
Title | : | Why I Am a Socialist |
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ISBN | : | 9781594620430 |
Language | : | English |
Format Type | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 312 |
Excerpt from Why I Am a SocialistBy the regulations of the Board of Health only anthra cite coal could be burned in the city. For years the retail price had been $5 a ton. I suppose that few persons in the worst of the East Side tenement houses had ever bought at one time a ton of coal. For one reason, there was no place to put it; and for another the average tene ment dweExcerpt from Why I Am a SocialistBy the regulations of the Board of Health only anthra cite coal could be burned in the city. For years the retail price had been $5 a ton. I suppose that few persons in the worst of the East Side tenement houses had ever bought at one time a ton of coal. For one reason, there was no place to put it; and for another the average tene ment dweller never had at one time $5 to expend on coal. Universally, the poorest bought their coal at the corner grocery, a pailful at a time. There the price was ten cents for a pailful.When this was translated into ton weights it meant that they were buyi