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Show SAYS CON. IS HIG1 IN EAST Ogclen Operator Reports Price of SI 5 Against $10.50 Max. Here Coal is retailing in I'tah for sroiu $8 to HO.iiO per ton. but this Is said to be relatively low compared with the retail prices In the east. In the east coal Is retailing for as much as $15. uccordlng to J T. Hill, general sales manager of the Lion Coal company, who has returned irom a business trip east. "In some places in the east ihe coail Wholesales for more than 11 retails for n the western states, ' sulci Mr. Hill 'These figures are quote'Q .1 th mines.' which Is also another feature In favor of people living In this section. in the east 'he retailers margin of profit is more than $3.50 per ton, while in this section the mnrgin Is slightly ovei $1 per ton." |