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Show EXTENSION OF CABLES URGED BYGENLSQl!iER WASHINGTON, Nov. 1! Extension of the cables as an aid to the development develop-ment of the nation's foreign commerce was urped before tne senate commerce committee today hy Major General Squier, chief signal officer of tho American army. The committee i; considering a bill providing for a new cable line across ihe Facific. General Squier recommended th ! layinc of this cable a, on;; ihe coast to Alask i and thence to Asia. This rouie jhe said, would reduce const nictioo costs. He said ''he present Alaskan cable, operated y the s gnai corpi was selfsti ppoi tine whils its rates were proportionately lownr than those of other deep sea cabies. |