Iron County Record | 1930-11-26 | Page 4 | "Time Cracks"

T Time Ime C Cracks rac k s The Chicago Tribune points out that time cracks and splinters under the sledges of science It observes that a hundred years ago it took at least three months for a message to go from London to Chicago In 1850 five weeks were necessary By 1900 this time had bad been red reduced ced to half an hour Now with the telephone the time element has hai almost entirely disappeared Words spoken in London or Paris or Buenos are Aires are heard at the same instant in Chicago or any other American community The constructive urge of private enterprise has thus destroyed time as it has obliterated distance The machine age has produced no greater marvel than the instrument which makes it possible for our voices to be heard thousands of miles away 1