Show k SALT L KE USERS TO IO GET CUT OF F I 47 r CENTS freight Rates to Be Factor in Final Adjustment t 1 of Prices I 1 t coal a as sold to the average t J Householder in Salt Lake Lale at a n ari ori ri has been reduced b by at least if cents a ton as a result of or Dr I. I A. A Garfield fuel tuel administrator fix fix- J g the prices at which coal might be t. t lay by y the retailer to the consumer 4 t In no instance should lump Jump coal now 11 ft ft the tho consumer more mOle than a n aj J vh Je j It might be that it can be beas' beas bet si t Jed e- e as as' as low as a ton pr Garfield has decided that the i tw ew order which becomes effective daY shall provide that the retailers t f- f r fix the prices so as to limit the margins over cost to the average of ot uCh gross margins during 1915 plus rr t n Jl ot of 30 Per cent ot or the 1915 w ln provided that in no case shall shan tHe average margin of ot July 1917 be bek k r. r exceeded I In lna a a word worl or two this means that jt et must operate on the scale ko fc of Lump coal In that year cost y 75 a ton to the consumer compared J at present In selling seIling the coal at a ton in l f 1915 15 the retailers had a It gross mar mar- nor a ton the coal costing a. a ton a ton at the mine mouth and freight 7 i invoking ving an expenditure of ot a aton j ton tori This allowed m margin to the retailer J er butout buyout of or this overhead ex- ex K had to be met while haulage at l 5 cents a ton had to be considered t J i tIc xing a gross margin therefore 0 75 and adding 30 per cent on that margin as the price to 4 t W evan evail from now on on it means that i i n mp coal should t be e sold to the consumer cont con- con t L Liner sumer In Salt SnIt Lake at a ton a l R tp La other words this means a reduction r 1 the price of coal to the local conj consumer con- con 11 sumer Burner of ot 47 47 yz cents a ton j JA A A. A Question might be raised as to In that It might bey be bet y t that haulage providing for tor li cents a ton should not be Included th gross margin Allowing such r 8 a c to prevail what is the re- re suits 4 rust Just this Coal at the mine mouth In 1015 In cost 40 a ton freight rate and haul haulage ago 75 cents providing k a total of Allowing for a 30 per t cent ent gross margin on on this calculation than on the one excluding haull haul- haul l e. e it shows that the retailer should 9 tl barge 4 cents a a. ton j I i t l O On these figures therefore It is f. f glear eer that there will be a reduction of the the price of or coal to the consumer in ft i Salt Lake Shit-Lake 1 Lake either of or 47 or 67 57 71 cents aton ton |