Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-24
Pnces of Anthracite
Fixed; Garfield Named
Coal administrator
Regulations Announced by
President Mean
Lower Cost to
Consumer.

dustry OF the United States under the
direction of DR.. H. A. Garfield, presi-
dent OF Williams College and chairman
OF the wheat price-hxing committee Of
the food administration. In making
the announcement, the President fixed
the prices to be charged for anthracite
coal. They range from 81 for white
ash grade to $3.50 for Lykens Valley.
stove size. This means lower cost to
the consumer. With the anthracite
prices. the President also fxed the
profit that might be charged by Job
bers on both anthracite and bituminous
coal The highest margin allowed on
bituminous is Is cents per ton, and
the highest on anthracite 80 cents per
ton.
REGULATIONS ISSUED
IN PRESIDENTS ORDER
The Presidents coal order Is a fol-
lows:
The following regulations shall ap-
ply to the intrastate, interstate and
foreign commerce Of the United States,
and the prices and margins referred
TO herein shall be In force pending
further investigation or determination
thereof by the President:
Jobbers' margins.-1. a coal jobber
is defined as person Cor other agency
who purchases and rcsells coal TO coal
dealers. or to consumers. without ply.
sically handling II on, over or through
its own vehicle. dock. trestle or yard
2. For the buying and selling Of
bituminous coal, jobber shall not add
to his purchase price gross m-rgin
In excess Of Is cents per ton Of 1000
pounds; nor shall the combined gross
margins Of any number of jobbers who
buy and sell given shipment or ship
mcnts of btuminous coal exceed is
cents per ton Of 1000 pounds
"3. For buying and selling anthra-
cite coal. jobber shall not add to
his purchase price a gross margin in
excess of 20 cents per ton of 2.24O
pounds. when delivery OF such coal is
to be effected at or east of Buffalo
For buying and selling anthracite. coal
! for delivery west OF Buffalo. a jobber
shall not add TO his purchase price a
gross margin in excess of 80 cents per
ton Of 2,24o pounds. The combined
cross margins OF any number Of job
bers who buy and Sc. :, given ship
ment or shipments of anthracite coal
for delivery a or east of Buffalo shall
not exceed 20 cents per ton of o240
pounds; nor shall such combined mar.
gins exceed 80 cents per ton of 2,240
pounds for the delivery OF anthracite
coal west OF Buffalo. Provided, that a
jobbers gross margin realized on a
given shipment or shipments o. anthra-
cite coal may be increased by not more
than cents per ton of 2,o4o pounds
when the jobber incurs the expense of
rescreennG It at Atlantic or Lake ports
for transshipment by water.
FIXES MAXIMUM PRICES
FOR COMPANIES TO CHARGE
Anthracite prices.-4. Effective Sep
tember !. 1917, the maximum prices
per ton of o,240 pounds free on board
cars at the mines for the grades and
sizes of anthracite coal hereinafter
specified shall not exceed the prices
indicated in paragraph :, when such
coal is produced and sold by the Phila-
delphia and Reading Coal and Iron
Company. Lehigh Coal and Navigation
Company. Lehigh and wilkes-B Barre
Company. Hudson Coal Company, Della
ware and Hudson. Scranton Coal Com
| pany. Lehigh Valley Coal Company.
Coke Bros. & Co.. Pennsylvania Coal
Company. Hillside Coal and Iron Com
pany: Delaware. Lackawanna and
Western Railroad Company; Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Coal Com
pany. Susquehanna Coal Company. Sus-
quehanna Collieries Company. Lytte
| Coal Company or the NJ. a. Hanna Coal
| Company.
"5. The grades and sizes for which
the maximum prices are specified are
as follows: White ash anthracite coal
of the grade that between January /.
1915, and January I. 1917, was uni
formly sold and recognized in the coal
trade coal of white ash grade: red
ash anthracite coal of the grade that
| between January /. 1915. and January
| I. 1917, was uniformly sold and recog-
nized in the trade as coal of red ash
| grade; and Lykens Valley coal that Is
mined exclusively from the Lykens
Valley seams, and a grade that be-
| tween January I, 1915. and January /,
1917, was uniformly sold and recog-
nized in the coal trade as coal Of
Lykens Valley grade.
Lykens