Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13
NEW RATE EFFECTIVE TODAY.
Utah Fuel Company Which Controls
Pleasant Valley Output viii
Make No Increase.
BIG HARDSHIPS TO CONSUMERS.
Producing Companies Have Raised the
Rate TO all Retailers, Hence
The Upward Trend.


A peculiar and uncertain condition
In the coal situation was sprung on
the local public this morning. when
coal was put up in some quarters, and
was not I'm others. The diversity proves
rather perpleXing to the general public
which is not able off hand to differen-
tate, and is also-for the time at least.
bringing something of rush Of retail
trade to the company that has not
raised its prices. The latter Is the Utah
Fuel company, and it's officers declare
that Notwithstanding the general state
ment made In one Of the morning pa
pers, there has no advance been made
in prices as far as that company ls
concerned, and there is no reason to
say that there will Consequently.
while other dealers have raised on lump
and nut from Sl,75 10 s2.25, run of mine
to N.50 and railroad coal TO 81, the Utah
Fuel company is continuing with form
er prices. This II can very well do az
this company Is both producer and
retailer, while the other local dealers
with the exception of the Union Pa
clfc which does not make
speciality Of retail sales, are dependent
on the prices as set by the producers.
as well as the railroad rates. and the
consumer must pay accordingly,
NOTICE FROM OMAHA.
The purely local dealers have based
their action on postal notification
sent out from Omaha. dated Nov. u
and received in this city, on the same
evening OF the date printed on the card.
This notice states that on and after the
18th inst, the Union Pacific will sell
coal mine delivery, at the figures men,
toned above, and all orders booked
previous to and remaining unified ON
the said date VIII be- takn at tn adj
vanced price In other words, there
has been an advance on Wyoming
Goals, and not on the Utah product con-
trolled by the Utah Fuel company.
WHAT RETAILERS SAY.
Local retailers are having considera
BILE to say about the attitude OF thu
Utah Fuel people. as well as ihe Wyo-
Colorado Fuel a Iron company
holds controlling share In
Utah Fuel and that as the
Colorado company has raised its rates
the Utah company Will be forced IN
short time TO follow suit. Some, ms the
Citizens Coal company state that II
the Utah Fuel people or any other
producer for that matter. VIII -
them coal for month
years at prices obtaining urll
the present, they, the Citizens com
pany. win return to the former prevail
ing retail prices.
SOME PROFITS AND LOSS.
The manager OF the latter company
80 .f...a d. hats hta fu l.
ing the producers Sl.75 per ton, the rail-
roads 81 per ton, It costs to deliver TO
the consumer four bits per ton, and the
screenings, which we lose amount to
two bits per ton. There Is $3.50 fiat cost
to u.s. leaving only four bits per ton
with which to carry on our business.
So you VIII see how close margin the
dealers do their business on
One dealer said: 1--WE have now 1000
tons at the old prices on our order
books TO be filled at old prices; and
here comes the railroad company with
a notice that, leaves us only two days
In which to get rid Of all such orders.
What is left on the morning Of the 10Th
we must pay for at the advanced prices
while the prices cannot be advanced to
the customer; and where are we TO find
Ourselves2"
THE RAILROADS. TOO.
There was a report fitting around
that the railroads would shortly adj
vance rates two bits per ton but at
both the offices OF the Rio Grande and
Union Pacific the report was denied.
Some Of the dealers were also de-
claring that the Wyoming companies
had been holding back their product
with a view TO raising prices, and then
throwing immense quantities of coal on
the market. But both Manager ID. O.
Clark for the Union Pacific Coal COM
pany and Manager L. j. Quealy for
the kemmerer people, deny that any
ching Of the kind has ever been thought
OF, and that coal has been thrown onto
the markets Just ms fast as II could be
got out Of the mines. These officials
state that the great trouble has been
the scarcity OF cars due to the de-
mcnds Of the live stock men, the sugar
beet shippers, and others who have oc-
caslon 10 ship heavily during the early
fan But now that the cars are being
from this decreasing traffic,
there viii be enough and to spare be-
fore long, and then there win be no
more scarcity. Moreover, they state
that there has been no attempt to mar
let coal In the east TO the exclusion
Of the Salt Lake market and that
there Is no reason why any further
advances IN prices should be made.
NO CAUSE FOR ALARM
Manager Clark stated that the main
cause OF the advance just made, was the
desire OF the company to pay the men
living wages. There had been a raise
along this line. as the increased cost
of provisions and existence generally.
had made It rather hard picking for the
miners.
There Is evidently no occasion for
alarm, and both Mr. Clark and Mr..
Quealy seemed to regard the far west
MS much more favored than the east
where the prices OF coal have been
raised 10 greater extent than hero.
10000 TONS HERE,
Il is estimated that there arc 2O.ono
TO $4,000 tons OF coal nc present In the
local yards, the annual consumption of
coal here being nbo't 10000 tons ana
The winter consumption being consid-
cred ms 60 to 10 per cent OF the total