The Phonogram, Vol. 2:3 (1892-03)

Page scan 00023 from The Phonogram, Vol. 2:3

Record Details:

Title:
The Phonogram, Vol. 2:3
Date:
1892-03
Volume:
The Phonogram, Vol. 2:3
Leaf #:
00023
Language:
English
Subjects:
honograph,Telegraph,Telephone,"Phonograph History, Thomas Edison","North American Phonograph Company",NAPCo,"Sound Recording History
Collection:
Recorded Sound
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 20, 2022
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3 * THE PHONOGRAM. Three Busy Machines The phonograph in Chicago has come to stay. There has been more or less op- position, principally from stenographers, who thought the phonograph would de- prive them of a means of livelihood, but since they have come to realize that by using it they win do more work and in and take the time necessary to learn a new. and bettor way by calling to their aid the phonograph and applying it to their daily work. Another serious obstacle with which we have had to contend in placing phono- graphs in otlices for the dictation of letters. No. I.-I>ictMling an 1 Transcribing Kr>.»rn of the A. N. M.ir*|i»is Publishing: Co., i,akesi<i»* Iliiililinj;. Chicajj**. this wav increase the value of their services to their, employers, they are, as a class, regarding the phonograph with a little more friendly spirit. It is not alone the prejudice of stenographers, however, with which we have to deal, but perha|sthe natural unwillingness on the part of our business men to deviate from the methods to which tlicv havealwavs been accustomed etc., has been the fact that the majority of men whom we approach have either never heard the phonograph or know nothing about it. except as a toy or ma- chine that will reproduce music and song. It does not seem to strike them when thev are listening to the phonograph sing and talk that it could be used in anv other way. When they find, however, that