Williston graphic., 1918-06-27
ORDER NUMBER THIRTEEN

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Order establishing uniform max
mum gross margins of retail coal
dealers in North Dakota effective at
twelve o'clock midnight June 2i. 1913.
The Federal Fuel Administrator
for North Dakota, by virtue of the
authority vested in him, hereby or
dars and directs that from and after
twelve o'clock midnight, Friday, the
21st day of June, 1918, and until fur
ther notice, no retail coal dealer in
North Dakota shall receive more than
the gross margins hereinafter sched-
uled in addition to the cost thereof
on board cars at the railroad siding
or spur track serving such retail deal
er in any instance of the sale Of coal
in North Dakota. The terms ire
tail' and "gross margins" compre-
hend the definitions thereof hereto
fore established by the United States
Fuel Administrator.
Except as noted, the gross margins
scheduled shall be applicable only at
the yards or sheds of retail coal deal
ers. They shall include the cost Of
unloading coal from cars into sheds
or bins of retail coal dealers and no
additional charge shall be made for
unloading expense, except that in the
case of retail coal dealer whose yard
is not served individually by rail-
road siding or spur track, an addi-
tional allowance to cover the cost of
hauling the coal from the car to the
yard may be granted by the County
Committee for the County in which
the yard is situated, subject to the
approval of the Federal Fuel Admin
istrator, but no such additional charge
shall be made until the allowance
thereof by the said County Commit
tee.
The gross margains indicated by
a ~ established for industrial use
will obtain in all cases where deliv-
| cries to consumers are made from
cars, without the coal passing through
the shed, trestle or yard Of a retail
coal dealer, and the coal is delivered
and sold on the basis of delivered
weights and is weighed on the scales
of retail coal dealer or those pro-
vided by municipal authorities. In
all cases of the sale of coal in car
load lots by retail coal dealers where
sale is made on the basis of shippers
weight and the coal is not physically
handled by the retail coal dealer, the
gross margin of the retail coal dealer
shall be governed by the regulations
of the United States Fuel Adminis-
traitor affecting jobbers and no such
sale shall be made by anyone who
shall not previously have obtained
jobber's license from the License
Section, Legal Division, United Stat
es Fuel Administration, Washington,
D. C.
Delivery charges, in addition to
the gross margins scheduled, may be
made for the delivery of coal to the
bins Of consumers subject to the ap-
proval of the County Committee and !
the Federal Fuel Administrator.
Order Number Thirteen
All retail dealers in North Dakota |
shall keep posted in their respective !
places of business accessible to public
view, the selling prices, at their re-
spective yards, of all kinds Of coal
and coke offered for sale, and a copy
of this order.
SCHEDULE
For Domestic Use
Anthracite, gross margain per ton
$1.6O.
Ignite North Dakota, Montana
and Wyoming) gross margin per ton
SITS.
Sub-Bituminous coal (Montana and
Wyoming) gross margin per ton $1.75.
Bitumnious coal (from docks of
Great Lakes ports) gross margin per
ton $3.50.
For Industrial Use
*All Ignite, sub-bituminous and
coal, gross margin per
ton $1.OO.
Miscellaneous
Coke, gross margin per ton $500.
Smithing coal, gross margin per
ton $500.
(Smithing coal in lots of less than
2 900 lbs, gross margin 25 cents per !
cwt.)
Dated at Bismarck, North Dakota,
this 18th day of June, 1918.
Isaac P. Baker,
Federal Fuel Administrator
for North Dakota.
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