The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-10
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
Especial Despatch to The Reformer.)
Copyright 1922.

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Copyright 1922.
WASHINGTON, Jan 10.-The United
States government has succeeded in its
first effort 10 abolish monopolies in cable
communication throughout the world An
agreement has virtually been reached with
the Western Union. the AIl-America
Gable Ga, and the Brazilian, Peruvian
and Ecuadorian governments which will
mean revolutionary change in cable
communication between North and South
America bringing with it unquestionably
later on lower rates as well as improved
service and establishing ultimately free
dom fro.-. cable monopolies in the western
hemisphere.
The basis of the new agreement. which
brings To an end the spectacular fight be
tween the Washington government and
the Western Union over the landing of a
cable in Miami, Florida. Is this:
First. the All-America Gable Co. shall
surrender the monopoly it enjoys to the
landing of cables in Peru and Ecuador
while the Western Union which is afili-
ated with the British owned Western
Telegraph Co. shall surrender its mon
opolics ON the Brazilian coast and the
eastern shores of South America. and
thereafter neither company shall have
monopolies on either coast.
Second, the Western Union will be
permitted to land its cable at Miami
Florida. connecting the island of Barba-
dos. where the Brazilian cable had
reached. with the United States.
Third, settlement i~ conditioned upon
the consent of the Brazilian government
and the British company, the Western
Telegraph Co. to the revocation of the
original monopoly on the Brazilian coast.
TnI
The willingness of the Western Union
and the All-America companies to sur
render their respective monopolistic priv
lcgeS Is am evidence of their fOreSighted-
ness as we'll as their recognition of the
fact that sooner or later when the present
nouop0heS did expire. the influence OF the
uitcd States government. whether the
administration be Republican OF Demo
Crat was sufficient TO prevent The renewal
of such uonopoiie< and that by an agree
ucut at this time competitive conditions
could be brought about which would en-
E3uge not only the revenues Of the cable
companies but help to build communica-
ton and commerce between North and
South America. Trade in the western
hemisphere has been hampercd by poor
COMMUNICATION before The All
American Co. came into the field, most Of
the cable traffic from the United States
80 South America was by way of Europe
--iAfr'sNi tAtiIg ttelttA On tile one manu-
and breeding = certain suspicion on the
other. that European business men were
able 10 outhid Americans through their
knowledge Of American offers. These
charges have been denied again and again
but ii has been admitted that the oppurtu-
n:ty for such tactics would be minim-
led if the United States had speedy cem-
muuicatiou with South America,
Fight \ Long One.
Tie fight for untrammelied communica-
tiors in the western hemisphere began un-
der the Wilson administration. Secretary
Colby adopted practically the same policy
a~ did Secretary IIushe~-there was no
politics in it, simply deliberate effort on
the part of the American government to
see to it that cable communication with
the all-importaEt continent TO the south
OF MS wasn't controlled by foreign owned
companies who might discriminate against
the citizens of the United States.
President Harding, however has the