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tho Now York Associated prena, paying It bonus
for tho cab1o dispatches.

2. "1'ho nowa Is delivered undor m oxprosHod
or implied engagement TINT the receivers slN!l
neittor encourage nor support any other too-
graph corporation Tint t,oy will protect its in
torcsts and will not crittcino tho telegraph,
nows." Heretofore tloro has boon clauao In
tho contract botweon tho Western AaBociatod
prose anl The Tolograp1, Company, providing
substantially as nbovo, but this provision has
worked to tho dotrimont Of both partlea tn such
dogrco tint It will DO omitted In future con-
tracts. The Btntomont TINT tho press binds
itso1f not to criticlgo the Telegraph nowa is ab-
Burd. The telegraph nows has boon criticised
over md over ngain, and sometimes un1nnrclful-
IT.. Tho press evidently has tho clear right to
criticlso it's own agonta at any tlmo.
Q. "Tho Western Union Telegraph Company cnn
nfford to furnish low rates to have tho sup
port Of tie press In It's oxtortions upon tho whole
people," Tho reasons why tho Western Union
Telegraph Company can afrord to transmit news
at low ratos Is distributes most Of tho nows
late at night, wllen tho wiroB aro not otherwise
occupied, so TINT thorc Is no oppression Of tho
public, nor Ia thoro any damngo to wiroB or
machinery by such uso which can prejudice tile
public occupation Of tho wiroB in busincss hours.
Again, tho low ratio is not m extortion upon tho
public, from tho fact that, by tho common law,
the Telegraph Company is allowed to make lower
rates for largo quantities, just as tho railroad
company is allowed to roduco ita ohargos where
It carries large qunntitiea Of freight.
4. 'Tho Associations pay for this by dofond-
ing tho power which nustains their exclusive
privilege of furnishing nows to tho public"
There is no exclusive privilege III tho promises.
There aro now collecting and roceiving nows tho
ciatcd ProsH, the Northwestern Associated Press,
tho American Press Association, and similnr na-
sociationB in Now England, California. and the
Southern States, and othor associations may 10
formed at any timo rs necessity or convenience
may dictate, to procure and distribute nows In
the same manner, and tho Western Union Toll
ograph Company ia bound by Law to serve thcm
ali On equal torms.
Er. uubbnrd doos not add anything to tho
strength Of hiH arguments for postal telegraphy
Wy blcu b4btlu5 WlH'btatomenta aa VIC uhFo OK
posed Tho Western Union Telegraph Company
Is but tho common carrior Of tho nows which
| the various Associated Presses Of tho country
collect, interchange, and transmit. Tho busi-
mesa is dono per contract ut stated price, lower
than the tariff tor private dispatches because
| tho law allows it, and forwarded At time whom
| tho transmission docs mob intorfero with tho
| rights Of tho public. The monopoly which N1r.
Hubbard chargos in tho relations botwcon tho
Telegraph Company and the Associated Press ia
eSaotly tho monopoly which axista between q
bnnk and its customers. Tho customers do thor
business with bank because it affords thom
cortain facilities and privileges which they must
have the Associated PreHaos of the country
transact their business with tho Western Union
Telegraph Company for the samo reason, and
there io no moro extortion upon tho general
public in the ono cnso thnn in tho other. lIr.
Hubbard's charge that tho press is subsidized
by tho Telegraph Company ia simply untrue.
It employs tho Company to receive and forward
its news. That nowa ia collected and prepared
by Its own agonts, and, as matter Of fact, the
collection Of nows. in this country at least. costs
considerably moro than the transmission.