Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1911 — TELEPOST CUTS INTO BUSINESS OF MORSE RIVALS IN CHICAGO [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TELEPOST CUTS INTO BUSINESS OF MORSE RIVALS IN CHICAGO

IN FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF TELEGRAPH PATRONAGE GETS 800 OF LARGEBT USERB OF OLD J SYSTEM TO .CHANGE TO AUTOMATIC LINES—CORPORATIONS ESTIMATE BIG SAVINGS. Chicago; The fight that has been going on here for the last two months for control of the telegraph business between this city and the principal cities of Missouri, Nebraska, Indiana and Kentucky has reached an acute stage. The Telepost automatic telegraph company, which has been acting as pacemaker for Its older rivals, with its 1000 words a minute service and maximum rates of one cent a word, regardless of time or distance, has considerably the best of It todate, as is shown by its acquisition of the patronage of more than 800 of the largest corporations, business houses and individual users of the wire, who have heretofore used the Morse system exclusively to the points reached by the competing lines. The latter estimate that the change will save them thousands of dollars a year. Computing Its profit on every 25 cent message at ll cents, the Telepost is in the unique position of being able to provide service to telegraph users from 40 to 100 per cent, cheaper than Its competitors, with their slower and more expensive hand operating system and make money out of it. .

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