s bus-s Interests connected With the wire-telegraph wire-telegraph companies. I believe it come, however, I know' it wilf come, ourse, we shall not ma ke any such as that at present. ,ast June In London, vhen I first jibed my new magnetic detector, I that it was possible that with such vice an automatic arranj rement for .'ing and receiving messiipes could ippl'jed by which speed f several dred words a minute could be at-ed. at-ed. .Now I am sure of thtit. It ln-les ln-les no new Invention, but merely the Iicatlou of familiar princli'leu. could have this station equipped a rate of 200 words a mlntae In a days. If I wanted to, ani It Is only uestlon of time when it will be ." dy for Commerce. Ve are In shape here at Tablehead ike commercial messages today and ould have no fear of &y break-n break-n or delay In transmission. We are ally communication with Poldhu have sent and received over 2OU0 i ffcccessfully without an error 1 ''"'j 1H'T such interrupticms as rJrfn matae necessary by the in- AatioA and testing of new ard lm- 1 'edequjpment. But we shall take j !" -hancea whatever. ' vfter I have got the Cape Cod sta- i |