Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
LICENSES ORDERED
FOR COAL JOBBERS
President Proclaims Control
of Such Concerns by Fua 4
Administration April l. =
CHARGES ARE REGULATED

BY p proclamation issued last night
by President Wilson all coal 5obbers.
brokers, selling and purchasing agents
and. wholesale dealers will be required
to operate after April l under licenses
to he issued by the United States Fuel
Administration Coincident with issue
of the proclamation, Fuel Administra-
tor Garfield made public regulations to
govern the business OF licensed coal
distributors The regulations careful
~ circumscribe the charges which they
may make for their services.
Hits Fictitious Operations.
A statement issued from DR.. Gernefd-s
office said that while legitimate jobbers
were essential to the conduct of the
coal business. affiliated companies or
ganEed solely for receiving the JOB.
bers' margin. the swapping of coal"
and other fictitious trade operations
Will be dealt with severely.
The regulations affecting the sale OF
coal under Jobbers' licenses do not ap-
ply TO contracts for coal before the
Presidents executive orders taking
over control of the industry.
y licensee who sells coal or coke
without physically handling the fuel
shall not ask. according to the reguls-
tions. for more than the mine price.
plus 5 cents for each ton OF anthracite
coal which is rescreened at Atlantic or
lake ports for transshipment by water.
Purchasing agents for retail dealers
or consumers. who deal in coal without
becoming the owner of the fuel, may
charge a commission not exceeding Is
cents a ton for bituminous coal, per
cent of the delivered price of smithfng
| coal, 20 cents a ton for anthracite coal
for delivery at or east of Buffalo and
80 cents for anthracite coal delivered
west of Buffalo. The 5 cents rescroen-
ing charge may be added as in the
previous case.
Combined purchasing commissions OF
any number of licensees who act for
retail dealer consumer are linn
tied to the commission allowed for one
licensee. No licensee shall charge any
purchasing commission as purchasing
agent for coke for retail dealer or
consumer.
Stringent provision is made against
any licensee receiving double fees or
miners organizing jobbing companies.
This section of the regulations says:
/ NO licensee shall ask. demand or ~
ceive any commission, charge or I,sofit
as broker or purchasing agent from
any consumer or retail dealer for the
purchase OF any coal which is owned
by such Hcensee, or in which he or it
has any direct or indirect interest. or
| for selling which such licensee is en-
/ titled TO receive any commission or
compensation as selling agent or other
wise, or which was produced from a
| mine controlled, directly or indirectly.
by such licenSee, or by the controlling
owners of such licensee Tin case of a
corporation), or from a mine whose
owner or the stockholders, members or
partners who control such owner also
control directly or indirectly such
licensee."
1t is ordered further that no rebate
to any mine owner or ckholder shall
! be given by a licensee from his COM
mission.
Persons employed exclusively as p1r~
chasing agent by a single consumer or
as salesman by a single producer are
not required to obtain licenses