The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-21


President TO defeat 1t II possible. But all business
men, all intelligent classes have reason rejoice IN
new telegraph line TO Europe which must T., make
tenn Of .stufhngn European dispatches OF which the
Associated Press is suspected. Ine Spirit or the
Times Is when II says, "The OF the
French cable Is the first step towards destroying the
Associated Press monopoly" The first step was
taken long ago but the new cable Is another stride
towards cheap papers ana independence
From the Philadelphia Press administration
July 20l
1t would appear that the Secretary OF State has
been msinformed, or only partially informed, about
the French Atlantic cable. In his recently pub
shed letter he mentions 1t as the property OF British
capitalists. The fact is, rather more than one-haf
the whole stock Is owned in England, whereas seven
NswiosnSland Is in the 'I hands of ESssa owners
The remaining One-eghth Is held in the United
States, chiefly IN New York. When the French com
pany organized the whole capital sub
scribed IN Paris and London IN one week-London,
as we have mentioned, taking rather more
exactly In accordance with fair play even to appear
TO throw cold water upon such great undertaking
as new Atlantic cable, which will extend and
greatly cheaper telegraphlc communication
with the Old World AT this moment the existing
land and the other in Newfoundland holds
us al It's mercy and charges what 1t peases. When
that cable was connected in Its present ronndabont
tary OF State nor Attorney General thought 1t his
duty to put veto on 1.-THE communicatloni nor,
before that, was such thing even dreamed OF when
the New York and Newfoundland telegraph was es-
tablished. Why, them should such action, decidedly
be now suggested9
The French cable will duly have terminus in the
United States, most probably without any further
hostile demonstration the part OF any public unc
honary at washington, II being understood, OF
course that lt operation In the transmission OF IN
gress may determine to lay down-such regulations
In fact the British Atlantic cable Is now governed
by IL IS wholly out OIL the question that more 1avor
shall be extended this respect or In any other TO
one te egraphc company than to another, AS yet
there no general enactment among the statutes OF
which a foreign cable may have It's terminus upon
our soil. Considering that the competition winch
win speedily commence between the British and the
French Atlantic cables must greatly reduce the pres
ent high tariff every new sub Atlantic telegraph
should rather be encouraged than discouraged here
cable monopoly must not be petted and favored.
washington July ls) correspondence OF The Boston
Advertiser.
The formal consent OF government to the land
ing and working Of the French cable has not yet
been gven some OF the papers IRON the agent OF te
cable company not having reached the State Depart
ment to-day, out there Is no doubt that negotiations
have been satisfactorily concluded so that the new
line can at once be put at work. The first dispatches
1t VIII, 1t is understood, be one from the En-
peror to the President and the Presidents reply,
both OF which will probably be made public The
opening OF the cable VIII undoubtedly be occasion
OF sort OF celebration IN France. IL Is presumed
that the House of Representatives will, early In the
coming session, act upon the Senate bill in friendly
spirit.
[From the Syracuse Daily Journa administration
July 49,
Secretary Fish has recently given an opinion re-
gardlng the landing Of the French cable on the
American shore, and in that opinion he incllnes to
the BELIEF that the French government has no right
Whatever to bring their Geographic communication
to Duxbury, Mass. He goes on to state, in his
the policy Of this government In regard to the al
lOwance and regulation OF foreign Geographic inter-
course received consideration IRON Congress at Its
last session, and that bill covering the whole sub
ect was passed by the Senate, but at so late day
failed to reach 1t. More than this he goes on to
say that 1t Is quite probable that this bill announced
the policy and purpose OF Congress, ana tnat tne
assent. The bill, therefore, to which attention Is
called by the secretary OF State is supposed to be
Of regulation Of the foreign teegraphic intercourse
are that be insisted by the United States.
FISH assumes too much in basins his letter upon
the bill which did not pass Congress, and thereby
policy and purposes Of that BODY, when it has had
chance TO determine whether 1t shall endorse or
S se to she
enacted we must conclude that this government Is
uUou ITS shores no matter from what country they
may come. surely, were we TO take the sentiment
tue we neaa ms s vces seDhs
from US in all directions. We want them for news,
| for communication, for commerce, for friendly
at present. through Secretary Fish. the American
people are made TO occupy churlish ana unreason-
| able ground and thus initiate the example which
has always been set by China and JAPAN Those ma
tons nave been celebrated LOT their exclusive
ness and for their strenuous opposition-often
amounting to Neutrality-suspicious. the Introduction OF
those elements which should place them IN the line
| Of advanced civilization and give them direct and
| frequent intercourse with Ithose whom they had
learned to term "outside barbarans" To this the
| American nation would seem drifting when 1t has
Its vision 30 limited that 1t cannot see beyond Its
| nose and would even spite-or attempt TO do So
that member by cutting it of; proceeding, by the
way, which is pretty generally supposed by rational
men TO net very small profits to the perpetratOr.
The plain question is, will not Geographic COM
advantageous to us Certainly it WILL And In this
light what is the use OF diplomacy and the millions
yards Of red tap tape which as TO III
French coast for twenty years. intereres In m ca
sure with The existing foreign linefor which latter
| reason perhaps, Mr.. secretary Fish can find more
substantial cause for putting forth his objections
than for any other-and 1t has given no pledge Of
new cable has the monopoly of the French
| coast for twenty years, does that necessarily
give them the monopoly Of our coast dor half that
Just here there Is no more danger to our
coast from French line than from British
| line. Suppose the line landed at Duxbury
This places the western end at our mercy; and ii
trouble arises the Frenchman at Brest can have the
supreme felicity Of sending his dispatches at that
point with the calm assurance that they will come
out at Miquelon SO whatever trouble France may
placed an extinguisher on the Duxbury operator
Surely there have been International telegraph lines
s lSe 70 mG
| completed, or that they found their way INTO our
| territory.
Now Che french cable is to be. rather has been,
laid and because 1t Is coming to the American coast
and for the possibility Of there some time-but the
Lord only Knows when--arisng difficulties between
| this country and France it is objected
| to. The smallmlnded policy which objects
to the laudng OF the cable OF DuXbGry
| out to begin finding fault with the
| existing cable which places Us In connection with
! England, matter if the western end does not rest
| on our SOIL Cannot the Secretary Of State be in
duced to write letter on the transgressions OF ca
bles and the dangers attending tnemg We want
| portions OF the world ana they pay very well and
| are proven inestimable agents In the transmission
| of news, What IL needed now Is opposition, that
present monopoes may be broken down and thus
| cheap rates secured; for whenever single line,
either OF railroad or telegraph, unites distant sec
tons 1t IL sure to prove monopoly. It's great need
is felt and acknowledged by the support IL receives,
| while its tariffs are ruinous. Thus IN time new
| lines ae inaugurated, which tend to destroy the
| monopoly, but are always sJrenuously opposed by