The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-03-06
REDUCTION IN
PRICE OF COAL
IS ANTICIPATED
F,iel Administration Orders Will
Eliminate the MiddIeman
From Game
PREPARE TO BURN Ignite
Many Baseburners in North Da-
kota Must Go Into Dis
card Next Winter
PREPARE TO BURN Ignite

thracite and btuminous coal Is ex'
pected by the United States fuel ad-
minstration to result from its de-
cision to make the prices to coal re-
tailers the same whether sold direct
by the operators or through Jobbers.
r., the present time the jobber is per-
mitted to add to the government
price at the mine commission OF
from IS to 80 cents a ton. Under the
new plan of the fuel administration
that commission will be eliminated,
but the price of coal at the mine will
be increased slightly, and the joober
will be required to look to the opera
tor for his compensation. The pro-
posed increase at the mine will not
equal the commission now being charg-
ed by the jobber, and the retailer will
be able to sell cheaper than he is now
doing This is the practice that was
in use before the government assum-
ed control of the coal industry, and
there are several reasons for return
ing to the old methods.
The Burning Of Ignite.
The federal fuel administration in
North Dakota has done large amount
of missionary work with view to ia
miliariZing consumers generally with
the value of our native fuel-lignite
upon which it is probable the state
must rely to greater extent than
ever before during the coming fuel
year. In this connection it was
stated recently that among the many
other good points of Ignite might be
noted the fact that it is an ideal mild
weather coal. North Dakota has long
periods of mild weather at both ends
of the season when a certain amount
of artificial heat is necessary At
some length and with much asperity
the editor of the Dunn Center Jour-
nal takes to task the fuel administra-
tor, advising that he has given the
editor to understand that Ignite
would not prove very satisfactory
during severe winter" Anyone who
has followed, even casually, news ar
ticles which have come from the of.
flee of the fuel. administrator will
agree . that no basis exists for this
impression
The fuel administration is indebted
to the Dunn County Journal for it's en-
dorsement OF Ignite. 1--WE have .liv.
ed in this grand old state for 25
years and so far this winter we have
burned nothing but Ignite in our Of
flee, and if there is any place that
must be kept warm it is a printing
Office, and yet we have not suffered"
The fuel administrator has lived in
North Dakota for 40 years and has
burned Ignite for the greater part of
! that period.
Prepare for Ignite.
While protests from the federal
fuel administration for North Dako.
ia have preserved to this state its
snare OF dock coal now held to our
credit and have resulted III the with.
draWal OF orders issued ten days ago
declaring an embargo on imports of
b1tmuinous coal, it seems inevitable
that North Dakota's Expectations or
eastern coal must be greatly reduced,
II not almost entirely eliminated, dur.
ing the coming fuel year. The fuel
administration, therefore, urges that
consumers during the approaching
summer have their furnaces and
stoves equipped for the. burning Of
ignite, where this Is possible, and
that If new furnaces or stoves ara
purchased, their adaptability to the
use OF native coal be considered
ANY stove which will burn wood or
oitumlnous coal will satisfactorily con-
sumo Ignite, and will give practically
the same results. A somewhate larg.
er. fire-pot than necessary for he
burning of the finer sizes of bitumin.
Gus coal is preferable, but not inner.
alive. 'po''
After the Profiteers.
Point out to me the man who do.
slres to reap exorbitant profits
wrung from the blood of our sailors
ana those of the allies, and I will
make 1t my special care to see thot
ms path is thorny one," saws NJ IT,
neqaam, director of the oil division
OF the United States fuel administra.
tlon, III one OF his first public state.
ments. He points out that wh;,a 4ho
Lever Act does not authorize nrica.sx.
ing for oil, it does permit flying nrof
it's. and its provisions contamn,a V -
prevention OF waste, seizure for hoard,
lne' punishment for conspiracy And
combination and the right to comman.
deer and seize products as we'll a.,
plants and factories. '
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