| Show THE COAL INDUSTRY OF btag UTA ity 1 john h s cr t blow gentril s site manager L b S fuel company salt st lake city in mil ln utah coal operators bid fair to come into their own for the past few years the production in utah has so exceeded the demand that the resultant has been an era of 10 low prices and competition making makina necessary the laige use of red ink in closing josing up the 3 ears bal aa ance As to the quality of the utah pro duct it has demonstrated so many times it iti over almost any coal with chich it comes in r empett tion thit all of those 11 aru satisfied that mth an wh re near an even ch chinee ince ot oi cven even with a moderate differential in price ag against it utah coil will hold hola its own it has les winch appeal to both the dealer and the consumer it furnishes i t maximum of boat hoat with a minimum of atil and in for th dealer it givia a dotage quality and a physical obar acter istia which makas it the most economical coal aa he can handle most of the utah co coils cods ds in kiy ty be stored for a period of from to eighteen with a ier veri little loss from disintegration integration lis in comparison with the coils produced in the lignite field 13 it has the vie disadvantage of being slightly soo tiei tiet but this is overcome by its lasting qualities and strong heat unit value competition AMONG PRODUCERS the intense competition am among 0 ng produce is ins hig had the effect of con evincing delers throughout the tern tor by utah mine thit it was unna cesi ir iri for them to store coal they have been continuously bolic itea iten by sales salesmen and an order placed pi iced was generally filled within the next net few das thus one great selling quality of this acal wa was entire ly lyl lost osti I 1 e its storage value alue was not appreciated however the ag gressie competition has had one excellent fleet in that it has enlarged 1 k aernt to be supplied by utah oal coal THE MARKET UTAH COAL OAL COMMANDS the market which is is in comm nd aid if f and illy controlled by the mines of this field consists of tho state of avada vada idaho south western montana eastern washington and oregon and california both north and south at the lime time coal from utah absolutely dom injates in the state of california and through a process of education which is involved in its ue it will undoubtedly continue to do so for many years to come california has been crint controlled rolled up to the larl few years by the importation of coal by boat but tho the scarcity of bottoms in which to ship and in addition to this the ean placed pi iced ou on coal hi the br british h government havo have cut off this supply entirely and during the beir 1910 the amount of coal imported import td arnin australia japin and butash columbia has been very limited here again the superior quality of utah coal has won for it a place from which it will probably never be removed INTENSE CAR SHORTAGE during the latter half of 1916 producers have suffered from un tin I 1 1 intense n car shortage as well as from a labor supply and every producer has been able to sell all ilie tile coal he could ship this of course has haj hau the effect of itic increasing rc using the tho price something soji ething chich has ben bi en a very apparent appal ent necessity for man years ears practically au all producers in rutih arp receiving from front 3 to 3 50 per ton t f 0 b min mins minas as for their lump co 11 0 which isa is a lif healthy althy condition and furnishes or would furnish if they wire able to produce a normal output a very handsome return COAL PRODUCERS FACE LEA LEAN YEAR llodo however er the conditions referred to above abone have crippled production to such an till extent that the coar producers are facing another lean can ear car the sissons learned during the year will undoubtedly have a very ery good effect and will furnish induce mentford ment for dealers to airry a reserve stock which chichan chan can put be in in the summer time when tho mines aro are able to ship promptly and really need orders to fonter foiter and encourage such a movement there should be and undoubtedly will come a graduated scale of prices the low pr prevail evall ing ine in the months of may june and suli and maximum being reached in the month of october to be sus aus sla ined throughout the winter loal COAL IN if financial indic inducement ament da CA te e made to the coal thaler for him to bo be for the use of his and tho the additional outlay for labor there is no question but that almost every retail dealer would stock to tho the maximum this is i a matter which has been given very serious consideration consid ration for several years yearb by utah producers and bids fair now to accle achieve e some tan tangible gibe result sult USE OF DUST BURNERS if the he of dust burners furnishing an ideal fuel nel for large steam plants would appear to furnish a solution of one thing which his a very vexing problem i e the disposition of small sized coal which his has been for many 3 ears a source of g great eat trouble to the minas these burners are being installed in a great many steam producing plants and in some cases already have elim in isted cited the use of oil the activity in metal mining throughout the western states ally is adding a great deal to the consumption of the coal and the best informed people in the mining industry seem to think that as the metal high prices are assured for many years to come this additional tonnage should become permanent BRINGING about 01 CLOSER RELATION 3 one other feature arising out of the serious short shortage ice during the latter part virt of 1916 has been to brine bring about a closer co operation among coal producers their trouble troubles being of the same nature they have naturally made common cause to find a remedy this is bound to bave a very effect in the future and while no definite action has been taken in ili regard to red reducing acing the number of sizes of coal boade the freak sizes are being eliminated by common consent it would be a great day for the utah coal producers if the screening of coal to make avast tast a number of gizea brzes could be eliminated what should sho JU id be made ard only this is livard and slack doing away with screened slack which is an ecot and also various oiher other sail sze the unwholesome compete As was stated in th thea thu tha whole situation s scenia ems that utah coal producer product nj coal are at last coming 0 own wn i |
