New-York tribune., 1908-11-15

-..-,s in the old home country viii no IoHSer
10 LaDt from the use OF the ATInehla" iN -,
Tho, one sees the new japanese ha'H> -
- 10 ~ which with beautiful pearl hnlsh'
- ,,oortr,, accepted as gift by the MIN''-0'
., R,sstar Remington, OF which thousaiI-' "
sold every year; the Greek Remington l"s ..,,.o
bennington and score OF othefs- l''e'' ''' -
- tho pevanagart-Hind! Remington. ms
- 80 Western standpoint. Is the ugliest char
- - all It is stIn and heavy and angular
,,.yertbeless It has history whlch pu'S o,'''
fsrguaRes 10 shame. For this Is none o-He' I'm. ~
- "a c,-s,-,t character which many schoiats
hold IS the parent Of Latin.
Great changes Great changes "A Ee'S
tI,-5oo visitor to tho Remington Works was heard
T., ,7fttcr when hc sat down TO write on one OF
those machines. Every one knew what ne meant
H.. was thinking Of the wonderful history OF MS
-rlen- and sacred language and OF the straHseness
. .,tn --osac, dav association OF the old and the
II IL the boast OF every member OF the great
bennington organization that in twenty-five wear
TIE Remington Typewriter has saved the "oIIu
enough labor 20 build an empire. Most OF 'H'
rreat labor saving inventions Of history nave neeh
..,.orz Of manual labor pure and simple. But the
t,revriter IS mere than this. 1t Is manual ia"''
aver true enough but above all It Is brain LABOR
savar To realize the full force Of this fact'
fi,ture t. yourself the contrast between the bust
ness office Of thirty years ago and the up-to-date
nf7ce Of to-day In picturing this contrast DO not
dwell simply the clerks and subordinate en-
pIcyes The efficiency per unit OF each one OF
tresa has been increased threefold Think rather
Of the head man OF the office, the leader an"
,rc hraiDs Of the establishment. Picture to your
self the way in which he was compelled TO SPeh"
q great part OF his time in the old days ot Ia
borlous pen pushing and the way he employs
his time to-day In what ratio has his eihciehcy
been increased? The answer to this question Is the
eliminating triumph of the writing machine
The introduction Of the typewriter has not merely
attended the growth Of business; it is one OF the
gret factors Of recent times which have made this
,,rnv,tb uossible There have been other factors
the steamboat the railway and the electric tele-
,raDh They could solve the problem Of the
efficient clerical handling Of enormous affairs In
the face Of such demands upon 1t the pen would
have been power!ess Without the typewriter the
modern business world We know II could never
be- The typewriter therefore, has done more than
save labor. Its greatest achievement Is the crea-
ton OF new fields for labor, Of new opportunities
for human effort OF far greater ana wider spheres
for all human activities.
Tn, history Of the development Of the typewriter
on its mechanical side is OF equal interest Any
story of the typewriter and its development is nee
eseariv the story Of the Remington. for this was
the pioneer in the field and the first practical writ
ing machine offered to the public. Special interest
therefore attaches to the recent appearance on the
market Of brand models Of the Remington
rype1vriter. bearing the model numbers 10 and IL.
which are announced by the manufacturers as the
latest and greatest development OF this and
only standard writing machine simultaneously
with this advent exhibits have been made In
many Remington offices throughout the country Of
the old No. Remington, the model Of 1873. and the
No 10 Remington. the model OF 1908. the two be
ing shown side by side. This dual exhibit may he
q, scrihed eptome Of the entire history Of
typewriter development The old model ! Reming-
ton was big clumsy affair. inclosed In a wooden
G, se; the carriage shift was operated by "A foot
traadIe and II wrote capitol letters only. The
model 10 Remington. the other hand. possesses
all the merits which have been associated with the
Remington through all its history and in addition
Il has many and remarkable time and labor
saving features, hitherto unknown TO the typewriter
user The stretch of thirty-hve years which sep
arates this oldest this newest Remington
Is marked by many milestones OF successive Rem
in gton models. The first great Improvement
the introduction of the No. Remington. the
first machine which wrote both capital and small
letters. and 1t this improvement which did
much TO facilitate the commercial success OF the
typewriter Then followed in succession the first
machine for writing wide forms (No. ~ and the
first machine specially designed to write foreign
languages CIo -. Following the same order o:
general Improvement came in succession the models
G. and S Their reign has been long and glorious
and they s;iH number many thousands OF devoted
adherenta, but a king is the throne.
and who can foretell what fresh triumphs this new
reign may witness?
For even now. with all its achievements say its
friends the typewriter has not yet fulfilled its
mission. True, in business Its sway Is but uni
versaI in the professions its Is general but it
has still to win its final place In the home the
school and in everyday life. Already 1t has found
place in the school in all commercial courses. but
a broader destiny, they believe still awaits it
namely. az an educational medium pure and simple.