| Show THE TELEGRAPH SHOULD BE PART OF POSTAL SERVICE Two I are to 10 tie bu drawn from rom thus Uio strike Onu One IH I ii that the thu li nil on I J bl ba i I ii pert Ir of r the thu postal the Ih lIt oilier ol el Unit should hould be W sony nory ry rat iou In All till In hor ul I Unit hat directly lifted the thu public rays thu tho Ito to Dee liet Up Ho Sc lo far UK jut Il the th telegraph l II iii put pitt a ut I tull to lo No NI tire 10 per pernil nil lieu in III lilly ny brunch of oC the lie t pu lute lad And nd U it would i Ie no lie 11 r 1 1111 to 11 huv tIme h wires placed beyond 1 II the wres lI peN pon of or Uan of IOK of or hones houll or nr wnm c cIn In ii Iho the United thus the people to oly 01 nf or II the ami M I 5 look Jo upon lumen ln It I OB its lS a matter mater of or lust Kilt In lum In und uund Ind It 1 t I a purl of or time tho i And com cam Nm I of or In nl I thu i policy of o the lice Ile raph In Ia thi Ihl this thin c In th the world of Ir utu UI of ot Ui Um U wires hl bits become almost PS pa much a matter of dally daily IKUI Ull ns as 18 usa of or tIme the t malls malIs rIU In fact there lS Is it a tuv vast net amount of oC loOt done exclusively by b tele for tor which tho the malls are uro entirely too 10 slow Time The dispatch el et l to 10 and amid fain the thc offices In lit II hut hil one U IL ferns nu ie nl part purt of if tin tilt l telegraphic total There Thero is no more moe reason rel onor for heaving the to monopoly than there would be for or turning over overo overto to tim o a ci t corporation tho lit carriage of ot malls The rho one ole Is lit Just ns as properly a u govern sovern m nt function ns ne the other And there lS are arc good reasons sons why thy the government of ot the tho United States should add the tho telegraph to the time postal cervices This nay may ma be bo done either by bY the lc construction of or entirely new now lines or by purchase of ot tIme the Western ester Union and ana lostal itus systems fact that the time It H Is n a T well wel known Western Union Is iii paying dividends upon n II nominal capitalization vastly vast In lit excess of the thc cost COlt of or duplicating till all 11 Its ItsInes Is lne Ines other property And Amuil it is s salso also true that telegraph tolls lolls In tie tho United States are oro far fr greater Alen than in countries where the hue telegraph Is a I of ot the hue postal hOstal service lIt Ill 11 Australia tot for CO example where the tito telegraph is entirely under government ownership and operation the service Is the tho cheapest In the world wOld although tho the area covered Is Immense aUti the pop population relatively small In him proportion A message ot or 16 words wor s Including the address may mn bo be sent bent between uny ny two points In the commonwealth for tor time the uniform interstate charge charo of ot 21 24 cents although allbough the distance may ay be as much muchas uch as IIA miles For lor local messages to lo lobe tolie be lie delivered n a radiuS of mf r 10 miles mies from the tho town or city ct nere filed the rate rae Is 12 cents between any un two points In the same caine state iia I beyond local limits 18 it cents The Tho states of ot Aus Australia be It noted are very ely much punch lang larg larger lag er ci eI than ours These ThIse Australian rates are on 0 nn nil average from to tW loss less ess than lien those of ot the Ito American lines hues lles for tor a like service Originally each Australian colony colon built bui Its ls own tele telegraph graph lines amid when the federation or commonwealth tim was formed corre corresponding to our federal government It took too I them Lucia nil all ni and united them thell in ono general l system R stem The Time telegraphic mileage there thero is la In proportion to OPU population lation lalon six ix times than In any In tho the world and there here Inhabitants postal telegraph stations for Cor tO The ilie ho cheapness ot or the service may be bo better realized when It is that Australia Is ns out large c as 1 the Untied States an nn her leI population only about I that thaI of or this country The service Is tl as t efficient as liS anywhere i In him the world worl amid no other compares with It I In lit cheapness except that oi of o New Zealand which Is la likewise a n gov guy government affair aall Among the reasons why wIl the tele lelo telegraph graph service Is I so 80 cheap In Australia and und New Zealand Is that being beng a I branch of f the no are required which effects nn un enormous In tn Australia hair bait the time are O also illS telegraph stations making one ono lele tele graph station to about 1300 persons In the United States on tho hue other Imand lie tho umber number of ot telegraph Is III In the ratio of one to Hauls lants In Australia the telegraph Is conducted ns as a public utility In this country countr for Cor or profit only The Tho result Is that thul I time the telegraph tel Is used twice as ns much per pem capita In iii the lie Antipodes as In inthe tho the United States Now New ew Zealand makes a still HUll better showing of ot good results tram from mont mOll ownership of the telegraph the Iho i rates rales being lower and time Iho service great er or In proportion to 10 tho time number of or In Inhabitants Inhabitants habitants Thero Is In New Zealand a apostal 0 apostal postal telegraph tele raph station staton for tor every ever SOG ot tho the population and amid alt time tho rates ralea are arc even oen lower than In Australia In Great Britain the tho number of ot tele lele telegraphic telegraphic graphic messages has lies Increased ten tenfold foul fold since Inco the telegraph became a brunch branch of or the tho lie and thou Iho rates inc itro only about half what they aro are in inthis Inthis inthis this country In Belgium time mont ment telegraph Is so 80 amazingly cheap that hint tho Iho charge Is 1 cent per por message John Joli anti ond five ilvo other advocated ad a got gov government IQ eminent for tor the tho United States Stales but bul the tho forces forcen of ot monopoly pre lIre prevailed against them In II Congress Near Nearly eal ly and senator hu hun has hoa hasa a n telegraph frank trank nod ond no so gets gels fieo use of nf o ho wires for or his personal mint pr smite valo business which perhaps Inclines Congress to bo lie friendly About 20 bills his have havo boon been Introduced In Congress at nt various limes to tn pro provide pr vide sido hlo for rOI a i government und and ld nt cut lt least cant 16 of o measures were fa fit favorably tl from committee but bul wore killed 1 1101 through the Iho work wort of ot a IL I pow powerful OW erful lobby V salt said sall tile the only uny visible opponent of ot a government loll tele telegraph tub graph was tho Western Union If it J tho limo question could over oel bo ho put to tho the people lifter after n a I till full tl agitation if ot ottIl thin the tIl subject It I would bo be carried by hr a n note vote ote of ot at nt least 10 to 1 There Thoro Is prime leally nothing of ot any ni value lo to bo be urged public ownership ot of thin tho tube tele telegraph graph amid a great Ifen weight of or argument in UN Its Is favor flor said tho this American liked to lo bo ho 1 humbugged Anti And In lit II View of or patient submission lon to plunder liy hy monopolies It that ho the thI people also like Iko to lo bo be robbed |
