The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-29
PRICES FORCED UPWARD
MoNoPoLIsrs TO sQUEEzE CON-
sUMKRs HARDER.

The Goal Barons, Who Control Nat
ure's Great Provision for the Vel
fare of Mankind, Meet and Settle
on an Advances in Price-Savannah
Consumers VIII Pay at Least so
Cents Per Ton More-Alabama Coal
Will Be Brought IN to Supply the
Market.
The prospect Is that the people OF Savsn-
nah will pay so cents to 81 more per ton for
coal this fall than they did last season. The
coal barons of the anthracite fields OF Penn
sylvania have declared an increase Of from
10 20 IS cents per ton on coal for use In
stoves and CRATES over the prices prevailing
last season. They have also limited the out
put of the mines for September
20 over 100000 tons less than for
the same month last year. This they are
enabled to do through the Reading combine
by which the control of all the anthracite
coal interests were placed in the hands OF
the Reading Railroad Company.
this railroad will now dictate the price
Of coal TO more than two-thirds OF the
population Of the United States. At a
recent meeting of the sales agents Of the
coal barons prices on coal to western points
were advanced 25 cents per ton gross and so
cents per ton net and to eastern and coast
wise points about 20 cents and 80 cents per
ton respectively.
WHAT PRICES WILL BE HERE.
The schedule of prices for September
coal TO dealers as fixed as follows Broken
g.; egg 50 ~, stove 81 IS. chestnut 81 IS.
1t will cost the local dealers 81 per ton or
more to get their coal here by water. They
will want 81 ton profit and doubtless
more, and so consumers at Savannah will
have to pay from So TO 81 per ton for their
coal this fall and may be glad to get 1t at
those figures before the season is over.
Not satisfied with the increase made by
the coal dealers, the freight agents of the
coal-carrying roads have advanced the
rates OF transportation % cents per ton to
western points and IS cents per ton 10 tide
water points.
Doubtless the coal men and the railroads
will make efforts to still further increase
the prices of coal this winter. if they find
the people will stand the burden.
Savannah coal dealers who we're inter
viewed on the subject yesterday, said that
il the present prices are maintained coal
will retail at about Sc so per ton in Savan-
nah this winter. They are carrying very
small stocks, however, and are making
their orders as small as possible in the hopes
that the attacks that are being made upon the
Reading combine will be successful to some
extent at least. 1hey nave nttle nope tnst
there will be any decrease in the prices
fixed, however. Prices now are nearly
double what they were good many years
ago
Savannah will be able to get as low prices
on coal as any point in the southeast, how
ever. The Alabama coal men and the rail
road men are arranging to bring Alabama
coal this way at the 10 west possible rates. The
rates have now been PUT down to SO per
nd of 20 Ia ka
retailed at about $5 so per ton at a profit.
The tramp steamships coming into Savan-
nah every fall could bring in coal as ballast
were it not for the fact that there is tariff
Of rs cents per ton on coal Good coal has
been discovered in Cuba around Santiago,
but it is shut out by the tariff
The entire coal output Of Pennsylvania Is
controlled, it is said, by afteen men. Their
extra profits as a result Of the increased
prices are over 81 ,000, 900 per month