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Show the. work. It is to the icuv coal consumers, the railroads coal men generally to ste; coat as possible at the frt-while frt-while tho-comlitions are f-r- (ruction, and was then deomed fair to both the public and the coal mine operators," op-erators," declares Mr. Pierson. ''The reduction of 40 cents a ton on domestic sizes which went into effect Slav 1 was not due to any decrease iu the cost of production, but was made solely for the purpose of stimulating early buying of coal in order to avoid shortage next winter. "As a matter of fact, the production C03ts have materially increased from mouth to month since last winter's prices were established by the United Slates fuel administration. With the coming of the armistice last November' there was a marked slowing up of industrial in-dustrial activity, accompanied, of course, by a generai decrease in the consumption of enal. This, coupled with the mild weather and the heavy storing of coal tho previous summer, brought such a low demand for current cur-rent use that the mines have been compelled to ojierpto for considerable periods on only part time, maintain ing a heavy overhead with only a small output of coal. "Neither' the public nor the coal dealers have to date taken advantage of the reduction in price to any great extent, evidently expecting some still further decreases. This is a serious mistake Jt may reasonably be expected expect-ed that the winter price will be partially par-tially restored by July 1, and completely complete-ly restored not later than August 1. Coal users who desire to take advantage advan-tage of the present reduced price to get in their supply of coal should do 0 at once. "It is urgently to be hoped that the general public will store as much coal as possible during May and June, for otherwise the railroads, heavilv taxed by crop and troop movements, later in the season will have difficulty in handling han-dling the transportation of coal, and a serious shortage in coal may again result. re-sult. At present the railroads are not rushed and can easily take care of a big coal tonnage and the miners need wynSTMniicE EMM JULY 1 Fuel Users Urged to Take Advantage of Present Reduced Costs. No further reduction in the price of Utah coal can consistently bo expected this summer, iu the opinion of A. D. Pierson, general sales agent of the Utah Fuel company. On the contrary, he anticipates that urgent necessity following the continual increase in the cost of production will force an early restoration of winter u'ices, possiblv July 1, nnd not later than August 1, so that those who wish to take advantage advan-tage of the present reduced prices in order to securo their winter's supply of coal should, in his opinion, act quickly. " The prices that prevailed during the winter were established by the United States fuel administration after a very full investigation of the cost" of pro- |