Show COAL GOAL MEN FACE COURT IT ACTION Injunction Threatened for Four Alleged Code Chiselers A warning to four Salt Lake coal dealers that injunctions will be brought against them by the Utah Retail Fuel Dealers' Dealers association Unless uness un un- less ess the they cease chiseling on the state code was issued Friday by Gus P. P Backman acting N R A administrator for Utah The four tour dealers are selling coal for tor per ton in violation of the state coal code adopted by the Industry Industry In In- setting a price of as a minimum for tor inch eight lump coaL coat Under the st state te code it is possible to bring aring injunctions against them in distrIct district district dis dis- dis- dis court If It they sell inch eight-inch coal at 75 7 a ton they are selling below cost and therefore there is some chiseling going goIng going go- go Ing on some place Mr Backman said He explained that a re recent ent survey conducted under the direction of J. J H McGibbeny deputy N R A administrator administrator admin admin- for the state coal industry revealed that the cost of coal at the mine was a ton To this must be added for freight to Salt Lake and md Ogden 15 cents for unloading 25 cents for breakage and shrinkage and 75 cents for delivery deliver mak making n a total of or per ton cost From the 1 ton marg margin n between cost and retail retail re reo re- re tail price m L must t be taken such sueh overhead overhead over over- head expenses as rent light heat taxes etc Backman said some dealers had reported reported reported re re- ported their costs were 8 51 per ton and some as high as These prices are not affected by re recent ent coal freight rate reductions ordered by the public utilities commission |