Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1895-07-30 | Page 3 | The Coal Combine

THE COAL CoMBINE r iCV Order of Things in Effect on Thursday The actual facts regarding the smashing I smash-ing of the coal combine are simply that the railroads have dissolved the combination combin-ation whereby their coal was delivered exclusively to one firm from which all other dealers had to purchase Commencing on Thursday next the railroads roads will supply all dealers who have an office and yard with coal direct and have agreed to maintain tariff prices There will be no cutting by them The Tri bunes report that the railroads will sell wI to anybody and everybody is erroneous the sale will be confined strictly to the class designated and the small stores will have to buy of them The new deal will help the dealers a little by dividing among them the small profit exclusively that heretofore went to one Smal 1rm