Show saving an annual saving to the public of more than will result from reductions in day rates tor for toll and long distance calls in the bell system effective february 1 according to an announcement no made today by F H reid beld president ol of the mountain states telephone e and telegraph company all day calls between points from to approximately 1600 1500 miles apart are arc reduced in cost this Is true of 0 persan to person calls as well as calls by numbers this reduction affects calls placed to any one of 0 the telephones in the united states telephone users in the territory served by the mountain states telephone and telegraph company will profit substantially by the reductions this general reduction Is the third made by the bell system in two years and tour four months and according romr reids statement Is in keeping with the bell systems policy ot of providing the best possible service at the least cost consistent with financial safety mr reid points out that in the statement of policy it was announced that earnings more than sufficient Eum clent to provide the best possible service will either be spent tor for the enlargement and improvement pro v ement of the service furnished or the rates charged for the service must be reduced in long distance service it has been possible both to improve the service and reduce the rates during 1928 there has been a con sinuous improvement in the speed with which toll and long distance calls were handled according to mr air reid the fact that 90 00 a ot of calls are arc now handled while the subscriber a remains at the telephone has been one of the influences that has brought about the steadily increasing use ot of long distance facilities that have marked the year yar principally in the industrial areas of the country there was an extension of 1500 miles ot of intercity inter city telephone cable this cable Is practically storm proof and provides dependable long distance service between large centers of population this Is the second substantial having offered to the public by the bell system in the space ot of little more than one year according to mr neld the last rate reduction became effective december 1 1627 1927 on calls longer than miles and saved the telephone using public band in 1928 the reduction that immediately preceded this became effective october 1 1926 and represented an annual cavini caving to the public ot of |