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Show COAL TRADE OF UTAH DWINDLES Rate Expert Says Cardift Fuel Is Shipped to San I Francisco Cheaper WASHINGTON, Tan. 21. The coal mining companies of far away Cardiff. Wale? can sell coal In Sun BYancfscO much more cheaply than can Utah conl mining compn nlcs. M. W. Prlckett of Utah, representing western governors, gover-nors, tedd the Interstate commerce Commission al the treij-hl rule hearing hear-ing here yesterdsj Coal from Wales is offered for xale iti San FranOlSOO at $7.50 a ton. he said Tin; Utah coal i ompanles must pay " 2b in freight alone to get ita coal from the i tah mine to San Francisco. Fran-cisco. Mr Prlckett paid that as resull of these high railroad freight rates the once promising trade which Utah mines had on the coast has disappeared. disap-peared. ( l s o MINE. Mr Prlckett cited the case of the Standard 'oal company, which owns a coal mine in I tah and which Invested In-vested $250,000 In a plant on San Kranclsco bay. where It planned to hunker ship with coal from Its own mines That company during the past few months, because of high freight rates, has been compelled to cease shipping coal from Its Utah mine to San Francisco and Is now bunkering ships with British coal entirely, while Its own mine In Utah remains prac-tleallv prac-tleallv Idle im IND CONSUMPTION DROPS Dealing with the inland situation. Mr Prlckett cited B nunfber of Instances In-stances to show that the consumption consump-tion of coal has actually been reduced because purchasers :ire compelled to ecenomize or turn to other fuel. The actual tonnage of coal shipped Into Idaho from the Utah mines during 1021 whs 30 per cent less than tin-shipments tin-shipments In 1920 Into the same territory, ter-ritory, und the same condition pre-alled pre-alled not only os to shipments from Utah, but from the yomlpg and Colorado Col-orado fields as well to other consuming consum-ing centers, as various Illustrations ' proved The Utah mines in 1021 produced. pro-duced. In round numbers, 1,00b 000 tons of coal, as against ji production Of 6.8f0.000 tons in 1920. due to the I causes here cited. Ml M CUT II VTES. A material reduction In freight rates on coal is necessary If the coal mining min-ing industry of the Intermountaln country is to bo revived. Mr Prickett said. The industry today Is being stifled, the states where the coal is i produced cannot begin to consume ' their local product; outside markets and foreign markets must be saved to this Industry or the Industry itself must continue to decline. |