The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-09-24


vance former prices.
These are very pretty rates of insurance, truly but
there is such an amount of GOODNESS in telegraph
company asking its customers to insure IT agninst
losses by its dclinquences, that wonder
the exorbtance Of the rates Of premium demanded is
lost in admiration Of the excessive modcsy displayed by
Its managers On reading it. rather forciby
minded Of the Of certain London oxprcssman
package AZ both ends his route taking the nrst pay
ment as matter Of course, but demanding the
Charge His business did mot last long These telegraph
companies 1t seems undertake al end OF their line 10
deliver for consideration certain message at the other
but on cotc inspection of their rules, the custo
viii find that they do not agree to deliver that
sage-that is, the message II is written-uncss they
that the whole value of Geographic despatch condensed
it must necessarily be, frequently depends upon the
strict accuracy in which every word transmitted to the
But this aside from purpose of showing that the
hiwarrangement is designed solely measure Of extor
ton against the press, the garng points Of which the
merely nominal reduction the minimum dispatches
intended to conceal At times when there any
citing sirripg abroad important discussions are
going in Congress- the daily Geographic reports Of the
press frequently up TO ten or fifteen thousand words
@ Inae Dy n tins new gen se a on both Inc
same rates that are demanded for short messages.
For h Instance The u new tariff on message
Philadelphia and another at baltimore, is 81 co for
twenty words loss. Now il would require 375 of these
short messages TO yield to the lines the amount Of
revenue that the press would pay ON one message of ten
thousand words. Three hundred and seventy five
sages Of twenty words each would manfesy by adding
the addresses and signatures require full half Of
the time of the employees OF the lines than would DO
CURED to transmit and deliver ten thousand words 10 the
PRESS In addition to this extra amount OF labor required
for the simple transmission over tho wires Of these short
messages the lines would have TO pay average for
their delivery, including the Of printing envelopes
&C. full four cents Cor each message or reckoning for
three hundred and seventy messages per day nearly
Eve thousand dollars per snnu; whereas the tax Of de-
veripg to the press each day of ton thousand
words would scarcely amount to as many cents.
win be seen from the foregoing poS, that the
forth with such fourth OF trmpcts offers reduction
whatever in money rates to the public while increases
to exorbitant extent tho pecunary burdens Of tho
press The originator Of this plan of extortion thought
81 course they know what they about. They knew
that the use Of the telegraph as medium for the trans
mission Of intelligence, had become 30 necessary TO
make II indispensable adjunct 10 oyery enterprsng
journalthat ii had in fact, become in this country
or the permanent nsttutons' Of the press and keep
ing this knowledge In mind, they thought they could
safely apply the sorrows for the purpose OF wrnging from
their an patrons s any additional amount of pay
But there is remedy for all thsa remedy not thought
oor at least not provided for in the plans Of these
schemors Tho original claim OF Professor Morse cover
ing "a 1t did the whole domain Of electricity as applied
to the telegraph has recently been set aside tho doci
OF that snbte element thrown open TO tho enterprise
Of ingenious everywhere The result Of this decision
has boon the production OF three distinct tee
graphic inventions each Of which IL said 10 be in sd
oeither the Morse House Balm system these
systems in advance Of tho old fashioned stage-coach
method of asing Roadway 0fthese inventions for which
patents about being secured in this country and In
Europe we are not at liberty 70 speak now In detail
Suffice Il TO say that they are destined TO work
graphic business Of this country they arc capable
Of transmitting messages from ten 10 twenty times az
rapidly az any one Of the systems In use and ct
course at very material reduction OF cost from the low
est rates now chaged and what is Of importance
messages By these new systems be transmitted
absolutely correct and without the possibility Of blum
der and Of course without subjecng tho receiver any
extra o 81 aspss N ss q
these three systems are Gar advanced that are
sured that within tho next tvelvenonth we sha witness,
more lines erected under their patents con
meeting AL the chief cities q the Union Responsible
Of these systems; and We ere informed that tho In
genious inventor Of another stands ready 70 put up at
ton, guarantee OF certain amount of patronage
There 10 point In the circular TO which We have no.
70. referred. by the new taris, the two Washington
sss sq1s as e 1 cent above the
written IN cipher Ti looks very much Ike an sttemp
70 compel people who uoo the telegraph wires 70 max,
penalty II thoy refuse For instance merchant In New
Yors wishes e communicate to his correspondent at the
sire to. De known to othors, and therefore no
writes his despatch In ciphers, which are only IN
aerstood By his correspondent and himself
York 70 Washington, distance Of some rs miles, ana
dropping copy aud Baltimore the extor.
tIonste oftvo dollars and atty cents Is demanded
ton, distance q $50 ilcs over lines far superior in
syey respect for forty cents from New York to uf
ao :fa,s o s Ssss,y zoo miles for y cent? II this
penalty indicted sender Tor presumng 10 koop his
business secrets from the pryins eyes o. the toe-
At loss TO divine the reason Of H. for no one v pre
tend that II really costs 20 transmit message
which the operator does not undstAacd than any other
that costa more TO carry In tho mails seAsd letter
than does On open one A cipher despatch simply