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Show SMALL CONSUMERS PAY MOST OF COAL PROFITS Guthrie, Jan. 1. That the small consumer con-sumer pays most of the profits of the coal producing companies Is the statement state-ment made by John Mitchell, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, In a letter received from him today by Attorney General Wost of Oklahoma. The letter was an answer an-swer to an Inquiry from Mr. West for Information that might be used In West's pending prosecution of coal producing pro-ducing companies of Oklahoma. After stating that railroad companies com-panies and big manufacturing concerns purchase their coal at a small profit to the producer, and sometimes even at a loss, Mr. Mitchell says: "On the whole, the average price received re-ceived for coal is not high. Indeed, It Is so much lower than the price at which coal Is sold In other countries, that itg very cheapness becomes an extravagance" and not an economy. The unfortunate feature is that the tsmall consumer pays so much, and the large consumer so little. |