| Show i j r liz t 1 i 4 lw 1 I 1 I 1 uni vax X oy loir THE xue and amb K J ROSTA 11 r 1 t fl til THE dispatches dlo olg id tn in formation it that Postin aste general Randalle randall will ill lil to unitt unito chetel the telegraphic egray id with the q r postal 4 bice ta f service bervice sice side of tha the tha country go pt beliy beily alcoa at i can be made a source of revenue to tho the Gove he re also adnot advocates ates the sending of messages at lowi low fixed rate rates Th sewill be reforms which if properly carried out outi will be advantage tia toh thi tha the country antry un try the teTe telegraph graph should bo an i institution belonging to the people pe opalp aa as much niu chas as the post rost office and instead of the transmission of new bythe by ahe the wire being bing poh aoh confined fined to a few in consequence of the high tariff for sending messages message gi it should sh be be within the reach of all where there is only one ohe wire and th the he amount of business to be done isab is considerable n side sid erable rable it may be necessary to impose a high rate BO so that the most important business may receive precedence because for that those who haveit havelt have ib in hands would be willing to pay more than for a trivial matter such might be the cabe case with a submarine cable but the argument would fail when applied to wires stretched on poles in this tha latter iatter cas edid the government own the lines it could easily increase the number of wires on the same poles aud arid have I 1 different messages passing along the same edme line to a number of places at the same time almost the only extra expense of stretching and keeping in order arder would be the adf wires reso the service for repairs would be e the same and as in europe eight and ten wires could be strete stretched hed along the same line of poles but there is an argument in favor of a jow jov fqy nixed fixed and uniform rate for mess mets ages i which seems to give this principle stronger aringer grounds than eyen even the sending K letters at a fixed and alia libit uniform orm rate ate between sending a letter thirty ni ile 4 and d three thousand mies miles therel ia aras tie tle difference it ife lias has to be bet carried t r 1 r way wayt can summing burning on am ani equal tio vio one as much time timo d u r which aich all the them expense of tk ftfe of transit whether stearn or anh ane ma lul kul 1 I ind that of the men meil employed anh e continues it might with ith a k justice justlee ustle be 4 aea t that ha t he amount i A of astae ane PU 12 t to le be ont ort rig agn 11 11 out put u tahe athe ahe the practical ca alp ilp war wordings pon non r I 1 af pf the tha postal service especially in densely i populated districts and countries prove the contrary with the ohe telegraph wire hithe line is open anid annd wid arid connections conn sections made there therb Js a but the same bame labor ad arid scarcely any lany longer time lime required to send a moessa fro from lane iANe nev nea york to the pacific coast that there woud would be to pl s end to albiny albanys Al banyi on the tho simplest would be proportionately less feas cost involved in irl the difference of sending the dispatches than there would be in iii the difference of sending letters leitera the tho same bame distance it may be alleged that an operator can but manipulate the keys with a 6 certain and send off so ico lna ina laa in a given time this is undoubtedly correct eor but an increased number pf af wires vires would give employment ito 0 an increased number of operators and the additional business would much more than baythe pay the extra expense asap AA I 1 institution this might be I 1 li shed aud 1 And sandwith with the inar increasing hi h i rip rif 11 i i f i i i r fi f e j i 1 i rr f pl population of states and e ii n i 8 pa sp arcely PC y settled there Hs little litile 06 doubt u lit but a few years slow show a irand handsome sohie beve reve revenue ue derived fron irona this bervice service while the business of th the country commence tileo through ugh all the spud states stales a and n i d territories and the public at large would be greatly bene fitted by the change but in private hands or in the possession of private 16 needless to expect buch euch a result companies have not the same facilities for cheap wb that the jn in jap boat foat offices supplied with competent clerks in every city and town in the union these thoe would require little additional it force other than lun eun the operators companies dooin their haste to get rich and raise naise the value of their stock when they can are ate apt to drive beir belr t lousiness eks ess with with all the high highhandedness handed handedness nem of monopolies moo ic it is not public pub ile lie benefit nor 1 future kand ipie ent prosperity which are sought as immediate pecuniary iary lary iner increase ease easo where healthful I 1 evils which grow out tot bot f such mono monopolies 1 are measurably kep beatin in check but throughout the UP 10 1 I nim aim alion alfon hav jn n s and bi irr telegraph telegraphing ln a pa power r which laughs at rivalry airy kiry alry bo be Js Is tho the public mu must abeel accept pt their terms or go w without the 1 benefits chich tuey have bave tb consequently 0 n e bently the public thus presented with t hobsons hobsons th choice cholee dice dlce feel compelled to submit u b it this asino go lif iff all nil eases but likis in many and amongst these the mos MOB prominent is iq tf transmitting inte by sho shot IH ls now by the a bati hati lit d re circum stin C th cost oft construction 60 and by ahn this sp mol mo if 6 ly eb n I 1 I 1 we ila iia 6 c 0 m parn vard ove 1 l y a tew W ae arn any censures af tHese corn coin panis pania they hava greatt T bbbie ben ber 6 efat ta u upon trad and upon the public by vy and the employment 0 of I 1 t the e capital invented invested but we ii would duld buld n like ake to seethe see the tho telegraph sen ser bervice service vie vic e united i with the postal and the tariff for jor mes wes sage bage so soi low that all alt might avail them thein r v a selves IV of it with rich kieh sueh such kich feelings we wa hinni heartily lly fly endorse GL general braf landals re 1 commendation 1 n I 11 IM w i 1 1 I 1 i f er |
