The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-01-22
Ia,tI.u,.d BY the State Of Psnh.ylrlsIa-How the
Success Of the suit will EJECT Bu,ine" Ia.
ttrtsts-Ssv System which Doubles
the Capacity OF Gables, &c.


hold my stock in the Western Union
Telegraph Company as investment, but
really beyond that don't pay much atten-
tion TO telegraphing, and DR.. Green, who
knows all about it, is out Of town."
A DISASTER TO BUSINESS MEN.
"What would be the effect II the suit
goes against the Western Union Telegraph
Company
The effect would be felt more seriously
by the people Of Pennsylvania, than any
body else. The Western Union Company
is huge national enterprise. Its lines ex
tend to every hamlet IN the country. Now,
II Pennsylvania cuts herself of from this
great system, which has become q part Of
the country, her citizens would feel it
keenly. Philadelphia business men do
not want that. Pittsburg business men
do not want 1t. The trade Of the State OF
Pennsylvania is with the whole country,
and she wants to continue 10 be connected
by telegraph with the business men OF the
country"
,"What relation has the consolidation Of
Telegraph companies to the cheapening OF
rates?"
"The attempt to break a link in the chain
OF the Western Union system will surely not
result in making telegraphic tolls cheaper.
Look at the American Union and the other
little lines. They manage by what they
get from the public TO pay expenses-noth.
ing more. Meanwhile the Western
Union at the. same rates for messages,
or less, is able 10 keep up It's lines, ex-
tend them and pay a dividend. This
shows that the telegraph business can be
done cheaper under great system than by
multitude OF little lines. Besides, we have
gradually for years decreased tolls to and
from all points just as the system has been
enlarged.
ADVANTAGE PENNSYLVANIA HAS.
"There is another matter" said Mr..
Gould, dropping the tape on which was
being registered the transactions at the
Stock exchange. "0ur records show that q
large proportion Of the telegraph business
OF the Western Union Company at offices
in Pennsylvania is done at low rate as
compared with the average tariff in the
United States. For instance the statistics
OF the Western Union Company show that
for the year ended June so. 1852, the aver
age tariff per message over all Western
Union lines was forty-four cents, and the
average tariff over Western Union lines in
in the State Of Pennsylvania was only
twenty. cents. As message Is usually
more than ten words, the average rate per
message Is really less than twenty. -four
cents. The geographical situation In Pen
sylyania is such that the Western Union
| lines passes through that State from
parts oi various trunk lines between New
York aud the East on one hand,
and the South and West on the other
hand. One hundred and two circuits are
worked from New York 10 Cincinnati, St
Louis and Chicago, aud from New York
and other cities outside OF Pennsylvania,
to Baltimore, Washington, Augusta, Jack
sonyille, New Orleans and other cities.
These trunk lines are OF vast importance TO
the general business OF the country and 10
the public OF other States besides Pennsyl-
yanfa, furnishing communication as they
do between important trade centres and
commercial exchanges and the Cuba and
Mexican cables To deprive the public OF
their use las would be the effect Of the
Attorney. Generals suit, il successfully
would almost paralyze immense interests
OF innocent parties outside the State OF
Pennsylvania. The Courts have already
plainly laid down the law in reference TO
the interference OF o State In this through
telegraphic business"
"What effect will the laying down OF
new ocean cables between this country and
Europe have on those controlled by the
Western Union"
"This is free country and anybody can
Law a cable who chooses to doso. don't
know that the new cables are being laid,
but do know that ours have just been
tested and pronounced in the very best
condition by the electricians. The eight
cables connected with the Western Union
are capable OF doing all the business and
more too. By DR.. Muirheads duplex sys.
TEN, which we have Just adopted, our facil.
tiles are practically doubled, and We can
do as much business as sixteen cables OPP
Grated on the old plan. Messages can
now be sent each way at the same time,
and. Il il q curious fact that she current
balances so nicely that little more than
double the amount OF business can be
done on cables instead ofa little less, as on
land lines"
BUSINESS PROSPECTS, IN THE SOUTHWEST.
"How do matters look in the South
west"
"The business prospects in the South
west are most excellent All the crops
were superb last year, and the cotton crop
ia the largest ever raised. There is also a
steady and increasing emigration pouring
into Arkansas and Texas. The country
down there will not have to depend on
agriculture altogether, but It will be en-.
riched by the development Of the mining
| industry, and in time manufactures will
come, The New Orleans Pacific route to
the Pacific coast has Just been opened,
and It Is surprising our expectations.
Texas Pacific looks very encouraging to
me. as indeed the whole business prospect
does"
"What your opinion oLthe outlook in
Wall streetW
"The general business outlook Is good,
As to the stock market, It is Just such at
tacks as that in Pennsylvania on the West
ern Union that unsettle values and creates
uncertainty and doubt Those who lend
themselves to such stock. .jobbing transac.
tions forget that the situation in Wall Street
Affects the whole business interests OF the
country. The general condition Of things
there Ii always reflected in the large en-.
terprises OF the country. The general con-
dition Of things there "a always refectedlin
the large enterprises Of the country. My
observation has been that II prices are
buoyant In Wall Street, business Is good
everywhere"
ONE Of the highest officials OF the order Of
Foresters In the United States Is Mr.: Z. 8.
Pike, $50 North Third street St. Louis, Mo