Show J II I. I I Another Promise 1 I II K I VS E dispatches advise adis us that th the deY de- de Y of justice is s 's planning tO t Ie IC prices which h may be charged d consumer consumers pr coal If former bulletins o of thc same d department are indicative of the ne new effort the thc consumer will endeavor to to get his coa coal i inline the basement before the price goes up As a a price price re reducer the department of justice j tice Is about bout the th biggest failure we have I li Each successive campaign to reduce prices mites lles has been followed by new advances s. s I s not strange that the public should view with alarm rather official announcements y n with hope of relief r Price fixing as conducted in the United St States fes has been a bane on the country In InUS US iL majority of instances es the price has been ed d high enough to meet the highest of current quotations Dealers selling under Sis ihs figure figure- seem to have felt obligated to tow toi w i e their prices to those fixed p Perhaps the department of justice would fa E fe te better if jf it would make it clear tha that fixed maximum maximum- basis were on a is not necessarily limited to 10 Sices above the maximum figure The maximum figure heretofore has left ample Opportunity for profiteering ng ut under d the fixed puce ice when variation in costs costs' of r production tion n n in k various localities is considered The Thew showing w which has been bee made by U the e department de de- thus far is not calculated to int in in- t m re se faith faith in the new pr promise mise c |