The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-26
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| u years for Earl Carpenter Co, prior
! TO going into business for mysef.
MY ice comes from Winchenden, Mass. i.
! and the price ! make here cannot be
| braten on ice that comes from such
distance.
But 1t can be beaten right here In
Providence Ice Company on Ice that IL
cut from its many ponds In this state
and stored last winter.
This ice has been sold by the Prow-
| dence Ice Company at prices more than
| 500 per cent. above those prevailing last
winter. though II did not cost any more
TO put in than IL did to put In the ice
| sold last year at this time.
II do not believe that the board or trade
committee that plans to investigate the
subject can get at the ice barons, be-
cause OF the fact that they have probably
disposed, at the Sc rate OF most OF the
ice that was put In last winter at last
years prices: and the company Is prob
ably now putting out some. OF the Ice II
has imported from points outside or the
state, and which IL had to pay considera-
bly, more for.
IF the Providence Ice Company and the
Pocasset Ice Company are not trying 10
run US small dealers out of business. why
should they charge s6 per ton from the
start for ice that cost them not more than
81 per ton on their platforms?
the same ponds last year for Ni5 They
jumped the price March J. and refused us
a contract OF other guarantee.
'If they had only enough Ice for half
season and desired 10 deal fairly by
the small dealers and the general public.
why did they not let us have Ice at last
years prtces-the Ice that did not cost
them any more than they paid for II last
year-and then go up on the Ice they
were forced to import?
Did they do that? Not a bit OF IL.
They Jumped the price right from the
start on Ice that could not have cost them
a cent more than II cost last year, and
evened up prices for the whole year, they
claimed.
I'm selling for $3.50 per ton Ice that
comes from Winchenden, Mass, the trust
has been charging IS since the beginning
OF the season; and am not starving.
Here's another question: Whose Ice is
IL that Is sold by a man near me who
| gets only $3.50 per ton? This same man
wanted me TO charge Sc. and I refused.
| OF course, ice could be sold at S4 or less,
and a good profit could be made on 1t, IL
| IL were cut In this state.
THE Providence Ice company claims
| that IL isn't trust. What do they call
| IL? / could not buy cents worth OF
| ice from them last year until signed a
| contract which obligated me 10 buy all
the ice | used from them. and 10 charge
n certain price for il. this price being
| fixed by the company itself.
The company charged me from March.
| 1905, to March /, 1906, sll5 per ton for ice
| taken from the Angel Ice house, NbD for
| ice from the wanskuck ice house. and
| Y75 for ice from the railroad yard on
| Promenade street.
| zone clause OF the contract read as fol-
lows: It Is further agreed that said par
| .Ao1t a
! Ice used In his ice business Curing the
said period from said party OF the second
| part at said place or places OF business
as designated above and that HE WILL
NOT SELL, ICE EITHER WHOLESALE
OR RETAIL AT LOWER PRICES
THAN THE CARD RATES OF THE
PROVIDENCE ICE COMPANY: AND
IF THE PARTY OF THE FIRST PARr
! SHALL PURCHASE ICE OF ANY
| OTHER Parry OR PARTIES. THEN
SAID PARTY OF THE SECOND PART
MAY TERMINATE THIS CONTRACT
AT IT'S PLEASURE.
THE contract also contained clauss
that fully protected the Ice company
against loss in carrying out its prov'.
sions It was signed by O.. ID. slade ana
by E. C. Sweet, manager.
II have no doubt that they picked me
out in this way because I sell Z,
everybody. in pans or otherwise. / give
% pounds for 10 cents to all who will come
after IT,
~ do this because | intend to stay In
| the business Just as long as II Is profita-
BILE. and am not looking to make TOT
! tune I'm one season. / am not in the busi-
ness for this summer alone; and wan'
! the people to so understand H.
.'The Rhode Island concerns would not
buv ice from winchendon before i went
there: but I understand that they are
now trying to contract for the Winchen
don supply, in order TO shut me out there
also. :,
~ will get out willingly. however, II
the price is brought down so low that the
public will reap the benent or the c'
trusts efforts to drive me OUT Oh ous'
ness
"If I could buy ice nearer home,
| could sell cheaper; but about all OF the
ponds in Rhode Island have been monopo'
lized so that no one else can cut Ice II
the combine does not care TO cut IL.
THE ice was thick enough 10 be cut or
| certain ponds In this state last winter
where II wasn't cut, nor even nohced
| WHY. all the company has 10 do is to cu'
only half a supply and keep others IRON
! cutting IL, and then the price can pe hep
UP high all the time.
"As IL is. other teamers who are ped
ding their Ice dare not buy from me al
$3.50 but II is said pay the ProVinehce
| and Pocasset Ice companies s6.
II the spring, after my contract ex.
plred. the Providence Ice company 500
me ice that was half snow for IS rer ton
and then put out teams behird IRE to &C
over my routes and sell the very oes'
Ice the company handledt at the same
price
This ice was the very best have ever
seen; and 1 lost considerable trade be-
cause they wouldn't sell that ice to me
They told me that would have better Ice
later
Il told my customers who complained
that II was the best that / could buy a.
IS per ton and that had no choice In the
matter but Il did very little good against
the excellent ice that the company pu'
into competition against me.
when some OF the dealers told the
company they could not do business witt
ice at So they were told. | am Informed
put your horses and carts up. we'll tak'
care OF your trade until ice is cheaper.
These dealers. scenting n scheme to gc
their trade away from them, refused t6
n ACr