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Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Price of Coal Has Risen Over 500% Due to Company Greed, Sept. 20, 1922

In a message to the Ohio Legislature Governor Davis said: “No one will contend that coal producing costs since last March have risen enough to warrant an increase from $1.74 to $5.50 a ton, a difference of over 500 per cent.” There is only one reason for such increase, to-wit: “Greed.”

From the editorial page of The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 20, 1922

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