The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-24
Palladium Makes Investiga-
ton and Finds That Small
Town Dealers Are Selling
Cheapest Coal.
DEALERS IN THE CITY
OFFER EXPLANATION
Agitation Among Many Labor
ing Men to Club together
For the Purpose Of Securing
Cheaper Fuel.

In order to prevent cut throat meth
DDS among themselves, the coal deal
ers Of the city. with probably one ex-
ception, have q business combination.
As result, local dealers are selling
their different grades of coal higher
than the dealers in Cambridge City, /,
Greensboro, Centerville and New Par
10. Local dealers claim they have to
sell at higher price because their ex-
penses are higher. Dealers in the
small towns above mentioned say they
see no reason why the coal should be
higher as they have to pay higher
freight rate which should equalize the
expenses.
Attention to the subject was called
by city official who is member Of
council. He has just laid in his sup
ply Of coal for the winter, having pur-
chased It from local dealer He laid
in q supply Of both soft and hard coal
After the coal had been delivered, his
attention to the fact that he might
have saved considerable money, was
called by a neighbor.
investigation 10 Made.
An investigation Of the price of Goals
In this city and In the above mentioned
small towns, was made by the Palladi-
Mm today. The price list of the Goals
sold by the dealers at Greensboro, New
Paris and Centerville, showed that in
every instances the price for the diff
ferent grades was cheaper than for the
same grades sold here. The dealer at
Cambridge City had prices which con-
formed almost entirely to prices pre-
vailing here for the soft Goals. His
anthracite coal, however, was cheaper.
It has been intimated in a number
Of places in the city, where laborinz
men congregate, that 1t would be a
wise business proposition for them to
club together and purchase coal from
outside sources.
So far, the outside dealers have not
sold any coal to local consumers, or at
least they would not admit that they
have
In order to give the public an idea as
TO the prevailing prices of coal, both
hard and soft coal, sold by different
dealers of this city, and the surround
ing small towns, the following price
list OF coal per ton, Of dealers are CIV
On:
Price List Comparison.
Mather Bros, North F street-Hard
coal. $3.50: Pocahontas. $4.25; Wini-
fred. $4.0O; jackson, $500; and Ten
nessee lump. $4.75.
United Coal Company. office. Main
.street-Hard coal. $7.OO: West Virgin
$40 and Pocahontas. $4.25
Hackman and Klefoth. South G
street--Hard coal. $50; West Virgin
"a. $500; Kentucky. $3.50; Winifred,
'<4O0; Pocahontas. 1925: Tennessee,
.$4.75 and Yellow Jacket. $3.50.
Roth and Co.. Cambridge City-Hard
coal. 50 %: Pocahontas. G4.OO: Hook
Ing Valley. $4.0O: West Virginia. $4.25:
Raymond. $4.OO and Jackson. $500.
Mills and King. New Paris Hard
coal. 500: Winifred. 1886: Pocahon-
tas. $4.OO: Hooking Valley. $3.50; West
Virginia. $3.50.
Dunbar Bros. Centerville-Hard coal
800: Pocahontas and egg lump, $500;
Winifred $3.75; West Virginia, $4O0;
jackson. $475: Hooking Valley, $3.50.
e. L Kinxle. Greensfork- Hard coal,
&6aO: Pocahontas. $4.OO: Luhrig. $3.15.
II may be seen on comparison. that
IN nearly every instance the local deal
,ers are higher. with the possible ex.
ception Of the Cambridge City firm.
Admit an Organization.
The price list of the remainder OF
the local coal dealers was not obtained
because II would virtually be repeti-
gtion. The different local dealers adj
united that they had IN organization
and meet 1t the offices Of the Hack
man-Klefoth Coal company. South G
utreet. At regular intervals. The
prices at which the Hackman-Klefoth
honnnn1salls~ noal sResyailG- among The