The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-15
WHERE MONEY PAID
TO COAL MAN GOES
Retailer Gets S2.15. Railroad s1.j5,
Producer $40, and Losses Eat
Up Ninety-five Cents.
TWENTY CENTS FOR DIVIDENDS
Operators Say These Sums Added
Make S7.25, just What 1t Costs New
York Observation-Disclosures So Here
Nearer Mines.

New 1ork, rep. ia bldleIlAShI
Of the cost of producing, transportir-s
and retailing anthracite coal was is
sued yesterday by the operators.
through s.. d. Warmer OF the Exc
cutiye Committee. The information
was offered in connection with he re-
cent announcement that If the miners
force q 90 per cent advance in pay,
the small margin OF profit in anthra-
cit will compel the operators to IN
crease prices.
The lack OF accurate information
relative to the production, carrying
and marketing Of coal has caused
lions, believing that there was ire
mendous profit for some one connect
cd with the coal industry, either In
it's production, transportation, or sale
and delivery" Mr.. Warmer saws in
the statement. That there may be no
further doubt on this subject, there
IL set forth below a plain, easily un-
derstood statement showing the cost
IN detail.
Retailing Cost.
Rent of office and yard, lighter
age, handling at yard, break
age, carriage, administration e1-
penses and retainers; profit
per ton .............. 81 I"
transportation cost (averase) per
ton: Colliery cost, per ton, La
Schuylkill regions to New York
Harbor, per ton .........-. l, 80
Production cost (average) per
ton: Cilliery cost, per ton. la
Dor Approximately $3.50, ma
tsrials of all kinds. royalty.
taxes, depreciation of coal lands
and equipment. administration
expenses, and accident indem-
mites, per ton ...-..-...... 7.%o
Losses on small sizes Of coal, soid
at less than cost Of production.
Der ton ...........,..... .s5
Operators earnings, available for
return on Investment, averages
per ton --latest report OF United
States census shows ls@s) -. 40
Total ........'.. - -" '""'R I'1o
Cost to consumers per ton ..... 1875
The statement says these figures are
for long tons of 2,2&0 pounds, the av-
erage cost OF the short ton OF 1000
pounds being given AZ $3.50.
Figures are given 10 show the prof
table and Improbable sizes Of coal
produced and the prizes OF each. Ac-
C0r0inE TO these I1GuTEHr NhS average
price realized on four sizee-pea, buck
wheat. rice and barley-is $50 ton:
for egg. &3.45: stove, sS.46; chestnut.
SS.75. and broken, s2s6. In other
words, say the operators IN the state
ment, the average value per ton, talk
ing the good with the bad. Is s2.6s.
Anthracite comes from the mine In
a mixture OF all sizes, from lump 10
dust, and contains a certain amount OF
rock slate ana bone" the statement
sets forth. In order to remove the
refuse, break down the lump coal. and
screen the product into the nine COM
mercial sizes, the mine coal is dumped
into a breaker, where II is subjected
to an extensive and expensive manu-
featuring process. The proportions of
the resulting sizes are a matter re-
yond the control OF the operator, and
depends on the character of the coal
he gets from the mine.
The percentage of each varies az
between different collieries and at diff
fereat- times the same -eollfery.
What Is more to the point, the market
price of the different sizes varies
more widely than the percentage of
each. -