Show 1 h COAL DEALERS 1ST TO i PRICE BY NEXT FRIDAY W D o Mc McLean ean Says Rate at Mine Cannot Be Announced I II I Until That Time co coal l dealers R RETAIL will be officially official official- ly Informed July 25 of ot the rate th sy will wUl be bo charged after atter August 1 at the mine for tor lump coal nut coal and slack coal With the exception of ot otone one or two retail coal dealers the rate to lo Do lio demanded b by coal mining companies will determine say the re retailers retailers re- re whether the price of ot lump coal to the consumer for the fall and antl wIntel winter winter win win- ter tel will be bo 55 or 6 I 1 cannot discuss what price we In Intend Intend In- In tend to fix on lump coal coat at the mine In fact tact I am not absolutely positive said laid W. W D. D MacLean n president of the Utah Coal Sales a agency enc yesterday The rate rato will be at least We Ve will furnish retail dealers our price list July 25 to take tako effect August 1 I am speaking only for the Utah C COal al Sales i ales aies agency Is 1 it t not a fact tact that the price on lump coal at the mine will bo which virtually means 6 coal after atter August 1 11 Mr MI MacLean was asked I 1 cannot answer that hat question he replied The Tue price list Hat will not be agreed reed upon definitely ly until July 25 The Utah Coal Sales agency of ot which Mr- Mr tz MacLean is president controls the sales of ot the Consolidated Coal Mining com company any the Castle Valley Coal Mining dining company compan the Black Hawk Coal Mining company and the Castle Gate Coal Min Mm- ing company compan Retail coal dealers devoted much of ot their time yesterday esterday to attempts to ascertain beyond doubt If It sales agencies for coal mining companies Intend Increasing in increasing increasing In- In creasing tho the price of or lump coal at the mine beyond the mark marl which prevailed last fall faU and winter vinter But itIs it is said their efforts w were re in vain generally generally gen gen- and they are arc waiting for tor July 25 the day the they expect to get the price list from tho producers Clerks Clerks' in the offices of ot retail coal dealers were bUs busy all yesterday forenoon forenoon fore tOle noon taking orders for tor coal ranging rans-Ing from one ton up of lump at nut at 25 and slack coal at the prices which havo been in effect during the fall tall winter and summer months It was estimated by a clerk yesterday that It will require at least five days das to deliver yesterdays yesterday's or or or- 1 ders dora H. H F F. Fernstrom manager for tor the Bamberger Coal company said the price of ot coal will not bo 10 o Increased by bythe bythe bytho the tho company ho he represents after August August Aug AuS 1 So far as we are concerned there will be bo no advance August 1 lover over the present rate rato of ot coal said Mr Ir Fernstrom Fernstrom Fern Fern- ernstrom ern- ern strom yesterday Irrespective of ot any action on the part of or the producer or orth orth ortho th tho t retail coal dealers we will sell our coal coat at the present rates Mr Fernstrom said ho thought that the tho present rates are arc all that could consistently consistently be bo asked of ot the Salt Lake Lako consumer consumer con con- sumer and that I If the tile retailers took a a. firm stand they could pretty nearly carry the Ithe point with the producers |