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Show COAL COST FIGURES GIVEN I0C0NGRESS Expense of Production Is Greater in '18 Than in '16 WASHINGTON. Feb. 11. Com fijf- I ure on bituminous coal production in the thirteen coal producing states went of the MlsfitHSippi river were n Emitted Emit-ted to co nitre as today in a report from' the federal trade commission, the l.iHt of a series of seven reports coverinR I cost figures in the various producing district. The figures, based on reports from J 28 mines producing about 61.000.000 I tons in , show that for that year the average f. o. b. mine cost of pro-i pro-i durtion ranged by mining diKtricts j f rom 11.08 to $4.43 per ton. The hv-1 hv-1 erage sales margin realiwd. without deduction for taies. Interest, Helling coats and like charges, ranged from 91.26 to f 4.66 per ton. ttw report showed. Kor selected districts In the stated of Iowa, Oklahoma and Montana, tali ta-li Its were submitted showing thut f. o. b. mine costs in 1918, ranged from 4 to 4tt per cent higher than in 1916, i while the Increase In the pales rcaliza- tion ranged from 46 to 69 per cent. t |