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Show STEPS TO LIMIT PRICES OF COAL WILL BE TAKEN WASHINGTON. Aug. 18 Step-, to limit the priec.-. , i-.T.-d consumers for coal will bo begun shortly by the department of Jus- ' tico. It was said bv officials Reports of the federal trade Commission covering costs of "production "pro-duction and distribution of i cal are being studied, it vvns stated, and data being compiled on which to base instructions to district attorneys governing prosecution of coal profiteering cases. No attempt will be made to fix a price, it was said, as the attorney attor-ney general can only act under 1 the Levgr act. but it was pointed out that by prosecution for violations viola-tions of the law the price of coal con be kept within reasonable bounds. |