Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-24
INDEPENDENT COAL
CONPANY'S REPLY
Absolutely and Unuunliiicdly Denies
That II Is In Any Combination
Or Trust.

Tile reply Of the Independent Coal y
Coke colnpnny to the communication
of Secretary of state C. S. Tingey. in
which the company is notified to sub
nit evidence that 1t Is not connected
with n combination 10 regulate tile
price of coal, has been submitted to
the secretary Hof state. The reply is
as follows:
Hon. C. S. Tingey. secretary OF the
state of Utah, salt Lake City. Utah.
Dear Sir
We acknowledge receipt OF your let
ter of Dec. 5. 1910, and RESPONSIVE to
the same we have to say that SO far
rs the independent Coal Il Coke com
puny Is concerned. 1t absolutely
and unQualincdly denies that 1t is i'll
any combination or association OF any
nature or description with any other
coal producing company or with any
retailer of coal by which the price OF
such product to the retailer or con-
sumner Is In any way regulated, but
that on the contrary the price of the
product of the Independent Coal &
Coke company is fixed by its duly au-
thoriZcd officers without consultation
or conference with any other corpora
ton, association or person.
our attention is particularly called
| to thosc portions of your letter read
! ing as follows:
written and verbal evidence has
| recently been submitted to me which
upon examination satisfies me that
! there now exists an unlawful combin-
| alton between certain coal producing
! companies, railroad companies ana
| corporations organized for the pur-
| pose of retailing or distributing coal.
| having for its purpose the regulation
| of tie retail price of coal in the State
| OF Utah.
.,And you are SO notified that UNI
less your company withdraws from
\ and sewers all business connections
| with said trust. combination or as
socation, and submits satisfactory
! evidence to me OF that fact within 80
DAYS from the date of this notice.
( shall cause n certified copy of such
statement. of all of such facts as |
noW have or that may hereafter be
i submitted to me tending to show the
existence OF such unlawful t"ust COM
| binnton or association to be filed With
| the attorney general OF this stntc for
tile purnpse OF having the cornoratc
+, rights and franchises OF Your conf
| pnny revoked rs provided hy law"
Tho foregoing paragraphs In Your let
/ ter are to the effect that evidence has
hccn submitted to you which satisfies
YOU that an unlawful combination cx-
:, lists between certain coal producing
companies, OF which we are one, and
that unless we furnish you satisfactory
y evidence that VIC have withdrawn from
and severed business connections with
4 said trust that YOU will submit the
matter to the attorney general or the
state Of Utah.
lnasmuCh as we are not IN any such
(, combination rs Indicated by sou In
\ your letter. it Is Of course impossible
K FOR us to Withdraw from something we
! are not in, ana likewise impossible for
us to furnish you proof Of such with
| dr0wa In the promises.
| In all sincerity we, however. say that
| II amy evidence has been submitted to
YOU from which YOU draw the conclu-
sion that we are IN any way associated
I with Il combination such rs You men
/ ton, YOU owe it nS fair treatment to
/, 4 citizen OF the state of Utah that you
| furnish us the evidence from which
4 You draw such conclusion to the end
! that we may be able to meet the same
! ana furnish proof that either the state
(; mcnts made are untrue, or TINT your
/ conclusion 10 erroneous by reason OF
other facts of which you are not pos
/ sosscd, We do not believe thnt the
7 officials Of the state of Utah should pur
/ sue Il course calculated to east rtilec-
lions Waou the business integrity and
1 standne Of Quasi-pdblic corporations
\ Within the state upon any prpcccdings
4 without giving the party charged WITH
| wrong doing Hn opportunity to be
[ heard, anG Cooling rs we do, we here
/ BY respectfully request that you FUR
| n!sh this corporation m opportunity to
| inspect the written evidence you men,
ton IN your letter. and that we be IN
| formed US to the substance oC tho
verbal evidence which you refer to.
Very respectfully.
| INDEPENDENT COAL e COKE
COMPANY.
BY c. N. STREvELL.
President