| Show MINES MINE S OF or CARBON COUNTY GIVE COAL PRIC PRICES fran BOOST 1 the coal situation has litts grown so acute that several st vera 10 of the ent compan coin panics iea hav havera I 1 bcd d tb the price ral at the mines thy the move ova 0 stai led ted by the standard company and pe quickly taken udby moa most of the ta 3 announcement that the standard Stan daid pe aiple would advance prices on monday was made mado in the salt Lake A papers saturday immediately following the publication of the story of a suit for between the independents and the mil ralli toads oads the coal com companies allege bisci imin atlon in the matter of cars in favor of wyoming and colorado territory following the first announcement no of the laise in price the h bui lake tribune sunday printed the following states fuel company and the carbon fuel company yesterday joined the standard coal company in an advance of 60 cents a ton on coal produced at their mines the advance is to become effective tomorrow the utah fuel company announced that there would be no change for the present at least in the price of its products the independent coal boko company the came on fuel company compans and other independent concerns have the matter of an in increase inci clease ease in price under consideration era tion but as yet have arrived ai rived at no decision the demand upon tho the utah pro has been augmented to a con sid erable extent by the elimination of foreign coals on the PalI coast market bagh freight rates have cub cut off on the supply of coal from china japan and Aus australia trafla and the embargo of the canadian gohei ament has limited the tile importation of coal from the british columbia columb ia fields As a result the utah mines are billed upon to care for a laige of f the coast maikut besides iho the markets market hero heretofore enjoyed it is estimated by tho the producers th thit tha A about 55 per cent of the cars are being furnished to the utah mines and on account of heavy overhead expense and the light out put it has been necessary b by y some of tho the operators to advance the wholesale price to malie malce both ends meet all orders ord era for coal ur ara being accepted by both producers and retailers tai lers subject to indefinite delay and subject to prices current at the kimn delivery is made local coal operators operator assert they havo have information to the that I 1 the mines of wyoming and colorado are practically all tho the cars they can use the same condition they assert obtains in the gallatin fields in new mexico which compete with tho the utah mines minei in tho the pacific coast territory the coal shortage in salt lake and nearby near by cities has assumed serious proportions but in some of the idaho and nevada communities muni ties it is said to have reached tho the famine stage in some of the districts it is that wood is beang used almost exclusively for fuel on account of the shortage of coal officials of tho the railroads operating in utah assert that everything ble is being done to equipment for coal loading the entire country is bring being scoured for equipment but the unusually heavy loading of all classes of curs ezrs has ci a demand that must be recognized one of 0 the principal pun cipAl causes that his iris eon con tri tributes buted to the shortage of cars tor f or coal loading is the hold holding itil of equipment by foreign line 1 A largo large percentage of the cars used foi hauling farm products have hav been sent to eastrin points and are being held in eastern territory to protect the demands in that section of the bounto coun |
