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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1904)
TITE 05LVJTA ILLUSTRATED TIEE. October 2, 1W4. 1 TELEPHONE RATES IS OMAHA Interesting Letter of Manager lane to the ,, . City CpunciL , PROPOSED REDUCTION IN CHARGES Detailed Information About the Make vp of the Tariff Schedules aad the Reasons Promp ting Them.' of the Much light on the inside working local telephone company and the manner In which telephone rates are mafle in Omaha may bo gleaned from the communi cation Bent to the last meeting of the city council. In which General Manager Lane goes Into detail on exiating conditions In the telephone. The letter In fall follows: OMAHA, Bept. 34, 1904.-Mesrs. E. D. Evans, Chairman; C. 8. Huntington and P. C. Bchroeder, Committee: Gentlemen Complying with your request to reduce to writing the views of the Nebraska Tele phone company, together with the Informa tion given to you at our office upon the sub ject of telephone rates, I beg to say! , I feel warranted in believing from the fair and earnest manner In which you have carried on your Investigation, that It Is your purpose to give due consideration to the business necessities of the company, and that no personal consideration will be permitted to influence you or any member of the council to do the company an Injus tice. We do not concede the power of the city to fix rates, and waive no rights, but we wish to avoid controversy and to sat isfy you and the public. We are willing, therefore, to give any Information desired concerning our rate and the reasons for them, and we believe that our service and our rates in Omaha are satisfsctory to the public. This does not, of course, mean that every individual of the public Is always satisfied. That cannot, in dealing with so large a number of persons, be reasonably expected. Somber of 'Phones In Omaha. The company has, approximately, 6.000 subscribers in the city of Omaha, to which must be added a still greater number who use the telephones of the company, but who are not subscribers for it must be remem bered that practically every telephone in the city Is made free by our patrons to their customers and friends, and to others who wish, casually, to use them. We serve this great number of persons every day of the year, and many times each day, so that we make an average of 70,000 connections each ordinary day, and on some occasions much greater number. These people are often busy, and tlmo is often of great Im portance to them. They are Impatient of delay, and sometimes careless of the man ner In which they use the Instruments. Few persona are always reasonable. Most per sons are generally reasonable, but some persons are never reasonable. We have to perform this service, too, when It Is de manded, and cannot distribute it over the day and there are occasions when the business becomes congested to an extent that cannot be foreseen. As I have already stated, the company makes 70,000 connections In Omaha per day some days more than this. To handle this great business required three shifts, forty operators in each shift, at the switchboard. Let" any person who makes frequent use of Ms telephone remember that there are 6,000 persons who may, at lorao hours of the day, be doing the same thing at the same time, and he will then begin to realise the difficulty of serving the publlo without some complaint sometimes, perhaps, reasonable, but generally not so. It Is. therefore, really maxlng that this vast number of daily transactions can be carried on day after day, with all classes of persons, with as little friction or dissatisfaction as there Is, and I assert confidently that there is no Other business In the city, of any character whatever, public or private, that, all things considered, is conducted with less friction or with greater satisfaction to the persons whoss patronage supports It, "than the bus Incia of this company. Our experience has also proven beyond the least controversy that much the greater portion of the com plaints that are heard proceed from per sons who do not pay for telephone service at all, and who would not, no matter how Jow the rates might be and generally from persons who have never conducted a busi ness of large character, and who, there fore, do not consider the grounds for their complaints. Motive of Ratr-Maklna-. It Is' a fatal mistake to assume, as some persons do, that the company fixes Its rates with a view to exacting the highest sum t can get from Its patrons. Uhat has never been the policy of the company. Its rates are fixed with a view to promoting Us business, as are the charges, in any other line of business with a vlow to satisfying the publlo by giving to Its patrons a serv ice worth all that Is charged for it. The officers of the company are as anx ious to, have Its relations with the publlo pleasant, satisfactory and mutually ad vantageous as are the managers or pro prietors of any other business, and their efforts are as constantly and earnestly di rected to this end. This Is the only safe foundation for spy business, and a polloy that reasonable persons seriously 'believe I to be unfair would be suicidal. Accord- J Ingly, it has been the settled policy of W company to give the publlo the best possible servioe at the lowest rates that would enable It to pay ( per cent to Its stockholders and preserve the condition and earning power of Its plant. Be, I also assert confidently, that we have In fact given to. the city of Omaha as perfect service as money could obtain, keeping pace with the most approved Inventions, and at ratss low as conservative business methods would permit. W have no fictitious capital and can show 21 worth of property for every dollar of stock Issued. Nor have we any mort gage debt. There Is not one speculative or unsound feature In our business. It Is as conservatively organised and con ducted as any hank In the city, nnd this Is the secret of the fact that, notwith standing that It is often Injuriously and unreasonably attacked'. It has been con ducted with fair success. Returns on Investment. The company does not aim to earn mora than 6 per cent for Its shareholders, and during a period of more than ten years l( has not paid more, and Its rates through out the whole territory have been grad uated to accomplish this purpose. You understand, we do not. Jiave the same rates at all places. Thst would not be possible.- We have to graduate them ac cording to circumstances and conditions, endeavoring merely to make them reason able and Just In all places. In view of the circumstances and conditions, to the pub llo and to the company to earn upon the wholo system t per cent for shareholders and kp the system In condition and up to date. To do this requires a compre hensive knowledge of the whole business, of the Conditions which affect its volume, its cost, and the value cf the service to our patrons alt of which has been ac quired only by long experience. If these ratoa are to be fixed by persons who are Ignorant of the business, who have nothing to lose If It be disastrous, and who give little or no consideration to the subject, What will become of the business? . I have seen It stated thai the ordinance now In your committee will effect a re duction of. tevean to the company la this city equal to $140,000 per annum, which Is approximately correct, and I have heard this spoken of as If It were a good thjng for the public. ' But this sum Is approxi mately equal to the whole sum required to pay dividends cf per cent per annum to shareholders and, therefore, such a re duction of earnings would completely de stroy the dividend paying power of the whole system, and If an equivalent reduc tion were applied throughout the system the company could not continue business ten days. Is It a good thing for Omaha, or for any Individual In Omaha, to de stroy legitimate business? Does it benefit Omaha, or any of Its people, to attack legitimate business Involving large csrl- onr,n" employment to large numbers oi persons, ana renaennp: nn iiiumiiruMwiw service to the public? Who is the gainer by sgltatlon and threats of legislative Interference which disturbs the mutually satisfactory relations between a company pursuing a legitimate business and those who want and require Its services? Do we promote the Interests of this city, or any portion of its people, by keeping the city in an attitude of hlstlllty to its largest and most Indispensable enterprises? May not the city of Omaha have had, already, itr full share of the spirit that tears down Instead of that which builds up? I may be guilty of digressing somewhat, but these questions seem to be worth your con sideration. Redaction la Rates. The tendency has been to lower tele phone rates In this city during the last ten years, while the service has been constantly Improved at great expense to the oompany and at great loss by the necessary discard ing of out-of-date Instrumentalities. But these reductions and Improvements are soon forgotten by those who have no reason to remember them. The highest class of service that, Is rendered, or that can be given, Is the metalllo circuit. Individual Una, with long distance transmitter, for which the rate, in places of business, was formerly 120 per annum, but which has been reduced from time to time until It is now $84 per annum, which is a reduction of 30 per cent. The same class of service for residences was formerly $90 perannum, but this has been reduced until It Is now $48 per annum, a reduction of nearly CO per cent The extension set, with the same class of service, was formerly $42 per an num, and this has been reduced until it is now $16 per annum, a reduction of more than 60 per cent This has all been ac complished within ten years and It is an extraordinary reduction. I doubt If any other business can make such a showing. It has been made possible by the great ex tension of and consequent increased earn ings fiom toll lines, and by the Introduc tion of cheaper methods not before under stood. In addition to these reductions the com pany has made very large reductions, indi rectly, through Its party line service, of which there are (all classes) In this city 2,333 patrons. The service is metallic clr cult with long distance equipment, and the rates run from $5.60 per month for two party line business service down to $1.60 per month for ten-party line residence serv ice. This cheap service accommodates a considerable number of people whose need of the telephone Is not of the most urgent character. The service Is as good as the best, excepting 'that the person calling Is liable to find the "line busy" that Is, being used by some of the other persons on the line. For Its residence service of all classes the company makes no limit as to dlstanco within the city, so that a person living any place within the corporate limits perhaps five miles from the central offlce can have mis xen-pariy line service for $1.50 per month. These low rates, when considered by themselves, do not equal the cost of giving the service, and when so consld ered produce a loss to the company, but they increase the value of and create an In creased demand for the business service. Sleaanred Service Not Popular. in addition, the company offers a cheap measured service that is, a limited number of outward calls per annum (inward calls not counted) at rates for either business or residence, depending upon the number of calls, and either Individual or party line service. For example, for an individual line, 600 calls per annum, the rate Is $42 per annum, and increases to $54 per annum for 1,000 calls. For party line service the rates decreased materially, as will be shown Deiow. inis class of service, while It is used exclusively, or nearly so. In some cities, is not much used in Omaha. The people do not want it, although it is the fairest method of basing rates, as each per son then pays for what he gets. But the people of Omaha, and through the west generally, do not want It. They do not want any limit on the use of their tele phones or to feel that they must economise the use of them. For a great majority of families, for ex ample, 600 calls per annum (or approxi mately two calls per da on the average) would be amply sufficient for all necessary use of the telephone, but I believe there are few telephones In this city at which there are not more than 1,500 outward calls per annum, or praotlcally five calls per day, and from this the use runs up to as much an, In some instances, 300 outward calls per day upon a single instrument In some places of business. More than 90 per cent of the patrons of the company want the prlvl lege of using their telephones without limit, for each member of the family. Including the children, for their friends and neigh bors, and for their callers and oustomcrs In places of business. Indeed, In many busi ness places the "free" telephone is a method of gaining trade for the store. The onmpany-has also had under consid eration since about the first of this year, and had before the introduction of the or dlnance which you have under considera tion, determined upon what Is equivalent to a further reduction In residence rates though not an absolute reduction to be put Into effect January 1, 1905. The pur pose Is to allow a rebate, or discount, of $1 per'month provided payment is made at the office of the company on or before the loth day of the month, thus securing prompt payment and caving the very con siderable expense of collection. This will apply to all individual line, two-party line and four-party line residence service, and for each of these classes of service the patron can secure the discount; by such prompt payment at the company's office. This will make the rate for these classes of service aa follows: RESIDENCE SERVICE. Rate Per Mo. Discounted. Individual line 14.00 ti ,. Two-party line f.60 g Four-party tine i.W too This is equivalent to a reductlon-of from 25 per cent on the Individual line to 30 per cent on the four-party line and will affect substantially all of the realdence service in the city, all excepting the ten party lines, now served at $1.50 per month, and the measured service, neither cf which Is very popular or much In use. This ar rangement may or may not be permanent. That must, necessarily, depend upon the result. But It Is the expectation of the company that It will be permanent, as all prior reductions have been. , It Is the policy of the company, and per fectly fair to the telephone users, to make the reduction on these residence rates for several reasons. Thuse thr kinds of serv ice give the beet satisfaction ' to the pub lic, thare being now 2,481 such instruments In the city, and It Is the desire of the com pany to promote this use. The ten-party line service at $1.50 per month Is not, aa already atated, popular, although 1t la ef fective for and used by tho who have no great use for the Instrument. The rale Is toy low to be fair to the company and obviously cannot be reduced, snd while the company will continue to offer It, we anticipate that most of those now using it (2771 will prefer the four-party line (with the discount) at $2 per month. Reasons for Maintaining Dullness Rates. There are abundant reasons for making no reductions In the business rates. 1. A reduction on this part, of the busi ness would preclude any reduction and would require a large Increase In residence rates. 2. Every Increase In the number of resi dences served is a distinct benefit to and increases the actual value of the service furnished to the place of business. 3. The residence service Is not nearly so expensive, on the average, to the com pany as the business service, because the use of the business instruments Is, on the average enormously greater than that of the residence Instruments. 4. The residence service Is largely a mat ter of mere convenience and pleasure, while the business service Is an Important ad junct of the business which contributes a plainly discernible profit much greater on the average than the cost cheaper and more satisfactory than and as Indispensa ble to the business man as the United States mail service. 6. These rates are now actually satis factory to the patrons of the company and are as low as they can be made with safety to the business. The company's business rates for metalllo circuit, long-distance transmitter, not ex ceeding two miles from the central office, are: UNLIMITED SERVICE IN OMAHA. Individual line, per month.. $7.00 Two-party line, per month 5.50 Four-party line, per month J... 8.75 A1EA8L RKi bt-JRVlLfci IN OMAHA. (Inward Calls Not Counted.) Calls Pet Per Year. Month, Individual line Individual line Individual line Individual line Individual line Two-party line Two-party line Two-party line 600 $3.50 , 700 .7a , 800 4.00 900 (4.25 1,0-10 4.50 , 600 3.00 700 $.25 , 800 3.50 900 8.75 Two-party line Two-party line 1,000 , ' 4.00 Three-party line 600 2.50 Three-party line 700 1 2.76 Three-party line 800 3.00 Three-party line 900 .26 Three-party line 1.000 $.50 There is an unavoidable Inequality among patrons, produced by any system of "flat" or unlimited service rates. It Is obvious that the patron who makes an average of 300 calls, or even fifty calls, per day, gets more for his mohey and Is In reality get ting cheaper service than the p.atron who makes no more than ten or twenty calls per day, using the same class of service and paying the same price therefor. To produce exact equality (If that is' really desirable) the larger user would be- re quired to pay a much higher rate than he does, while the rate to the small user would be loss. This would be fully accom plished by the measured service which the company offers, but which the public, as already shown, does not generally want. And to further equalize Its patrons the company offers Its party line service, but of this only approximately 600 (mostly four-party lines) are in use In places of business. This preference of the public for unlimited service, of course, cannot be changed or controlled by the company at least, not without producing great dissat isfaction. Basis of ClassHcaHon. But the Inequality between patrona using the same kind of service, due to the differ ence of conditions between them, which makes the use by one much less than the use by another, and the inequality be tween residence and business service, In volves no method peculiar to the telephone business. It Is simply the application of the same economic principle which may be found in every line of business, which is particularly noticeable In any large busi ness which Is ; necessarily systematized. The United States Postofflce department will take a letter at New York City and carry It to San Francisco, and there deliver It In any part of the city, for 2 cents. But If It takes a letter In this city to be de livered within this city, no more than one block from the postofflce, It charges ex actly the same. Obviously, the person who malls his letter In New York to be deliv ered In San Francisco gets much more for his money than the one who mails his letter here to be delivered in this city But If the rate of postage was graduated to the quantum of service, it would be, necessarily, so high for long distance that It would depress business. Railroad and express carriers take vast quantities of low-priced commodities and perishable stuff at rates so low that, If their whole business was done at the same rates, It would produce Immediate bank ruptcy. Yet, If the rates were made equal as to all classes, a vast and Important business would be prohibited, and a com prehenslve and Intelligent view of the in terests of the carriers and the public proves that It is to the Interest of both to pro mote the business. in this city a passenger may take the street car at Benson and ride continuously to South Omaha, a distance of more than ten miles, for 5 cents, less than H cent per mile. Yet, if a passenger takes a car at any point to ride two or three blocks, he pays the same price. And If the whole business of the company was done at the same rate per mile as the rate from Ben son to South Omaha, It would Immediately bankrupt the company.- Examples In Business. A merchant will suit a quantity cf fiis;ar to a customer in this city and deliver It three miles from his place of business fit exactly the same price at which he sells the same quantity to another customer and delivers it but three blocks away. So. too. ho will sell one class of goods at a margin of no more than 10 per cent profit, or at no pront at all, while on others he charges. and must get, If he succeeds In his busi ness, a margin of BO per cent or 100 per cent. or even more. The packer pays the same price per pound for each pound of the animal he buys. But lie does, not sell the product at the same price per pound. Borne is waste: somo Is sold at less than the price paid per pound, and some at much more. He merely aims to make 'the whoe return him a profit to do which he corsldera his whole business. Its capital, cost of operation. Its hazards and volume during a year or series nf years, and all other elements, which only an experienced person can enumerate. The same rule prevalla In every line of business, not because the managers adopt It arbitrarily for their own advantage, but because an economlo law as universal as commerce (and which, . If frustrated, pro duces Inevitable disaster) creates It in spite of the managers. Everv mnnunr mu to this law or see his business go to others' wno aa. The rule Is a' natural and Indis pensable growth in every successful busi ness. I know there are men who say that tele phone service can be given in Omaha at much lower rates. But these men do not know what they say to be true. They have not gone through the hard school of ex perience and they do not Intend to, by any hazard of capital of their own.' They are men who have learned a good many thing that are not ao, and they do not propose to apply their speedily acquired knowledge to their own businsss or to (themselves) taks the hazard of tta soundness. We know from experience that their statements are not true. Vain of Telephone Service. Trie Intrinsic value of the service to the subscribers ia an Important element which must be considered in adjusting rates, I do not aay that the company should demand Pick out BLACK, the $2.50 HATTER then go down to his store, 107 South 1 6th Street, and pick out a new 4 Fran 3fl MAIL aJ annnn$uaMnns1 a price equal to the value of the service to a particular user, any more than a physi cian Bhould demand from his patient com pensation equal to the value of having his life saved. What I do say is that the in trinsic value of the service is an Important consideration in adjusting rates to different classes of service. Let us now pass those business telephones, the dally use of which is very large, and talce one whose average Use does not ex ceed twenty calls per day, which I believe to be below the average of all of the busi ness telephones in the city. If the sub scriber is taking the highest priced service $7 per month the average cost per call to him is l1, cents less than the price for mailing a single letter. Yet the parties are practically placed face to face, with an op portunity to converse both ways as freely and instantaneously as ff they were so in fact, saving both time and expense and contributing to swell the profits of thelr business. Compared with any other method of inter-urban communication the superi ority, the greater value and less average cost of this service is still more marked. There Is nothing known that is at all com parable with It where time is the equiva lent of money in business transactions. Has the business man who Is provided with such a service at such a price, as a means of successfully prosecuting or aiding In the prosecution of his business, any reason to complain of the cost? I believe every reasonable person will say that he has not. But it rmist be remembered that I have taken for my illustration a telephone that Is but moderately used and the highest priced service. If these same Inquiries be applied to two-party or four-party line rates, or to the Instruments at which the number of. calls averages thirty or forty or fifty or more per day, the service will be shown to, be so cheap that even a captious person cannot complain. It is impossible to calculate the money value of such a serv ice, but it is obvious to nny reflecting per son that the cost Is insignificant compared to the actual money value of the service in buHtness. The residence telephone, however, Is not employed In the making of money. It con tributes to the prosperity of business only as it enables the business man to call It and receive calls from It. In this respect, how ever. It Increases the vnlue of the business service as the number Increases, and It Is the policy of the company to Increase the number of Its renldence patrons In order to make the business service more valuable. For these reasons the plan now proposed by the company to allow a discount as above stated, Is perfectly Just to the public, and If it actually results In Increasing the num ber of telephones In residences (a thing which remains to be proven) it will, Indi rectly, benefit the places of business. It also effects a reduction (if the subscribers see fit to take advantage of it) of $12 per annum to 2.4&1 subscribers. ' Rates In Other Titles. f For your further information I here give you the business rates charged In some other cities for like service: Indi vidual Two-pnrty' Four-party Place. L,lne. Llna Una. Providence $120 184 Mlnneauolls fit l kCl tt St. Paul HO ft) (4 Rochester 84 00 St. Louis ljO Milwaukee 'i 72 60 Kansas City .... W 72 51 Salt Lake 90 71 60 Denver lljft Minneapolis and St. Paul allow , a rebate from the above rates nf 60 conts per month for prompt payment ut the ofllco of the company. Bt. Louis makes a two-year con trail ut $11M per year. JJenvtr, since till 1st of last December, makes no "flat" rate contracts. It is sdonling the measured service system. The rule are those of the old companies. We do not profess to compete with the so-called Independent companies In all . of our rates. Some of our tates are lower than any rate given by any Independent company in any city of this class, while some are higher. Our rate are the result of long experience with a business that Is conducted by legltlmute and sound meth ods. Thelr's are not. Some of them have already become bankrupt, others have dis covered and confessed Iholr mistakes, while Puzzle O FALL With a $4.00 Value isfak Sixteenth, Just South of ORDERS I ROWN'S niaiJltnil1iltiiritiirv others are on the road to failure. Jtn cities of considerable size the Independent com panies have generally been speculative ven turesbond and stock propositions started for the profit there is in manipulating the bonds and stock. They commence opera tions with a bonded debt much greater than the cost of their plant, and an equal amount of stock, and by means of an al luring prospectus and representations that are without reasonable foundation they sell their bonds at 80, 85 or 90 cents on the dollar, giving the stock to purchasers as a bonus, mainly to people of small means who know nothing of tho value of what they purchase. The outcofne of such ven tures Is easily foreseen. The one indisputable fact, if It stood en tirely aiono,, that this, company pays but 6 per cent to Its stockholders on honest capitalization, is conclusive proof that Its rates are fair and reasonable. I admit the measured service rate Is more equitable to patrons, but they can have this if they want It. With that system the great volume of service that la rendered to per sons who do not pay would have to be cut off, and the people who do pay would economize the use of their telephones. The fact that the people do not choose this service is proof that our present "fiat" sys tem of rates is deemed by them to be to their -advantage and this Is obviously true, because the measured service, while reduc ing the cost to small users, would operate to restrict the use and increase the cost to Jargo users. I give you hero the measured service schedule now being put Into effect at Den ver. RATES IN DENVER. Individual line, business; measured serv ice: 400 calls, excess calls 4c $ 60 600 calls, excess calls 3c 800 calls, l.roo calls, 1.2O0 calls, 1.40O calls, l.fiiio calls, 1.800 calls, excess calls So excess calls Ac excess calls 3c excess calls He excess calls 8c excess calls 3c 2,(X) calls, excess calls Sc 2,200 calls, excess calls 8c 2.400 calls, excess calls 3c $2 2.0O calls, excess calls 3o.. 2.&O0 calls, excess calls 2e 100 4,0ft) calls, excess calls 2c 116 Two Dartv line: 400 calls, excens calls 5o 6o0 calls, excess calls 4c R00 calls, excess calls 4c l.ono calls, excn5 calls 4c 1.200 calls. excesH calls 4c Extenmion telephone, with measured service Extension telephone, with fiat servioe... I regret that I have made this statement so lengthy, but it seemed to be necessary. Respectfully yours, li. VANCE LANE, General Manager. Pointed Pnrnsrrapha. X Many a corporation has been sunk by its floating debt. Nature leaves a lot of work for the dress maker to finish. Some brands of fertilizer are guaranteed to raise the mortgage. Even a milkman draws the line at put ting water in hla whisky. No man ever has occasion to take anti-fat for an obeae pocket book. Moat town folka admire their country relatives for visiting purposes only. After the honeymoon marriage beglna to resolve Itself Into a .guessing contest. No man should run for office f whose character will not atand the wltne'sa box test. ' A good name may be better than great rlchea, but few men are In a poaitlon to choose a name. Any man who la allowed to pick the wall paper for hla home will alao be allowed to rule the roost. You save your mohey because you are economical; other people aave tbeira be cauae tcey are stingy. The girl With a new engagement ring In variably extends the glad hand when ahe meets her girl friends. It's harder for a man to slip upstairs at I a. m. than It la for him to slip down after he gets half way up. Those who don't believe anything thy ever bear get It In the neck almost aa often as those who beliefs everything they hxajv-Chlcuo 'Kfc I o ictiire H for "Men Only" Dodge, Omaha. , wish I had more of 'em. IN TOWN" 21 C If you are just starting in business it will pay. you to invest in the best stationery to be had. It will create a favorable impression from the start. TELEPHONE 1604 f We have mads a life atudy of the IDS gallons, and have evolved a special a soecial e 1 ' s sure and certain curt for all skin. nerVhuB, blood and private diseases. We have confined ourselves entirely to a slnnle class of diseases and their allied complications and mastered them. We do not scatter our faculties but con centrate them upon our particular specialty. This accounts for the differ ence between success and failure In the treatment and cure of diseases of men. The physician who tries to explore snd conquer the whole field of medicine and surgery becomes proficient In no particular branch. Our object is not so much to do the work other doctors can do, but rather to cure obstinate cases which baffle them; troubles which have been aggra vated and made worse by experimental and unreliable treatment. If you are ailing do not be aatlsfled until you have been examined by the best specialists In the oountry. We will make a thorough and scientific examination of your ailment, an examination that will disclose your true physical condition, with out a knowledge of which you are groping In the dark, and without a thorough understanding of which no physician or specialist should be allowed to treat you. You may be sent away happy without any treatment, but with advice that will save you time and money, as well as mental disgrace. If you require treatment, you will he treated honestly and skillfully and restated to health within the shortest possible period and at the least possible expense to you. We cure Stricture, Varicocele, Emissions, Nervo-Sexual Debility, Impotency, Blood Poison (Syphilis), Rectal, ' Kidney and Urinary Diseases, and all diseases and weaknesses of men due to Inheritance, evil habits, ex cesses, selt-abuae or the rasult of speclflo or private diseasea. mucin TlTlfll CRCC " If you cannot call write for symptom blank. WU1UL I AllUil mtC omca houra, I a. in. to p. m.; Sundays, 10 to t only. STATE MEDICAL INSTITUTE 133 Parnana St., Bat. 13th aul 14tH tftiMtts. O natia. Na. Bee Want Ads AT J. sntfaWlizsxist. diseases and weaknesses prevalent system or treatment wiucn is a saie. of Produe Resul I