The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-08-06
The ice MAN AS
Seen BY PUBLIC
And as He Really and
Truly Is.
Try as Hard as He Can he
is Unable to Please
Every Body.

complex and con- -rad-ctO-y individual
tie j. a cold blooded robbcr. fa-tea-
ing on the peoples necessity. He Is
~ simple IS a baby. you can chea-
him as easily a. you could take can
dy from . kid. He is a magician who
can work the weather 70 suit his pur-
poses. an yet he hasn't sense
enough TO get in out Of the rain.
He ought % answer al calls. al all
times. as faithfully a. a doctor. and
yet he isn't human. He is a pub
lie service cJrpOra-iOu-bu- without
francaises-mind you And he dOesn'
conduct his business On business
principles. but all the same he Is
said 70 ~ growing enormously
rich selling frozen water. He hasn't
any rights. but must scrUpulously OBJ
serve the rights real and fanc.ed Of
every body else In short. the ice
man, as the public sees him is any
thing from al octopus 70 an idiot, all
because it is his fate 20 serve the
public in its most uncomfortable and
unreasonable moods.
NOV. the ice man a. he really is
that is. as ~ see him-is an hon
est. hsrd-wOrking. long-suffering
sweet-tempered, angelic person. We
realize that this Il but feeble tri-
bI;e and trust that fuller justice will
be done 10 him is the days to come
Jy the public.
J present a few communication.
which the ice man has received from
the dear people in the course Of bust
ness, which shows their notion of
him. As L. ey come from widely sepa
rate points, il shows that the univer-
sal opinion Of the people is the same.
Some Of these communications will
sound familiar. like a letter from
home. as it were. others will be nov
81 10 some Of you because they have
been inspired by local conditions
First here is the familiar cry Of Rob
ber' in what the writer believed 70
he a very sarcastic tone and-"Every
time | buy piece OF ice from you
J feel that ! am being robbed and
gOuged. Talk about the ia!quity Of
watering stocks. rs nothing 10 the
way n which you water your profits
az the expense Of a suffering public
You must make A. least 300 per cent.
Sapicse you cut he price just Allf-
tina will leave you $50 per cent. and
yuu'N sleep better at night"
This communication is given pre-
ference over several in a similar vein.
because he mere suggestion oil the
possibility OF 300 per cent in The ice
bus.Less after going through such a
season as 1905. is refreshing and con-
scliug.
This man IS not a bowling d-rvish.
Hc r. really q sensible sort OF TEL
low VINO las had his mind warped by
reading cer,aiu class Of newspaper
articles. Talk with him as man to
man and show him that The profits
a. me ice business are not inflated
but dependent upon careful manage
ment and watchiuln,ss OF details. and
nine times out Of cen he'll quit knock
ing and become booster" TOR the
Ice man among his neighbors.
As We all know. prices # ice vary
IN different to"Is on account of the
cost Of fuel. labor and water but
conditions under which delivery j.
made is the great consideration. ~
towns which are comparatively level.
ald where no deliveries are made
outside tire 'hickly settled portions.
team, which the usual attendance.
can AID does deliver Two 10 three
times az much Ice as the same team
can iE a town which is hilly or one
In which the delivery extends 90
scattered suburbs. The public does
not understand This. nor does it know
that the bulk Of the ice business is
done in four noEths. while there
is a partial business in four other
months and virtually none in the
four months Of winter-and yet the
expensive organization must be main
tanned throughout the year. These
facts, patiently explained will con-
vince reasonable people that the ice
man is not a rObber or in any way
different from other business men in
adjusting his profits to expenses,
DELIVERIES ARE A FAVOR
TIE TARGET
On the subject Of deliveries the
public is fertile in criticism and sug-
pestion. The trouble is most people
see Il Cnly from the viewpoint OF
their personal convenience. No one
but a woman could have written the
following gem:
ut seems you seel ice only when
you feel like 1t and let the public
suffer and swelter the balance Of