Radio Broadcast - 1925, February - 113 Pages ... - VacuumTubeEra

The March of Radio 697
tial products would thus be held up by the
producers for the most favorable terms, thus
increasing the cost of living." Here in the
United States the farmer is
continually urged
to utilize the radio dispatches of the Department
of Agriculture and other government
bodies which send out market conditions
specifically to enable him to market his products
most profitably. It is difficult to understand
the French attitude. Isn't the farmer
entitled to whatever help radio can give him
Certainly no government official in the United
States would boldly declare, as did the French
minister, that he didn't mean to help the
farmer market his wares as profitably as
possible. It seems that there must be no
"farmer vote" to worry about in France as
there is in America, as most of our politicians
seem to think.
Photographs Across the Sea
ONLY a short time ago we commented
on the excellent transmission of pictures
from Chicago to New York over
the wires of the American Telephone and Telegraph
Company and also on the successful
attempt to send them from Washington to
Baltimore by a radio channel. About the
same time that occurred here, in France M.
FACES ACROSS THE SEA
Became a reality when engineers of the Radio Corporation of America and the British Marconi Company
succeeded in transmitting photographs by radio from London to New York. The system was developed
by Capt. R. H. Ranger of the Radio Corporation. The top photograph shows Capt. Ranger, the round
insert is a photograph of Ambassador Kellogg, one of the first to be transmitted across the Atlantic.
The bottom view shows General Harbord, president of the Radio Corporation (right) and Capt. Ranger