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SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE ADVERTISER 35
The Telephone Unites the Nation
AT this time, our country looms
A large on the world horizon as an
example of the popular faith in the
underlying principles of the republic.
We are truly one people in all that
the forefathers, in their most exalted
moments, meant by that phrase.
In making us a homogeneous people,
the railroad, the telegraph and
the telephone have been important
factors. They have facilitated communication
and intervisiting, bringing us
closer together, giving us a better
understanding and promoting more
intimate relations.
The telephone has played its part
as the situation has required. That it
should have been planned for its
present usefulness is as wonderful as
that the vision of the forefathers should
have beheld the nation as it is today.
At first, the telephone was the voice
of the community. As the population
increased and its interests grew more
varied, the larger task of the telephone
was to connect the communities and
keep all the people in touch, regardless
of local conditions or distance.
The need that the service should be
universal was just as great as that
there should be a common language.
This need defined the duty of the
Bell System.
Inspired by this need and repeatedly
aided by new inventions and
improvements, the Bell System has
become the welder of the nation. It
has made the continent a community.
AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES
One Policy One System Universal Service
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