Show I I I I I I 0 i 0 0 0 I I I I WHERE THE COAL PROFITS COME IN I o Freight Rates Bates on Anthracite and Bituminous Coal for Similar i Distances 0 o Gunton's Magazine o It has s been frequently suggested that In order to m make n-make kc a u showing sho of or e o small profits the anthracite coal companies which are really the railroad e companies charge themselves exorbitant nt freight ht rates rales and thus draw e 1 their profits In railroad dividends instead of or coal dividends e o While one Is IB reluctant to believe e that such maneuvering maneu would be bo Indulged In- In 0 o 1 in n b by large lurge capitalists in the absence of explanation the following o table of ot comparative freights on anthracite and ln bituminous coal for Cor aim aim- e 1 liar ilar distances complied from a statement prepared lcd under the direction of oC e eo o the Interstate Commerce commission In October 1902 certainly lenda lendu color 0 o to the suggestion e Rates per ton per C 0 0 Rate mile mIJe decimal e eo o 0 Miles per ton of or a cent e 0 eo o 0 Anthracite region to Boston 3 94 H e 0 eo o 0 Bituminous region to Jersey City ass l. l O 41 44 W 49 e eo o Anthracite re region on to Perth la Amboy 0 0 for tor New York e 0 eo o 0 Bituminous region to Jersey City SS S 1 O A 44 Q 49 19 9 0 o 0 Anthracite r region glon to Baltimore OO S 0 o 0 Bituminous region to Baltimore 2 10 60 63 00 00 00 00 0 00 0 0 |