The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-06-05

lie OF Argentina, now one of the larg-
est grain producing countries in the
world, al per cent OF the people are
utterly illiterate. Yet some people
do wiring from sucn people reliable
crop facts, which come under ocean
every day.
The gatherer of statistics in orr.
entail countries is received at the vii
lagos with hospitality In India he
goes to the farmer in the field
making it a point to catch him eat
ing his midday meal so that he will
have the chance OF finding him at
leisure. He is certain Of being asked
TO join the Hindoo in his meal. lie
breaks the wheat and corn bread
with his hand, mops up little gravy.
and drinks sips Of buttermilk with
each bit OF bread. while so engaged
he discusses the weather and the
crop prospects and the social events
agitating the mind Of the farmer
folks. In Russia. II the news-gath-
crer Is making his rounds in the ag.
riclltural districts he is likely to
be taken for the spy of the govern
ment, unless he Is a local man Even
II he is well known figure in the
village he has TO move very eau
tiously amongst the Russian farmers.
The Chicago board OF trade re.
ceivcs cables 90 It from the leading
centcrs OF commerce in Asia. Afri.
ca, Europe, the two Americas and
Australia. These are furnished immc-
diately on receipt, not only 10 mem
bers OF the board but also TO the
newspapers, free OF charge what
ever and without discrimination. The
gist OF the cable reports IS flashed
by telegraph to the exchanges Of
lesser magnitude. In this way every
day and every hour the public in
the United States has accurate and
up-to-datc information Of the worlds
markets and the conditions which
control them. What could the bus-
ness world do without the cables or
practical substitute? What would
follow the obliteration Of exchanges
built up TO perform this crop-news
service? One is apt TO dismiss such
problems concerning the things that
are: as 10 what we would do with
out the telegraph, the telephone, the
| board OF trade. Nowadays the aver
age man IN business and the news
paper reader are so accustomed to
acquaint themselves with prices rul-
| ing and the conditions prevailing in
the grain and provision markets the
world over that they rarely recall
that they are indebted TO the cable
service Of the great exchanges.
In the early days It cost 800 TO
send n message across the Atlantic.
/ The cable companies made n charge
OF 81 a word and the minimum
amount Of words 10 be transmitted
was fixed at twenty. Recent develop
mcnts in cahlo-malling and operating,
. combined with healthy competition
between cable companies have proved
instrumental IN brinring down thi
cable tolls wireless" telography has
become an important factor i'm the
field. The rates for cable messages
despite tie fact that they are much
less than they were forty years
ago, still continue to be high. Never
/ theloss big business uses the cables
eagerly. vast sums OF money are
annually expended by boards of trade,
exporting houses and newspapers In
obtaining information from foreign
countries by means Of them.
4 certain cable message from n
war correspondent to an American
newspaper is an illustration OF the
expense incurred TO secure news, as
commercial interests incur expense
for their purposes Therefore, the
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