The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-07-28
DISCRIMINATING RATES

Editor OF Palladium:
THE Palladium interested n knowing
what Mr. Bavs thinks the provision in the franchise
that allows the company to charge three different rates
to the gas of the city Mr.. Bavis has
touched this question of discriminatory
in his discussion of the gas situation The Pal
ladium believes this discrimination vicious simply
licensed highway robbery What does DR.. Bavis
think of it,"
Editorial of the Palladium July 21st.
do not know the purpose of Mr.. Leeds in being in
terested my opinion regarding dfferential
charged for this rather late day for those opn
ions to have any effect, considering the
been approved by the board public works.
by the council Let the purpose be what will, GO
ing to fall not wthsandng the Palladium report of
my criticism the public hearing taken as a
criterion small value is placed such opinions
then expressed, myself think
ing that opinions hold regarding the dis
paragement in the rate making will have added
Such fact, however, would have weight, l
be reasonably of ground before offering crit
cisms and when assured give those opinions re-
gardless of public paudits condemnation promptngs
not convinced that the discrimination in gas
rates merits the indictment of vicious and licensed
highway robbery it is debatabe question: possessing
some extenuang and seemingly unjust features;
the extenuating features forbid ndorsing
can not get from the fact that the cost of
thing largely by energy
sary to its production and subsequent distribution and
his proportion of that cost.
seems wrong that person should be favored by
cheaper than others, yet the larger
serbs only hundredth part energy for
the it would be manifestly compel
maximum charge for minimum service from such con-
sumner
I will put the matter in a simpler form Surprising
there consumers of that
1000 feet of each month";
in the aggregate, such number consumers re
qure just the service each a single consumer
that 100000 feet per month
1t is plain seen: to care for the single consumer
of 100000 feet of only of labor is
Qured compared the 100 consumers in the aggre
In the only has to be read
statement render, collection make
record in the other hundred times the labor
tiers in the care of such services compared to the
larger consumer.
would condemn most emphaticaly any discrimination
contemporaneous but in this case
there is such OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
There is an economic question that admits of
possible guilt of special privileges insofar the party
buy larger quantities. anything equal
quality than the purchaser Of smaller quantity
a potent by competitive of dis
placing his competitor and thereby creating
a monopoly and dominating prices.
have with good deal of satisfaction the Equal
Price by Leeds and if l remember correctly a
very striking parallel to our present por-
trayed in the power American
who through only controlling 81 the finished
product (stee ras) of the
entering the rail- and by fixing the price OF to
independent manufacturers simultaneously governs
the price steel rails. they sell in the Amer
can market for less than $500 per ton.
The parallel lays in the fact that the Logan Natural
Gas and Fuel Co. controls the entire available
exercising spirit of independence in its dealings with
Richmond. do they?
my judgment 80 per of that Independence was
bluff the bluff should have been called but any
tempt calling the bluff by the local champions