Show PRODUCERS SAY U. U So FUEL EDICT HURTS MINING Coal Companies Report Production Production Pro Pro- Is Curtan Curtailed d Due to Limited Market larket Utah coal mines are aro now on Idle time notwithstanding there lucre has been and t is a cr cry about n short So of coal coul Curtis Us of tho ho Standard Standard Standard Stand Stand- according to I J. J H H. Cm o ard Coal company compan Tho The production of this company compan could be increased 20 O per percent percent cent cont it if there thore was a n. market et for for tho the product ho he declared About six months ago ngo a circular letter was Issued by the tho government said Mr Ir Curtis urging people to bu buy their coal and store It as Utah companies companies com corn panics would bo be unable to furnish coal later owing to tho the fact that the tho product product product prod prod- of the tho mines was wa to bo be sent east cast Consumers Consumers' r. r Filled this information a majority majority ma mn- Acting on of or consumers In Salt Lake Ilke purchased purchased pur pur- chased tho the corning coming winters winter's supply with tho ho result rosult their cellars and bins overflowing o and most are aro now filled to of or tho the yards of oC the dealers likewise no market for the latter During the summer Mummer producers kept production of or black diamonds to full tull capacity and now find no market for forthe tho the overproduction either at homo home or abroad Their mines are on Idle time That Utah could supply tho the entire Missouri valley with coal is beyond question but wo are aro handicapped b by railroad rates Wyoming and Colorado have erected a n freight barrier that we have havo been unable to break breal through It 11 It K hales Bar Utah Wo Ye are arc supplying tho the northwest nort with coal I without extra effort arid and will continuo continue to do so so but that lint constitutes constitutes constitutes con con- our market markot as O cr every overy attempt we 16 make to get gel an outlet east Is thwarted d although early earh In tho spring and ond summer wo we wore ivero led to bell believe tn 0 b by bytho tho fuel ruel administration that lint wo we wore to supply a n. largo large territory in tho the Missouri Mis Mis- noun nouri alIe valley and urged householders household on and local dealers to stock up as this eastern castern market was wa to bo be opened up to us 19 this fall tall Tho The freight rate east from U Wyo- Wyo yo- yo ming la ie less than from Utah which practically ally gives cH that I state Mate a monopoly monopoly oly oW on tho the business and bars us Utah Ut producers are ar therefore Utah Idaho and tho the northwest st st. There will wilt come a cr cry this winter from the east cast for tor fuel when tho ho winter retards the tho movement o of freight and coal cars carswill carswill carswill will be sidetracked to move perishable goods t of ot Coal ConI Miners lInera Wyoming and Colorado then thon will bo ho unable to meet the demand and people peo pee plo will suffer stiffer for no reason than monopolistic rates that are aro given JI Wyoming Wyo 0 ming and Colorado over O shipments from Utah It appears Utah IB is handicapped Regarding the tho coal situation Willlam Willlam Will Will- lam Gorton of oC the Independent Coal Coke company said Thus far tar wo we have havo had no rio Idle idie time but unless market conditions improve o In tho the immediate future futuro wo we will be bo forced to ha have haIdle Idle days das on account of local business Our company compan like other Utah producers producers pro pro- labors under tho lie handicap of Wyoming frel freight ht rates which enables producers In that state to take advantage tage ago of or the tho eastern market Another r handicap here is 18 the lack of ot labor Wo We 0 are ara now only working about 70 per cent o of capacity I |