Show GOAL COAL BROKERS Mu MUST SECURE LICENSE LICENSEr r TO OPERATE By International News New Service WAS WASHINGTON March larch IK Coal Coal brokers brok- brok er ers will be put under license e according to announcement announcement- made lato Jato toda today by Dr II A. A Garfield federal al fuel admin Is t ra tor This action follows follow protests that have haTe come from many sections of oC tho the country coun ti try particularly New e England since U It t I was ordered that coal brokers would have to look to the coal companies for tor their commissions It means menns that thousands of or m men n who ha hao o 0 been making their living JivInG in tho th h handling of oC coal from rem producer to consumer consumer conwill con con- sumer will now loso lose the millions of ot dollars dollars dol dot lars tars heretofore collected by hy them in commissions lons Before the tho government announced the order practically f shutting shutting shut hut ting tinS down clown on tho brokers the operators received about 20 for their coal althe at al atthe atthe the mines The brokers added their marKin margin mar mar- Kin gin and collected from the retailers retailer or I from Crom the UtA consumers where delivered di dl- dl recto The government a n month ago ngo Is Issued Issued Is Is- I sued a rule that brokers must look to tho ho operator fixing a price at the mines that took care re of or the brokers broker's r m margin ln I of approximately 15 cents a ton on and also an aTI advance for Cor increased wages By BJ this order the tho protesting brokers I maintained the operators were wert given the power to eliminate the tho broker entirely and take the thc mar margin in themselves or to toI I demand that the broker accept a smaller commission J J. J J. J Storrow New Xe EngI England England Eng Eng- land fuel administrator will come ht hero ro I tomorrow to take up UI this phase of at the tho coal distribution with Dr Garfield It ItIs ItIs Is expected d that a formal notice to all the coal men will be issued within tho the thoI I next few days s a-'s announcing that they will willbe willbe be permitted to operate under license c. c Dr Garfield put himself on record to today today today to- to day ns as against government ownership of oC the mines He lie declared that in some sections of ot the country the mines were not being o operated in an economical manner that it Is costing them more to produce the coal than thon the miners re re- re cehe He b attributed it to bad manage manage- ment When hen asked If It the government produce coal conI there more cheaply r Pr whether government ownership wo ild be the gainer he replied Ii It caS cases S where mines are operating e er the government could control control con con- own and operate them n at t an ad advantage advantage ad- ad vantage but where the coal conI mines are operating at a loss government ov ownership ownership ownership owner owner- ship would not give the tho incentive to tomake tomake tomake I make them successful Dr Garfield said that in some parts o of the country the mines would have to operate more economically or close chose down as some have done |