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Show COAL GOES UP I TO WAR PRICES Raise of $1 Ton Announced on All Kinds; Lump Sells for $10 A flat advance of $1 per ton "n all Tt.ih roals has been announced by the I landing coal rompanleH of the state, it, i wh-s announofd here today The raise in pric followed tin Increase In mine I workers wages placed In effect S p- ifembrr 1. at which time the Utah rulni-s announced the highest wage ecr paid In this field I'nder this ralfle there will be no, Increase in profit for the retailers, It l said. l,uinp COSJ Will Sell for $10' per ton nut coal for $9.50, screened (slack for $t 75 and straight slack for If. pc r I n. REACHES PEAK PRICK One official of a local company .stated today that the new scale of. vagP8 al the mines was the "peak" '.scale established under government authority In the fall of 1919 and which! waa roiituujid In iffect until March 31. 192:' At that time the retail price,' of coal was fixed at $9 and $10 per lion, the same as the prices nnnoune-led nnnoune-led today. A reduction of 6.0 cents per ton on these prides was made In Mai and Juii". 1 'CI W VOMING KJi M Y . UP. Although no definite Information was available) it is understood that an I Increase will he made In the prices of I "Wyoming coal. In order that the Wyoming Wy-oming firms may compete with the: ' Ota h CQmps nles. W.Alt PERIOD SCALE. PR1CR. Sept. 6. It was officially reported by the operators of Carlon county thai -mil o'dretion in the wage s lieilule have been overcome and thai the war period scale had been put into in-to effect. This means a minimum wace of $7 for .nn eight-hour da for, outside men ami $7 95 for Insldf men. I'nder this scale the miners paid by the ton earn from $200 to 500 or j more a month In Carbon county. The' lowest common labor wage Is $t.fi& n! da With bonuses granted the men the highest wages amount to more than $11 a day The wages now of- j , fectivo are the highest over paid In Carbon county and are in accordance;' with the settlement adopted generally ' In the east and In the Rocky mountain , states. The men at Castlegatc are again at I work; at Mains the new scale was I posted and whilr there Is appearance Oi some Inactivity in Spring Canyon enmps, the now development Is expected ex-pected to result In Immediate ncthoi r sumption of full force production. oo 1 |