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Show GOVERNMENT CHARGES ARE HIGHER THAN PRIVATE CO. Washington, Feb. 9. -The cost of a cable message ovor the government lines from Seattle to Nome is 2S0 per cent higher than the cost of a Se-cttlo Se-cttlo to London message, according accord-ing to statements mado before tho house committee on territories today to-day by Former Senator Wilson of . Washington. Governor Clark. Bishop Rowo and other Alaskans urged the committee to aid in reducing cable tolls pro-vidp pro-vidp an adequate system of fish protection, pro-tection, incrpasing tho number of lighthouses and increases to navigation navi-gation in Alaskan waters and to pro- . vide for the construction of government govern-ment railroads to the coal fields. I no |