Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-05-17
COMMUNICATION
CIRCLES GLOBE
Wire and Wireless Now
Leave No Spot of Civil
lizatiOn Untouched

Washington One man In Washing
ron 10 In touch by wire and wireless.
with every corner OF the United
States even up 10 fsrthest Nome.
Alaska And this same man. by wire
and wireless. Is IN touch with the
wholc world with the sir or seven
hundred wireless telegraph shore sta
lions scattered all over the globe. not
20 speak Of The operators on the ships
mil.nr The seas Of The globe
II no 30 desired and N the govern
nrrf which pay him bis salary In tho
department Of war 80 ordered. this
man could talh with the operator in
Eastport Maine the Harvard Uniyer.
hty laboratory. the lightship Skunk"
on the English coast with the Rus
sian station at Viadyostok Siberia:
viii Perrin or ZANZIBAR some miles
70 the southWard n u Was neCes.
sary 20 do so. words could BE- flashed
rom Fort william Mckinley across
70 FNku Japan and no one sailing
underneath the nyng messages "a
- the wiser And every day the N.
Der Of these points In the gigantic
aorld circling system OF intercommunl-
cation increases both IN efficiency
and certainty The one man In the
var department ~ Washington will
have his hands full and he can talk
all he wants 10
viii Be No Babel
The ether" SAYS Commissioners
cham bcrlain OF the bureau OF naylga-
tton. IL common property and with
The cheapest apparatus unrestralned
'Tlyial messages can create babel 4"
What a magnificent babe n would bs
~ the tribes and tongues we're 81 war
with each other Hul despite the In.
geuuiflos OF the ever present prao-
uca Joker there isnt going 70 be- any
babe Locally here and there con.
fusion may reign buf The movement
noR ou foot 10 bring order before
chaos GETS a chance 70 dominate is
700 strong 20 be- checked
A. long ago a. 1905 the Imperial
ierman government observing tho
,aecd FOR the regulation Of wireless
biography. and IN order 10 secure the
greatest benefit from y and prevent
rho establishment Of n worldwide
lpiroloss monopoly invited other ma.
nions 10 Join Il In adequate intcrna.
tonal regulation the only effective
Kind rs wireless doiies boundary
mes From This call there resulted
me Berlin International Radiotele-
Erarh,r convention o' 1906 which has
since been ratified by 30 countries. In.
Guiding the greatest maritime powers.
stcepi the United States Wherefrom
sangr n tale
Il seems that the delegates from
the United States we're influential In
shaping the international agreement.
plt. owing 10 a peculiar Circumstance.
hey are powerless 20 further the ratl.
soaiion by this nation The reason Is
simple the landtelegraphs OF Europe.
sRpar and nations generally are own
ed hy he government and are usually
operated by the national posiot'ice sys.
,lem also always government instl.
"uiior
Where the Hitch Comes
IN enc United States. uf course pr.
Nyate capital controls 'he land tele.
graph lines Now The Rerlin conyen.
tor FIXES the rates Of wireless dts
pa'ches aud provides 'or their trans.
mission over land lines 10 their ter.
minus and from their point Of origin.
some veople say that without either
federal ownership or else federal
aoutrol Of land lines o. will be- impos
Ablc for this country TO join the rest
n me civilized world IN contract
essential 10 The Wellbeiug Of wireless
telcgtaphy
The WAY our IA 10 bin which is
today somewhere 10 pickle Ia con
1ress !, provides tn brief FOR FED.
ara Licenses To- IN. operation OF wire
iess apparatus al shig o. shore sta.
ions and TO- federal license Tor wire
less operators The commissioner OF
ssvlgRtion has called this bill a nee
sssAry supplement 10 the wireless ship
act. and hopes further that the SEN
ale may Yet find way 10 ratlfy tho
Berlin convention The International
RadiotelegraphiC conference vii AS.
semble again at london In June OF the
present year The United States will
Be represented. though not mem
s.r II IL clearly up TO the congress-
20 make arrangements TO- our admis-
zion