The high cable rates applicable to the Pacific routes has been receiving special attention of late from busi hess men in Canada, The "Vancot ver Sun" has been conducting a vigorous campaign with the object of educating public opinion in the importance of cheap communications to the Dominién's commerce. Effective use 1s made of the comparison of Atlantic with Pacific cable charges. 'A night letter can be sent across the Atlantic for five cents a word. It costs between 23 and 41 cents a word to send a cable across the Pacific. The press Tute between Canada and Japan is 32 cents and between Canada and England 5 cents a word. 'The commercial rates are 2 "cents and 18 cents respectively. 'The present cable charges are fixed by' the Telegraph convention and it may be difficult to secure early tention to this undoubted handicap to business enterprise here, Nevertheless it is to be hoped that the various chambers of commerce will keep the subject alive. The vigour of the movement on the other side of the Pacific is most encouraging.
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