The Pensacola journal., 1906-08-07
But will Dissolve the Consumers
Company II illegal
PRESIDENT OF THE coNSUM ERS
ICE AND FUEL COMPANY RE.
flutes ALL CHARGES AND
TAhEs GENTLEMAN SHARPLY
TO TASK FOR REFERENCES OF
A PERSONAL NATURE.

Capt. T. e. Welles.. president of the
Consumers Lee & Fuel Co., has re-
questsd The journal to publish the
following reply to the article OF F. w.
Marsh which appeared in The Jour
nsl Sunday morning. II will be noted
Ia the article that President Welles
states that the company Is willing to
dissolve whenever the county solici-
tor 80 decides:
Editor Pensacola Journal:
notice in The Sunday Journal that
Mr.. f. W. Marsh has tried and con-
fvicted the Consumers Ice & Fuel
Company OF operating a trust; he has
scted as Judge and jury; has furnish
Led all of the evidence himself and
will pass septence on the stockholders
as soon as he ascertains that the an
swers he has made to his Seven
Questions" are correct.
That the public may learn just how
little Mr.. Marsh knows about his sub
jects will say that not one OF his an
swers to his quetions are correst.
d. The Consumers Ice & Fuel Co.
holds a contract with the Stratton-
Gardeld-Moore plants for their output
Answer: No, they have no such
contract, and sell not over one,half of
the Ice manufactured to the Consum-
ers Ice & Fuel Co.
h 2. No person can buy ice Of these
plants at wholesale rates or at rates
anywhere near the rate paid by the
Consumers Ice & Fuel Co.
Answer: Wrong again; For 10
years ice has been sod to other par
fiae nj rrta voJI kxy "a
Consumers Ice & Fuel Co.
3. These plants can manuture ice
at cost of between $1.30 and $3.50
per ton.
Answer: Wrong again; The cost of
manufacturing ice Is considerable
more than the price mentioned, and
1t costs nearly, II not quite double to
manufacture 1t at some of the plants.
l. They sell their ice to the Con-
sumers Ice & Fuel Co., at $500 per
ton.
Answer: Wrong, again; They do not
and never have sold ice to Consumers
Ice & Fuel Co., at $500 per ton.
3. 1t costs the Consumers Ice &
Fuel Co.. not over $2.75 per ton to
deliver same to retail trade. "a clear
prott of about 33 per cent?.
answer: Wrong again. The cost of
delivering ice in the residence por-
ton Of the city from one years end to
another would be considerable over
$500 per ton.
6. The parties holding the interest
IN the ice plants ho'd a proportionate
interest in the Consumers Ice & Fuel
Co.
Answer: Again wrong; The parties
holding interests In the Ice plants do
not hold proportion of interest in
The Consumers Ice & Fuel Co., in fact
some OF the stock holders are not in
terested at all in the ice plants Of
this city.
z. The Consumers Ice & Fuel Co.,
was organized for the purpose of con-
eolidating the output of the three ice
pants to. establish joint distribut-
ing agency and to dispense with all
competition.
Answer: Again worng; The Con-
sumers Ice & Fuel Company was not
oot organized for the purpose OF con-
Soldatlng the output of the three
pants and never has controlled It.
now, ] have this proposition to
make to Mr.. Marsh; let him name
thres business men Of this city to in
esugate this matter and IL they say
my answers are not correct I will
give my check for $4,000 to any char
IHole institution that Mr.. Marsh may
rhlne. II on the other hand they de-
cde MT. Marsh's answers were wrong
ano mine were correct ask that he
%fhe out like q man and acknowledge
mat this wonderful Imagination got
away with his usual good judgment.
nad Mr.. Marsh desired to give the
PUBLIC correct information instead OF
salnlng notoriety for himself he
sshould have consulted the County
solicitor as to what had been done be-
'ore rushing into print, he could then
state to the public that Mr.. Loftin had
ms once letter from me, as presi-
cent OF the Consumers Ice & Fuel
20, stating chat we were ready to dis
soi,e the Consumers Ice & Fuel &C.
anu go out Of business the moment
o mat ne (Mr. Loftin) decided In his
yNn mind thst we were operating IL
ssaty regardless OF what the opinion
=, our attorneys might be. Not sim
e'e one OF the stockholders OF the Con.