As To Marconi Monopoly.

New York Times 100 years ago today, August 16, 1912:
Board of Trade Committee Issues a Warning to Ship Owners.
By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times.
    LONDON, Aug. 15.— The sub-committee on wireless telegraphy, appointed by the Board of Trade, to deal with the question of monopoly in wireless installations, has issued its report. It says the Marconi Company's claim to what amounts to a monopoly in this country regarding certain patents is disputed by Siemens Brothers and the Hilsby Company, but both these companies are desirous of obtaining from the Marconi Company a license to use the Lodge patent. The sub-committee adds:
    "We can express no opinion on the matters in dispute, but we have arrived at the conclusion that any British shipowner dealing with the Marconi Company's competitors will do so at the risk of costly litigation, and, further, that as matters stand at present any effective competition with the Marconi Company in the supply of installations may be impracticable."