Show PRICE OF COAL i TAKES A JUMP Beginning Today It Will Cost Fifty Cents More Per Ton INCREASE BY PRODUCERS tInIe Pacific Company First to Make Raise and aDd Others Will Follow Suit Beginning with this morning it will cost coat io O cents a ton eon more fur for your coal than thlin it did yesterday This action ae oa will willbe be bIt taken taka by the retailers because of 01 an anin increase in by the th producers who claim increased ot of production i ii responsible sible sibie fur for the tile advance All AU of the pro selling to local retailer retailers will I make flake th lb tle advance The Union Pacific company made the raise rie r vera I days dali d dao ago ao ani an the others will follow suit suh to toia toda today ia da day Some im of the retailers r had bad not learned last la night that they would have bae to pay nay more mor for tor their th ir coal cosI but hut there was an cit n understanding undemanding that such uch would be the then case n and they announced that the price would be on 00 a higher plane plan this thic morn j I lug ing II Price Irle to j jC I C N S Strevell of the Independent Coal Poal I k At Coke loke company said yesterday that tIit the lilt Increase lurea e had been contemplated for tor torme some me tune and aDd that it would be made mad madUli till Uli this morning the first of the month He lie said id the increase was wall made necea nece ne neary ary eary because of the added expense in handling the product through the th hortage of cars lar chiefly The coal will willbe willbe willbe be sold to the retailers at i per ton It was wan stated by the tha Utah Fuel com cOnt company pany rany which furnishes the bulk of the tue I coat coal for fur Halt alt It Lake that lump will he Ie told old at 12 75 to the retailer retailers and nu flu mr coal oal at t without any aay Increase I The mines mine of ot the company compa are in la Carbon county tile the th same we a aa thoe of the lade Inde Independent pendent company Increased cost coot of ot production is I given hen as the th cause of tho price advance Cost COM I Between June 15 l and aud August Ii U a re of 25 5 cent was granted by the railroads for tor coal and aM during that time tI Ih lie price In la Salt Lake was waa reduced from trem 5 5 to 10 55 This lasted for only M IS Ua days 8 With the mine Increase ID rae of 01 io rou O cents c nta the price pric will now new be he iU 2 for lump coal and aad H 1 for lor put nut Increased cost coat of production at the mine is I 1 given iv as a the cause ea of ot the ad advance adVance vance ance by the Utah fuel ru 1 company compy white while the othe Independent Coal Coke company said it was partly this and also alao the ad ded cost through car shortage bo Evidence given before the Interstate commerce commission In tn Salt lt lake last lut lutr year r was wa to the effect that the cost coat st of production of ot coal loal at aL the mines mine ranged between a minimum of SI se vents cents enl and a maximum of ot tl 15 5 per ton and the rail railroad railroad railroad road freight per ton is ic i Jlii 15 front from the Carbon county mines to Salt Lake Lak |