Costs for one trip 



The foregoing are the expenses for one tripo We vdll go in more 

 detail into the four major items making up the following percentages of 

 the total cost§ Oil 23,8 percent^ bait 18o2 percent p cotton line 17o0 

 percent, and handling charges 14„9 percento Of these itemsj the rise 

 in the prices of oilj cotton line, and handling charges in December of 

 last year added $455t,20 to the cost per trip or |2j731o22 per year for 

 six tripso This is broken dovm as followss Oil $932„88j cotton line 

 $l5l31o66, handling charges |666o66o Since these four items make up 

 73o9 percent of total expenses 1, their cost must be brought down in any 

 attempt to cut down operating costs., When the price rises are compared 

 with the former prices , in the case of oil^ if a tariff of 10 percent is 

 levied, there will be an increase of $106„58 for a total of $l,,172e36 

 which is 25.6 percent of the total amounto (Opposition is being 

 mustered against a plan which would levy a tariff of 10 percent on oilc ) 

 /T"ranslator 's noteo --This tariff did not go through^ If the market 

 handling charge were the former 5 percent, it would reduce the amount 

 by lllloll or |555o55 for the year, which would be 12o7 percent of the 

 totalo Cotton line at the old price would reduce the amount by $188r,61 

 or ^570o20 for theyearj, making 13o3 percent of the total amountc 



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