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Show GOAL PRICES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE BUT PROFITEERING TO BE HELD IN CHEGK H WAMlliT. I) ( , April I H Attorney General Palmer todav i.md R order tu hII federal dutnrt u'iirn(. B to take tM to cheek profiteering m b mm which uwy arise nut of the fact HH Hint reatrieliim Mmki eoal price liv HjH the government liave been removed. H Palmer iimtrooled nil district at- tnrnoy tu receive hiii! give intiuedi- nte aunaidemtiuii uf hII complaint liy tliu public nl profiteering among eoal B dealer. This actum mm taken mi- mediately altar M flood llf eolilpiaillt H roe died the iImii1iiiiiI. The rt- torney general held t tt advance uf B bituminous etm ranging from 1.30 H to tvto ilnllura wr ton orv imjiuti- B fiiilili". IIh uiatrurlwl til lHlr.il li- B trint HttoriiHH tlmt in Miimul"niti(iii of thtiMi nHm hii mrMi) nl" .'til-. forty miiU h ton w juntifit'il m ilio H iruuiiMtlMiiiHM, en if tho diitiru w H mlwmeo KrontMl to tlio ininura whn H hlilflcil to tliu ooiiMiuitir, IIih Jotter H "Xim that (ouriiiMtiiit ruKiiliitionii B Of pril'tW I HIM) llVUII lllSdllltllUK'll, H Ilium tire iniliitiUionii of mi uxcmhiuu H inflrwuo in the pneo of liituiniiiouii onl. Our totul Hiiiiuiil innlution in B approxiiimtuly 600,01)0,001) (oiik It is H itttiinatcil that tho total increase in H Mttxm -will be iipiitoxiinutely ir00(- H 000,000 iior nninim. If tin en tiro H iimonnt in iuIiUnI liy tho ojiurntoni to H the price it would only inuku mi in- H ereaBo ot lorty tenti pur ton. If, ho- ever, the oponitorH nliorb the 1-1 per cent inunubu which lieouuio effcituc b in Dwumbur, there a ill he loJt only H il(l,000,000 tit he paMd on to the R coiibiiinur. In thin eent th" mi rente H of the price of coal at the uiim 'oulil H amount to twenty tents u tun. H "I understand that an oxii(,'tiwittd H estimate of the deiuaml for nxpoit H coal is affvctmi; the market jirice, H particularly from Illinois ei.t, tliii IBB ilfiimnd liHMiiir Iimii ttiuwtHl h( id iiiin-h n 1im),(HK),imhi ton. Hut I am hiIummI tlmt our jMirt fHcilititw are only MilHpmt lor the oxjMirt of 30, 000.IHHI toiti Hr niiiiiiiii, tlmt in to m.v mil) (1 Hr wtil of our totitl pro-iluciioii. pro-iluciioii. Thii should not he tiku hh hii vxcum tor raiaiNK "' mie for iloiitektie oi ml eulinuiliptlnll. It IH liroluhl that normal eomlitionit will hhortly lie riotoitnl und fair iri(i will follow. In the mntllrtt, plme rew'iM.' and conmiWr coinphtint of profilettrtnir which ihm.v anw in our dittrift umlvr thf l.ewr act." 1'almfr im IwlieNtwl to lw Melius in line with the vtatemciit of Prtmlilfiit Wilw'ii, who in notitjinif operatorM of tht) rvmnval of jmce rt;iilHlionn, warnwl them tlmt tffvctne uiMMmrit would Ik1 taken to provuiit profittwr-'K. profittwr-'K. GENERAL INCREASE OF PRICES IS PREDICATED CHICAGO, April i A Keneral in-oreune in-oreune in retail imwI prictw will he linked on the general public today or tomorrow to pn tor wui;e increaMM ! to ininurn, retail coal (U-nldrs of the Jliddle West predicted today. With tho iemoal of federal regulation of .coal jiricen, effective jeaterduy, coal 0H)nilom iinnouiued nurciibcw, im-i im-i mediately elfcotive. Today wune re-I re-I tailura were mill telling ut tho March pruos, hut this, they explained, was due to the faut that the new prices had not btcn received from the operators. oper-ators. Iiienuuea will range lrom twenty -five cents to a dollar. Chicago doalers today said they ox-pectrd ox-pectrd to quote higher pricea this week. Only one increase haa been made efftetive. Pocahontas coal has been boosted a dollar a ton, Coal was still being sold on March prices for Immediate deliveries. Quotations f. i i future dolrVpr.v wm reftiwd. C'oniumsrs in Indians liavenlna been nt4Mm?(l. Dealers liave ti4dit tcniv-fne eatitA a ton to tli prirr t Indiana nut and thick and West n r inn uplit An incrpaw of fifty c-n whs added to the price of Wait ir I puna cnnnl. i Ifi iJptroit, Oklalmmn C'ty. St 1 ii ' aiid Denver tlipre have bewi no t , ci ate, but dealers aay there ll I ( fll in Denver today wai adli )i(fliiK below March lt prneis l to glut on the market. U Dn Monica rMirta indi'otel 'pcnc-nl advance of 10 h?r ci ; tliroiiKhout Iowa, an average InCron" I ol ent.v-five cents p-r fon. I've n Im Atlgelcs luxiited ita cp' linien Coat there lodn.v waa salliiur tor mxtceu dollnrs a ton aa eompani with fifteen dollars last year. At Milwaukce'the price of eoko wn-ndv wn-ndv Anted aevenlj-five cents for nl' lies. Dealers in St. LoiiU hiked iricc uliglitly. Coal delivered to facloric was raieil (ive centrs and to mo deuces thirty cents. ! Coal in San Francicn waa a dollar j a ton higher tinlnj than laul Mcptein ' her, when it gold for f 14.60 a ton. An Inereaic of Inrtv-five sen I a a ! ton waa reeordeil at Spnngfield, lib J Dealers in Unroln, Neb, prcnln J that irieM are goinK '& per Mit higher. l'nupecta for increateil ewtt of rnl j thli) month ia jumping price ot !iu " in material. All prtHlneis requlQi i ! coal in their manufacture an n i fee ted. 1 1 NEW REGULATIONS FOR ' LEASE OP C'JAL LANDIi , WASHINGTON', i). '., April 3. Itiilea and revulfltnui governing peeling lor and the leaning oIMoat deMMHta under the oil, cat and inln-eml inln-eml land leaning bill, woi-e apmved ' I(mI Ii.v Secretary 1'ivn- uf the in tenor deiartnieiil. T'ie piivlile lor the dUxwitim of all coal depWiln owned liv the I'nilml States, uxoapt in natiunal iarks, mililar) or naval tv-crvatioua, tv-crvatioua, and in the Applaelilait fr-et fr-et reserve. Known eoal i!chiIk under the n-gulalioiH n-gulalioiH are to be divided into lean ing unit of not exceeding tvveni.v rivMi linndred and txty aeros uarh. and one ieixiii or rorjHiratlnit iiiiiv laild only one leate in a atata iAawr for the unit are to be offered l"r comiKrtilive bidding at a ninlty fixnl in.advaiiee, mil lea (ban firo ceni ier ton, and awanled to the iimllfn-il jierMiu bidding the higheet hunus. The ecretar of the interior is no thonxed to grant protectlng pr milH to qualified eitiieiM to eeaiili for unknown eual dHKits or to x idore uiidveloHd laud where iiiiiinar' work is neceaaary J(i ji-r tinife the exlelenee or workahmiy uf the cleMui. In such caa the er win holding I he pertttita wbo lira! worked coal deMMiln he a lenw at the m.valt.v fixed b the intarioi delta de-lta rtment. The rejrulatioii a approved do not ppl to Alankan eoal ileMMits. PEAK IN THE SHORTAGE Or OARS IS NOW PASSED WAMIINGTOnTd. V., April . The iieak of the freight ear an irtaga ban been paMMHl for the tune being, aid statentent todav bv the Aiiwri-ean Aiiwri-ean Hailroml aatiiatfon a ear erviee ruuuniiMiou. On .March 15th the average av-erage daily aliortaga waa eighty tltoti-aaiid tltoti-aaiid can, cimqmred with a dailv average av-erage of nind.v thoiiMiid a few vuaks before. Sluirtage. of is mi I earn coil-tunica, coil-tunica, however, iwrtieularly in I'unn-nvlvania, I'unn-nvlvania, Ohio, llliiHiia mid Vel VI r-g.niii r-g.niii and there in nlao a khortaRe of auloinoliile eara in Michigan, Otilu and Indiana. Kiecial et torts t "ra-lwate" "ra-lwate" coal earn divcrtcil into Weal-em Weal-em territory during the eual lrike are atill being made. UTAH RETAILERS CLOSE CONVENTION SA'i'UUDA The llnli-Idaho Itetail Coj) Mcr-cliMiits Mcr-cliMiits HMiiHlmn eonclndwl t ,m nual convention latit SHturday aftuv ihhhi at Salt like (.'it) with the eleo-tion eleo-tion of officer. President, W. 0. StHrk, former awretary of the Hall Lake Coiumurcial clnbi vice premdent lohii Karr of Ogilcu; keeretary and treaMiier, S. L Rilling, dr, of Suit Itka CM j. At the evening hauquit Kim S. WiMidrulf wa toatuinMter 0. I Crawford of Suit UkcCily, II. C. Gwilliauw ot Ogiltn, David holmgnjn of Trenioiiton,laiue ltrwuot Uigun, K. J. Money of Sjwmli Pork and J. Will Knight of Pi-iivo ieMiiided to toaat. The banquet rtpreeuted the Himpliuiuut ol the I'tah and Wyoming Wyom-ing coal producer and wa a siiioew. The hoard ot director ot the aauem-lionwiiiHibtsot aauem-lionwiiiHibtsot 11. 1' lVriiilroin, 1' H. Kimball, II. II Smith ot Murrav, II. C. Owilliums of Ogden, W W Iaiihs of Park City, II. I), (loldlmiiigli of Nvilu, W. K. Sjiaff rd ol Provo, George Ilarnea of Kaysville, G Wil-lardtou Wil-lardtou of Kphrnim, John A. Andur-Mm Andur-Mm ut Heliur, II. K. Pmher of Idaho Pulls, Q, R. Shan f Houe, W. Lund of Pocatclli and Jamus Laraen ot Ixi-gan. Ixi-gan. The association was formerly the Utah Hetail Coal Men hunts iismiciiv tion, hut . the article have been amended tu make the title read I'tah-Idnho I'tah-Idnho Itetull Coal Merchnnts associa tion, and three directors wore chosen from Idaho to reiiremnt that state It was announced that n monthly bulletin bulle-tin is tube publUhed by the executive committee. It will contain information informa-tion of interest to the trade, with (Continued On Page Blx ) GOAL PRICES EXPECTED I TQJISE M (CoHrlmlod I'rotn I'KRe Two ) M editorial emiimont, nnd will cnilmuor M to lirlitfc members nf the niwicintion H into tloMf n,iiiwtli in iMilloy mid M nolfon. The mers ntut diwttwtons B during tho ronu'tition wore of n mod B helpful cimraclcr ntid brought n nht- m Hide iNl6rlmngc nf iew nnd npin- B ion. Altiwtither ImiIIi tin ronxentioti B nnd th fmnquet vn linpin sue- M cam. |