| Show HOW GO L LANDS ARE OBTAINED Companies Got Get Large Tracts by Securing ments from Persons Who Enter Them PLEASANT VALLEY COAL CO Much nC of I Is Us J I Ami 11 I 1 ton April 28 The hc state stae commission today for to tho Ihn rel of ot ll made by b its Il agents discriminations of oe In II coal loll in II the of or Colorado Hlo Utah 1111 Nebraska Tho conclusion Is II drawn Ih LWI tho Utah Fuel company uli tho lw Pleasant 11 Coal company cm l of or Utah both hoth con controlled COI trolled by b tho Ih Den Ulo Ho Hallway of f tho th Qu system havo secured Inc laige of ur land 1111 the of or who have entered the lands lant for HUm generally ranging lII from 50 to tn Ur Many of or those thes me said ul to he h rul women 10 do 0 not appreciate the tho thoy Ihl are lre in II allowing themselves tn be thui used ISec H I is charged el that that the Pleasant nt Val Valley VII ley e Cool Coal company bus hm acquired acres ot of land 1111 and 11 It Is II asserted u gerlo that the acquisition of much Ilch of o It II has hus been bell attended by b fraud and perjury H I Is Islo assorted lo Artel thul the tho Rio Ro Grande railroad system hart haI grouted special rates rutes to companies 1 Tho Iho Colorado o Fuel and Iron Irl company has his received special rates from a railroad company which Is II by h It This company tho report states tn tl has lH declared no dividends In III but It II Is III a method ot bookkeeping would show how substantial earnings It ItIs ItI Is I chat Sell In III tho report that exorbitant prices I rice are arc charged to 10 do 10 domestic me consumers by h the th leasers of ot the mines Most of or tho railroads mine mille coal for tOI their thell own purposes Speaking of or the tho cool coal mined along the Union Pacific in Nebraska Wyo Wyoming yo minI ming it Is It found Cound that while the officials of that Ilm lOa roa 1 l are not directly Inter Interested ested estl in the mine that company does cloos absolutely dominate the mining millIng trans Inns transportation and sale of ot coal conI along Us lis line It IH II ulso ullo charged that thaI the com company pany lall resorts to various methods m to pre prevent vent tho opening of new lIew mines along Its It mute and the conclusion IB II drawn that If Ir the public coal lands should bo withdrawn the effect would be to In Intensify perpetuate tho monopoly |
