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Show AN INCREASE SHOWN Utah and the Other Rocky Mountain Coal and Coke Producing States Make Most Excellent Showings. The Run Hpecla.1 Hrrvlee. WA8HINOTON. I), C. May 20 -The. follow Inn atatemenl of carloads of bltumlnoua coTI that originated on eighty-five rallroadi nnd ot beehive coke on thirteen roada In April, 1917, la compiled from reporta rcVelveU by the geological aurVcy, department of the Interior, by noon, May IS, 1917. Com paratlve flgurex baaed on reports for April, 1917. April. 1917. March, 1917. April, 19K. Number of working da a 25 37 2S Carloads of bituminous coal originating origina-ting mainly In Cenrtat Pennsylvania, Pennsyl-vania, Maryland and New Itlver and t'ochahontaa fields of Went Virginia and Virginia (eleven roada) 170,649 1IG.S2J 167.2SG Western I'cnnt)lvnnla, Ohio and Michigan (fourteen roads) 111,901 116,914 72,768 l.aatern Kentucky nnd West Virginia Vir-ginia exiept New Itlver nnd l'o cahontns fields (eleven roads). 130.611 16G.0S& 117,620 Alabama, Tennesaeo and (leorgla (five roads) 14,066 16,499 !3,stS Illinois, Indiana nnd Western Kentucky Ken-tucky (twenty-two roads) 131,300 167,621 63,166 Arkansas, Iowa, Knnsaa. Missouri, Oklahoma nnd Texas (twelve ' roads) , 46,7112 67,320 36.SSS lloiky Mountain males. North Dakota, Da-kota, Utah nnd Washington (ten roads) . 27.C66 30,374 19,76,0 Klghty-flve roads . . . 6&9,37 739,143 609,962 Carloads of beehive coke (thirteen roads) .. 63,211 64,624 49,697 Tho decrease In these shipments of bituminous coal In April, 1917, torn-pared torn-pared with March, 1917, waa 11 pir tent. The shipments In April, 1917, were 30 per tent greater than In April, 1916. The average number of cars of coal loaded per working day on the eight)-five eight)-five roads waa 26,393 In April, 1917, n decrease of 3,7 per tint from Mart It, 1917, nnd an Increase of 30 per cent over April, 1916, The dally average of vara loaded In March, 1917, was 27,400, nnd In April, 1916, 20,369. The dally nvtrnge loading In April, 1917, In nil the dlslrkts mentioned, except Westirn l'enns)lvnnln, Ohio nnd Michigan, was less than In March, 1917. The shipments of beehive ctke In April, 1917, showed it decrease of 2,3 ptr lent compared with March, 1917, nnd an Increase of 7.3 per cent compared com-pared with April, 1916. ItIO CONTHACT KOIl COAIj MADi: OVKIt IN COMIUADO OltAND JUNCTION. May 19. Kr vlu OiMidrlth, manager of the Orniul Junction office of the Juanltn Kales tompaii), this morning announced that his company had been n worded u coal contrail by the gov eminent In competition with coat companies from Utah nnd nil over the West fur twt nt)-fle thousand tons monthly, or it eurl) itiiitruct of three hundred Ihouwind tons. In suppl) one of the f lifts with t on I This order. whUlt will approximate approxim-ate n million dollars, although the tompuil) has refused to give out the exact prlte, Is Ihe largest one cur placed with it Western Colorado eon I uompuu) mid of fit litis of the company com-pany let It be understood that the award was not mnile b the price, be-ntuse be-ntuse seterul uilii r firms bid under them, bill b) the quallt) of their pruduit. width has Iwen found In be the finest kind of steaming cttal and will lie IIM'i largel) 1 1) the I'uilfle fleet The (oiniMii) owns and control eight IhoiisMlitl acres of fine nwl land on whlih the it hi I vein Is from fifteen fif-teen In twent) He! thick. J. 8. Ikiwle. prlut'liHil owner of the mine, w tilth la jiH-aletl at Ibiwb. Colo., on tile third division HliniHIIlies that he Is III it poaltlon In emplo) every available miner In the cnuntr) and In order to set ore them he has vuliiiiturll) ml V ti need wages 16 per rent. The present I'ltlwill) of the mine Is uImmii it Ihouwind tons dull) und this will Ik practically doubled In tinier to pruperl) handle the government contrail conm Mints or com, mist err down 'i mint hi'.mmis OODKN, May 19 'llesldcntsx of Ogden anil this entire section heme forth must make one but ket of tthtl go as far In fin I use us two burkets Unetl hi retofure If Ihe) would aVtdd the distress of a real nail famine next fall und winter," totla) reiterated Del II I'lipe, general munuger of the I. Ion mid the W) timing Coal companies. com-panies. 'II) luttlllgeiil mrthiMls or fuel lonspiuptloli," he Mild, "Willi the supervision of an effltleiu) expt rt. coal tonsiimptlon In Ogden ran be reduced (U per tent, nnd this must be done fur the iiimiiuni good. If ever) io.il toiittiimer will stud) tin st leiiee of fuel use. leurnlng how In obtain the maximum use of all the heat nulls, the comoimpllon tun le tut down b) half ' l'ue has Just iiuuplMied a round of Visits to all the KMtl fields He said the present supply of lump uhiI In Ogden was t- than ten ears Now Is the time, he said, to plan coiiM-rut-Hun of ei hi I suppl). lo dvert a real famine lape refelvinl totla) an appeal ap-peal from I'm nt Is 8 I'eahotl) i mlr man of the tommlltee mi coal production produc-tion nf thi touncll of the national defense. de-fense. Vent to all operators, slating that Ihe government has tlet Ideti not to take over itml mllieti and other great lutliistihw of fundamental Importance, Im-portance, hut Is depending iium the imtrlotli bi)ull) of the leatllng men III these Industries tu appl) their utmost ut-most genius to the task of maximum produitlou unil Jiitlltlous distribution Htarll of labtir will lie the prln tllMtl draw Imt k from mm on 1'ape saltl The Increasing cost of all materials, ma-terials, tllie In seari'lt) of supplies. Hi-mi Hi-mi Is hurdensoine upon ever) Industry Indus-try Hex ent) -five different arllilws of ever) da) lleetl In the mines Mild on the railroads have Int reused In ctwt during the lust ear fmm 10 per ent to 26U per cent and the average ruts1 to date Is 112 r tent The little eoptrlVHliie uswl h lec-trie lec-trie nillriHid employe, for examplv, which they attaeh to a connettloii out on the road to enable them to lets-phone lets-phone orders formerly ettst nlMiiit 13.26 mid now sells for 17.60 whole suit-. KtrerythliiB vle In whhh niet- 1 K uls nre used Is advancing In proportion propor-tion The government has warned the coal producers that ndtiiuute coal for the sugar factories must Ik- supplied, Iwiituse sugar Is eVett more Important Import-ant than tt'llPir, ut this tlmu. In the national rutise Hugnr Is one of the vltnll) Important units of the military mil-itary ration mid hi-rldea has man) other uses CO lt MICA I ION I.S ,! IS Dim IMS OI'ITi: lli I.I.III. Ma 20. The 11ml situation In l-ehl Is us Iwd In stiine nsiH'ts as II was last Jitnuar). While 110 one has nituully suffirtil. It Is hit nose or Ihe ileiuine) of Ihe vrenther. One tleuler was without 10.1I for seviu weeks, during w lilt It time he spent inin h time mid mime) writing tellers unil sending telephone and leli graph messages Another dealer, who gut it tar In esterda), wits calling for etml for thne wieks before he was flnall) McfommodHled. A third tlwil-er. tlwil-er. when iiuestlpnttl. salt) thai, wlilk he had lieeli able to keep Ilia tustnm era from uttual famine, miiny onlers were on his lastks that had mil) istr-tlall) istr-tlall) iH-eu rilled One dealt r sh lhal the) did not have sinh a lime In getting coal at hid perltHl last w Intel as during Ihe Hts seven Weeks The) reMirt that Hillside states have been at)llig m-v lit) -five nuts more pir tun for iimI than lotal dealers, ami Mr this rca-still rca-still the prodllters ImVe been filling nulslde ordtrs. Antdht r tleuler hi)s thai time und time again he lias Ken promlMil 11 car. und has even ritelved letters that the ttil was shipped, oul to In tllsupiHiluled with empty bins for weeks at u time. Home of l.chlV I'itllelis have been toiupelletl to go to iielghlMirltig towns to have their wants siipplbd The noil prodllters give as nil e. plunulloii that ihe) cannot git (1trs unit h.tve had to la) off some or their miners. Hut whatever nut) b- the i-Hllse ot the shot luge, the p(Htple t.f Irehl ImVe been liualile to store mi) coal in guard ngaln-l ta-t winter's ex perleute Tile dealers, howiver In-tlmitle In-tlmitle ihat with the retent raise In price and the priwpttrhe Imreuse In rrilght rules tin slliiatbui will whiii be re I lev it I it ml the people's wants supplied MI5H I'AssllMiillt l-NfilMls 'io nci, coi, iiKiuaricii I' K Clarll), assisiaul general man ugir of the I'tuh lines of the IVnvir und Itlo Oruntle. esilmales that the hauling or tmtl over the Hues of the rHllriHid has Inireiueil from 70 lo X6 Hr mil the 14 t moiilh He adds thai Imreases are ImuiuiI to continue mid that the null buMms u ,,,m. mand Ihe servlte of mutli or the motive mo-tive MiWer or ihe lallrtotil It was explained It) Clarll) that tli, ellmliiallttn of las.Hger Traliw N,, 16 ami U beiwieii Denvir and Halt Ijtke Cly. whlih took plate Hliiitla) last, will release to the ul Mrvlee six liHimiotlvi-s to tin iihI service between be-tween tlruntl Jiihitlou Coin, and Hall ltke fit) The hauling of col t,irr the ltn. ver and Itlo (Irantle In Utah during April Is shown In reports or Clarll) to be 70 .er tent greattr than the orresMini1ing month or one )ear ago while tin- reiitnl of Ma promises to iHHtime eviu greatel In the hauling of cual CTAH I'l'l.l. COMPANY AT l.s" AIIVANCIls IMIICIIS HALT iaCK CITY. Ma) 19 -IN I'uel itimiHtn) has HiUuiuwl lti lo thrie dollars u Ion ror lump coal aftsr .holding steadlt) tu Jj.iy k)l)t November, with enrrospoiitllng ad-vai.mti ad-vai.mti fur the tnliwr grades Itetall itiul ilea I ers do not heltate to my Ihat the pnllc) or the Utah l'uel nmi- BbBBSBBBMC-m pnny during the long, hard winter, In refusing to ralw prices, has prevented lioostlng them to the lutat tonsumer to n far higher figure than has oh ta'lnrd. Two Increase In wages of mine labor la-bor anil an Increase of ovir 100 in r tent In tost of materials have forced the company to rnlsn the price of coal. There Is a wide anil assorted varlrl) of opinions as to future prices, hut there I a general understanding under-standing that coal will be ninth higher high-er next wlntir than last. Ko many householders have nlrrnd) laid In n big suppl) for the coming season Vtlp the Ailiiintttl 1'rtiv? I'rovn's Herald of Inst Krltla) pulls this one "In order that we may be thoroughl) Informed on nil these matters pertaining to the coal situation situa-tion In Utah, we would Invite the lo- ,1-nl dealers In this ell) to make n staletni ul to Ihe public through the itolumns or this paper explaining why the cost or coal should be raised one dollar per ton A good mini) pie. like the writer, reel that this u un unjust raise and Ihat the cost or la flsir would not amount to an) thing like this amount We do not want to make nny severe thnrges against the coal dealers of this town until we reel ralrly well assured that we have Just cause for suih charges. Hut we ur rialnl) liliterly opposnt to the exorbitant raise In the prlte of itwil. The fin t thut Halt Utke City or some other town has ralseil the price Is not sufficient reason" Ma) Mop .shipment-. WAHIIINOTON. D C. Mtt) 19 - Argentina's plea that a wheat shortage short-age at home prevents her from ex IHirtlug mi) or her crop to tin- allies l under Investigation b) the slate ileitarlment. and If reports or an at -tual surplus In the Hoiilh American irepiiblb are iMtriie 0111, u way may In, found In prevent fundi r American eoal shipments to Argentina purls It was said at the department to- 1 da) that If It developed that Argentina Argen-tina reall) Is so short of wheat that ,1'Xinirtuthm would cause siifftrlng, there was no probabllliy or Inti rfer-em rfer-em 1 b) the United Hlutes (Ireat . Ilrllaln nlread) hud halted nwljihlp. minis lo Argentina. ' I The American ton.ul at lliienoa l.lris mid tonsillar ofricera ut otlier plates In Argentina have b.t u In-strut In-strut tetl to make reports mi the mil,. Jett. Oveniipliullutloii ( lurgtil, WAHIIINOTON. D C. Ma) 21 The fedtral trade commission shortly will InstliuiP an Investigation Into the tapllallsatlon of anlhriii lie conl mines of tin. rmiMi Hlatis. following lie plating before it or statements It, the irfeit that the high rust of um, Is tllie In tonsltleruble measure lo overPHpltallmtlon or these properties. The commission has ben Informed that tlie uial iitmiHtnles owning the unthruille mines of the ii.unir) have Issued stotk iNtse.l on the hii nllal value nf hsI unuorldil toal fields Those fields, the itunmlsslon un de-stands, are producing no purl of the revenue ntetletl to ,, dividends on the alia k Anili Ipaii-H lilts hlioinige. Joseph Hansen of p.w., ,M , ,.. relary to o.,v m.h Alexander. s retary of the Idaho war cumuli nd u 1! ." i"141' '",""" "f defense. N M Halt UK,. Ct 1MH, ,, (lgvp'; nor lian.berg.r ami u,ir frlen.ls at the I lah i-apllul iat Buturdu) In-1"'1" In-1"'1" C Hall.), asslslunt ult". ne general llan n I. Hull Utk,. '(I ) lo see what lull l done with the u", T:'" ? ,h" " '" reaching an Hhih Ihrealeus In Idaho to b. ,,,. serious next wlntir Aimwi.H thi: dvics ion m.w mini: HHscri: eu Mine Hew lie Car No I of t ti- ho. Isiwi. ev . will return to Utah. Jul) . Ul. for three and a half ,", ha of NluoHth.nui work In thU stale lh Itlntirur). as nrrungud Id the1 -tae Industrial .niiiiln. !,., two wettks' stay at Halt Uke Clt! tHl (Continued on pate eight ) I ! AN INCREASE SHOWN H I - i II pi rP'" ' ii ii " . (Continued from page six.) H week nt lllngham. Urn tin) nt Hnn- H ily and 11 nick or longer nt l'nrk H I H 1 Krom that point the car will be ta- H krn to rnch of Iho mining district of the state ncTfuKllilf lij rnll nnd dem- B ontrntlon In mini rem ui nnd first V ii Id work Hill Im glien. Hj In those district whtrc the mine B , i nri nrnr tl i rnllrond the demnnptrn Hon ml Inntrnttlnn ulll be glien ut B the mine K In dlMrkt where the mine arc Hjft scattered the miner will git to thr rnr Efl) for their training The nir Ik to llt BH Curium nmt Kitten tount) |