The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-04-04
Nav Withdraw Fixed Steel
Prices and Adopt NeW Polid1
MAT TH
At ISSUE Pl|l1
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WASHINGTON. Aprli lJa,,T1nGt tstsl
tween thn industrial M'srd ~ tbe
,artmopt of ojtpu,nrac aud he lSAtjs
aJnitnIatrattnn oyhr steel prls.s
valopntl y now question ~ whsthe1
boer, phnt, attempt Ia artahH6 w.
with baste industrJes Al which thet
lie shall be naked 10 make pilr0hee
decentralization Of Tho rptifs
Of tho hoard. with Dbaslbls notae
wIthdra wal or revision Of thesssSsS,. WI
priccs already Rnnouncsd. has
cidcd upon Conferences Will AtAk3
morrow between representatives q 70
board and the rEJlroAd AdmfhiHtf9
ON which Il is belioYed will deDo4e.
future activities OF, tho board. ,:ltfe,sii
1t developed today that tho -
conferences yoAtcrday, attended oyd .
cral cabinet members and thof heAA
all the. Important government pure
Inp aRencfes, decided 10 recomsniE.S
tho board tho ,"cntlrc matter Inv %.
in the refusal Of tho railroad Ae1,y
lration to accept tho new steel
II was said that there was no ny
10 rccommit only tho contr0vetoxG
tho railroad admInistrAtton.: AnA tg
mnn Peeka amendment to hsaoe,
abatement Issued by Secretary GA
whore ofYico tho meeting wac heNV
declared by tho treasury hakd dAlof
bean una authorised and not 70 rsAlety
,,nllment or the coafATeno1.N - fsftpit tlsg tsYl
.Director Q4naral JTinos rafuDAA
10 comment ON tho o6ntrovsfsy.j5sFsls
publication by The hoard forth
Ilo ruidanoe OF - list of stAet a.
which had mot basn lAcocptedt ,,lYsSA
railroad administration, ana ine1Oe1
,ha, Tho Isttor. should accept the
after thgy Werc published! seAAyllT
tho points at Issue which 4hAHs1
government ofIioials into two igD9e.,s.
cnmpu on tho question Of prioe nxt1 y
AS originally constituted. Als
10 official announcements mldASAki3s
time, the board was intended tpy As11
INSTRUMENT OF mediation betWsSS.
try and government pbrchaiibG
cies. to sec whether, prices seolt
made sufficiently attractive to IL
the government to purchase sff6slSySs
vas declared BY men Gctive In stbeJ
lion Of the board that; lC Ga1 met ft1Il,.
ed that the board should endnt.a
for the public; ( h1t thStSt tke aoe
Of nov prIces. by tue >koyernfnent
] be. the assuraRcc Of the public t4aG
were considered fair ON the D..
known COSTS. 80: ", .l;s isztS ssSss3Sss
When the now steel prices wers
ranged the, railroad administrative
notice through it, reptesentatiye,hEs
board T. C. Powell. that they W4n
acceptable TO the largest .pufchGa
steel in the United States. ItsyaAz
that there was some dispute heE
! the board and the admintstrati6AsN1N
whether the notice comprised onlyaA
-. h.. hA ~,HN 49, nj
products, as alleged by tho glatte1s
any rate, the announcement.io3th thAE1,
scale made no mention Of the 5pf1a
ing acceptable to the Sov6rnnneAt5E.
offered them only a. "satiSfActoryyt
public" -. s: 4 81. a;sstsss.:t ess.:iss y
steel rails were priced tn the %1es1
schedule at .345 and t47 ton.S Tls1
road administration still IL rocSt
deliveries on contracts At 33tsto+ ~
ton. ! ~ ~ g: Z ss:stgtssNft ss:.sstgsSNf
-1Sply Prom xtass.
Charges by the National Coal
tion Of unfair practices on: 5tn1i
Of the railroad adminiStrationls18
purchases Of coal, and the r6f11sy
the coal operators to undertake
revisions unless the railroad !16
tration agreed TO accept them preyle
~. were answered by Mr.. Hines
statement explaining the policy, ekst
administration In purchasing Hfnel:
statement said: e = fss.ss sY3sSs
"An intarestinE fiction appear14s
receiving some currency ~ to- thea
tude Of tho United states railtpA4E
minIntratlon In purchasing eoa1s.is
ictlon IL 10 tho effect that Ltha TN
al II conducting III Y
ohnses Of coal In such = way ~
nroducars to sell II baloW tho O. y.
produuti lon. thus In turn forcing 9s
To inoraasa thar prices TO tins ~.
Inn cdmmunliy. Ths asasrti0n Oil
nolion aaerna 10 aarry With u ItAeE e..
Gesllon thn, In ordar 70 pefsaypyi;xNY
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