The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-02-14

v, lnms of business for short dls,snees, NO.
esuse the fttss ssfe slfesdv b. is tpe pro
pUssd rst'. fhe increase would BE- eBiin 4
on messages i0r long distances. Ths tfus
o., on under suon an II woul NJ bsys
W rates, ole esch Tor sbOf. sni Lug DIS
lnoss
henst,r r. ner referred 10 what might be
termed t1H 'nof,l a.p'ot NJ tho question
Tue most ditlt ll ir.t re. ha sud, oil the
Ill, 10 qu"tt On was thit innlcent pur-
Chasefs nad Invested tbrif "a pney In Nc
alucs. lie asked should tlAt malt,t be
del with.
Hubbard said In reply t,at when tho H.
uOrrit ily down " IA tue gu ~ tley mutt
suffer the consequences, THESE puroh '-srs
d III as CiA'ed tlsm'Hives with tho guIl y.
The W'st>rn Uniun fifteen years ago mad
said neither the capitol stock nor lha bond
ed deot saouid he increased except by COLI
sei Of tw,-,hirds Of to stockholders,
THIS was l-dye to the
couIt rhsy keps tat pledge
for Tue time and The rNee were reduced,
fhey changed this policy n ISL. No oae
would object - pay Tor this stock nttpre
ID sse c0nhJlldaIiore; Vas " supposed these
"inu oceut stooshollrrs" did not get their
share Of this vgsred ftockr There we're
no isnoeett tOckholders.
Senator IA II remarked that no one wonl 4
venture u assert that congress In the inter
est o. the pubic couli net disregard these
stock holders and establish l. lssraph sgt
tom for the convenience OF the whole peo-
Pic. There were Only abnnt 1900 stock
holders in the Western Union, and one
mau owned more tnln half ~ stock,
Hubbard, proceed,ne, said that the rates
we're TOO high Tor the Esner,l pnblic. The
business community wsrs well served. but
the people Mt large RAPED no benefit fom
the tylaeraph.
Mr.. E;srDs had said that the Western
Union forwarded ne,ssgaa Ia the order in
which ,hev Sera received. This WAS OILY
theoretically true, bu, there was something
OF inord WIS. impNtincs than
auytling yet present ID. Whtt
we're tne I'll tons Of the W@trn
Union to the ptup at the country IN tieir
Giai and po i.oati tres? Ths Western
Uuion was COZ ttll-d ny three or four
reulsmsn in New York. IL COT troiled
/ % market pr'Ces, a!l political
aud geners news sent over its wires. and
every siugls i'm por art per onhl commun-
cation sem ia thH couniry. THIS company
was coLtr He'd oy No law except tho inter
psts of It's owner. No state coul pass a
law which shout have any sffe,t On taii
corporation. Was tlero any
oher Ike power IN the woil u
H. w0ud banda 100 600, 900 messaseS ten
years hence. Throu IN It's agente IL coll .ct'
|
traction OF u penny pound on cotton was
iuture 10 any MAJ. They admitted nc
partnership ia tins business. He made nc
charges, but he behaved this was tao
! large power u eLt'nst to any man or any
c,rpsrbtion. How was 1t " tn the press
Tae We't-rn U0ion T,lAgraph company
snd Associated Press made close corpors
ton. He did not mean t
ray taers was any fault /, be found in the
, pr sent management. some time ago, two
papers Ia San Francisco favored the postal
! itl graph. The rates TO these pspert
were increased. One paper dec
! in coass quenca and the other ceased to DIE
cuss Gre mater. Il fsper which once crit
c'sed Or'on's course found its rates dou Iva
! next day. This was the poser
| tins cornoration held De. Green had said
| the West 'rn Uhiou wool / be giah II cnm'
| in and hid fJr aervice. H. (Huboaro
would favor the irtroduct.ou q
! . provision to permit this, hr
! Eve,ts had referred t, the private
, COZ trace between me sender Of a messna'
d tue Western Union COMPANY Wat
! was the private cpu,rHctP Why, simJlg /
any error Was msde IN trsn,misg!nn t'!'
company woul refund the SUN paid FOL
transmission. Nothing else.