Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-24
GARFIELD IS NAMED AS
COAL DICTATOR
FOR U S.
FIX RETAIL COSTS
ANTHRACITE is FIXED At 81 TO
$3.50 AT THE MlNES-PRESENT
COSTS WILL BE GREATLY RE.
DUCED.

Washington, Aug. "a President
Wilson today placed the coal industry
of the United States under direction
Of DR.. II. A. Garfield, president OF
Williams College and chairman of the
wheat price-fixing 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 $3.50 for Lykens Valley, stove size.
This means lower cost to the consum.
er. He also fixed the profit that may
be changed by jobbers at maximum
of 10 cents ton on bituminous and
30 cents a ton on anthracite.
Text Of Order Setting Coal Prices.
The Presidents coal order is as
follows:
The following regulations shall ap.
ply to the intrastate, interstate and
foreign commerce of the United
States, and the prices and margins
referred to herein shall be In force
pending further investigation or de-
termination thereof by the President.
Jobbers' Margins.
IA coal iobber is defined as a per.
son Tor other agency who purchases
and resells coal to coal dealers, or to
consumers, without physically hand
ling 1t on, over, or thru his own We.
hicle, dock, trestle or yard
Jobbers' Margins Set at 15c Ton.
2-For the buying or selling of bi-
luminous COAL jobber shall not add
to his purchase price a gross margin
in excess of Is cents per ton of 1000
pounds; nor shall the combined gross
margins of any number of jobbers who
buy and sell a given shipment or ship
ments of bituminous coal exceed Is
cents per ton of 1000 pounds.
3-For buying or selling anthracite
coal, a jobber shall not add to his
purchase price gross margin in ex-
cess of 20 cents per ton of 2,24$ pounds
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, job
Der shall not add to his purchase price
a gross margin in excess of 30 cents
per ton Of 2,240 pounds
Combined Margins May be Only 30c
The combined gross margins of any
number of iobbers who buy and sell
a given shipment, or shipments of an
thracite coal for delivery at, or east
OF Buffalo, shall not exceed 90 cents
per ton of 2,240 pounds, nor shall such
combined margins exceed 30 cents
per ton Of 2,240 pounds for the delv-
cry of anthracite coal west of Buffa-
10 Provided that jobbers gross
margin realized on given shipment
or shipments Of anthracite may be
increased by not more than 5 cents
per ton of 2,240 pounds when the
i. jobber incurs the expense of rescreen-
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transshipment by water.
Anthracite Prices.
, Adjective September |, 1917. the
maximum prices per ton of 2,24o
pounds, free on board cars at the
mines, for the grades and sizes of an
thracite coal herein after specified
shall not exceed the prices indicated
in paragraph when such coal is pro-
duced and sold by the Pennsylvania e.
Reading Coal & Iron Company, Le-
high Coal a. Navigation Company. lie.
high & Wilkesbarre Company, Hud.
son c Company. Deleware & Hud.
: son Company, Scranton Coal Company.
t. Lehigh Valley Coal Company. Coke
Brothers & Company, Pennsylvania
Coal Company, Hillside Coal e. Iron
Company, Delaware, Lackawanna &c
g Western Railway Company. Deleware.
n Lackawanna & Western Coal Com
. pany, Susquehanna Coal Company.
Susquehanna Golfers Company Little
Coal Company or the NJ A. Hanna
Coal Company
/ Names Leading Brands.
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 |, 1917. was uniformly
sold and recognized In the coal trade
" as coal of white ash grade, red ash
:" anthracite coal of the grade that be-
'e tween January /. 1915, and January l.
III 1917. was uniformly sold and recog
IN nized in the trade as coal OF red ash
grade and Lykens Valley anthracite
er coal that Is mined exclusively from