The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-07-18
COAL PRICES ADVANCE
END OF STORAGE SEASON
FREIGHT RATE INCREASE ADDS
ABOUT 81 TO THE RETAIL
PRICE.

Under date of July 1, F. r. Gooding,
state fuel administrator issued an
order fixing the margin Of profit al
lowed coal dealers in the various
counties of Idaho. The order is here
given with the rate allowed in Sho-
shone county:
The Order.
"By authority delegated to and
vested in the federal fuel administra-
ton for Idaho, it is hereby ordered
and directed that until further notice
the following retail gross margins be
and they are hereby established to
govern all sales of coal by retail coal
dealers in the state of Idaho, such
maximum gross margins being for
short tons of 1000 pounds:
"Shoshone county: Coal sold at
bin, $3.50; sold and delivered, $3.50.
"In cases where deliveries are made
by carrying in bags, baskets. wheel
barrows or otherwise in an unusual
and extra expensive manner, the To-
cal fuel administrator of the district
will establish an additional charge
for delivery commensurate with the
added expense to which the dealer Is
put. On all grades Of coal delivered
in less than ton lots. rs cents ton
may be charged in addition to the pro-
portionate charge for ton lots.
1T is hereby ordered that the fork
ing or screening of coal by retail deal
ers in Idaho in the interest OF econ
omy and conservation is prohibited.
1T is further ordered that all re-
tail dealers throughout the state shall
post up and maintain in their respect
i've places of business accessible to
their customers the cost to them OF
each kind of coal handled, the maxi
mum gross margin allowed and the
retail price at the yard or bin; also
their drayage and delivery charges
Local fuel administrators will enforce
this order
ANY dealer violating the provisions
OF this order will subject himself to
fine and Imprisonment. in accordance
with the provisions of the act of con-
gress ito provide further for the ma
tional security and defense by en-
ccuraging the production, conserving
the supply and controlling the distri-
button of food products and fuel" APP
proved August 10, 1917. Local fuel
administrators will report all viola
tons to this office"
Price Of Coal at Mine.
| In a circular letter Mr. Goodine
says: THE storage season for the
year 1918, so far as the Utah and
Wyoming coal operators are concern
ed, has been declared closed by these
organizations, and on this date the
price of coal at the mine mouth has
been made the amount allowed under
the presidents order of recent date
These prices are: For prepared sizes
$685. ton; run of mine SO ton:
slack or screenings. $1.S5 ton. In q
few cases the operators have made a
special price on nut or stove coal OF
s3.40 a ton, but this reduced price Is
not general. The effect of the in
crease in coal prices and in freight
rates, and by reason Of the withdraw
al Of the lower gross margin allowed
dealers during the storage season,
will have the effect of increasing the
cost of coal to consumers something
over 81 ton on the average through
out the state. This is the first mater
ial increase the coal consumer in Ida
no has had to face since the begin
ming of the war with the Germanic
forces"