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Caption: Both Feet in the Trough! Disgusted coal consumer--"Oh what a hog! No wonder you're fat!"

Source/Date: Utica Saturday Globe, June 2, 1906 [Courtesy Oneida County Historical Society]

Ultimate Source(if different):

Creator: W. A. Carson

Remarks: Officials of the Pennsy got free stock in coal companies for supplying them with coal cars.; while this represents discrimination, it's hard to see how it increased coal prices to consumers as the image suggests.

Keywords: Pennsylvania Railroad; Related industries