Show WHY UTAH GOAl COAl IS IS BIT 1111 f Only Difference is Teamster Teamster Li Gets Gets' Less for Handling Home Product S- S WYOMING FUEL STILL UP T S Ij c c Dealers Railroads and Mine Owners Have Anar Arranged ged No S Further Drop in Prices S Retail coal dealers of oC Salt I Lako are aro r S- S app apparently nearer to a disagreement nt than they have been at nt an any time t since sinco I D n J J. J Sharp was compelled to give up UI his business nearly two years r e ago ao bor bo- bo r cause causo he ho f 01 sold oaI at a n. reduction of 4 60 o cents under the established price Utah coal cont i Is costing the Ule consumer S 6 7 W a L ton and and- Wyoming coal costs sa C G a n. ton There Thoro is rea really no difference in tho the price however although tho ef effect et- et feet on the tho householders householder's pocket boo book bookIs Is tho same samo a as if IC a n. reduction had been made S S S Tho The real reason Is that through h the arbitrary action o of one coal coald dealer IL It is alleged the men who haul tho UIO ho coal yS from the yards ards to the consumers consumers' rs' rs bins get set 50 GO cents a 0 ton for hauling Utah Ut 4 coal but the they g get t 75 76 CentS a 11 ton tOil CorI for Cor I oj J hauling Wyoming coal S Pra Practically t ev every ry coal dealer daler who I handles Utah coal exclusively has followed fol rol- lowed suit and cut his teamsters down downto r- r to CO GO cents a ton but huL the tue men who S deal In Wyoming coal still pay their r f drivers nn and j 75 cents a a. ton S antI and charge the tho consumer 6 6 On tho tue state from which the coal Is mined depends det doTt de do- t Tt tho price paid for hauling the tile tiley I. I y coal from the yard to the residence This Is shown clearly b by the statements state state- if 4 ments of dealers who handle coal from t both states s The They say that a n driver who take out a n. ton of oC Utah coal gets gots only onh GO CO cents and returning for fOl another J he hc wilt will get 75 is cen cents t. t for ot delivering l S t k It because e customer wanted Wyoming Wyo Wyo- 10 I c ming product fl W IT It Wn flone S tt 5 Questions put to tho the managers of or all ti 11 of or the Cue principal coal l companies In Salt Satt Lako yesterday failed Ailed to bring forth Corth to Lo wh why the tho difference differS differ differ- c any explanation ton a as s' S ence In wages paid p the haulers had J been drawn by tho the state line except told the Ii that ono company compan 11 5 S they must t take CO no cents Instead of or 75 76 Ci JL 45 cents As that company handles Utah W coal exclusively other dealers In Utah t coal had been forced to 11 1 inake kc a n. like reduction Tho rho dealers In In Wyoming f coat coal say a that under present conditions L rhe rhey s ace se e no reason why the they should s cut S1 f wages ages o of their haulers and people f m to be r willing to pay lh the ex tea i Barter zaHer without It 11 ou t. t complaint t. t l.- l. S S In some iome ome manner the word was nas passed S to some r retail tall coal dealers Tuesday j. j that Wyoming coal coat would be bo reduced S to meet tho Utah pi price Ice at after to today or rather ther that the haulers ot of V Wyoming co coal l. l would 0 suffer I a n. cut ut of Jt 25 26 S 5 m tonJ t IT nr i L t r iti In JlE S a u Tf ho t 1 j y ol l f 5 rosIned elJ or discovered lIsco 10 to be a n mis mis- take takO and all an dealers in Iii tho the Wyoming product said tho they knew of or no contemplated contentS content content- S plated change in the retail price of oC coal c j Th Tim Tho cut in Wl wages S that reduced the i cos cost of ot coal In lii Salt Lake Is 18 viewed d with general disfavor among the smaller S coal coat d deal dealers a rs and tho the haulers bauers arc are areS S I up to a n point that th would mean S an nn immediate strike were it not for forthe the fact that industrial con conditions are re 5 5 such spelt that the they dare darc not risk losing I their jobs Thus they are arc forced d to toS S take the reduction anti and lump It ft S ht Hat OH Stay Siny S No Ko r reduction In freight rates on coal coalS oal S from the tIle moines mines to Salt I Lake ake Is cx- cx 5 5 I 11 although both bolh tho the nl Rio 1110 Grande Western rn and the Oregon Short LineS Line l S have havo been reported to be considering S tho advisability td of or putting In force tho reduced rates that have dull obtained el at ut seasons in previous years cars A A. local coal dealer who Is charging 5 5 5 JC G c a ton toll for fot all coal oal and g-et g getting ln tho the f mon money too said that th he lie did lid not expect expectS S to cut CLIt the tite wages of his teamsters S I I 1 i would gladly gladh jorn a a. movement JIlo kS k'S i S among amonS among tho the local 1 dealers and cut the S to if all the others would S do 10 the the same without cutting down th theS the tho S S wag is of the tho men who do the hauling 5 and shoveling he said Th Then n I beS be- be 5 S lIev the railroads should take tale oft off an anS another In- In r. r other M cents and the tho mine should cut S S their price at l least that much After Arter these cuts are made would ho bo time timeS S enough to to soak tho tiLe teams teamster tor for hla hi his his' sharp share although living In n Salt Lake L. Is m. m still sun as unreasonably high as It was w t I- I 5 before tho grand jur jury met That statement of or one ono dealer to the effect that thai tho the people o of Salt Jake alto were saving sa rOO a tIll day ilay on account of or ortho the tho reduction of 25 cents a 0 ton In tho the cost o of coal is a n. joke joko The Tho only man who cant can't see sec the time point of the Jolt joke Is tho the teamster who make no morn moro than thana thann a n bare baro living at t 75 cents cents a n ton That dealer S says 8 ome people are arc saving say sav saying In ing hU OO a da day and tho tim that the tue people saves Is taken out of or the tho pock Dockets ts of QC f lo loss s than GOO teamsters s anti and ho tio and I and ancl the other r dealers dealers' dont don't con contribute a cent Xo o osIni I ln In reply to a n. Question as to whether h he ic could do elo business and charge ch C G a aton aton aton ton for fOl coal he said S SI I have havo explained to my customers that hat flu y men are getting 70 75 G cents a 0 to for Cor delivering dell and anel so BO far I do not bc- bc lIe o I have havo lOt lost Ot a single O order I ma may have to cut the tile men mn down later but I hope lopo that I will not have to ask asic m my teamsters tt to tale take less mono money until re reductions re- re are made all along niong th the line |