Show IS COAL MAN IrAN ft TAKES tikes SHOT astl fit AT A r i tincey ey V T secretary of state and others other assume or presume a great deal C N president pre ident of the independent coal and coke company operating at Kenil kenilworth orth in carbon county gets back at secre seere ary of state ting tin y and several busy bodies at salt lae city in a way that ought to have the effect of making them take notice as it were N ere his communication to the secretary of state in reply to the chairge of a coal combine is worthy orthy of reproduction it follows lion ilon C S I 1 secretary ecret ary of state of utah salt lake city utah dear derr sir we acknowledge receipt of your letter of december 5 1910 and responsive to the same e have to say that so far as the independent coal and loke company ie is concerned it abool absolutely and giftedly denies that it is in any om bin stion or association of any nature or description with avy other coal producing company or with any I 1 retailer ret aile of coal by which the price f euch such product to abe le ie or consumer is in any way regulated but that on the contrary the puce of the product of the ind pendent coal and coke company is t aed ed by its duly authorized othnel s without consultation or confer conference crice with any other corporation wiLia aa bation tion or person our attention ii 14 particularly called to those portions of your letter reading as follow written and verbal evl evidence dence has recently been submitted to me ine wh which ich u upon pun exam examination I 1 nation s me that there now exists an unlawful combination be beleen teen certain coal cual producing companies railroad um loin canies and corporations urbanized zed for tho the purpose of retailing or distributing codi coal having for its purpose the regulation of the retail price of coal in the state of utah and you are so notified that unless our company withdraws ith draws from and severs all business connections vitt said trust combination orns or association and submits satisfactory evidence to me of that fact within thirty das from the date of this notice I 1 shall cause a certified copy of such statement of all of such facts as I 1 now have bave or that may hereafter be submitted to me tending to dhow show the existence of such unlawful trust trusi combi combination naion or aasbo elation to be filed riled with the attorney general of thia this state for the purpose of having the corporate fights rights and of your compan revoked as provided by law the foregoing paragraphs in our letter are to the effect that evidence has been submitted to you which satisfies satis fles ou that an unlawful combination exists be between teen certain coal producing companies of we are one and hat that unless we furnish you with satisfactory evidence that behave we have with withdrawn draNn from andic and severed business connections with kith said aid trust that you will ill submit the matter to the attorney y general of the state of utah inasmuch as wo we are not in any such as indicated by you ir it houi letter it is r of course coune impossible for us to withdraw ith from something we ne are not in and lik likewise ewite impo wible for us to furnish you proof of such withdrawal in the premi premised ed in all sincerity we e li sal that if any evidence haa has been submitted to you from which you dra draw the conclusion that we e are in any way nay associated with kith a combination such aa as you mention you owe it as fair treatment to a citizen of the state of utah that you furnish ua us the evidence from which aich you draw such conclusion to the end that we may be able to meet the same and furnish proof that either the statements made ue ate untrue or that 1 3 our conduction conclusion is erroneous by rea eon son of other facts of which you are not poss possessed emed we do not believe that the officials of state of utah should pursue a course calculated to cast reflections upon the business integrity and standing and ing of quasi public corporation i 4 within the state any proceedings without Nit hout giving the party charged with wrongdoing an opportunity tu to be heard and feeling ae as we do we hereby respectfully fully request that yu furnish thit thib corpo corpora rati HI n an opportunity V t inspect the written evidence you merion in lit letter and that we be informed aa as to the au betance of the verbal evidence which aich you ou refer to very independent COAL AND COKE COMPANY by C N president |