The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-11-08
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New. York. be,oter ss.-Thc Herald to.
morrow will contain the following leading
article:
The press and telegraph ore hound to.
gcthcr by mutual interests. The relations
between them are Of necessity Of . friendly
character. The press Is the most suitable
customer Of the telegraph; the telegraph 10
the NEST valuable auxiliary of the press.
Anything that can add 10 the success aud
efficiency Of the telegraph mus. he aivan.
tsgeous to tn" press anything that would
cripple and injure one must I've damaging to
the other. We hsve advocated the assunnp.
ton Of the telegraph business Ivy the Gov.
ernmcDt as BART Of the postal system Of
the country, because We have become cOn>
WINGED that under Government control We
can secure better accOmmnt!a ions and lower
charges than We can hope for under private
management Our interests in the r,aiier
are the interests Of the people: aud il We
believed that u private corporation and mo.
n"Ioly Of business would bring the telc.
graph more completely within the re:u:l, Of
ship. we should be us warm advocates OF
the Western Union ss We are now of the
Postal Telegraph. The success of the
Postal Telegraph in alnos, nll countries
ad"pti' Z it is beyond y question. The
statement of Mr. Orion. that the loss Of
Governments operating the telegraph is sew.
eraI millions per annum, which Is paid by
taxation, is not, We think, borne out by
the facts Postmaster General CresswclI.
who has every facility for ascertsining the
truth in regard 10 the working If the Euro
pcan system. is about to make public Stats
tics in regard 10 its prosperous condition {;
and Is he will do all in his lOwcr to secure
the adoption Of the Government plan here,
il il fair to conclude that these statistics are
convincing to his own mind that the Postal
Telegraph is undoubtedly . financial sue.
cess But there 10 one fact which even MI.
Orion will no, dispute, viz: That the
Government system has offered the people
gIcater facilities. q larger number IF offices
and cheaper rates, and under it's working,
wherever 1t has teen adopted. the telegraph
has grown in popular favor and has come
into general use. In Great Britain the
returns show that the increase in messages
sent over the Government wires last month
average thousand per day more than in
September, 1872. and like increase will he
found IN ell Countries having the Postal
Telegraph. II is clear. then, that the PEG
pie are beRehtcd by the Government system
Even 1t II were true that the working IF the
wires cntailcd expense upon the nations, in
the United States, where the distances are
great and the necessity for ielegrsphc cons
municstion more pressing, the popular ad.
vsntages of the Postal Telegraph would bc
far greater than in European nations. The
United States Government, has, VIC believe,
already received offers from respon sibic
parties to build telegraph lines all over the
United States, duplicating the Western
Union wires. for @l2.OO0.OOO IT. fair to
conclude, therefore, that this sum represents
the actual value of the present lines. I, is
impossible 10 estimate tho value Of the
Western Union Comp"ny's lines by their
nominal cost. The Western Union Com
pany has certainly paid somewhat extravs
gsntly for several lines it has acquired, and
the English Government was bled profnselv
by private corporations for the good will Of
their concerns. This only shows that the
Government would do better to build lines
than to take those Of existing corporations,
and the cost can only he estimated Ivy bids
from those who arc Competent to construc,
lines and responsible for the carrying out Of
such contracts IS they may make. These
matters. however are not wort h onlrovcrsy
The cost can he determined whenever il
may bc decided to build them. The main
point Of interest 10 the public in Mr.. Orton's
communication is to be found in the admis
SION that the Western Union monopoly will
make no reductions in its tariff for some
time to come. II Is to be hoped that Posts
master. General Crcsswell will succeed in
his effort to secure this grca, and pOpul q
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