The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-16
TO BUY COAL NOW OR WAIT TO SEE IF PRICES
COME DOWN, QUESTION CONFRONTING PUBLIC

tons a year, the present rate of output
is far below that during the business
depression of 1914-15."
Anthracite Slowing Down.
Disputes between operators and
mine workers, resulting in the closing
of several colleries, we're the immed-
late cause of a sharp decrease in the
production of anthracite during the
first week of August. The nine anthra-
cite carrying roads reported loadings
of 29,S97 cars as against 33.459 cars
the week before The total output, in
Guiding mine fuel and local. sales, is
estimated at 1,564,000 net tons. In
comparison with the week ended July
%, the latest week unaffected by labor
disputes, this was a decrease of 1000
tons or Is per cent.
To Ask More Money.
At this point it is interesting to
know that the anthracite miners have
| just announced that they will present
demands for a 40 per cent increase in
wages on the expiration of their pres
ent contract, on April 1. This demand
will most probably be modified before
presentation but it seems certain that
fight will ensue for some kind of an
increase in wages next spring.
| What concerns US now, however, is
that they produce coal as fast as posi-
BILE from now until then Winter
stocks are not piling UP at lake ports
nor in the northwest, as yet.
Present Prices at Mines.
/ The American Farm Bureau at Chi
cago has just broadcasted the country
with coal price CIRCULAR. 1t has gone
out to the responsible heads of the or
ganization throughout the central west.
and is endorsed by the Coal Market
ing Service" which quotes the follow
ing prices per ton at the mines. We
quote the circular verbatim as fol
i lows:
"Ohio coal-Hocking 4" lump, s305
Hooking run of mine, $40. Chestnut
Ridge 6" lump. 1855. Pomeroy A.
lump-Shaker screened, s315.
West Virginia Coal-Guyan 4" lump
s3.40. Guyan run of Mine, s225
Copen Splint, 1925. Pocahontas--
Lump or Egg logan Coz, $3.50
Pocahontas-Lump or Egg New RiYer
$3.50.
: Kentucky Coal-Borderland Block
$500. Borderland Washed Egg, $3.50
Borderland Nut Cook Stove Size)
$3.50. Straight Creek. 4" Lump, $685.
Straight Creek, 4" Resultant, s2.15.
: Anthracite Coal - Chestnut, $3.50
Stove, $685.. Egg, s7.95.
THE coal is hand-picked and washed
and the highest grade on the market
Farm Bureau members locally agre,
upon a definite handling charge for tn,
7 service rendered by the local distrib
t utor. The coal is usually handled b,
a dealer or a farmers elevator. o. ]
Stierwalt, Franklin Loan and Saving
: Building, Columbus, Ohio, is chairman
t of the American farm bureau fedel
2 alton cooperative coal marketing com
2 mittee, and requests for freight rate
r and details of handling should be ad
! dressed to him.
3 Only Members Supplied.
D The farm bureau plans only to al
4 range for the supplying of coal to tn
: members, or to at least~obtain carlo
: prices at the mines. 1t is unlikely tina
t the bureau can secure better, or eve
D as low prices as those quoted by tn
g miners to their regular customers, an
: to the coal dealers. The above quota
e tions are of interest as showing tn
a kind of contracts made for the farmer
t and the prevailing prices at the mine:
d But all of this does not insure equa
e ity of cost to consumers. There is th
g freight to be considered, also tn
handling charges to be added. Bot
freight and cost of handling will var.
n according to distance, and the des
t made with elevator opcoal merchant.