Show TO FIX LOWER PRICES OPERATORS PROMISE SECRETARY WILSON TO TREAT GOVERN MENT AND PUBLIC BETTER immediate cut ranging from one to five dollars on arod act agreed upon at conference held at capital washington 1 ln in the price of s coul coal tit at nil all mines east of tile the mississippi ss ippi river ranging brorn 1 1 to 5 3 it toil ion to lie file public wath it 11 further cut of 50 cents for tim lie government ern L ment were agreed upon thursday lit conferences between the operators and government the blew prices become effective tit at once pour four hundred operators who gathered e liero here nt at a crill from Secret secretary nry lane and pledged themselves to furnish their nt at a reasonable reason uble price were rep re resented in the final conference by committees froni eichi field 1 carlier in the lie day ahey had agreed to place tho the palce lah ce flying in the hands of tile the kov ment through fili the defense so coain co ria cent production committee secretary lano lane and commissioner fort of tile federal trade commission fani avoiding fly the possibility of violating tin th antitrust anti trust laws ikino derector Dl rector of tho gety logical survey estimated that tho the reduced il prices would mean that the operators woula get OW less annually tor for their 0 output and the ahe saving to the government and tho the coal consuming publia couitt bo be oven even greater Rient cr i only the districts west of illinois s town own wyoming colorundo Okla hoina and the southwest which were not represented remain yet to be accounted for and thero there Is no doubt lit in alib minds of officials that these districts will agree to tho the price reduction |