History of the Typewriter

—287— capital stock is $20,000,000, of which S4,000,000 is seven per cent, first preferred accumulative ; $6,000,000 is eight per cent, second preferred accumulative ; and $10,000,000 common stock ; $2,000,000 of second preferred being retained as treasury stock. The Remington, Caligraph, Smith Premier, Yost and Densmore machines entered into the combine, and each of the old companies retained its former methods of doing business, under the direction of the officers and general board of the Trust. The following extract from the Express (London) of 17th February, 1903, will show the effect of this combination. “There is a typewriter trust in New Jersey,” said a representative of the Yost Company yesterday, “ with a capital of £4,000,000, which controls the five chief type- writing machines in the world. “ By means of this combine prices have been kept at a high level for thirteen years with the object of getting the best material and making the best machines. “ The trust has no direct representative in London, but the Remington, Yost, and other leading typewriter companies, though apparently rivals, were really all one family.” , Victorieuse. The name in France of the Gardiner. Victoria. The same machine in Germany. Wanamaker. The New \ ork Agency foi the Empire is or was with the Wanamaker’s Stores, and their name is frequently used, with or without the term Wellington, to describe the machine in their advertise- ments. Webster. Mr. Joseph March Webster, of Liverpool, patented a machine, of which, however, we have no details sufficient to permit us to describe it. Wellington. The name given to the Empire in the United States. The Williams Telegraph Typewriter. This machine is a modification of the No. 4 Williams, and was made to meet the special demands of telegraphists. It has only twenty-one keys and forty-one characters, including the alphabet in capitals, numerals, punctuation marks, and the necessary signs for commercial work. The simple construction and small number of keys makes this machine easy to learn and operate. Telegraph forms are easily inserted and feed quickly and automatically out of the machine when the work is com- pleted. A continuous roll of paper can be used if desired, and for taking long despatches in newspaper offices, is