The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-09-28
THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH no EnEHr

old resident of Carson to one Of ou
County Commissioners asking for thu
use of a room in which Mr.. Gardner
c. Hubbard, the special advocate of th,
Postal Telegraph system can address onl
fellow Citizens upon the subject which
be has in hand. We have no doubt bat
that the District Court Room will be
placed At the disposal Of Mr. Hubbard
whenever be comes here. This propo.
aition of making the telegraph a par,
of the Postal system Of the United
States has long since received the sup
port Of the APPEAL-whatever that
may be worth. Some months since q
very able article upon this subject np-
peared in the Atlantic Monthly; and
We infer from what We have seen re
ported of Mr.. Hubbard's speeches in
San Francisco and else here that his
arguments are an elaboration of the
ideas set forth 10 the said article.
Without entering into the interesting
and convincing statistical statements
which Mr.. Hubbard brings TO bear in
behalf of his case, and by which he
confirms and streng' hens all that has
been said 10 support of this movement,
We may, with propris,y. rei,erate what
have already been advanced as the
public reasons in favo- of placing tb-
telegraph within the control of the
government and thus making il serve
to enhance the interests Of the people
At large. The business Of Telegraph
ing has long since outgrown the pro-
portions and character of a mere experi-
men,, and has, by its close relations
to business proceedings, become quite
as much a necessity as the mail itself.
The delivery of letters by e1pressnen
in remote parts of California in early
times, and the prices charged for tina,
service illustrated the value, as a con-
venience to the public, of the cheap
postal system which i sustained by the
government; and it 10 easy to imagine
the irju -tice that would be done to the
public if the business of letter carry.
ing were monopolized, as telegraping
now is, by private corporations. The
reduction of postal rates brought about
results which are indisputable argu-
nents in favor of popularizing the tele-
graph for not only has the business
of letter carrying vastly increased un-
der the present cheap rates (Which are
susceptible of a still further reduction
to the benefit alike OF the government
and the people) but with that increase
has come still augmented self sus
tanning capacity in the public Post office.
Indeed, the Western Union Telegraph
Company with whom solely, We of the
Pacific Coast have to deal in transmit |
ting telegraph messages) have lately
shown their conversion to the idea |
that reduced rates are essential to an |
increase of business and profits, and
their rates upon a basis ap- |
proacning q reasonable figure and |
have thus offered sn argu
nent in behalf of Mr.. Hubbard's cause
ssen while las may be the case) they
their prices in order to meet |
Ind invalidate his reasons for making |
he electric wires part of the gov
popular machinery.
Wien the poor man has need to send
! communication with extraordinary
dispatch it is his due that the telegraph
hould be placed at his disposal at a
ate of prices commensurate with his
Means. On last Friday night Mr..
hubbard addressed the San Francisco
'hanber of Commerce and SO con-
'inciug were his statements lat that
'ody passed a series of resolutions as
uming that the business of telegraph
ng is too closely identified with the
ublic interests to be longer intrusted