The Phonogram, Vol. 1:1 (1891-01)

SPLENDID TRIBUTES TO THE PHONOGRAPH/ VOICED BY THE PRACTICAL MEN OF AMERICA. After These Who Can Doubt? Extract from an article in the National Stenog- rapher, of Chicago, March, 1890. by A. M. Haynes, Court Stenographer. Hay City, Michigan: “ As to ttic phonograph in business houses, it has come to stay. It has its place in the business worldi and it is going to take it. to the driving out of incompetent amanuenses. People who say to the contrary simply don't know what they are talking about. Hence I advise every young short- hander whom I meet to make»himself or herself more competent in his business, and to learn other things that will make them of more value to the employers. By so doing is the only-wav in which tjicv can get and keep situations. For their ben- efit I will state that in a business house with a large correspondence, one that 1 know of person- ally, they formerly employed a number of ste- nographers. They now employ one good stenog- rapher, to whom all members of the firm dictate the correspondence that he does not know how to answer himself; he dictates his notes into the Phonograph, the cylinder* arc turned over to six cheap tvpewritists, and in another room, from a like number of phonographs, are copied on type- writers rapfflly and the work done without mis- takes.” * 133 McDonough St.. Brooklyn. Mar. 12. 1S90. I have used the graphophone and phonograph for about ten months. I have had the former in daily u4t* for many weeks, and have frcqently used the latter and find it equally as good. It has cn:d»le«l'.4pi4 ty. get through an amount of work that I could not otherwise have accomplished. I dictate tor it magazine, and newspaper articles, books, reviews, and shorthand repot ts. which arc aftqrwiirds written out for me by a typewriter. I find it a gwat saving of time, which was my prin- cipal object*in getting it. It will lea most im- portant aid to both stenography and typewriting, and to business men wiil be very valuable for the dictation of letters. • Thomas B. Preston. Of the X. Herald v ^ United States Senate, Committee on the District ok Columbia. Washington, I). C., Sept. 20. 1S90. ^Jr. Edward I). Easton, Pres. Columbia Pho- nograph C»»y, 627 E St.. X. IV., City. My Den- Sir : Having used one of your phonographs contin- ually for the past six months, it gives me pleas- "'irjrto-state that it accomplishes all you claim. It haS been in constant use. Senator Ingalls' mail averages in the neighl>orhood of one hundred and fifty letters a day. and with the limited force at my disposal and the great volume of other work, it would be impossible to get along without it. It has never been out of order or needed the slight- est repairs. I feel that this is due to you, as, when it first came into the office, I did not expect very satisfac- tory results. Very truly yours, F. J. Haig, Clerk Com. Dist. Col. Department ok the Interior. United States Patent Office. Washington, I). C.. Oct. 8, 1890. Mr. Edward I). Easton. President Columbia Phonograph Co., Washington, D. C. Dear Sir : I take great pleasure in furnishing you with a statement of my experience in the use of '* talk- ing-machines." I have had two phonographs in constant use in my division in the U. S. Patent Office for consid- erably more than a year. The peculiar character of my work, which necessitates the use of many unusual and technical terms, is such as to put a talking-machine to the severest possible test. I am happy to say. however, that the results I have obtained have been most satisfactory and 1 have no hesitation in saying that the machine is an unqualified success as a mechanical stenogra- pher. I am now using two phonographs which are simply perfect in their action. The records arc clear and distinct, and are read by my transcril>cr without trouble, while the copy I obtain is free from errors and excellent in every particular, much better, indeed, than I have usually obtained from stenographers. *■ For convenience in use the machine far surpass- es the old methods of dictation. It is never tired or ill. and never wants a leave of absence, while its capacity for work is only measured by the speed and 'endurance of the user. You should adopt " Semper pa rat us " as the motto for the mod- ern talking-machine. I have the honor to be. sir. Yours very respectfully, James L>- Rice. Principal Examiner, Division 2. Rout. L. Mattingly, Counselor at Law. Celina, O., Feb. 15. 1880. Jas. L. Andf.m, Esq.. President Ohio Phono- graph Co. My Dear Sir; Your Phonogram under date of the 13th inst. has been received and very highly appreciated. It affords a new and pleasing introduction of here- tofore s'trungcrs. ami appeals to a matter in which I am not -only interested, but over which I have been very much gratified indeed. The communication by graphophone or phono- graph cither, brings men together in business matters in a more confidential relation, affording - /T *