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Show rf rarra nnww ol rUSibLlI uUmi Measures Will Be Taken by-Federal by-Federal Trade Commission to Restrict Dealers. WASHINGTON, May 22. Measures to force down anthracite coal prices will be taken, the federal trade commission com-mission announced today, if producers and dealers do not adhere to their recent promise to cease extortionate practices. The commission Issued this statement state-ment on the subject: "In Its interim report of May 4 to the United States senate the federal trade commission promised that its utmost efforts would be used to assure fair distribution and fair prices on anthracite coal. "The commission has sent agents into different parts of the country, who will observe closely throughout the anthracite trade the operation of plans formulated at recent conferences of tho commission with operators, jobbers job-bers and representative retailers for bringing down prices to moderate levels lev-els and keeping them there. "These field agents will report promptly to the commission for appropriate appro-priate action for any renewal of the Intolerable abuses that marked the activities ac-tivities of certain elements of the trade during recent months. 'The independent operators have realized re-alized that tho situation calls for public pub-lic spirited action on their part and it is expected that they will reduce their present prices to moderate levels lev-els for the season and co-operate in every way with the commission." |