Show world telephone to level all earners and bring common brotherhood of man by JOHN J CARTY L chief eap anter american telephone Tel ephon tad and telegraph company there can be no doubt whatever that some day wo shall establish telephone communication with every part of the ilia known world this is tile work vb mt arc engaged on oil now what will bo be the ilia effect of all this where people do not freely communicate with each other they alicy do not understand each other oilier there is misunderstanding there is suspicion there is jealousy there is war but when people can call freely communicate with each other they are arc drawn together and a condition is created where all interests are common commo n to all the people tho the world telephone will make a common language a lecessi necessity ity that does docs not mean that all languages except one will disappear but there will be one language which all the ilia world will linder understand stand and use for communication it will bo be ilia language that we americans talk and with the common understanding of language will come a free exchange of thought and of ideas and a common brotherhood 1 0 of f i nan man frontiers will gradually di disappear sap pear and wo we shall evolve into one great family of mankind that I 1 believe is the true inis mission sion of the ilia acl telephone what wo ive ought all to be specially proud of is tho the fact that thes achievements are tile pro product allet of american institutions land reflect tile tho genius of our people tho the story of tho ilia telephone ilia story of its development is the story of our own country a story exclusively of american anter enterprise prise and of american progress all ilia most powerful governments of europe have tried their best to develop and operate telephone systems and with what results great contributions con tribu ions to ilia art have not been made by any one of them americans have given a new voice to mankind have created and perfected an electrical system of communication for ilia advancement of civilization americans have extended without wi limit ilia carrying power of tho the human voice eliminating barriers to speech binding together oui own people and now reaching out with the ilia great alm aim of some borne lay day bringing nil all ilia people of all the nations of the earth into a common |