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Show COAL PRICES OfJ - irCHEASE FOR TEH YEAHS Cost to Consumer Ha Doubled in Decade, Report Shows By HARRY B. HUNT - NBA Bawls Wmw WAB HI NO TON, Bpt. I- How tha prices of anthradts coal hava hoaa forced eteedlly upward for th past taa year, and how thss increased prise have been apllt between oroductlea costs, transportation trans-portation and proflta la shown by a atatlatleal aaalyata of coal costs Juat compllad by the United States ooal commissi oa. fn ton years both th wholesale aad rotall arte of coal Juot about doubled. la ltll tha average retail pries of ator anthraelu la Boaton waa ll.lt. ' la Waahlngtoe It waa I7.lt. TMf "lh pnroi. rerpeertveTv, ar lit aad till. Bine 1111 th freight rat from th anthracite field to Boatoa haa Incraaaod 11.11 a ton. to Waahlng-toa Waahlng-toa fl.M a ton. . Want of th larger coal com. panto, clooaljr affiliated with railroad, rail-road, ar aronoad toaeuher In prlce auotatlona. Their product I known a "oompaay" oaL In 1111 th avarag prlo of eempany stove coal at th mlaaa waa .. . Today To-day the company quotations ar II ta li lt. VARYINO PRICES. ' la Boatoa today. II pays for 111 pounde of coal. Of this II. 41 cents repreaanta tha sale price at the mln and covers production costa land royaltlae and operator's profit. The railroads get SI cents of this II for their ahara la hauling the ooal. The remaining It cent went to the local dealer. In New York, where 11 boys 141 pounds at coal, the division la 14 centa to th mln operator, II ante to the railroads and II cents to th dealer. ' la Philadelphia the consumer gets 111 pounds tor his dollar, of which II. II and II cants go respectively re-spectively t mlaaa, railroads aad dealsrs. In Washlagtoa ths buyer gets 141 pouada of coal and hie dollar la apllt M cents to ths mine. 10 cents to freight and II centa to dealer. Chicago, being a greater distance from th anthraelu field, pays a greater proportion to th rallroada. tha Chioagoan getting only II pounds of coal for his dollar, of which ths mine gets 4 cents, the railroads M cents aad th dealer II centa BL Louie, which Is on th western west-ern frlng of th territory using anthracite, has a net price per ton 44 centa lower than Chicago, and th Bt. Louis dealer gets only 11 cants at? each dollar, th other 14 oente going to railroads and mlaaa. MINK PRICE SOARS. Of th quotation today. II . to II U f. e. b. mine, the eoat of production, aeserdlng to the com mission's expert, averages 14.4. Of this th labor eoat la UH. The f . o. b. mine prtoe In 111 was II I, with ths labor cost averaging aver-aging ll.lt. Wbereaa th labor cost per toa haa Increased 14 per cent In tea year th mln sale price has In-rreesed In-rreesed ellghtly ever 10 per cent from 11.41 ta tl-ll.l. The pro port km ta cost of labor aa represented In the mine sale price haa decreased from 41.4 per cent to il l per sent. , la eonatderln tho Increase of labor la-bor eoata however, tha esmmlastoa smphasiaes two Important points. 1. That only a part of the Increased In-creased cost of production per toa la due ta Increased wag aoalaa. a part being attributed to changed physical condition In tha nil nee, such aa mining of seams which formerly for-merly war conaldared loo poor te work, etc t. That th purchasing power ot the dollar In 111 Is about t per cent less thaa la 111. |