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Show loss', they will raise their price to a reasonable basis." George Parker of the pari-or Coal company mad.? about lh pp. rue statements state-ments reg-.irdinr; loss. He suiJ ' !nt the remr.any has nt picnrjt In t'iclr yards about" &0 tons of c.al cnJ that to dlspopc of It at the cut nrl.-e v.ou'J mean an absolute Ioks of lu ccu'h per ton. Ho declined to nt:it? whtlier or not his company would uttem. t to meet the cut The manager of the Consumers' company. A. A. Srmw, reiterated M.4 statement of yesterday, that b!s company com-pany would pell lump e T.l at the yard for 4.o0 and delivered at .Zo Me runted thai fo far a" hp now kr,ew the cut would be ft permanent one arid that the company anticipated making a small profit at these ftp urea. COAL DEALERS IN A QUANDARY They Claim it is Impossible For Them to Meet the Heavy Cut of the Consumers' Coal Company Are Undecided as to Future Action Cost of Coal. If tlie cut in the pi lee of caal, wh'.en has .boon announced by the Consum- ors' Coal company, is licked upon nt. : a Imxv.1 by the fuel burnera of the I city, it la viewed. In a very different I Ilj-'bt by the other coal dealer of ()g- den who vow that they are unable to miet tho reduction without heavy iest;. " ! With one accc.d, all the other coul dealers yln in the '-nci-a! outcry .dm tbr, action of tho tv:i(-timers' ' "-'! .-. r.y anj mte thai it Is merely en the part cf tl.o -blggo?t io n up the smaller ones. ' "l.e.'l'ur or not n attempt will be i ib to n.cct the new pii.-e, regard-, 1 .f a'le-ed irvs-i,, dop.- nnt sr.r,m f. d. L i-iiilne-d by the othr vardf. b .bn Purr f-.tatd t'a'.s aiteiuoon that : ' Id bo iiuposslble for hhu to moot C . C uv-.ur.ierd' prices, loshig money Knst r r iimiuu ijajnn on each ton of coal. that left his yard. He states that Rock Springs coal costs hlrn S2.C at the mine. The cost of transportation from the tuino to his yard Is $ 1.7.1. makine a total cost of ;?4 iO. Considering that It costs hut 10 cents for the unloading of the coal, the cost would reach 5 1. .10. This Is tho price that the Consumers' company com-pany is retailing their product at the yard. At this rate, according to Mr. Farr, the entire cost t conducting the buslne.;-; would be lost and that for his eoinpany to luet the cut would eventually mean bankruptcy. "At our present rate," said Mr. Farr, "we make a net profit of only 20 cents per ton We certainly could not bo expected to sell coul below the actual cost of the product. I don't know what we will do about it. It is 111;-ly 111;-ly that after the Consumers' company has sol,i a few thousand tons at a H MW I1HIIIU - 11 imjui |