Show A TELEPHONE NATION in 1877 the number of telephones per hundred population in both voth the united states and europe was none in jn 1899 the united states had less than one telephone per hundred population and europe had bad barely a fraction of that number I 1 1921 europe had a little better than one telephone per hundred population while the united states had risen to more than thirteen telephones per hundred population and now has a total of in use which is two thirds of all the telephones in the world a in this country there is about one telephone to every two wo farm tam dwellings a convenience unheard of in other countries this wonderful telephone development ia Is due to efficient organization to the cumulative effect and importance of investments great and email small in all the apparatus and equipment required for the transmission of speech as well as the foresight and business acumen of those who have directed the policy of the bell system from the beginning and to the fact that in this cotI country telephone development has been left to private enterprise under reasonable governmental regulation regulations The manufacturer |