Telephone growth and wartime impact cited in 1917 18 data
The report cites U S Bureau figures showing 11 713 228 telephones in the United States at end of 1917 and Illinois claiming 1 520 000 in use by 1918. It notes 21 450 000 000 calls in year and war driven increases in employment and wages across commercial systems. Salary payments rose 157 3 percent over 1907 1917.
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