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Show T H 10 the Constitution; that it is neither archaic nor outworn. May that sttae-ly- . edifice impress upon all who look upon it the conviction that the federal Constitution, notwithstanding all the good it has accomplished as an examp-la- r of free institutions, has not served its full purpose in the .world; that it, has yet before it a far and a fair goal, to be- attained not by frequent change amendment, but through steadfast adherence to the principles laid . down by its framers. - NEW LONG DISTANCE SCHEDULE. Important Changes Mean Better and $3,000,000 Annual Saving to Public. Ser-vic-e Important changes involving a general readjustment in long distance rates, and in the evening and night period during which reduced rates apply, are announced by The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Com- pany. The changes are effective on all calls from points in the Mountain states- - territory to points... in .the tercomritory of any other associated pany. They are made, the company states, for the benefit of users of long distance service and to eliminate service difficulties which the present schedule has brought about. The net result of the readjustment in rates will be a saving to the teleof approxphone users of the country imately three million dollars a year. To points outside the territory of the Mountain States Company and 150 miles or more distant the rates are substantially reduced. The greater the distance, the greater the reduction. For example, from Salt Lake to Los Angeles, the basic station to station rate will be $2.70 instead of $3.65; to Portland, $3.05 instead of $4.10; to Omaha, $4.00 instead of $5.55; Kansas CITIZEN City, $4.35 instead of $6.10; New York, $8.80 instead of $12.75. Long distance cables, carrier systems, vacuum tube repeaters, loading coils and other improved devices and methods, resulting from continuous scientific research and development applied to the telephone industry, have effected, omies on the longer circuits, and have a share in makinjg these reductions ' possible; A few rates for distances between 24 and 110 miles' will be adjusted to make the schedule consistent throughout, but in these cases the increase of the basic station to station rate will be only five cents. One of the interesting changes from the publics viewpoint is that by which one and a half hours have been added to the reduced rate period. Reduced rates on station to station calls will begin at 7 p. m. Instead of 8:30 p. m., as formerly. Between 7 p. m. and 8:30 p. m. the discount will be approximately 25 per cent of the day station to station rates, and from 8:30 p. m. to 4:30 a. m., about 50 per cent of the day rates. These discounts will apply where the day station to station rate is 40 cents or more, with a minimum reduced rate of ,35 cents. Because of the unsatisfactory service conditions which it brought about, the existing midnight discount is discontinued. Lowest Rates at Eight-thirtUnder the new schedule station-to-statio-n calls may be made at substantial reductions as early as 7 p. m., and persons wishing to take advantage of the lowest rates of the 24 hours may make their calls any time, after 8:30 p. m. Thus, although the midnight discount is discontinued, the longer reduced rate period. and the substantial reductions applying in basic rates to distant points mean that this change will make little difference in the cost of night calls. By this move the company expects y. to improve service by eliminating complications at midnight which have resulted in delays and put a heavy burden on its facilities and employees. At the more important centers it has meant retaining a large force of young women operators to care for a sudden and short-live- d burst of traffic. During much of the time the operators kept on duty in antiicpation of this temporary hish have bad little to do, then a short period in which they have been entirely too busy to give the best service, and following that a sharp tapering off in business at an early morning hour when few of the girls could return to their homes. With this condition growing more pronounced, the company has been facing a difficult and serious responsibility. It has become necessary to maintain dormitories in the larger central offices in which many operators, required only for a short period, have been housed for the rest of the night. These hours of duty have of course, been undesirable and hard to fill. The spreading of the long distance traffic over the lengthened reduced rate period will relieve this situation. Reversal Privilege Extended. Another change that will be welcomed is the extension of the privilege of reversing charges to include station to station calls whether placed during the day, evening or night where the rate is 25 cents or more. In the last few years the use of long distance service has been increasing constantly and many situations now arise where the reversal of charges is of advantage to the customer who calls for a certain number. Hence this privilege is an added convenience and saving to the public. Lloyd George says America aloj, can save the world. Having bad expensive experience in world ing, Americans have reached ihe pofy where they would prefer to s?..ve a lit. tie something for themselves. . friend is a thing rare and hard to find. Plutarch. A constant Forty have been indicted at Ja sonville in alleged fake Florida boom schemes. 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