Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1902 — CHEAP COAL AT LOGANSPORT. [ARTICLE]

CHEAP COAL AT LOGANSPORT.

White County Democrat: The Logansport Journal is authority for the statement that the best hard coal is sold in Logansport to employes of the Pennsylvania railroad company at $2.65 per ton. It states that the coal at the mines costs $2 per ton, to which the railroad adds r freight charge of 65 cents, furnishing it to employes practically at cost. If coal can be furnished at this price by the Pennsylvania railroad company under present circumstances, there must be a big graft someplace along the line when people in Monticello are compelled to pay $7 to $7.50 a ton for coal in ordinary times, * and-the Democrat is satisfied the graft is not with our local dealers. The exorbitant freight rates is what makes coal high priced to ordinary consumers.