National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1872-12-05

The recommendations In the report Of the
Postmaster General In regard to the postal
telegraph are receiving their full measure Of
praise and blame from the press Of the coun-
try. The blame, we must confess, Is far
greater than tho praise Indeed, many of
what are called the leading papers Of the
country attacked Mr.. Creswell long before
his report was made, and have been pouring
out their wrath on him since he first Rdvo-
Gated this great and needed reform. The ma
turo Of the attacks Of papers like the New
York Tribune upon the postal telegraph sys-
TEN are by this time 40 thoroughly under
stood that Ii Is needless TO recApitulate them.
Their opposition Ia a purely selfish one, and
arises from motives which have their founda-
tlon In different feelings than the public good
or the convenience Of the people.
II Ia all very we'll to put forward these pre-
tensions as the basis Of their hostility, but the
country Ia too Intelligent to be deceived by
them. The postal telegraph system has stead
lily grown In favor since 1t was frst presented
to the public, and the sentiment In regard to
II to-day Is stronger than ever II was. The
people are becoming more and more Informed
on the subject every day, and the tlmeyof Its
| adoption Ia only deferred. In what Ia called
the country press we notice that the subject
Is drawing forth a good deal Of discussion,
| for the most part Of a favorable character,
while Journals like the Boston Advertiser and
the Hartford Cotrdnt, which were in their
opinion rather unfriendly to the project, are
now ranging themselves among Its friends.
In recent article on the subject the Courdnt
says!
at Ia to he confessed that, although we are
better served by the telegraph than We were ten
! years ago, we are not as well served as we ought
10 pc; We are IN the hands o. monopoly, which
not only axes the prices arbitrarily, but gives
| no remedy for transactlng our business made
| quately, There Is unreasonable delay often in
ne seaIl t ShI receipt 81 messages II there e
for lack Of suf1cient facilities In transmission
and delivery Il often happens that dispatch
| does mot reach il in a day. There il a Complaint
| that prepaid dispatches do not 90 through so
promptly as unpaid. Dispatches accumulate and
SANITY annoyed by unreasonable delays. And
| there Ia no remedy. The monopoly Is often re-
gardess ot private TighiA.
1.-THE prices are also too high. The freest COM
muncatlon by telegraph cannot exist with such
prices a. we pay, and the Invention falls far short
OF accomplishing what 1t should for the accom-
moda i o., Of the people. We know how the mum
| In postage. The Geographic business would
largely Increase u the rates were lower, and the
Public would o therefore < better accommodated:
the figures, that the telegraph company as II is at
| present conducted, can make great reduction In
10 rates though We believe that II It's lines were
greatly multiplied, and It's once and delivery
facilities were enlarged II could greatly lower It's
| tarn and do more profitable business than II
| now does"
The opponents Of postal telegraph may as
well take notice, once for all, that tho people