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Show HOOVER SETS ICE OF GOAL ; AT $3.51 TON The action ol Secretary of Com- ' mcrcc Uerberi Hoover In Betting v. .50 pci- ton iir ooal mines In various parts " the t Mted siai . will bavi no immediate effect m the price f eoal In i tan Marrlner Bro wiling, K'n"r;i! manager ol tlie Lion Coal oompanj ahnduni cd today. WASHINGTON'. June 2. Having; obtained agreement among operators I .producing 80 per cent of the biturnin-1 Jou. coal now being mined to restrict 'spot prices to a maximum of J3.50 a Jton fur the Munition Of the Btrlke.'Sac-'retary Btrlke.'Sac-'retary HooVar Was understood today 'io be carrying h conference i'. whole-1 .sale and retail coal dealers lo rliscussj 'mins of insuring to the public tho j i benefits of the price agreements. Licfinit- plans for th nr. nc jare yet lo bo determined, it was said! i at thV department of commerce. Th .general proposal Is to obtuin the cc- j operation 'of the two classes of dealers. deal-ers. In making this announcement last l nigra. Secretary Hoover said he re-gretted re-gretted that a small minority of the operators representing western I Kentucky had refused to cooperal ind were demanding $i25 a ton. a pre" which he said ha did not feel j lustlfied in advising the public to ac- ! repl, .iltlmu(,-h production costs were higher there than in other fields The conferences with Pennsylvania operators have been arranged for I nxi Week, lie said CONDITION I BP1 l i ! The s. BO maximum has been ac- cepted by the operators of Virginia. ''i Wesl Virginia, Tenncsee and eastern Kentucky, Mr Hoover said he hid advised, while the rate of 26 cents a toil b'.ow the Carfield scale has been accepted b" the Alabama operators. j in purchasing spot coal the prices not affecting coal- under contract consumers can insure themselves a uare deal. .Mr. Hoover said, by checking In lght rates, together with th maximum price establishec" and making proper allowance for retail distribution cost. Consumers not receiving fair troat-ni troat-ni "nt as to prices may appe-.il lo tho department ol commerce, he said,, n ii h ossuranco that an Inquiry Into , their eases will bo Instituted. l BIG BOOST LEW Is SAYS INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. June 1 The prices quoted at West Virginia.; and Kentucky for mine run coal be-I fore the strike of the miners became I effective was $1.75 and $2 .25 a ton ns compared with $3.50 a ton. the; prl set by Secretary Hoovor, John I L Lewis president of the I nited Mine Workers of America, said here! today. "The price set surely repro-1 senls a big boost." Mr. Lewis added j oo |