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Show TIIE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY c c 24, 1921. .Shrar- In a vigorous letter, dated last Monday, Herbert ! c 'v Hoover, Secretary of Commerce of the United States, strongly urges ter use NOW . Mr. Hooverfs emphatic statement, as quoted in the press last Tuesday, is . ? j. i ' i i - i WASHINGTON, July 18. I am con- vinced that, due to the general depression, the prices of bituminous coal at I ft u a , ns the mines are not too high at the pres- ent time, said a letter from Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce, to public utilities companies throughout the United States, made public here today. 'i ?' ! rt t IF tJ ' Jf 9t -- i 1 t f r tS $ f fC a -- 0iVi f rt r Lf ftti b L J t i vr' 0 there should be a recovery of business activities in the autumn, Mr. Hoovers letter continues, taken in conjunction with the large increase in percentage of disabled cars and the inability of the railways to finance their maintenance, there are possibilities of developments of a most serious situation as regards coal movement. If .1 i Sttet T 111 inr i r . i n u- - ); ,v , 'v This solemn warning from Mr. Hoover, whom the public Jong since learned to trust Sensing their obligation to the people, and implicitly, is of deep public interest. in the hope that in doing so widespread suffering may be averted, the coal producers of this state are taking this means of gaining the widest publicity possible for Secretary Hoovers advice. This advertisement is inserted and paid for by the coal producers of Utah. i i |