Bisbee daily review., 1917-08-24
Fuel Administrator Named Maximum Prices for An thracite Coal Are Announc- edECampaign Is Fully La1nched.-
(By Review Leased WireJ


 " ment control of the coal indus " try was made almost complete
 tonight when President Wilson named Dr. H. A. Garfield, president or Williams college, fuel administrator. fixed anthracite prices for producers and jobbers and set limit on profits to be made by bituminous wholesalers.
 Tel Fix Distribution
 The next and final step will be to make regulations for coal distribution and to fix anthracite and bituminous retail prices. This will be done when distribution program is perfected and when the federal trade commis- sion has completed plan under which retail profits may be fixed.
 The anthracite prices fixed effective September l are virtually the same as those now charged at the miner under voluntary arrangement made by oper- ators with the trade commission. The prices that may be charged by job bers. however, will reduce present costs sharply. Bituminous jobbers' profits, too. will be cut by the new price scale set for wholesale transac- tions.
 Anthracite Scale
 The anthracite scale for railroad owned mines which include practically all the big producers pillows:
 The anthracite prices effective Sept ember l range from $4 to S5 per ton (2240 pounds) F. O. B. mines. Job bers are allowed to add profit of not more than 20 cents per ton for deliv cries east of Buffalo and of not more than 30 cents west of Buffalo. | The jobbers' profit on bituminous is limited to 15 cents per ton of 2000 pounds. wherever delivered.
 Producers who incur the expense Os re-screening anthracite at Atlantic or lake ports for re-shipment by water are permitted to add not more than five cents per ton to the price.
 The Prices Fixed Anthracite prices are fixed as fol- lows:
 White ash. broken. S4.55.
 Egg, s4.f5.
 Stove, s 70.
 Chestnut. s4.S0. Pea. $400.
 Red ash. broken. SAYS. Egg, $4.>5.
 Stove. $4.90.
 Chestnut. S4.sO.
 Pea, $40.
 Lykens Valley. broken. $500. ! Egg, S490.
 | Chestnut. s5.sO
 Pea, s4.37.
 May Advance Charge Other producers may charge an ad- vance of 75 cents a ton of 2240 pounds over the prices set for the railroad owned mines. Those who incur the expense of re-screening 1t at Atlantic or lake ports may add an additional five cents a ton. Anthracite jobbers delivering coal at Buffalo and points east of that city will be allowed maximum profit of 20 cents a ton Of 2240 pounds. and those delivering 1t west of Buffalo may charge an excess of 30 cents. The combined gross pro ! fits of any number of jobbers hand ' ling shipment must not exceed the limit of profit set for a single jobber. except that screening charge of five cents may be made on water ship ment at Atlantic or lake ports. Jobbers' Profits Fixed Bituminous profits for jObbers are fixed at Is cents ton of 2000 pounds. and the same restrictions that govern dealings by a number of anthracite jobbers apply to bituminous transae- tons. The presidents order forbids dealers from selling coal produced by railroad-owned mines on a basis or prices fixed for other mines.
 The bituminous jobbers' prices be- come effective immediately.
 Organization to Be Perfected The coal administration will be or ganized as soon as Dr. Garfield mas completed his work of recommending to the food administration a govern ment price for the 1917 wheat crop. Dr. Garfield's price fixing committee, it was said today. would be ready to announce price within a few days.
 Licensing System
 pr. Garfield announced tonight he would institute licensing system for all coal dealings from the mine to the retailer and that if prices were fixed for retailers the licensing would be ex- tended to cover retail dealings. Can Operate Mines
 Under the law giving the president ! .f eH- take over and operate any mines fatl-