Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-12
scent ICE, BUT YOU
MUST GO TO WAGON
Wilson Convinced Price Must
Rise Under Increased
Expenses.
"FAN" SCALE PRESENTED

There is to be five cent piece Of ice.
However. the good news is tempered by
the fact that the consumer must go to
the ice wagon for it.
The ice makers and dealers of Wash
ington split fifty-fifty with the D. C.
food administrator. Clarence r. Wilson,
last night, yielding the point Of selling
five-cent piece of ice. but winning with
the argument that delivery to the ice
box is to be eliminated.
Ice manufacturers and dealers assem-
bled in force for the conference last
night in Central High School. moved to
some extent by the declaration OF Ad-
ministrator Wilson that they had not
played fr, advancing prices after
agreeing to wait upon investigation and
determination of the justification for
higher rates. 1t was long session.
Convinced Price Must Advance.
Administrator Wilson was convinced
that the price Of ice must advance. He
absorbed the fact that there Is an in
crease in the cost of delivery. due to
higher wages for labor and higher cost
Of feed for the horses that pull the
ice wagon.
The result was that the public is
urged to buy ice in as large quantities
as their ice boxes will hold. The daily
consumption Of small amounts Of ice
is denounced as a wasteful practice.
at is necessary for US this summer
to save fce." says the statement issued
by Administrator Wilson, land the pub
lie should cooperate to avoid pos
sible shortage in the hot months"
Manufacturers and dealers are urged
to put their business upon a cash basis
and to inaugurate the sale of ice tick
cts as soon as possible.
MI. Wilson's Statement.
After the meeting Mr.. Wilson issued
the following statement:
lowing to the increased cost of max
ing and delivering ice, 1t will be neces-
sary for ice dealers to advance some
what the price of delivered ice during
the coming summer months. The items
Of increase are labor and feed.
The increase in labor necessarily
sive In this I found the statements
and representations of the ice dealers
to be entirely well founded in fact.
after a preliminary investigation, to
be checked up and corrected by an in
vestigation by the Federal Trade Com
mission. I have come to the conclusion
that the following is a fair scale of ice
prices to manufacturers. dealers and
the public:
fa1r scale OF fr1ceS.
Wholesale prices at platform to reg
ular dealers. "a ton: to occasional
dealers, $3.50
by occasional dealers l mean the ice
peddler. who does business only in the
summer time. and who does not bear the
losses involved in continual yearly
dealing in ice.
"Delivered. one ton or more. 30 cents
hundred pounds. Delivered, 300
pounds TO one ton, 35 cents hun
dred.
Retail prices Delivered, family
trade. 60 cents a hundred pounds; not
delivered. at wagon. so cents hun
dred pounds: not delivered. at platform,
40 cents hundred pounds.
This means that ice can be bought
at the wagon or at the platform in any
amount the customer desires who will
take the ice at the same rate as last
summer. Thus. for cents a ten
pound piece OF ice can be bought at the
wagon. and for 10 cents a twenty
pound piece of ice can be bought.