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Show M COAL PRICES TO ADVANCE JUNE 1; 111 RAISES PREDICTED EACR MONTR i r - i - . j JV HALT LAKH CITV. !u In- H r J ri'nupn In tho prlro of coal nt tlui H ' , j 'tilnit uru Mhtdultil to lx'Kln n Juno H1' t, n-icarillcM of the iimmcr coal rtlf- ! 1! I rrentlal rtnltllieil by rullrondu, ac-1 ac-1 orillnK to P A flweet, prriltlmit of he Btnntlanl Coal company lie adili W , hat from then on Ineream-ii Hhould ho lif u ixprctcd orry month ami that the Hl'' t rlco of coal ulll he tnuih hlKher In l . ' December than ilurln any period In !'J j ha hUtory of the state jl ' ' The Utah Fuel rompnny. tho Bprlntf fej ' ''an) on Coul lompany and other coal ffcji iroduclntr compnnlm alread lme ,y f ered notice on their retail patronx H!t i 'I nn udvance at tho mine of twenty- H U j 1 Ive cents an screen olack nnd ktralght Hjx I ilack coal The demand for this kind BfLfjt I t coal la not no very Kreat during; HH Jp ri j he wrmer montha of the year, but I'tj J i May Increase In thin kind of fuel la H'lVfc! w''1 to be regarded aa belns of con- Hi 41 li Klderkbla elamlflcanco. Hpt Q Explanation waa made at the ten- mmt i fmw fml 'J 1; t f liSk ernl offiion of I'tah Fuel company 11 ml nt the Kenern) office of many of Ihe Independent coal companlea that the Inert ane In the price of alack had lu'tome neceaaar aa tho result of the adance In coat of mine and trana-portntlon trana-portntlon labor lltlm itt Ulfftrt'iitial. Complaint U made, howoer, that ulicn the Demur and lllo arando agretd nn u aummer coal shortage differential of tncnt)-fle cvnta n ton lint wlnttr the coul producInK and re-tallliiK re-tallliiK lompanlea ulno nKTeed to make a eorrtapondins reduction In the price of coal Thla reduction has not betn put In effect b the retailers, although the differential of the Dritcr and ltlo Qrande railroad from Helper to Bait take City has btcn In effect since April 1st. "Coal producing companies aro now confronted with a ery serious situation situa-tion for which & new cor shortage altuntlnn la reaponalble prlmarll)," aaa Hunt of the Htnndard Coal corn-pan) corn-pan) "Aa n reault of thla new shortage short-age vf hme found It neresaar) to work our mine lew than half time It Iihh become Inipowlblo to hold laborers, la-borers, and the coal producers, 1 bo-Ilex bo-Ilex e, are facing n more serloua situation situa-tion than the) did Inut wlntir The onl) wilutlon of the difficult) will tinu to be n material Increase In the price of coal, and thla will brgln on June 1st, and thtre will be advances eery month after that until the coal producers can no their way clear of at leail breaking even" |