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Show oo UTAH COM FINDS A READYJMEI SALT LAKE, July 20 That Utah, given equal advantages with the coal field territories of Wyoming, Montana Monta-na and even British Columbia will moro than hold Its own and find a ready market in tho wostorn states for its mine output, even In open competition, com-petition, was the uurdon of tho tostl-mony tostl-mony given before Special Examiner J. S. Burchmoro of the interstate commerce commission, this morning in the hearing brought about by the Consolidated Fuel company and the Castle Valley Coal company against some 26 railroads. F. A. Sweet, president of .the Consolidated Con-solidated Fuel company and also president pres-ident of the Southern Utah Railroad company; F. M Hamilton of Seattle, Wnsh , and A. D. Looney of Payette, Ida., were the witnesses this morning. morn-ing. Mr. Sweet finished his cross examination. exami-nation. In response to queries put by Chief Counsel E. W. Clark of the D R G., tho president of the coal company taking up the thread of the argument from yosterday said that because of tho lack of assurance from tho D. & R. G. as to the ready handling hand-ling of the mine output the Utah Southern had hesitated in ordering its motive power equipment Tho attorney at-torney for tho defendants, in seeking to establish tho fact that there had neon no discrimination shown towards tho Utah Southern railroad, asked as to the mutual relations of tho plaintiff plain-tiff company with tho D. & R. G. Mr. Sweet readily admitted that In respect re-spect to motive power tho D. & R. G. had always been very kind and had furnished power, as well as taking tho Southern Utah's engines to the j roundhouse at Helper for repairs As I an offset, however. Mr, Sweet de clared that his company had helped out the D. & R. G. on soveral occa slons, citing as an example the washout wash-out at Farnum, when the fuel and railroad company sont 65 men to the scone of the washout and aided materially ma-terially in clearing tho line of tho D. & IL G. Road Was Not Sold. Jn referring to the testimony of yesterday rogardlng the statome'nt of the" svltnesb that there had been an understanding with Vice Presldont Schlacks of the D, & R. G that this latter road would purchase the Utah Southern when completed, Mr Sweet uas asked: "Wlion the road was completed, why did jou not call on Mr. Schlacks to take over the road on your understanding0" Mr. Sweet explained that there had been talk6 from time to tiino, and that nrIous propositions had been made, but not accepted, Tho witness, In cross examination, whs (juesuonea cioseiy as to theAgcn- oral coal supply situation, and the casthern market was brought Into tho discussion as well as that of the west Mr. SweoL said in answer to queries, that in the general situation there Is" an oyersuipj)ly In iplno production, but Uhatithls condition does, not exi6t in Utah. . vThere is always," the witness snld, ' "n,parL of the year, say three or four I 'months of tho year, whou there will haa. surplus of "coal on hand. "I cannot recall, however,-" Mr. Sweet said, "whern there was a shortage short-age of the coal supply fiom the mnea tributary to the Utah district!' There have been coal famines, Mr. Sweet admitted, but he thought this was due more to tho scarcity ot cars than to any other reason. Questioned further as to the scarcity scarci-ty of coal at various times In tho past few years, Mr. S"weet expressed , as his opinion that the coal dealers do not store coal In the summer or fall. This was a cause, perhaps, the witness said, why tho railroads could not always furnish cars when demanded de-manded In tho winter. "Standing in Own Light." In a redirect examination Mr Sweet averred that the railroad companies "are standing In their own light.'' He explained the difference between the Wyoming, Montana and other coals and those of the Utah district in their storage qualities The Utah coals, according ac-cording to Mr. Sweet, is a superior storage coal, if It could be marketed with reasonable and equitable freight rates, and allowed to enter In competition compe-tition on a fair baais of freight rates, he thought tho coal merchants in the territories of Idnho, California, Oregon Ore-gon and Washington would learn to store the coal during the summe'r and thus create an increased market for the Utah product The witness related the experience of contracting with the Utah Copper company for tho furnishing of "slack" coal for tho mlno furnaces and how the contract had to be abrogated because be-cause of the Inability of the fuel or railroad company to secure cars from tho D. & R. G. 00 'I suffered habitually from constipation. constipa-tion. Doan's Regulets relieved and strengthened the bowels, so that they havo been regular ever since." A E Davis, grocer, Sulphur Springs, Tex. ' -oo |