Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-02-11

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sery stock shall be subject to insD+l
ton by experts Of the Department 4
Agriculture, at such points Of etn
as the Secretary Of Agriculture M,
designate.
Little seems to have been done ,
Congress Monday. Representate
Burke, Of Pennsylvania, author Of h,
bill pneding in the House to reuu.
all sea-going vessels carrying as man,
as SO passengers to equip themselVs
with wireless telegraph apparap
called on the President and discusl
the subject with him.
The President sent in the follorir
message which was read to hi
bodies:
"Your attention is invited 10 reeat
events which have c~onclusively /,
monstrated the great value of radio
telegraphy,.as an fundamentally fa
the preservation Of life at sea.
"While TIE honor of the first prs
teal application Of the scientific puit
ciples involved may belong to anotis
country, it is gratifying to know tt|
our inventors have been quick to SEN
upon and develop the idea, and that
several systems Of approved s%cienti
! merit and commercial practicablh|
have been put into operation IN TIL
! United States.
Furthermore through the Liberal
ity Of Congress and the intelligena
and industry Of the Navy Department
cur Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coass
are equipped with a chain Of sAas|
stations, designed primarily tor tal
national defense. but capable Of re
ceiving and transmitting messages y
any Of the systems Of wireless fef
graphy now iii general use. Even ou
distant insular territories and Alasn
are SO equipped.
$50 far as our own country IS eaf
cerned, steps have thus been taal
effectively to prevent the esfaol L5
ment Of a monopoly in the PRAGUE
ESQ Of the new applied art. ii
81 deem it highly desirable ta
the Congress before ad]ourI, oaa
should enact a law, requiring Wl!',
reasonable limitations. as deF"Ea.n s
by what the government OF the 1h !
ed States has already done ana y y
what prudent and progressive ~
owners have already found prasa a
able, that all ocean-going stean,' Z
carrying considerable numbers o. y !.
sengers on routes, where wireless ;, :
stallations would be useful, shoVla ~ :
required to carry efficient radl0,, M
praphic installations and compel s's
operators. The subject is now aa I
consideration by the Congress- a lsd
lam advised that legislation tr e :,
the same general purpose IS alSV :
der consideration abroad.
"Our interest in its enactne sws
keen on account Of the great n las.,,
Of storage, as well as CABIN pa9a
gers, who annually arrive at anI h,
part from our ports. What W. .;'
already done along practical w.,
lines warrants. the United o'a' j,
), being the first nation to enact Cont
ute requiring the use OF his 'sai''
Of human life. iii
In the Senate it was MADE e,, Iat i
the minority do not Intend ' a"aip
nomination of Crum shall De w. a
ed. Senators Tillman. Frazl', ~ i
!, Gary made extended speeches. n. ca
race question in the South m rt;;epb
talked of the Crum case IN p; ns
; and against the policy OF pIa sas;ts
groes in important ofhclal .Ih;tes
where it is necessary Tor wa esp
: come in contact with them. anu III
) tally in cases where practlca.s nsse
| the business Of an office Is 'la'
5 by white people.