Show THE COAL INDUSTRY OP OF UTA btag ity fly john s cr t htow blow geneal alc manager L b 8 fuel company salt lake city in mil mh arg blevit w utah coal operators bid fair to come into their own for vor tho the past few years the production in utah has so exceeded the demand that the resultant has been an era of low prices and cut tt competition akina the birge use of red ink in dosing up the 3 ears bal I 1 ance As to hie the quality of the utah pro duct it has demonstrated so many times KB IN over oer almost any tiny coal with chich it comes in compeli lion tion tint thit all of those intermit ed are satisfied sati hOed that any wh re near an even ch chance ince ot 01 even with a moderate differential in price against it utah coil coll will hold hola its own it lus has quil ittes which to both the tile dealer and the consumer it furnishes a i maxim maximum of boat hoat with a minimum af ubi abb un I 1 for tin dealer it civis a aye and anti a ph sic tl characteristic act which it the most economical coal he lie can handle most i of the uth utah coals imy be std nd for i a pirlon of from twelve to eighteen u with i verv er little loss losa from front disintegration in III comparison with the co coils its produced in the lignite fields it has the of being slightly sootier bootier so otier but thia this is overcome by its lasting qualities and strong heat unit value competition AMONG PRODUCERS I 1 the hiten li itene e competition among o 0 produce is ins his had the effect of con sinding d duars throughout the tern tent tora tor feted h hi utah mine thatis that it was for them to store coal they have been continuously solicited boli cited by salesmen and in order placed pi iced was generally filled within the tile acx few daa dais s thus one great selling quality of pus this acal vm was retire IY lost I 1 e its stowage I 1 vilu alue ewas was not appreciated however the ag gres sive site competition has had one ex celent iffert in that it has enlarged s territory to ta be supplied by utah oal coal THE MARKET UTAH COAL OAL COMMANDS comm the market which Is in comm md fand and illy controlled b bi the mines of this field consists of tho 1 state of nevada idaho south western montana eastern washington and oregon orem and Call california fornia both north and south at the arsent time I 1 me coal from froin utah absolutely dom nates in the state of california and through a process of education which Is involved in its use it will undoubtedly continue to do so tor for many years to come Call california forma has been controlled up to the lac few J yeara ears by the importation of coal by boat but tho the scarcity of bottoms in vi which aich to ship and in addition to this the pi iced on ou coal bi the british goi government have cut off this supply utmost entirely in cri and find during the beir 1010 1016 the avoult of coal imported import cd from australia japan and antish Colu nilia has been very limit cd tad here again the superior quality of utah coal lias has won for it a place from chich it will ill probably etier be removed INTENSE CAR SHORTAGE during the incur half halt of iola 1010 p have suffered from an in tense car shortage as well ns as from a labor and every everyn producer has been able to sell all hie the coal he could ship this of bourst las haj the effort effert of In crewing tho tile price so nettling r aich his ben i 1 very apparent necessity for man beats practically illy ill producers in rutih orp receiving from front 3 to 3 60 50 p per er ton t f 0 b minos for their lump 1 which is a lic althy condition and furnishes or would furnish if they wire able to produce a normal output a very handsome return COAL PRODUCERS FACE LEAN leal YEAR fl flowler Hu owmer tho the conditions referred lef erred to above have crippled production to such an sit extent that the coar er are facing another lean acar car the tho li sons learned during the yeal will undoubtedly have i A viry good effect and will furnish induce ment for dealers to to airry a reserve stock which cm in put bo be in in the sum mer time when tho the mines are able to ship promptly and really need orders to foster and encourage such a movement mot ement there should be and undoubtedly will come a graduated scale of prices the low prevail all ing for in the months of may blay june anil ruid bulj uy and 11 maximum being reached in tho month of october to be bb sue sus sla seined ined throughout the wint winter COAL IN STORAGE if financial inducement indue lament an jc Q a made to the coal boaler sufficient for him to be for the use of his money and the additional outlay for labor there is no question but that almost every retail dealer would stock to tho the maximum this is matter which has been given very beanous consid consideration for several beans yeans u by utah producers and bids fair now to accle achieve e some tangible tangi he result USE OF DUST BURNERS the use uta of dust burners furnish ing an ideal fuel for large steam plants would appear to furnish a 4 solution of one thing which his a very vexing problem i e the disposition of small sized coal which his Bs been for many vears ears a source of great trouble to the minas these burners ire iro being installed in a great many steam producing plants and in ia some casts already have elim ignited the use of oil the activity in metal mining throughout the western elites ally is adding a great deal to the consumption of tho tile coal and the best informed people in the mining industry seem to think that as the metal high prices are assured foi many years to come this additional ton tonnage ridge should become perm pertinent permin trient ent BRINGING ABOUT CLOSER RELATIONS one other feature arising out of the serious sh shortage ortice during the tile latter part of 1916 lias has been to bring about a closer co operation tion among coal pro alcera their trouble troubles being of the same nature they have naturally made common cause to find a remedy this is bound to have bave a very g good A effect in the facture and while no definite action has been taken in re gard to reducing the number of sizes of co coal almade anade the be freak sizes are being eliminated by common consent it would be a great day for the utah coal producers if the screening of coal tomake to make avast number of tf brzes could bo be eliminated what thorald be made ard only this is lump nut and alack doing away scree screened nta slack which h Is an eco and also various others Other sta i the unwholesome compel As was stated d in the thu tho whole situation seea seems that utah coal produce ti coal aro are at last coming own ow is |