The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-25
LOVETT'S ORDER IS
READ IN WYOMING
Coal at Mines Is Reduced
and Utah Gets the
New Benefit.
THE INDEPENDENT REPLIES
Fuel Concern Wants TO Look at the
Evidence Received by Secretary
Of State Tingey.

tn" famous contemplating message
Of lt. s. L0vett. head % the Hartman
system. reached Wyoming yesterday.
according % an Associated Press dis
patch. although 10 started over the
wires several days ago and had its
first effect 81 causing tho Utah Fuel
company TO Top -four bits" of the
price Of coal
Tho Associated Press dispatch from
Cheyenne. Wyo. follows.
.- PRESIDENT Robert s. Lovett OF the
Union Pacific Railway company sent
nes7aE" last nigut 90 Rock Springs
"rI-rlnk ll' price ~ coal az the mine
came ss christina present 10 al the
coal consumer on tho line ~ the Union
Pacific railroad Iu wyoming. Colorado
and Nebraska and lr the result or n
Ffrpr"r- protect against the recent In
crease"
Independent Nske~ Reply.
assuming that DO ia wrongful for an
officer of the stale TO east reflection
trfy ar" involved iu combine. the In
dependent Coal and coke company re-
piled Yesterday fu tho letter Of Score
tary OF state Charles s. Tiugey Of he
and others with being members Of O.
trust r"H-0fr'uE f0 exact tho price or
coal and WIN r@guletinr its OUTPUT.
pendent Coal company are para era prs
frr letter ~ Secretary TIuGcr.
vI Ger. almost bordering uuou
sauce. ordiuE tp accepted dcport-
mont % o.. rr-uuudsuc"- Where quo
fafIuu g. made regarding written and
teIn@l ~ 'Irgc' inat Oh" independent
Coal and coke company is involved
with others iu the conspiracy. The re-
ply i- a. follow.
we arkuovrcdGc receipt Of your let
fer or December D. 1910. and responsive
Co Goo same we have to- say that so
Tar o. f1" iudrreudCni Coal and Coke
company concerned. 20 absolutely and
HuVuHIifirdIr denies that Dr. i- iu any
c"wnInI'"u or association Of any ma
furr or H"-rrluf with any other coal
rroduriu- company or with any retailer
~ coal IT which the price n such
product tu the retailer or consumer is
300 ans way regulated. but that ON the
Tho ludeueud~ut Coal and coke COM
rHur is fN.I bv it- duIv authorized Of
Ulcers without consultation or confer
rurr with amy other corporation. assoc
citation orr person.
"Our attention l. Called"
our attention is particularly called
20 those portions ~ your letter read
INK as f0ll0we.
recently been submitted Zoo mo which.
upon examination. satisfies mo that
there now exists an unlawful combina-
ff0u between certain coal producing
cuwulnire. railroad companies and cor
poratipus organized FOR the purpose Of
retailing or Distributing coal. having
rrtaU price Of coal On the state %
Utah.
And you are go notified that unless
your company withdrawr from and sew
~re an business connections with said
TRUST. Cornhfnnff ton or aggoCia ton. and
submits vatigfactorv evidence 20 me OF
THAT fact within thirty DAYS from the
date o. tfir notice. 7 erall cause "a
certified COPY Of such statement Cf all
ru~h facts a. 4 now have or that may
hereafter DO submitted 20 me tending
% show the existence OF such uu1a wful
trust. com bination or association 90 be
filed with the attorney general 81 this
corporate rights and franchises OF your
com PAW revoked as provided by law"
The foregoing para graphs IN your
letter a-c 90 fne effect that evidence
has been submitted 90 you which sat
'Vfier YOU that au unlawful combina-
sion exists between certain coal pro-
ruciuE companies. ~ which - are one.
and that unless vr furnish you salts
factory evidence that we have with
drawn from and severed business con
nectionV with said trust that you viii
submit tho matter 20 the attorney gen
s-s1 % trc state OF Utah.
In No Ceulbtn~
Tnasmuch as uc are not IN any such
combination as Indicated by you IN
your letter. 81 is OF course impossible
f0r ue fo Withdraw from something we
ere not iu. and likewise Impossible FOR
ue to furnish YOU proof or such with
drHval ir thc premises.
|W OH "'nFnrfff we. however. say
that m any evidence has been submit
f~d TO you from which YOU draw the
conclusion chat 80 are IN any way as
ISOLATED with combination such as
YOU mention. YOU owe 10 as fair treat
went 90 citizen - the state 81 Utah
that YOU furnish u9 che evidence from
which you dra " such conclusion. 20 the
end that We NAV be able Co meet the
same and furnish proof that either the
statements made are untrue or that
vou- conclusion o. erroneous by reason
o. other facts of which YOU are not pos
~raerT we DO not believe that the
official o. the state Of Utah should
pursue course calculated Co cast re-
Election. uuon the business Integrity
and standing of si-nubIiC corpora
fforu within The state upon any pro-
rretings without giving the party
charged with vronEdoiuE an CpDor
fu1itv % boz beard. and feeling a. we
10 70 hereby respectfully request an
OBJ 1rtuuIfE tu inspect the written evil
f~ur~ YOU mention FIJI YOUR letter. and
arrnf H Informed To- % p