New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-11-18
From he Pie'yn he, Soy-
Telegraphic Correspondence.

From ta- Pie,y#n So,eal.rIs
Telegraphic Correspondence.
The following .currilou. letter which appeared
in the State Of Maine paper published Portland Me-
was transferred to the Crescent Of this city yesterday
morning The Crescent introduced it with paragraph Of
its own headed, MonopoizHg the Telegraph The
public will presently against what parties the charge
lies truly oattempting to establish monopoly II ia the
o. the Pleayune to such an attempt that has
has selected one of the latest exhibitions Here follows
the letter which We have already printed.
We have never the article signed Veritas" re-
ferred to in the letter and know nothing contents
Of its origin. 1t contained some yery uppal-
atable truths have rritated this Mr. Craie into Ian
guage so scurriious, and charges foolish and false
against the New Orleans Pcayune There daring false
hood in the allegations that the Picayune possessed
or ever aimed at monopoly Of the telegraph or ever
withheld any item from the public. be used privately
or otherwise for speculative purposes We do not be-
eve that any respectable man ever told Mr. Craig
any such thing for respectable do tell lies and
this Is one, gross huge. and papabe There was
an incident or fact to give color to the absurd calumny
IL ls moreover impossible that could be with the
Pcsyune 1t might very well be Mr. Craig and his
agency-a fact which furnishes pungent reply to his
mpudent talk about monopoly The Pcayuna has EN-.
ployed for obtaining telegraphic intelligence
which are not open to the whole public We have had
but one regular teegraphc correspondent in New
since the business OF teegrapbng commenced He
correspondent still but exclusively ours He was
and remains correspondent for merchants and papers in
all parts of the United States who choose to employ him
de has been correspondent Of commercial houses in
New Orleans ever since elegraphs used Anybody
could always get reliable dispatches from him BY APPLYING
and paying for them The only point Of exclusiveness
which could happen in regard received through
the channels employed by the Pcayune is that Others
might choose the same steps to get il II has
always been open to every who might
est in getting it. When every in New Orleans could
he pleased employ our agent and some did and,
over when the business in New York free that any
one could act as correspondent with other recon-
mendaton over others than his superior activity and
zeal the notion that the Pcayune had monopoly be-
comes supremey ridiculous If it had the enterprise
find the best agents and them by payiug literally
the field OF competition was open to all others to offer
better service to than he and him seek better
terms from others and to all parties feey the
| Of obtaining intelligence open to all.
This monopoly" Of ours, which consists in seeking all
the within reach for obtaining latest intel
gence and in selecting the best-usng only what every
body else free to employthe New York Associated
Press undertook 1t seems, to break down. How they
proceeded for this purpose and the degree they
have achieved and what relation the Picayune
wards them now 1t is important that the merchants Of
this city should understand 1t for this purpose and
not from personal feeling have account of
ribald letter above, that take the opportunity
production here to make fuller explanation Of some
facts Of which it is think desirable that the nlercan
tile community here should be apprised
Until an exclusive control Of the Halifax line Of t.le
graphs obtained in New York there never was an,
possibility of engrossng the business Of telegrsphug
and closing against general competition That line
however subsidized by parties in New York who rep
resented by this Mr. Craig that they have monopo,
Of the wires whenever steamer arrives Halifax Al
other parties are then shut out from the Of the line
No message is permitted to the wires unit
these parties have dispatched the steamers accounts
for certain time afterwards This to secure exclusiv
possession of the same in New York.
This exclusive knowledge is employed by the asso
citation there not in dsposng of the fairly and pub
fishing it promptly but it is withheld oftentimes fo
hours, in New York We do not charge that this il dom
with the connivance Of the press, with purpose
favor specuations for, not like Mr. Craig, make nj
statements Of facts without knowing the truth Of wha
but the monopoly character Of the transacto,
and the facilities which it affords furnish opportunte
and Inducements which no one else possess ought
! possess.
This private control over an important line of commu
nicatiou has been used means of acquiring monop
oily of eegsphic correspondence throughout the Unite
States. They who possess it make extraordinary de
mands upon those whom they admit associates. The
demand that the papers receiving their dispatches sha
not receive publish any other dspatches-that the
shall discontinue all other efforts to obtain telegraph
news observation-disclosures gil their agents and correspon
dents and become dependent entirely and uureserved
on the New fork agent. They to publish nothin
which he does not send and must all publish alike
acty as much and exactly little and exactly what
suits his leisure or capacity to select for them They
to have dictator their columns taken from
sty without any right to examine his qualifications
ask after the endorsements of his fahfuness tn
man who organizes and is executing this combination
prstes about monopoly and abuses the Pcayune for
preverse determination to take care of its own buspes
which Mr. Craig wants to manage for II he wer
which We will not be rash enough to affirm, Of
trely pure purposes, the plan could work well
the public never would be satisfied. 1t Is not posib
that men will do work thoroughly and well when the
are without rivals and the public has choice but
deal with them dve Mr. Craig his grand association
aud he might 20 to bed every night dark, with tt
most important dispatches in bis pocket and sleep
y in the quiet assurance that nobody however deepl
Interested, from Halifax to New Orleans get any il
tegence till he gets up eisurey his breakfast in Il
morning,
The total absence of eonpetition would soon he felt
every interest to say nothing Of the ranker consequence
which might happen it. during his somnoeney on son
night or morning his dispatches might have been
some speculating friend To these abuses, and tie
denotes to abuse the monopoly he is seeking to esab
is inevitably liable In the hands of loose prn,
ples-and this is not at all impossible--it would be Il
cause OF perpetual complaints and the of ggant
4 frauds.
The offence of the New Orleans Picayune is that
= steadily opposed the monopozing scheme It has be-
unwilling to the business of telegraphc correspo
dence which has grown into matter of daily mportan
to business men everywhere fall into the exclusive PC
session OF one set of men It would not to g
to strangers the privilege to dictate the management
its business affairs 1t would not abandon its right
personal enterprises freedom to seek in all quartet
at its own cost for whatever might promise
etng useful to its readers 1t afraid of col
a petition; and it would not enter into combination
extngnsh at the North all competition in the supply
news and all competition among the press about the sup
ror character and promptness of the they obai
1t insisted the liberty of employing agents its
discretion and of its selection all times and
II always and peremptoriy refused to BE- buled into 4
abandonment and prescription of faithful and compete
correspondents TO gray the cupidity or the hatreds
e the great monopoly.
We have never been unwilling, but on the contra
have always desired to avail ourselves of all the intel
gence which this Halifax monopoly has to dispose of
TO pay amply for it. We have objection being p;
ties In an association for obtaining telegraphic NE
jointly with our cotemporares But have stubborn
refused to make any arrangement which shall deprive
of the right of employing energies purpC
OF improving our news department in any way plea
Ia and have nexibly opposed the monopoly which the N
10 York scheme would give all the telegraphic comm
= nicstons of the country to one man or set of men
70 The Newfork agent has made his boast that the N
Orleans Picayune is almost alone in its opposition
South of NewiOrk only two other presses have
fused to come into the arrangement This bel q so,
ought TO be a subject of congratuation among M
chants that there that much left of the spirit Of
)r petition in matter which much concerns their vi
interests If there were but source of nformat'
and sealed up this is desired to be from all supervise
by the public freed from any stimulus Of competition
= under such totally irresponsible direction the pub
in would soon feel material deficiencies in the manner
which they are served and might feel il indirectly
sensibly, in the private of which rival ssti
lishments for their sake, hasten to make pub
DR. This consistent Of opposition has exposed
>, a continued of abuse from those whose designs
:! has thwarted That has troubled us but little We o
III refer to it that position in this matter may
rightly understood in this community by those to VIII
advantage it contributes directly and materially
I'd has been sustained at no small cost Those who HI
any knowledge Of the expensiyeness of telegraph
may form idea of the costliness of keeping up sue
Id correspondence have at charge sustain
40 the whole burthen which, in regard the assoea
press, is divided among the other daies here The
perenced might suspect JUS of exaggeratiOn if wer
state the amount 1t exceeds, however, by thousand
- dollars per annum, the amount for which could b
e. all the benefits of the association To that however
will never aecede so long it requires a renouncem
of our right to manage our business. select
correspondents and seek for wherever think
Us most likely to be obtained by diligence and enerpr
We have right however, to look Tor just apprecia.
. of our course from those whose interests prom
j. thereby. and have every feel gratied, in
proofs have received, that it Is understood and
ciated in New Orleans