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Show iffii 111! COAL CUT ISFORHHl I i. H. Cowie Declares Price I Was Reduced to Keep I Miners Working. .;t oo.il -t rciiiccl in piico by! . ;v opCL.itors this w cck iu a I .vis. eort to liott iho I'iiMk1 do v ,1 to tins variety as iu:unst lump' v.:wh tho:o is an exco ic- av.d tiu i :l'r to pro a xnwch. j o'V 3 v0111 l0T l0!4 tinners, I wrc.U'C to a s! eContent ma do vest or i is- bv A. H. l oMt vice president ot , t I rah l:c o:v.p:in. rcu'.u t U: niado not only by - e V t .i ii l"ul " o m pa n y , but by nil! ne V::ih coal operator. Nut ooal is cw v.oied si ton, as n-iuist j - icr'icr price ui $-.LV Tho rcauc- j a ws -o cents a ton. ! on tho c at in prico, Mr. j owie yoteru:iy : S:uvO tho reduction in price was itiide vest ord ay comment by T ho i rr.eral puMic seems to nuistnio fb t re o.u c 1 1 o u a a bit o t e o I . I -wesher pinlar.t hropy by tho eoal operators. Sucot ion has also been r a e ; h a t ; r. c e tho e oa 1 operators wvo about it they miht have r.'-sJ. A b-Cstr reduction. Tho tin- rre?iou is erroneous. Tho eoiil ovo-.ito:? are not phi! ant hropi:s. 7::ev cannot stt'oni to be, tor thov sre in business which taxes their ii'euuitv to keep luuancei ou the rv.t siv!.e of the W-er. i The cut in the i-rioe ot nut coal Tcri siir.piv an extciient to ad"ist th-? consumption, to average tho e o z i " '- p i o u . Nut e o a 1 i a o. m i r ab tor uorr.est.c purposes. Tho tv...il eon', panics are not t ry in g o oilfr bur train sales in nut coal, but we are trying to shii't some oi the nensr.d from lump coal, to relieve the txes-; demand ou that variety. Y be':i v,' that nut eoa! is il; t as .: i -rv' era o'.e in many - i or domes: :o nse. The moro , the demand lor the dtitereur varieties vari-eties pi coal is spread th better ire vr.'. be able to keep the miners it work. The t'oa.1 companies are npbuild-ers npbuild-ers of the state, their money is all vested in the state. Prices in i"t.h for coal are relatively lower thati in any coal-producing state in tie country. The orerators do not iik or lake any credit for this, but :t is a fact. The other cav they rerjced coal prices in Colorado -i.?o a eoaj-producin srate. Tn Colorado cut coal is row $-2.50 and lump coal is $3.50. In Vrnb n-u vcol is 51.90 ani lump coal is $2.4 V |