The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, December 11, 1994              TAG: 9412090016
SECTION: COMMENTARY               PAGE: J4   EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   19 lines

THE RING OF CHANGE

In 1920, long-distance phone calls from New York to San Francisco cost $20. For the same amount, a person could mail 1,000 letters.

Now a phone call from New York to San Francisco is 26 cents per minute. How many letters can you mail for 26 cents?

KEN COCHRAN

Suffolk, Dec. 6, 1994 by CNB