New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-01-30
Results OF Cnr1p-
ehinE TcIegranny.


lctt Is 10 give such information. 7. rrrr.-.-
GATES the proposition tina; t,'g-rlrnv f, dig
leicht from ordinary business. I...u>. AZ,
are increase in the amount ut business +
''''o"ed by an increase rt rNruu..- vI..',
afiroNuuaieS closely to-ihc irrrrr~, il, r...,l
ana must therefore prevent @uv cons. Gret'r.
.S'aIupn IN rates. which &c socks pfvry. o.,
the statistics OF three countries. i,..--.s...
IN 1907 the number o.; lIrszl.-a- ta.r,t-,,,s.s..l
10y single company in England was l. So
3t'. In 1906 the total was moro than Cu,.-
nicd, being 3,l5o,li2. /, then gives certain
statistics rs u The number az mn~~s,... nor
niie OF wire at each date. hut oul'ts 2, ciy.
Z Nie important tact that the WORKING .Nrrr.--S
increased but 10 per cent. with lu -nrrar.r
1 OF 10 per cent. IN the business. vrE. il,
net proceeds increased at the r1r. o. .U scr
cent. These facts. it will be observed. glr-
tiadlct the propositions Of tho a:,i.,.
Belgium i the next cNam,... .,. Co..
years lo6l, 1853. and 1865 .... ........
Nhth the rates were h-A a.. ta. ........
IN business small In N,4yl..r. r-.. .r
RACES were reduced IH per cent. ... ...
-'i'a> increased 'rru riE, ars Fla. L-,... ..
'->''.' Dr. $500. or .ra"., 'rv..t.. s...... ....
expenses Increase. .ruu gt"-.l... .,......-
't', or - yer cent. In l>.a -...-. -. ..--
>@G's were transmitted. at 4a .....-. ~
go N', al Increase az nearly lH. ..-......
I" business, an! %! only 70 Be-. Gems. +. O..
excuses.
lhn writer has uo: given III. ,...., r--
E'rH III each instance, as trArs been Iu.l ..-
To an error la copying. his statistic, lsya %
'Sb.s Which gives only tuc inland J.Ig-raws
ahd an estimate ~ tie expenses. gu. -s--
i;SHcS are taken from the oHi..g. returns ..
TIE Telegraph bureau of Belgium.
In the United states the total number u.
messages transmitted 10y the Western Uulu
company III 1857 was 5,N'3.u'p. Ia lN1I.
lo,tiG,o'o. orncarly double, according to the
statement OF the Nation. But. again. he fails
To give the facts necessary to arrive al a cor.
rect conclusion. The gross expense, in lSt.
were Sj,H44 ,n15; in 1871, ,,IUI.7~c. show
inG that while the business WAS nearly ,lou-
hcd, the expenses were only increased
about Cnc-quaItcr.
The writer quotes certain iuaNim~ cuun-
GATED by Sir James Anderson, in his "~ta-
ii-tics OF Tclcgraphy," London, l~.2; hat
onit1 The most important statement, which
Is, that iii the interior service uf Belgium
The ammunition OF net product has been
ot small importance, and ha. been a,-
eompanied Icy an immense dcyclnrmcut ol
correspondence, that is to say, of service
rendered to the pnblc"
The kilograms in Bcl.ium increased from
o. i,"1i in 1863, when the rate was reduced
one frame to one-halt franc, to 2,%>u I'D i'm
1871, or nearly i)0 Flr cent. in six wears.
The writer is also mistaken when he say.
that the business in Belgium is maua,od att
loss, and the deficit made good ly the lullf..
treasury, for, according to the fourth tlI!rjn
Sir James Anicrsou'S book, the sr,f.If.. r..
receipts over expenses for rr,i.,y,}a,. aa.r5.
S''oH, 'r'~HH''a, and opyo'ian or thu system
Up to June |, 1870, was i-l 81. Gauy~. Tie
also says that the conclusion at which Sir
James arrived was that the reduction of tar
in has i'll all cases resulted IN a djuiu,i.fap of
the net product. What Sir Jane, Anderson
actually says is that the normal annual IN
crease IN tcIc@raVhy i So great that Il Ii-h
rate and small busiuosa maintained tor a .r-
RES OF years will pay greater profits 10 q
company than larger business at reduced
rates, and gives rs an example the Atlanta
telegraph, and says tina; ii the AVERAGE t4rjg
OF the first eleven months AGi "a message
had been maintained to the 3ist OF Dccr,u-
Ter, 1871, the net receipts Of the cable com
pany would have been - .22G.ual r,rrafr.
thau they were, and that the cable ,our,nt.
woul! n Nv be enjoying an annual Dividend of
- per cent, Instead ui their present diyi-
bends OF from 10 to u per cent. ut a tariff Of
80 q message.
The result, therefore, Of these Statistic,
shows that in tclcgraIly, H. IA most other
Kinds al business, the expense a., not in
crease III the same ratio with the business.
ana more EXTENDED examination OF IIsc TIA
tstic8 VIII show that Il may b. safely a.
-uned that with an Increase Of one hundred
per cent. in the business the cxu,u-,.s are i'm.
creased about thlrty-tilrcc and on"-th,rI u.I.
cent, and that, therefore, with ever, increase
| Of business propOrti"nat" decrease In iif..
| rates can be Affected without a reduction of
| the profits.
Here again We refer 10 the statistic of Lr
| Western Union TELEGRAPH Cpu,n,r, ,,lfrh
| transmitted about Xix millions mr..',,,,.. in
| 81, at a net profit OF az..t.nsu and moe