Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-25

the western Changers. 1t was from the
Iowa State Register. 1t showed the far
mers of that State acting as a consoli-
dated body. or, rather. a cooperative
union They have relieved themselves
of the exactions OF y monopoly OF agri-
cultural implements by iuying the pat
ent under which those implements are
made and thus supplying themselves at
cost. They propose TO make further I'D
vances against the manufacturers. and
cheaper other indispens&bles, sEich as
sewing machines. They are right enough,
from their standpoint, but it Is an open
question as to whether the farmers
hadn't better stick To their own sphere
and the manufacturers to theirs, and the
merchants 10 theirs, and 50 on, and live
and let live Bdt we won't Stop to dis
c1ss this long-winde,l branch of political
economy. We have referred to what
these Iowa farmers have done for the
purpose of applying the example, 50 far
as may be. to brief discussion OF the
press and telegraph question. Dir. Viii
Lana Orion. President Of the Western
Union Telegraph Company has been be-
fore a Congress Committee. as 1t Is his
annual custom to do, 10 fight the propo-
sition OF popularizing the telegraph.
Hubbard. the Postal telegraph Mission
~ II. !,
We think, Mr. Hubbard and his hobbies
are too much identified with this bust
ness of fighting the Western Union Com
pany. We should prefer to see the Pos
tai Telegraph scheme placed sqTarely on
its own merits and entirely within the
Government, like the Postoficel But
the phase Of this wide suhjec. toward
which we are driving is that which
should he represented in answering Mr..
Orton's statements concerning the rela-
lions Of the Telegraph Company and the
Associated Press. That gentleman is
reported as follows:
In reply to HHbharl's arguments he
referred To the relations Of the Western
Union Telegraph Company with the As
soc;.Ited Press. and showed that there
= no combination between them The
Associated Press depend upon the West
crn Union Telegraph Company in no r.
spect for its generosity. and that all
press combinations ar offered the samc
terms rs the Associated Pres obtains.
Also that the Associated Press is an III
dependent agency for the procurement
snl distribution Of nswS and that the
Western Union Telegraph Company Is
equally an independent common carrier
for t.e transmission Of messages on call
for all who regTire them. AMI that no eS
tah.ishnI.nt of postal telegraph could
affect the Associated Press in any way.
Her We have IL Mr. Hubbard makes
his argument and never a word of it is
reported. Mr.. orion makes his, and All
Associated Press agent hurries TO make
4 synopsis of the same and send it all
over the country. Thus Mr.. Orton's
averment that there is nothing in COM
mon between his Company and the
Press monopoly neutralizes itself. Moth |
Ing is more obvious than that the Tele- |
graph monopoly and the Press lnonopo-
" have a common cause.
We have alluded 10 the self-defensive !
foirgs of the iowa Farmers Union. /!
Themselves boast that there are Con, 900 |
members Of their association. A sub |
scription Of one dollar apiece per month |
would give them an aggregate capital at |
the end OF one year of more than seven |
millions OF dollars. And they boast that |
they viii double their numbers this time |
twelvemonth. There is tremendous
power in such an organization. It can
come very near debating terms to mani
facturers. merchants, railroad co1npa-
MES and political parties If il will. Their
strength IS in their numbers. Their
weakness is in their wide dispersion.
With adequate brains to lead them the
farmers can do much to avert anv long
continued oppression at the hands OF
p,,t IL.