The daily Republican., 1902-12-29
COAL PRICES
ON THE RISE.
Bitunlinous Reported This
Morning at So and SO
Per Tor.
WARNER co. EXPLAINS.
Denies Ernphatically That the
Reading Company Is With
holding Much Fuel
From Them.

The only change in the local coal
situation to-day is an announced
advance in the price of both anthra-
cite and bituminous grades.
The Charles Warner Company
made emphatic denial of the state
ment that eighteen carloads of Read
ing coal consigned to them have
been held in the West Yard because
OF their refusal to sell it at the 81
a ton rate, declaring that the story
had been given out by rural dealers
for the purpose OF injuring their
| business
ut is time we are getting 50 ton
for coal bought Of independent op-
orators "SaId representative OF the
company, "but we cannot see it Tor
less We make lcss profit of it than
we do of the Reading coal we sell
for ~ ton. C0nsignees OF this
high priced coal tell us that they can
get a better price for it outside Of
Wilmington bu. we have induced
them to send us supply OF 1t and
as we have to pay more for it than
we do for the Reading coal we nat
urally have to start 1t at 4 higher
figure.
1t was announced. however, that
coal even at the high price was not
TO be had in any large quantities.
The George w. Bush and Sons
Company is asking 81 for Reading
Coal but noue can be delivered now
because there is none in the CITY,
Biluminous coal has been advanc-
ed to SO ton. This advance comes
III tine face Of the fact that soft coal
canbe mined for about 80 cents to$1
a ton, and then makea good profit for
everybody concerned; that it can be
shipped to this city for about 81. 40a
ton, and that 1t Is ordinarily sold
here at from SO 10 S.. 30.
The advance is also made here in
the lace OF the further fact that the
SOFT coal operators are now in POSI-
ton to nine more coal than ever be-
fore In the history Of the country,
and hat they insist that they are
ready to ship millions of tons if the
railroads will carry IT. One of tho
bilumInous operators said yesterday:
"Solt coal can be burned IN nine
tenths of the homes of the poor, and
give as good results as hard coal
can give. President Cassatt con-
trols the soft coal situation just as
firmly as President Baer and the
other Presidents OF !the anthracite
t,-kl IL ri OF
ton.
"Baer did all he could to stop
the robbery Of the poor b" fixing
the retail price at sO.75 and the
Pennsylvania Can drive the ctall
price OF soft coal down 10 q decent
figure tomorrow if Mr., Cassatt says
the word. .e---
e. 1T was -satd that the Pennsyl-
vania aconldRt get that New York
franch isese bat Idid get it, somehow
Or other, aud 1t can get soft Goa
to this city If it wants to. Mr.. Cas-.
,att has said that the word cant
s. not to 60 any more on the Penn
'ylvania. It's good time to apply
he new policy 10 the soft coal Sltu'
alton
The local dealers expect some an.
hracite IN this week. They saw
he cessation OF work by the miners
N Christmas Day and the ldencss
t nearly half the miners on Friday
nd Saturday d elaved local ship.
lcnts just three DAYS.
The receipts Of btuminoUs coal
ave changed but little Iu he past
ew days. The reason assigned for
his by the local dealers Is tho fact
hat most OF the Dltuminons miners
re natives and are not foreigners.
NE foreigners have been educated
0 observe the Yuletide season. and
4 many regions the entire week
'om Christmas to New Years Day
a holiday. The native born
bserve only the day and care
othing whatever about further
,lcbration.