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Show DEMAND CUT IN RATES M GOAL Operator Asserts Wages of ! Union Miners Must Also Be Reduced WASHINGTON. Jan. 19 Coal producers pro-ducers sincerely desire thai th financial finan-cial position of the railroads bo main- j tained, but recognize that "Inflated rates on coal must come down,'' J. V Amniorow vice president of tho Na- 1 tlonal Coal association. kiI1 at the Interstate In-terstate Commerce commission rut" Inquiry. The uverao ton rate on coal hetwen nines and points of ronsump- , tion Is now 2 27 ho said with tho average av-erage prlc of coal $2.13 at tho m tie. "It may be urged th it lower CO ;ta ' of coal should be obtalnod by reducing j the wage- scales at tho mines." Mr. Morrow told the comthlsi I "This Is true and wo admit that th'.-; Inflate n in th v. : ed of th- bltumln- ons coal minln r In l iatry must bo re- adjusted, in th s connactlon, however, 1 wo must point out that wages have al- ready b!en reduced to tl i approxl-mate approxl-mate level of 1917 throughout mining1 fh ids nr.t controlled by the United i Mine WorkSri of America. In tho re-1 niulnln (U'U; waffes must be re I iced ic-ed on April i next, although to what extent th N tlona) C .-il asioeactonl Csnnot ntter pt to liiv." I He cald reports to his aasoclatlon I Showed producers lost 2 nta a ton 'for the seven n'ontha between Aprl. I I and ictobet 31 last. I . An |