The evening world. Newspaper, February 28, 1903, Page 4

Process Used by Extortionists to ase the Pressure, Cause False Indexes) and Force the Public to Pay for Wind In- stead of Gas. missioner Monroe Is Fully Informed of Tried in Vain to Secure an Appropriation to Protect the Public from Further Robbery. © fact that the Gas Trust pumps air into its mains to increase pros- ‘on the meters has been known to Commissioner Robert Grier Monroe, | he Department of Water Supply, Gas and Blectricity, since he was ap- ‘by the Mayor. When his attention was first called to it he consulted (Ma yor Low with reference to the establishment of a laboratory for the pur- pore of making reguler tests not only of the quality of gas, but of the prea- ‘end character of pressure maintained in mains. e and Apportionment his request was turned down by @ majority | of the board. It was argued then that there were other more urgent ‘to which the money might be placed, so the Commissloner dropped the me temporarily. : THE “THINNING PROCESS.” ‘The method of forcing air into the mains with the gas was explained to} Commissioner as the ‘thinning process.” His informant, a man well | ualified in the gas business, stated that in every city or State in which tion is invoked against gas companies the “thinning process” is es a means of “getting square” with the community. This ‘thinning is an established custom among dishonest gas companies. Tho d of its application has been reduced almost to a science. The idea of ” the commodity, it was explained, js not for the purpose of reduc- ‘the quality of the illuminant, but primarily to increase the pressure so iat the hands of the meter will swing swiftly while not measuring the flow of gas. The use of air, however, has a depreciating effect on the of gas, The Commissioner sald to-day he regretted that his applica- @m for an appropriation had not been granted. But he has not given hope of securing the needed money. It was highly essential, he added, at consumers of gas should not be left wholly at the mercy of grasping and honest gas companies. “MORE PROOF THAT TRUST EXISTS. ~__ Denials of the existence of 2 gas trust aro not taken seriously by the Fire - artment, One of the most dangerous adjuncts to a large fire is escaping ‘@as, which is liable to explode and do much damage. It was with this in ind that the following notice, printed by the gas company, was sent to the engine-houses; IN CASE OF A LEAK OF GAS NIGHT OR DAY, NOTIFY INSPECTOR OF THAT DISTRICT OF THE CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY IN WHICH THE FIRE IS LOCATED, Then follows a map of the Borough of Manhattan, which is divided into districts by lines at Twenty-third strect and Seventy-ninth street. Gas ss at fires below Twenty-third street were to be report: * nt No. 153 Hester Btreet; fires between Twenty-third and Seventy-ninth streets, at Fortieth veet and First avenue, and above Seventy-ninth street at One Hundred and dieventh streci and Virst avenue, The telephone calls of each of these Jofices are also given on the map. Below the map is the following: prompt anawer to telephone cnnnot be obtained, call t noarest station of the gas company, An employee of thix gus company tn on duty at each Aight and day to receive telephone calla and mesanges,’ not matter what company’s gas is escaping. Be it Standard, New wdam or Bast River, the only company to be notified is the Consoll- That company takes care of them all. Its employees will mend all It WHY THIS PHILANTRROPY? Be: If the companies are not affiilated, why is the Consolidated so philan- thropic? « The Consolidated Gas Company is the only gus company in the city has a “service gang.” This is the men that connect the gas mains in be various streotr with the house supply pipe. They go out and tear up streets to make such connections, and every gas company that does busi- must have such a gang, and yet the Standard and the New Amster- companies have no such men, The Consolidated does it all, and still Carter -1ys there ts no trust, Before a street 1s asphaited the Consolidated “service gang’ connects 2 | the houses cn the north side with its own main whether the meters in 4] houses are meters of their company or not. AJ! houses on the south ide are connected with mains of either the Standard or the New Amsterdam any. This is only another {indication of the trust which Secretary says does not exist. RANNY IN GAS RANGES, x instance of tyranny on the part of the gas trust is in its gas je business, There are dozens of instances where consumers have been out of money—bluffed out of their own rights—by the trust. It bap- cae: ‘trust put a range in your kitchen and charges you $3 a year rental, in two months in your flat end move, You may not take the range | neither can you get any part of your money back. If you attempt the range and keep it for the remainder of the year a warrant! IND YOUR COMPLAINTS OF GAS EXTORTION TO THE EVENING WORLD. ia! Gas Trust says there are no complaints of over- ‘from its victims, To refute this sta..nent The ’ | World will print all complaints sent to this office. munication must have name and address of the jot yr publication unless desired, ly on one side of the paper, we his application for an appropriation came up before the Board of | i rH WORLD: SATURDAY EVENING. AS TRUST PUMPS AIR THROUG METERS TO AID IN ITS HOLD-UP. wpe FEBRUARY 28 GAS ROBBERS GET BOMBARDMENT OF COLD FACTS S THROUGH THE EVENING WORLD. FROM es ® OTOOOOHIGVE GO9OH CONSUMER do08 LALLY OLOVPOD ORE OSGOOD will be issued for your arrest on a charge of larceny. He is just as formidable as the complaint clerk. +2——_ with the gas range man. PROOF OF GAS No argument goes ROBBERY FROM MANY VICTIMS, To the Editor of The It is with m: ny. statement of Robert A. Carter, secretary of tae Consolidated Gas Company, that ved no complaints from eon- the fight you made in your yaluable overcharge for gas. Carter's paper against the Gas Trust. atuteniont ts utterly false. I myself I will tell vou my own experience.| Wrote to his office, No. 4 Irving place, Not sitlsfied with the Hght [ re complaining at boing over d nearly from the New York ual Guslight Company, I put in my place of t , last January a Kitson ofl la Going away with seven gas burners, and of course I expected my gng bill to be at least $5 or $8 loss than tha previous month. You may Imagine my astonish- ment when the bill was higher. I im- mediately wrote to the gas company, but Boi, of cours, no satisfaction J VARNEY, No, 47 Ne Bowery. Bills More than Doubled, To tho Kuitor of The Evening Worlt: i, tov, am one of the poor, unfor- tunate victims of the Gas Trust. [ take trom the Consolidated Company and my bills heretofore have been anywhere from $1.10 to $1.60, My bill for December was $2.90 and for wary 9.10, 1 ain positively sure we never burned any such amount of gas, Feeling 1 could not afford such a gas bill I bought two lanmps to use in pince of gas, but it seems that no mat- ter how much I try to economize in this Ine my bills are steadily increas- ing. 1 think as Mr. Robert Danson does, that a poor man would be Imprisoned for stealing from the rich, yet the rich can steal from tho poor and still be allowed to run at large and continue to rob them, if. AN UNFORTUNATE VICTIM. From $4.80 to §9. To the Editor of The Evening World: My gas bill averaged $4.80 per month, but it has been increasing until it has reached. $9. TRACY MARTIN, Robbed and Left in Darkness. To tho Editor of The Evening World: Iam also a gas victim, In October my gaa bill was $2.00; November, $3.00; December, $6.20. Wo only haye light burning in the kitchen, so you see such a charge is robbery, On Dec. 26 they turned off our gas without notice. We had our receipts, but when I went to the office the only satisfaction 1 got was the statement that it was a mistake, L, MEYER, Bills Have Gone Stendily Up. To the RAitor of The Evening World: I, for another, have had bills presented to me on a continual jump—one higher than the other—since | commenced using gas last August 1 complained to the Harlem office, both by letter and in person, for two months, and I could not get any satie faction, Finally I refused to pay a bill of $1) unt! I received a new meter, and after a long and continued argu- ment and red tape business op their part I managed to get it, with a small reduction in my next bul, TI know that 1 do not consume any more, if as much, gas at present as 1 did when I frst com- menced, and sti! my bills increase in alae. Their own employees admit the com- panies are all one.’ Koep up the good work, Overcharwed, but © To the Editor of The Evening Wor I read in your edition of Feb. a a| lowed on tne deposit, as they had{we got che bill this time it was $4.50, Ba Buia oe promised, ‘They had had the money al-|} wrote to the manager, stating the . most a year, but with @ hauteur becom-lease, I got a note saying "the next Faget riihapirips Pilot: Plies. ing one in his high station, the clerk Pe-|month the meter would right étuelf; it UPR. Blinds Bleeog Ant i roirueing, Zee |plied: ‘We don't pay interest unless wel was clerk's error.” by the manufacturer of Paso Oltment to refund} use the money @ full year." Perhaps| Now, | want to know now the me where it talle to the gas companies don't, but most other en a ahh clerkia erry es } ‘e o a, people have to. A HARLEM VICTIM, |&re exorbitant. | pos Hore Ie # Meter Pussle, t Aa ng, and T never ‘To the Kéitor of The Kyening lor ty APY Reve pom siatmeg to ae BS Sette hens ® Jan- | 1 per cent. from Dec. # to Jan, 9, waen aad to pay $2.0, When my bills pre- ly were In the nelghborhood of $1.0, We burned one jet in our din- ing room We had plenty of They did send to Investigate my coinplaint, but we had to pay the bill or have the gas turned off. The man they sent told me ; that the man that took the index made [a mistake, but 1 would ve allowed a re- bate the following month, But the next month I had to pay $1.0. PATRICK RYAN No. 20 Bethune str Charged for Using No G To the Editor of The Evening World; 1 recelved a bill for $1.80 from gas company for January, although we used no gas, but burned ofl lamps instead during the entire month. Mrs, QHRISTY, No. 410 West Thirty-first street, Isw’t This a Hardship? Editor of The Evening World: My gas bills have ranged as follows: Decenmor, 1900, $1.89; December, 1901, mbcr, 1902, $3.10; January, 1901, $1.74; January, 1902 1.8); January 3 $3.60. A, ROOSLUND, No, 8 East Thirty-ninth street. Inclosen His Complaint, To the Editor of The Evening World: Since the Gas Trust declares that it did not recelve any complaints you will find inolosed a typewritten reply trom the company to prove it recelyed a com- plaint from me, (Inclosure received.) My gas bill for November was $5.70. ‘The following month [used less gas and recelved a bill for $13.80. I thought that probably some mistake had been made and sent a complaint immediately, 1 recelved word that the meter would be examined. Men were sent to investigate the meter, but the report was, Meter ail rigtt,” Yor the month of February I used stin jess gas and paid $11 and some odd cents. M. NOVEMBER, No, 1858 Lexington avenue. Victim of Two Companies, To the Kiltor of The Evening World: There has been an increase of fully 40 per cent. the last two months in the Dilla of the Consolidated Gas Company, for no apparent reason whatever, ‘The last month I shut off the use of several 48 jets, but this didn’t shut off the gas company's bill one fota. So much for the Consolidated Gas Company, Last year 1 wes using ges from the Standard Gas Company. During the summer I was away and my apartments were closed. No gas was used whatever but the charges went merrily on, Then when I moved and asked for the re- turn of my deposit, which the company demands to protect ttself against the nou-payment of bille, I was told to take & seat, an hour a clerk, with the air of @ czar, called me to the office window, He re- turned the deposit minus what he saw ft to take out, ttems of the bill I called his attention Ro Mri pave) if We did not cook with gas as | After walting three-quarters of After looking over the to the fact that no interest had been fora: oncontrea i Gas | Company about excessive bills, The superintendent promised to inyestt- gato, A man called, He found my meter ail right. I had a private con- cert to test the meter, and it wa found to be fast, I notliied State Gas Meter Inspector Alexander to test the meter, Without notlce from me the Consolidated Company removed and re- placed the meter by another.” In a few days Mr. Alexander sent me a certificate that the meter was correct. Why Mr, Alexander should have had the moter removed by the company, examined and tested oa thelr premises, rather than away from thelr influence, I don't know, 1 will give you a few examples, which for Lhemselve: |. No Faith in Inspectors, To the Editor of The Evening World: My bill for gas, alleged to have been consumed between Jan, 20 and Feb. 18, is 50 per cent. higher than for the same period of last year. I am a victim of the Consolidated Gas Company protested several times against this rob- bery without result. During the Iatt Legislature I endeav- mandatory on the part of the gas com- panies, upon application of the consumer, to furnish slot meters ranging from 25 cents to $1 or up to $2 if necessary, Such @ law would greatly lessen the steals. I am inclined to believe that the ap- polntment of Inspectors, muntelpal or State, would afford litle or no relief for the reason that the gas compantes would probably control them. W. BR, T. Figures Tell This Story, To the Editor of The Evening World: Here {s an object lesson in gas extor- tion. My bills have run as follows; 1902. June de eo "Aue 31 ui Bt to Augus! ‘August #'to Beptember #. 250 Beptember 20 to October 21. 270 November 2 to December 20. 330) Dec, 20, 1902, to Jan, 21, 640 January 2 to February 2.... 730 ‘he 0 bill was scral and $7.20 substituted, These bills are for my laundry at No. 204 Bast DWighty-fourth stroot, Con- aumption of gas varies very little. ‘There 1s fraud somowhere, JAMES RAMAGB. Fifty Per Cent, More, To the Editor of The Evening World; I wish to add my complaint with the thousands of others that have appealed to you in the matter of exorbitant gas hills. It Aas always beon my bdellef that you would take up this all-important question, as the g28 compantes pay no Attention to individual complaints, but must take heed when the greatest of New York's papers takes up the cudgels In defense of American citizens, We have had our gas bills advanced more than fifty per cent, without using anv more gas. In fact, we have econo- mixed some months, but the bills came ‘ischer, Instead of lower, When complaint was made at the office >} terminal facilities ored to have a law enacted making tt} { Ute ER, 1903. NE PRY TRATED GG ce RT iy TTA FRR WL e WS OF THE BUSINESS WORLD. - Road’s Gross Earnings Reached the Sum of $112,663,330, an Increase of More than $11,- 000,000 Over 1901. $8,118,860 ONE INCOME. After spending over $12,500,000 In re- visions of grade and alignment for ad- ditional tracks, piers, yards and other and the abolition of grade crossings, the Pennsylvania Rail- road, in its annual report, issued laet night, shows an Increare Jn its net in- come for the year 1902 of $3,655,683 over the prosperous year of 1901, This is a striking refutation of the statement frequently made by the pessimist that the pendulum of prosperity i# now swinging from the high mark. The gross earnings of Pennsylvania, which is the greatest artery of trade In the United States were during 1902 $112,063,320 for the main line ent of Pittsburg and Erle alone, as compared with $101,329,795 In 1901, a gross Incrense of $11,333,534. For the entire system of 10,783 miles the srogs earnings reached the huge to- tal of $219.549,864, an Increase of $21,222,- 986 over the previous year. The cost of operating the road during 1902 was $5,002,997 more than in the pre- ceding year, but the road spent $13,931,450 for maintenance of way, as compared with $12,633,953 in 1901. The cost of con- ducting transportation last year, how- ever, was $40,929,517, as compared with $35,317,912 In the year preceding. The increased cost of operation was to some extent caused by the Increase In wages which the company made to its employees during the year. This amounted in some instances to as much as 10 per cent, The great wealth of the Pennsylvania corporation {s shown by the announce- ment that the company holds In its treasury securities of other corpora- tions to the value of 225,848,825, from which it 1s recelving an income annually of $3,118,860. BANK STATEMENT HELPS STOCKS. Figures Better than Expected, a Decrease Shown, when Increase Was Looked For. The bank statement to-day, while not favorable, was so much better than was the market to a limited degree. There was a decrease in loans when an in- crease was looked for and the decrease in deposits was less than expected. The statement, which includes the fig- ures of five business days, was T have} circu The banks row hold In excess of legal requirements $5,961,600, compared to $9,041,676 last week and $9,975,000 a year ago. CURB TRADING QUIET. Northern Securities, Marconi and United Copper Favored Insues, Trading on the curb was quiet and normally unchanged to-day, Northern Securities sold at 1093-4, Marconi at 87-8, and United Copper at 30. The quotations were. m1. ba i9 Greene Copper . . na Tohao%0 26 a Tobacco rat int a By ndard ll. 0 Tonnenaeo Copper 20 United Copper 20, Writing Paper . 2* 5h Writing Paper . 6 WALL STREET CHAT. G. Lee Stout and G, Lee Stout, jr, have been admitted to the Stock Exchange fim of A. 0. Drown & Co, G. Lee Stout was formerly prest- dent of the Merchants’ Fire Insurance Co,, of vark, N. J. Win son was the Stock Exchange member of © 0, Schuyler & Co. and hes held @ seat on the big board for the past six yeare, ‘The new firm will have two representatives on the floor of the Exchange. John @tevenson, jr, the founder of the Sharon Btecl Co., which was absorbed by the United States Steel Corporation, has resigued as weneral manager of the plant, no attention was paid to it, surly and iscouteous treatment at the hands of the clerks Was all that one could ex- pect. J, ALEXANDER, No, 62 East One Hundred and Seven- teenth street, elty. “Clerk's Eror’ Doub! To the Baltor of The Evening World: After the man toow the meter index £ asked him what the bill would be. He said $2.60, 1 have always done this so 1 could have the money ready, When James J. Hill ts on Ble way to this olty. He bas intimated to several of ble friends that he will take @ trip to @urope es goon as he thas attended to bis interests here, EMagham Lawrence, & broker in outeide oy curttios, bas purchased @ seat on the Bock Ma- ohange for, $81,000, ‘The frm of Adams, Kellogg & Mason bas been Giemolved by mutual consent, Deajamin G, Tolbert baw withdrawn from the Aira of Joho H, Davis & Oo., to become chatr- man of the Biock Hxchange, Carroll D. Wright, Commissioner of the Ne- . . eae in Loans Being i generally antictpated that it stimulated] 1 73 7 ter PS ‘3! Peas sala crrteeinsco dat at Tune Goa Jo's 1028 ‘Reading oe “co wek inland The i. Hoek island cl 84 MM 5 | Southern Pacific 62 62% Bouthera RAAy . Ht) aR Sek gan rad.) NBO od By 7 (& Iron, Be $5 U. &, Bteel © J. 8. b Sit 87% Wabash pt % Wert Unto 9° 80% Wie central 7 3T w Central 51% 51% — Bank Statement Gives Stimu- lus to Dealings, but Recover- ies Made Are Not Held by All the Issues. NEW YORK CENTRAL DOWN. Stocks, while quiet and easy in the early dealings in the market to-day, grew moro active and gained new stim- ulus on the bank statement, which was better than expected. The uncertainty of the fate of the Aldrich bill continued a bear factor. Considerable pressure developed against New York Central, which sold off 1 1-4 potnts In all, United States Steel re- acted 1 per cent. after opening un- changed, Missouri Pactfle was offered freely in large lots but yielded only 1-4 point. Island and others lost Pennsylvania was relatively firm, hoid- ing throughout a nominal fractional gain. There were a number of trans- actions in Metropolitan Street Railway at advances of 1-2 ito 3-4, Bonds were quiet but steady, witn scattered sales. Rock Island sold off on the expecta- tion that the capital stock would be added to for the ‘Frisco purchase. Metropolitan opened higher and prob- ably reflected a@ little pressure on the shorts, Wabash preferred opened finm, but there was some very good selling on the idea that the stock necessary for abeolute control thad all been bought and that consequently the price of the minority stock would ease off, as there seomed to be no reason to make it worth the present price on the earnings or even the Pittsburg prospects. New York Central was heavy on the expected new financing, and moreso as the money market did not seem likely to be at all favorable for turther co- operation borrowing, The traders were pleased with the Pennsylvania report. It reflected some strength in that stock and those of its controlled roads. There was a. general recovery after the Issue of the bank statement, but some of the prices ran off again at the close of the market. & Brook, Rapi Canadian Chesapeake Deny Den, & Rio Grande pt Erle : Pasite ‘ortolk & West. . ¥. Central» SHORT LINES FOR GOULD SYSTEM. St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Will Issue $20,000,000 of Bonds. The directors of the &. Louls, Tron Mountain and Southern Railway Com- pany have decided to Issue $20,000,000 4 per cent, bonds to jrovide for the con- struction of the large extensions which will give the Gould system short Ines between St. Louls and New Orleans and between wansas City, New Orleans and Memphis, ‘These bonds will be secured by a new mortgage on the property of the St. Louls, Iron Mountain and Southern and will bear interest at the rate of 4 per cont, per annum, It is underetod that one-half of the tewue hes been taken by George J, Gould and John D, Rockefeller, and the bal- ance by a eyndicate formed by Vermile & Co. The price at which these bonds will be taken te said 40 be 90. George J, Gould is said to have well- dGevaloped plans for various extensions in the South and Southwest that will place the Gould system in @ strong po- sition, ‘The bonded debt of 3x08 Mountate t 1,000, dt PRA er eR a to $90,000,000. The Grain Market, ‘The grain market opened quiet but a whade stronger to-day on the unfayora- ble weather in the Southwest, small inv sae ees ppeciine! Wabash, Amalgamated Copper, Rock | 3-8 per cent. | PENNSYLVANIA'S {STOCKS ACTIVE, (COTTON BOOMS GREATEST YEAR] PRICES WAVER.) TOT OP PRICES. ——— Bulls Boost Values to Highest Notch in Ten Years with One Exception, and Market the Scene of Much Excitement. BIG PROFITS IN THE RISE. Boomed by the reports of the heavy rains that have been inundating the Southern belt, ootton to-day reached the highest prics sen in two yarns, and with the exception of 1901, the highest prices in ten years. It sold on the flcor of the Cotton Exchange during to-day's ses sion from 2 to 8 points higher then yesterday's extremo prices, March cotton sold at 10-16c, and May at 10-130, Tals is half a cant higher than the level on Wednesday and a cent and a half higher than the level @ mon'h ago. March cotton sold during the sum- mer at seven and a half cents a pound, 80 that to-day's prices represent a gain of two and three-quarters cents a pound in the value of cotton. To-day’s figures are causing a great jubilation in the South, for five years agp the planters were glad to get five and five and a half cents for their cot- ton. There was little or no change in the speculative conditions on the floor from the excitement prevailing for the past two or three weeks. The bull crowd ‘a atl] in control of the market and will be unul the weather in the South im~ proves so that cotton can be moved. ‘Though at times cotton wag freely of- fered, soon as the bull clique began to prove Its support the market prices shot up quick Profits on cotton held by the New England crowd in this oity are regarded as greater than anything made “in ‘staple “speculation in many Outside of the weather conditions the primary cause of the advance in cote ton Is to be found in the comparatively, short crop this season, ‘The failure on the part of the spinners to purchasp thelr supplies earlier has also been & cogent factor in booming the price of cotton. STOCKS STEADY IN LONDON. Loutsyille and Nashville Exceps tions, but Wabash Strong. ‘! LONDON, Fed. 28.—Money was much, wanted in the market to-day and rates were somewhat easier, owing to Gove ernment disbursements, Disounts were almost at a standstill. ‘Business on the Stock Exchange wae irregular, Consols were depressed, ow- ing to the loans Issues, Home ‘rails were more e, (out the interruption of the telegrapa lines Northwand nar- Americing were ‘idle and trregular, Louisville and Nashville being especially sed on the new oan rumors. Wabash was strong. At the close prices were steady. Foreigners were firm, Rio Tintos opened with a better tone ‘but relapsed. Kafirs and De Beers hardened. LOST SON AND CHECK. Mr. Zimmerman Thinks the La@ Has Gone West to Be a Cowboy, Matthing Zimmerman, a blockoutters of No, 21 Fortieth street, Brooklyny notified the police to-day that his fits teen-year-gld son John disappeared yos= terday after cashing a check for him fov $75 on the Eigath Ward Bark. Mr. Zimmerman sald that for some time lie gon has been talking about fife on the plains and expressed a desire to becomo & cowboy. We believes he has gone Weat, Young Zimmerman Js five feet tall. welghs eighty pounds, has igat brown hair and blue eyes. He was dressed in a light gray eult and overcoat and wore lace shovss and kid gloves. —__— Henderson Not to Join Firm, At the office of Simpson, Thatcher, Barnum & Bartlett, the law firm of vhich the late Taomas B. Reed was a member, tt was paaln pouitively, states ing that there was thin morning ae Fo trae ‘ork and become rowed business. a! g e In the report that. ex-S) son Is to come to New a member of that firm, A FEELING, Good Food Makes It. No one s0 well knows the delicious feeling that comes from being well fed as the one who has suffered and then found food that really would digest and nourish, Feed the body aright and see thd, change. A lady of Latrobe, Penny writes; “Some years ago I had ag attack of nervous prostration and, my vocation of music teacher being very trying, the nervousness affected my digestive organs so much that food could not be eaten without great dis- tre ‘his had been my condition for years, About four years aso I had a heavy cold that went to the weak parts and caused catarrh of the stom- ach, I took bottle after bottle of medicine, but nothing seemed to help, “T was always hungry and unsatis« fied, but nothing gave me strength, and finally I could not even take a sip of cold water without pain and ‘vomiting. Food distressed me so that I would throw up mouthfuls of slime and mucus, “Well, I had reached that stage of not caring much to live and still not quite sick enough to die when J finally was induced to Grape- Nuts. The food worked like a charm, There was no distress after eating, and I felt as if 1 had a little hold on life. ‘That was the beginning of the end of my sickness, The nervousness gradually left me and I became enw tirely cured of that dreadful disease, nervous prostration. I soon regained my usual weight and more, and have more color in my cheeks than I hay h the credit, times a day. to me. “With a breakfast of G: and cream, a roll, some fruit an: cup of Postum Coffee I feel and than on any other f and a ite nae They are invall by Postum \ 8