government officials are acting blindly, or are knowingly attempting to force legislation which will have the immediate effect of arresting the development of a valuable art and deprive the public of a service that would in time give them trans-oceanic telegraphy at one-tenth the rates now paid for cable service.
This agitation, which would give the government full control of the wireless field, deals with existing conditions without considering the fact that wireless is still in its infancy, and is making enormous strides towards perfection each year.
Where would our telegraph service be to-day had the government taken control of it in the forties, and said there could be only one wire between two places? It is true there is a great deal of interference between wireless stations to-day, but is it to the best interests of all to have the government take control and say there shall be only one station in a locality, for the reason that another nearby station would cause interference?
It would be far better to let the situation stand as it is, and give Inventors an opportunity to overcome the present difficulties; and from our practical experience in this field, we believe that it will not be many months before this 1s accomplished. Under such an act we would be compelled to go to the government for a license whenever we wished to build a station, in which case a permit would be granted if the station was to be in a locality distant from other stations.
