Show Service at Cost Means COST A recent press dispatch in the Portland Oregonian says Cleveland with Ith its set at service Ice Ice-at cost street car franchise is facing the probability of a ten-cent ten fare With a aon cent aone-cent on one cent ent charge for transfers or 11 cents if one wants to travel from one part of the city to another on dif dif- different dif different ferent lines This information was as the result of Jf inquiries made b b by the city of Port POrt- POrtland Portland Portland land where here street car fares recent recently had to be increased from eight cent to ten cents Cle Cleveland Cleeland eland has about half the area and four times the poo- poo poo of yet et et its fares on hie street cars cirs arc are rising even een under th the so-called so service ethe et he e cost at-cost franchIse advises Commissioner Barbur of Portland There seems to be no magic in poll pots I tics or gOv government which can caus taus I Ithe the laborer the manufacturer r or th tax collector to reduce r his bill the going figure I Service at cost is a catch phra t but it at takes more than words to reI re duce reduce the actual cost of producing I given gJ en commodity or set service |