Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-08-29
HARD COAL PRICES
GUT BY WILSON;
NAMES DIRECTOR
President Fixes 81 to $3.50 as
Rates at the Mine.
JoBBERS' PROFITS SLAsHED
Anthracite Prices Effective September
RULES Governing Fuel An
nounced by Executive in
Proclamation.

Washington, Aug. 24.-Prices of an
| thracite coal were fixed in a state
ment issued by President Wilson and
| Harry A. Garfield, president of Will
liams college, was named coal admin
| istrator.
The anthracite prices, effective Sep
| TENDER l, range from 81 to 50 per ton
| (2,240 pounds) f. 0. b. mines. Jobbers
are allowed to add profit of not more
| than 20 cents per ton for deliveries
east of Buffalo and of not more than
80 cents west of Buffalo.
| The jobbers' profit on bituminous
is limited to Is cents per ton OF 2,ooo
| pounds, wherever delivered.
Effective on September 1.
The anthracite coal price scale be-
comes effective on September 1. Inc
bituminous scale announced on Tues
day, goes into effect at once, accord
| ing to a telegram sent by Joseph Tu-
multy, secretary to the president, to
E. J. Wallace of the st. Louis Coal
club.
Limitation of jobbers' profits is ex-
pected to have greater effect toward
reducing the price of anthracite coal
| to householders than the fixing of the
prices at the mines.
Announcement Text.
The presidents announcement was
as follows:
| 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 FUR
Their investigation or determination
! thereof by the president.
Jobbers' Margins.
1. A coal jobber is defined as per-
son Cor other agency who purchases
| and resells coal to coal dealers or to
| consumers without physical handling OF
| it on, over or through his own vehicle,
| dock, trestle or yard.
| 2. For the buying and selling of BIZ
luminous coal a jobber shall not add
| to his purchase price a gross margin
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 a given shipment, or
Shipments, of bituminOus coal exceed
! Is cents per ton of 1000 pounds.
g. For buying and selling anthracite
| coal, q jobber shall not add to his
purchase price a gross margin in ex-
cess 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
gross margin in excess of 30 cents per
ton of 2,240 pounds The combined
| gross margins of any number of job
bers who buy and sell a given ship
ment or shipments, of anthracite coal
| for delivery at or east of Buffalo shall
not exceed 20 cents per ton of 2,240
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
| iobber's gross margin realized on a
| given shipment, or shipments, of an
| thracite coal may be increased by not
more than 5 cents per ton of 2,240
pounds, when the jobber incurs the
expense of reScreening at Atlantic or
lake ports for transshipment by wa
| ter.
Anthracite Prices.
| 4. Effective September 1, 1917, the
maximum prices per ton of 2,240
|
mines for the grades and sizes of
| anthracite coal hereinafter specified
shall not exceed the prices indicated
in paragraph five.
5. The grades and sizes for which
the maximum prices are speci-
fed are as follows: White ash
| anthracite coal of the grade that be-
| tween January 1, 1915, and January l,
1917, was uniformly sold and recog
| nized in the coal trade as coal of
| white ash grade; red ash anthracite
| coal of the grade that between Janu
| airy 1. 1915. and January l, 1917, was
uniformly sold and recognized in the
trade as coal of red ash grade, and
Lykens Valley anthracite coal that
| is mined exclusively from the
Lykens Valley seams and of the
| grade that between January /, 1915,
and January 1, 1917. was uniformly
sold and recognized in the coal trade
as coal of Lykens Valley grade:
/ White ash Red ash Likens Valley
| grade grade. grade.
| Broker. 455 Broken. 81 70 Broken - "a
| Esq. AS Egg. 4.65 Egg ....... 4.90
| Stove.... 40 Stove..... 400 Stove -. $50
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