What Mr. Tesla is Said to Have Said

In a floating newspaper paragraph Nikola Tesla is thus reported: "The wireless telegraphy plants you may have seen are but networks of flimsy wire. We are not doing anything of that sort here at Wardenclyffe. We are building for the future. It will be some time before our preparations are complete, but when we are ready we will be able to accomplish what we desire. We shall not be handling a plaything. It will be something for business. I do not believe that messages can be transmitted without wires for more than 50 or 60 miles without the use of the principles which I have patented throughout the civilized countries of the world. By the use of my system you will be able to put an instrument in your house and talk to anyone who has a similar apparatus anywhere in the country without any metallic or artificial connection."