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JOR] L. LEWIS, ET AL. Oe 4 an srrengement was made whereby Peabody would bill Wabash direct for ~“ coal shipped on RLSHOFF'S orders, The sane arrangement of B&& plus *: 64 cents per ton was sllowed on thess sales except that the sales tax ©. |: actually paid by Peabody was deducted from the sales tax allowance be~ ©, fore remitting to EISHOFF, RISHOFY alec e014 te the Baltimore & OHIO; C- Ghicago Terminal Railroad, however, Mr, REED advised that hie records ~~ — reflected that Usbash was the only one of KLSHOFF'S customers that Peabody billed direct, He atated that the bulk of RLSHOFF Ss business was with Wabesh, _ 5 hE tip SH A, Mr, REED advised that the arrangements eet forth above continued mtil November 6, 1939 at which time the following changes were made; 1. & sales to Railroad where Peabody carried the accomnt end paid the sales tax, KLSHOPF was dlousd a fiat 10 cents per ton, M& sales to railroads where KISHOFF carried the accomt and paid the sales tax, Peabody aliowed hin &f of the sales price to the customers, 2. M& ali sales except to Railroads, Peabody allowed | ELSWOFF Gf of the sales price with a simimm net commseton of 10 cents per ton, It will be moted that mo allowance was mde for sales tax in eny of the price arrangemnts entered into. Novenber 6, 1939. It will be further noted that 2 this date is also the date Mine B re-opened, vat Mr, REED explained that the commission allowance to ELSHOFF waa reduced st this time because Peabody found it conld dis~ pose of all its coal without selling any of 4t through a broker. Ge yelated that selling coal to ELSHOFF was beneficial to Peabody whan market was Siow, even though Peabody did not make any money @ the deal, This benefit, he said, was the result of being able to operate pecensity to Bell to ELSDOFF at the old rates, his records showed that very Little coal was sold by Peabody to after Wovenbder 6, 1939. According to Mr. HEED all transactions ok oe