Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-21

Those That Are Richest Can the Cheapest
We have told you of the old pedder-dead city of
His will simply said Money to money and left all
that he great Rohscbd although he him
pedder MONEY GOES TO MONEY
Mrs J. J NJ writes asking how happens that
price of coal increasing the wetodo people should receive
special letter. quoting the price of coal 25 cheaper the
ton than prices quoted to ordinary working people
Mrs J. NJ says that the prices quoted from the big
ges of which she has any knowledge
It true however that the coal companies macousy
sell cheapy to the rich than TO the poor
When they deal with men that buy great quantities OF coal
they dealing with successful cunning and resourceu
able to get the best prices and the best bargains.
And order GET the business from the big and ntel
gent the companies make them lower bids.
They this to the business and they do also because
small quantities
The family buys coal heaply than the little fam
The quotations today the suburbs of big city
quote price coal and then add You must add %
cents ton to this price if you order less than four tons
-Four of coal than twenty-five dollars
New York The little family not afford to order twenty-five
dollars worth Of coal at once Therefore THE LITTLE FAMILY
WHICH Really CAN NOT AF0RD TO PAY THE MONEY
FAMILY WHICH CARES NOTHING AT ALL ABOUT THE
EXTRA TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
The lady writes probably buys her coal
meand the richer woman IN the neghborhood buys four or
But there others IN worse plight than the woman who
writes
during the winter season ONE PAILFUL AT A TIME.
The very rich person buys coal by the carload
And the smaller citizen buys the coal from the dealer
But THINK g OF r, THE VERY VI POOR 2 rE9PE CON ON
TO PAY SOMETHING LIKE TWENTY DOLLARS A TON
FOR IT.
50 is with ice. and with everything else
If prosperous you can buy -four by the barrel and
ice in quantities and coal and other things in quantities and
Money goes money
And you poor and must buy in small quantities
must pay more because you ARE poor
II isn't done dear Mrs. j. J. NJ, because the rich coal
hate the and love the rich The coal
do hate anybody love anybody They simply bent
making much money they possibly
And they make money selling four of coal at
time for twenty-five cents less ton than they
in selling the coal in small quantities at bigger price
One man and one pair OF horses with an automatic coal wa
attached haul and dump four of coal for just about
what costs to dump and haul one ton or two tons 9nng
COAL
wagon deliver Of ice a saloon and
make money selling a low price.
But if that ice wagon must deliver few pounds of ice
time along hot up many saways, carrying small Jumps,
letting the ice melt waiting to make change then the ice costs
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The great trouble not much in the heartessnes and
extorton of the big seller although extorion docs play
the many
Many thousands of poor families buy separately
amount of ice and certain of refrigeration
If they had organization if they united in the keeping
of their food or the of their dwelling they could
have twice as much refrigeration for less than onehalf the
quantity Of ice and buy that ice for onequarer Of what they
now.
Then the rich buys frst-class icebox which the
does not melt And he the cost of the ebox the first
And the poor buys cheap icebox. in which the ice
mets rapidly And because he has bought cheap cebox he
must buy great deal ice than he would buy with GOOD
cebox.
And because he buys m small quantities he must pay
much five times
keeper pays-and SO II goes
formerly Mrs. Vanderbilt remarked that life really very
because she always sent her washing from Newport be