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Show Ccsuners Protest Against Extcrtknatc barges a:d Pcint to Cincin-;natiWtcrcIccis Cincin-;natiWtcrcIccis Sold Jar 12 1-2 Cents. Tyetail price of lee to consumers in Ja T Lake Is ft per hundred pounds, . . xlanager of local lee' companies admfted to The Telegram that the cost of manufacturing ice In Salt ' Lake Is only 7 1-2 cents per hundred. In Cincinnati the retail price of ice to consumers is 12 1-2 cents per hun- dred.- ' . ' As proof that extortionate rates are now being charged In' Salt Lake for ice, the manager of a new plant which will be in operation by June, announces an-nounces today that his retail price for Ice will be 50 cents per hundred pounds, ' There is a general and well denned opinion ' among householders of Salt Lake that a co-operative ice company would .be a public benefactor, accomplishing accom-plishing results for good not easily estimated. es-timated. " : That thousands of families whose incomes' in-comes' and necessary expenses are far apart'are justified in taking this view of the question is easily demonstrated. The schedule of prices which was last year enforced against consumers of ice, and which Manager Lynch of the Salt Lake Ice company says will without material change prevail this season follows: fol-lows: The Local Schedule. TO " .' FAMILIES USING TEN POUNDS DAILY 3 PER MONTH. V TO . FAMILIES USING FIFTEEN toCtfDS DAILY U PER MONTH. This company furnishes Its patrons with artificial ice. but the same prices are adhered to by the other companies n'V'rh harvest their jurHv-d'.Jrtagthe v inter. . r And yet. in spite of 'this singular unanimity among the icemen as to how much the user ot small quantities shall be taxed for his-, ice. they strenuously deny the existence of any combine or union In the nature of an ice trust and insist that they are only making a fair and legitimate margin of profit in disposing dis-posing of their product at these figures. Cost of Production. Now, here's the rub. The aciual cost of manufacturing artificial with a plant of fifty or more tons dally capacity, including in-cluding labor and materials DOES NOT EXCEED JL50 PER TON. This aside from the expense of delivery and interest inter-est on the investment. - ' So the small consumer, the man who can least afford to bear the heavy expense ex-pense pays 85 cents and $1 per hun-. hun-. dfed for ice that costs IVt cents per hundred to manufacture. Is Profit Legitimate? The question the people ask Is: t?an this be termed only a legitimate margin of profit even after making all due allowance on the cost of the ice plant and a reasonable expense for making ma-king delivery and collection? Ice that cost 1V cents per 100 pounds to manufacture costs the user whose salary probably does not exceed $70 per. month, and who cannot afford to buy' more than ten pounds a day $1 per 100 pounds. To the Iceman for his expense of delivery, de-livery, collection AND HIS profits goes' the difference of 92ft .cents. EJoxaa Relief Promised. attht relief is promised with the advent In the local field of the new U tall Ice and Cold Storage company, whose 100-ton plant for the manufacture manufac-ture of artificial ice will go into commission, com-mission, according to the . Manager prockwinkel. by the middle of Jane. He promises that ce in small quantities will be furnished to consumers at about 60 cents per 100 pounds. "THERE WILL. BE NO MORE ICE SOLD HERE AT $1 PER 100." he declared de-clared today, "nor will there be any scarcity .of ice in Salt Lake." Down in Cincinnati a responsible company is now MAKING CONTRACTS CON-TRACTS TO SUPPLY FAMILIES WITH ICE AT 12V4 CENTS PER 100 POUNDS. Jfake an Explanation. When this fact was called to the attention at-tention of Manager Lynch of the Salt Lake Ice company, he stoutly affirmed that such a figure as that in Salt Lake . was absurd for consideration. Onr expenses ' here are more than Houble those of the Cincinnati com- . jjany,"' he asserted. "Our engineers, drivers,' collectors, bookkeepers, taxes, coal, everything,-all costs us more than twice what they- would there. And I don't believe" they can furnish ice to families for that amount anywhere," he declared. "It might be done in the East where power is very, cheap," said Mr. Prockwinkel Prock-winkel when told of the plan, "Coal is very expensive ,here.M. loe Is a Necessary. There "is no other luxury that is . so nearly a necessary to the poor in sum-xner sum-xner as Ice. Denied cool shaded lawns and large rooms shielded from the heat of the sun, often compelled to live In crowded, narrow quarters without even f'-e convenience of a cellar, a few ' inds of ice dally means more com-Art com-Art and help than, those who have nevirr had to live otherwise than as their tastes dictated can .well under-standL under-standL - i |