Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 152, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1914 — SUGGESTIONS FOR ICE TRUST [ARTICLE]

SUGGESTIONS FOR ICE TRUST

Just a Few Reasons Why There Should Be an Advance in Price of Summer Necessity. The ice trust having offered a silver loving-cup for the best excuse which might be invented for raising the price of ice after the cold winter, we hopefully submit the following: 1. The ice being so thick and heavy, It costs more to handle it. . .2. The blocks are so large that there is great waste In cutting them up for the retail trade. 3. The ice is so cold it freezes solid In the storage and is very difficult to get out 4. As the winter has been so cold, ttie summer will necessarily be very hot, and the demand for ice very great, so that it is doubtful If there will be enough to go around, 5. The ice being extra thick, extra cold, and extra quality all through, it Is only proper that an extra price should be demanded. 6. The price of ice never had any relation to the cost of production, anyhow. —Life.