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Show PRICE OF SOFT COAL CONSIDERED I CUTTING HIGH COST HT MINE MOUTH URGED Thousand Soft Coal Operators Meet to Discuss Palmer's Telegram FAIR AND REASONABLE PRICE MEETS r-AVUR Many Pars Wanted Each Week To Insure Against Fuel Shortage i CLEVELAND, tX', r,ct 2G. At I general open meeting at approximately i 1 .000 coal operators from all parts of the country held here todav following a meoilng of members of the Notional Coal association, it was the judgment of the operators, both association members and others, iht-t the soft coul ci'crators throrghout the countr will cr operate fully ami heartily with At- torn.-v General Palmer in an effort to rod u coal prices. The general meeting following n meeting uf members of the National Coal a i elation at which iCohmel D. D. A'ent:: of I hilartelphla. president of the association, read a telegram from Attorney General Palimej requestli.g opcratore to io.ke actio looking to I ward n reduction In suit c.rii prices m l RATORS TO O IOPERATE A motion was adopted that S: tva 'lhe sense of the meeting that the coul operators of the country would cooper -late fully and heartily with the attorney attor-ney general In an effort to reduce soft coal prices along the lines of the attorney general's suggestions, but that it could be best accomplished by the j respective districts. Another motion was adopted that, the pending resolution be referred to a committee of nine members selected . t the chair and that the committee 'report bat to the" general meeting iater in the day. oo PRU BS v I DROPP1 i Prices have already dropped In j many places, It was declared. J. H. Hatfield of Morgantown. . Va.. a, member of the northern West Virginia i fair practices committee, said in hial district i he price had dropped from j$n to $fi a ton in some Instances Little danger exists of serious winter shortage anywhere in t.'ie opinion of operators. Mil) N ( Altv l or the last three weeks. Colonel VY nu .sUU'.-d. soft coal production has exceeded 1J. Out'. 000 tons a week, the; goal fixed by the operators as neces- ! to Insure adequate supplies every-where every-where In the country. To Insure against any contingency , of failure to curry out the operators' .program. I'olonel Wentz declared it was Imperative for thn railroads to I continue giving car enough to ship j 12.000,000 tons weekly well Into the1 i winter "If the mines have the cars, ther will be no short ge of coal anywhere," said Colonel Wentz. oo |