Show anil PRICES ARE CUT UT fim CENTS action entirely voluntary with interests concerned VICE PRESIDENT COWIE IS interviewed utah fuel company and the denver and rio grande railroad have voluntarily reduced their charges for coal at the mines and for hauling it to market so that coal which formerly sold at G 6 25 per ton in salt lake city and elsewhere in the state is now a ton the on going into effect last tuesday the reduction by the utah fuel is thirty five cents a ton at the mines while the railroad company brings down its transportation charges fifteen cents a ton the reductions apply at all mines in carbon county of course the independent companies will have to meet the price of 5 75 the price of slack coal has been reduced five cents a ton at the nunes mines or from 1 30 to 1 25 according to a statement made by A H 11 cowie vice president of the utah fuel company reduction agitated evar ever since the increased price went into effect a reduction in the price has been agitated last week a conference of railroad officials and officials of the utah fuel company was held at denver attending the conference were 11 W clarke vice president and general manager of the denver and rio grande A S hughes II traffic manager fred wilde jr general freight agent and S V derrah assistant general freight agent of the railroad in salt lake city representing the traffic department of the legal department J F vaile general counsel E N dark general attorney and E at allison of salt lake city of counsel el for the road in utah were in attendance ten danLe for the utah fuel company besides the colorado officials A 11 cowie vice president of the company with headquarters in salt lake city and mark alark P braffet general solicitor for the company in utah were present the confer ico ice lasted two dais and on oil S saturday tur the decision to make the reduction was madu upon apprising jhb th president of tha the denver and rio grande E T jeffery of the action decided upon a wire from jefery was received concurring in the action taken A H cowie explains A 11 II cowie vice president of the utah fuel company concerning the action of the company in making the reduction of thirty five cents per ton at the mines says 3 the utah fuel company in determining 11 ter mining to reduce its mine prices 1 on certain grades of coal was as prompted p by the general public appeal for such reduction the fact hae has been recognized that bu inmee in many lne ina s i is becoming slower and that t pr t ft t of the i 1 bublic against any Z b 1 lancial men aw incident to the t t I 1 ving is i at the present pro sent time li U it lid 1 I t mo at ri 4 us w c m idt rm r n thia this notwithstanding th tb tact fact it all of the revenue represented the recent increase in rease made by the n t F uel company in its sale prices e c ertain grales of coal has hag been ab absorbed orbed bv the wage age ceases re ases it into effee at our various mint I 1 the hrat first of november No ember 1 increase of the miners lo 10 dispute the reasonableness of re ir i r uh hole sale prices is to dispute the f of the inclema made to our corkren wor kren leren the wage balm d made we w e d deemed arned ry ny the 3 management and the entire benat ban A st it h has gone ganeto lo 10 our employee employ eo the general public participates to a consid erable extent in the prosperity of the mining communities and should be fully aware that during the past several years all general expenses as well as the cost of materials and supplies to a large operating company have very ery substantially in d the compan company has not only had these additional addition at burdens to bear but has also recognized the fact that the cost of living to ita its em aloyes bag has very materially increased and yet during a long period no increase has been made either in the wages of the employed emp loyes or in the sale price of the product and it was in order to bring about a just adaptation to these changed conditions that both the cost of coal and th UK wage scale were raised on the first of november deny combination the utah fuel company and the railroad corporations corporation as well asse as several coal companies doing business in the state replying to secretary of state C S Tinge ys communications charging the existence of a coal trust have denied that any combination to maintain prices is in existence the action of salt lake commercial club 1 has as never at adv time rece received led serious consideration from the coal dealers the producing companies or the railroads although of course the club will ill be orly too ready to take credit for the reductions here referred to the application for a re reservoir site in emery county made by george A snow has been approved by the general land notice of this favorable action was recci received ed by the united states land office at salt lake city friday chicago capitalists are interested with snow in the enterprise it is proposed to rt reclaim claim several thou thousands ands of acres of good land |