The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-05
FALSE COTTON QUOTATIONS
WESTERN UNIONS ANSWER TO NEW
 ORLEANS EYCHANGE.
Full Investigation Made and the Dis-
 Said, Would Accomplish no Good Pur-

s"iu3 HOuIu Accomplish no GOou Eur- New York, Oct. 4.-President Eckert of the Western Union Telegraph com pany to-day telegraphed the following statement to President Parker of the New Orleans Cotton exchange, in re- ply to the communication of the latter official published this morning:
 Western Union Telegraph Company,
 New York, Oct. 4 1899. John M. Parker, Esq, President Cot
 ton Exchange, New Orleans La:
 Dear Sir--I am in receipt of your message of yesterday afternoon, in which you charge that the quotation service of last Friday was no less criminal than if 1t had been the result of Wilful and corrupt deception and i'll which you demand that the official or officials whose neglect of duty permit ted such conditions, and the operator or operators who sent the despatches without notice of change should be known to the world and promptly dis missed In answer thereto, and with all respect to the members and officials of your exchange, and with every de- sire to give to them assurance Of pre- caution against the possibility of q repetition of the circumstances of last Friday, I beg to say:
 "First-That we cannot admit that any criminality can be attributed to the action or omission of any official or operator of the company. The cxplana- ton already sent to you frankly and exactly states the cause of the confu- sion in the reports, and that cause must be free from any imputation of the charge of intentional neglect or will ful misrepresentation in any form or degree.
 "Secondly-It is the purpose of the Western Union Telegraph company and it's officials to ensure. to the New Or leans cotton exchange, and all other exchanges the most efficient and re- liable telegraphic service possible. Your long experience makes you cognizant of the intricaces of that service, and will also confirm the fact that for more than twenty years it has been per formed with exactness. reliability and promptness. This result has only been reached by the education of men spe- cially adapted to it.
 "Thirdly-The instant dismissal of the men or any of them who were on duty last Friday would not accomplish any good purpose, but might on the by the necessary substitution of inexperienced men, put the correct ness of the service in peril, to the equal of the exchange and the In the absence, therefore, of any possible suspicion of dishonesty of motive or action, and because of our wish and purpose to preserve the high quality of the service that has always been rendered, with the one accidental exception of last Friday, we must re- quest you and the members of your ex- change to believe that we have already applied such discipline to the officials and operators in the Commercial News as will best guarantee the of any interruption in any way to the excellence of the ser vice.
 "Fourthly-This decision has been reached after the most careful exam ination of all concerned in the service of Friday, and with due consideration of the importance of the service to your exchange While appreciating the con ditions which dictated your message, we cannot but believe that your own re- of the subject will lead you to coincide with us (Signed)
 "Thonlas T. Eckert, President"