The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-16

t'plied' an a net revenue produced TO the govern.
nlen' over anu ABOVE expenses of 200 600 in gold
per "nnum' ana reduction in rates to sixpence Ia
promised at an early day.
In concluding his last ANIMAL report. Mr. send
smore, head OF the reegrap ic Burean If tho Tn
glish Post ONCE Department. used TINS lanoraoo
1T the message OF the current financial war ,vore
to be paid for at the old tariff. thew wopld cost tho
senders at least So O0O,O0O more thar, tbav vii,
cost The Fenders of messages will have tbi
6 ain. hey will also have an enormous increase
OF accommodation, and still there IL a snrpln
winch VIII more than relieve the AK payer from
q charge Tor capt al This was what the DEPART
ment was set to d" and has done.''
Every precauton il taken tn secnre the ,rv;o,o
bilty OF dispatches, and no teepranb,c in,t,,mar,
is exposed within hearing Of anv one not copnec
led with the post office The facilities afforded to
the public press of Great Britain have been In
creased unde" government four fold, and papers
that desire to 90 So are allowed tn rert yyirea a,
the bare cost OF their maintenance The cavern
ment invites the public to COMPLAIN when not
well served, and 1ffers every facility for dong 80
Yet complaints are less than one in each thousand
dispatches sent and the average time occupied
In sending and delivering dispatches in Great
Britain Is leas than twenty minutes
me opponents of the postal telegraph while
admitting the perfect success of it in other coun
tries, declare that 1t would not succeed here he
cause OF the magnitude and sparsely settled char
acter OF tne country; bat the system was adopted
In Australia, vast country ana very srar.e1v
settled several ears before it was in Great Brf
tain, ana with mplete success At Uniform
rate OF onS shilling, messages are transmitted
fror one extreme of the country 10 The other,
Though colony of Great Brilain the government
Is very slmllar:o our own, and with civil ger
vice in no degree better than ours. and what has
b-en successfully done there can certainly be
done here. The great objection that it ia increas
ing The number Ofgoysrnmpnt officials and is ten
ding 10 Capitalization, has but lit 70 c. In Eu
rope young ladies are employed large as tele-
graphers and IN Ike very expert ones
Inc introduction of the system here would open
the door for large number of women to make
themeelV's u'efu' and to earn an honest livelihood
and as ihey would be greatly scattered, the feae
entertained ny some that they would subvert TIL
Liberties OF the country does not appear to be vel
founded.
without going into an examination of the yea
sons Tor and against the proposed system simply
that have DISCUSSED Il often heretofore before
the people, and no proposition has ever been re
ceiNed with greater favor.
II existing telegraph companies will not sell to
the RoVeil ment Tor justswhat il will cost to build
new lines, then the government should construc,
line for itfef. Existing lines repres, ming great
capitalists have had their own Way long enough
If they comb ne. az they do, to -xtort the last dol
lar from the public, let the people combine, to
construct lines OF their own, to be operated by
themseiYes for Themselves.
There is a mongrel proposition now before Con-
gress which c0nlempates CO partnership opera
ton between the government and private parties
Bad ~ the present system IL, it is not wi hout rem
edy; but the jon now pending IN Congress II it
once succ'e eds, will place the country where cheap
relanIe teleg raphy will be impossible. / will not
insult our rel aiols aid members Of CungrC ss b.,
in imaling belief that such measure could ever
receive their support, but the last legislature re-
quesed them to support government postal tel
egraph sy-em, aid rec u1mepd that you repeat
that request.
In conclusion, assure you my cordial coop
Grafton in all measures that are calculated to pro.
mote the honor prosperity and general welfare OF
the State.
CADWALLADER C. WAsHBURN.