The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-01-15
WAR IS DECLARED BY
THE ROCK SPRINGS
MINE OPERATORS

There seems to be fair sized coal
war on between the Rock Springs
Wyoming, and Titan coal mine oper-
ators. The Rock Springs people
claim that local dealers in Caldwell,
Nampa and other southern Idaho
towns have Disseminated against the
Rock Springs coal These people saw
that they are goinn to give the public
/ Il chance to buy Rock Springs coal
and II necessary will put in coal yard
IN every town in southern Idaho.
. yesterday Messrs d. II. Pape, gen
eral manager Of the Eccles interests
at Rock Springs, III. c. Marchant, gen
cral sales agent and +. Bartels, repre-
sentative of the Rock Springs opera
tors, were N Caldwell for the purpose
OF going over the situation The Ec-
/ clcs interests are the controlling fac
tors in the Idaho and Utah beet SUI
gar factories and their resources run
high into the millions. When seen by
a representative of The Tribune Mr..
Pape, general manager, made the fol-
lowing statement in regard to the
coal situation.
For years the Rock Springs oper-
atOrs have taken care Of this western
territory on its fuel requirements and
have endeaVOred to treat the dealers,
who have handled their coal, fairly
at all times, but because of the fact
that they have been able to buy coal
! which is harder and upon which they
seem able to make more profit, they
| have refused to buy Rock Springs coal
thereby depriving the consumer of
domestic coal, which has been a stan
dard for the past 40 years. There is
a good call for this genuine" Rock
| Springs coal which has been fully
! demonstrated since we have been sell
Hing direct to the consumer in this
! city as well as Nampa. The people
| are convinced that this is not a cheap
low grade coal, and that it is one of
the very best domestic Goals on the
market. The Rock Springs opera
tors are not trying to force the deal
ers to cut out any Goals which they
are now handling, but they do want
them to be fair and give the people
what they call for
I'VE do not want to come into this
city and put in coal yard, but rath-
r want to convince the dealer that our
coal is on the market to stay. When
ever they are willing to give our
coal to the people when they ask
for it then we are willing to grace
fully back out and let them continue
their business and make a fair profit,
which they are entitled to- We could
place yard in this city and operate
it much more cheaply than can the
dealers, but we do not believe there is
any necessity for splitting up the bus
mess, thereby reducing the business
of each dealer and as a consequence
cut the profit which they are now
making and which they are rightfully
entitled to. We have nothino but the
most kindly feeling for all the deal
ers in this city and in fact throughout
the state of Idaho.
Our motto is Treat everyone as
YOU would have them treat YOU I'm
less the dealers in the several towns
in Idaho where Rock Springs has been
absolutely cut out wake up to the
fact that they have got to treat Rock
! Springs operators on the square they
are going to force Rock Springs OPP
orators to put a yard in those towns
and when this is done it simply means
that they are putting themselves out
of business for all time 1t will sim
ply mean doing away with the mid
dleman.
The thing for the dealers to do
is to get together, meet the opera
tors half way and the whole affair will
be fixed up and they can continue as
they always have done and everyone
will be satisfied