The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-03-19
D FOR CABLE USE
CLIPPERS MUST BE UNIFORM
HEREAFTER.
After Jan. 1, 1898. Business Hons'9
Enrared in Foreign Trade MIST
Conform TO the Usage Of the Inter
national telegraph bureau NJ b''"''


ON the Is, of January. ISIS. the nuNl
ness houses in America that az" 'ISa-'u
in foreign trade ami employ the 'anl' WEI
bc corlpelled to adopt Il slliGi" ni'i''"
code instead of those II present III uH''
As is we'll known, banks. '"H'"i'SN''i
houses. mercantile establishments "i"
manufacturer now use groulS "i 'i""
trary words in sending their tcl'Gr"hlH
ohrnnd. Each of these words conveys
the meaning of Il whole sentence an"
MOI only ECONOMICS cost, but preserves
she secrecy of dispatches. which cannot
be understood 10y she operators or "'hPl
ncrsou. into whose hands they may IAN
without the use of Il code 10 'faHSi'''
them.
An International Geographic bureau al
Rcrnc is Supportcd by the variruS govern
mcnlS vino W telegraph ANA rapl' in'H'
and is maintained for the purpose "t max
ing uniform rates and rules Tor I','l""
tional business. Representatives, OF sue"
governments hold conventions every nv
years for the purpose ol feNl'NlhS u"
work of the bureau and taxing Su'H ~
ton a> * necessary and "Apedloh' i"'
their lautual advantage. NJ inc laH. ~
trruational conference, winch was me-"
in Paris in 1891. il was decided I" require
MI patronS of the cable and telegraph SHH
Tens in the countries belonging l." me
uuion to usc an authorized uniform coi"'
which il * ~nroposed to make universal. y
commission was appointed 10 prepare ii
in seven English.
French Herman. Dutch. Italian. ioriu-
yuns. and I.atin-and their work Will h"
submitted for approval at the next C"H''i
eucc. which is 10 b1 held AT Ruda resi- III
the coming June. Copies OF IN" lroI"S'u
vocabulary have been forwarded 10 III"
United States for Inspection. II IL Il
large volume and contains 2.o.o"o WORDS
selected from the languages nhul'd ana
arranged in Alphabetical order. NH1'
IN, American cable companies nave not
accented the new code. they VIII he com
uollrd 10 do So. for the reason ina Tor
riyu companies will not accept messages
in ouv other ciphcr after Jan. |, lSoS.
The uatrons of the cable are not r'quIr
ed ,o acccp, the arbitrary meaning OF the
wards given in the official vocabulary, hu'
are allowed to apply them 10 any sen
tcncrs or figures or combinations lh"N
please. That is. each patron of III" cam"
system may arrange his W privat" rod"
AS at present. hNl htS' : IL - ""
furnished by the international union.
Therefore the same message may y" SEM
10 "A dozen different firms and have Il M
fcrpnt meaning Ia every one OF them.
This will make il necessary for the foV-
rnmen of the / nitcd States To arrang"
new official ciphers. Those in use at pres
cnt by the State and Navy Departments
are. old and cumbersome. and II is be
Iie,cd that several foreign governments
have TRANSACTIONS of the State Depart
mput. United States ministers III Madrld
have been amazed al times To discover
that the officials of tn" foreign Ollie" there
were familiar with the contents of cipher
dispatches received from Washington.
and when Mr.. TrrsCott's peace comnis-
sion went to Chill in 1852. they found that
the minister of foreign affairs had trans
lationS of their instructions from W ash
ington almost as soon rs themselves. II
has been freely charged that Il former
minister of the United States Al Santiago
gave or sold Il copy OF our cod" Ia tn"
CHILEAN Governments. Several INES the
Secretary of State has proposed to frame
Il new one, but il has never been accom-
pliShrd. Among European governments
new codes are adopted on the Isl of Jan
uary every year, and III" old ones destroy