Show COAL SITUATION UNUSUAL operators for once confronted with an overstocked Over stocked market tho utah fuel company and other utah coal concerns are closing down their mines and preparing for a situation the like of which they have not been confronted with in years the dealers and consumers of the inter mountain mount aln country overstocked over stocked with coal says the tribune H G williams general manager of the utah fuel company has just returned from the coal fields operated by that company one mine was closed there last week and another will bo closed this week the force of 2000 men employed by the company is four days a week only instead of isla days as formerly from present indications it will be necessary to close more of our mines declared mr williams tuesday 1 I have put the price of our coal at the mines down to to meet the price made by the wyoming operators we will not lower our prices again from the present outlook we are paying our men just as high wages as we have been doing for months past the only decrease has been tho cutting down of their time tram six to tour days a week our general expense goes on just the game and is as heavy as ever it Is costing the utah fuel company more to mine its coal today than ever before in the history of the company asked concerning a possible deduc kioh in freight rates mr williams said we have nothing to do with freight charges and dont care about them we sell our coal at the mine and the dealers in the markets pay tho freight charges the utah fuel company is mining about tons of coal a day at present with a four day week this means about tons a week A year ago the production of the companas comp anys mines was not running over tons a day dealers and oven consumers throughout the west arc away over stocked on coal and I 1 understand some of the large consumers would gladly sell some of their fuel said mr williams no matter how severe or prolonged a winter we may have this year utah and neighboring states will no shortage of coal 1 I expect to see a falling oft in the consumption of coal between now and darlng and a material decrease in the demand ho concluded after a heavy meal take a couple of doans Regu lets and give your stomach liver and bowels the help they will need brings easy regular passages of the bowels |