The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-08

The local retail yards have good stocks of coal on hand with few takers. They agree that there is very little going out of yards. Some go so far to say Nothing doing"
 Cases In Point
 Two typical consumers, those get ting coal regularly, the year around, were questioned yesterday with re- gard to this years prices and the prices of last year.
 Arthur Greenwood. cafe opera tor, said, "I am paying $s.55 for Cahaba coal, getting it from the same dealer that I got it from last year. While I think the price is still high, 1t compares with $11, SIP, J13 and as high as $13.50 paid for the same coal late last fall and in the winter. I am get ting the same coal $4.75 per ton under the peak price of last year.
 T have gotten a good coal de- livered by wagons direct from mines out near Pinson for ss per ton and have been offered it at less. This coal does not go through a retail yard and does not pay freight
 $2 tJ S3 Less
 Inquiry was made at the restaurant Of Chris Colias. Tony Colias said: We use Montevallo coal, for which we pay $10.75 now. We paid SIP, SIS and s14 for this coal last year. It Is costing us s2 to s3 less than it did Before the war we got it much cheap CT; do not remember just what we paid"
 Yard Quotations
 Four retail yards were asked what was being charged for domestic lump coal. The Wittichen Coal and Trans fer company made these quotations: Carbon Hill, $S for one ton; S7.75 for five tons and over.
 Sterling (Black Creek), 1925 for one ton; s9 for five tons and over Sterling nut Is sold at sS.75.
 With reference to stocks on hand, the yard reported good supply With regard to demand, the reply was that there was very little.
 Jones and Suydam reported these prices:
 Corona, $50; Carbon Hili, s7.5o for one ton; $7.25 for 10 tons; Piper (Cahaba), $10.50 for one ton; $10.25 for five tons and over.
 Montevallo, $105O for one ton: s10.25 for five tons and over.
 Another brand of Cahaba, ss.75
 Empire, s9.
 Little Buying
 This yard reported a large stock on hand with very little going out The demand is poor. It was stated that Empire coal was sold at $11 last year, or $2 above the present price.
 McCarty Coal company made the following quotations:
 Cahaba. $9 for one ton; $s.75 for five tons and over.
 Corona, sS.75 for one ton, and $s.5O for five tons and over. The yard reported a lot of coal on hand with very little buying
 The Ivey Leaf and Piper Coal com pany quoted these prices:
 Piper and Montevallo, s10.75 for one ton and $10.50 for five tons and over.
 Sipsey, s9 for one ton and $S.75 for five tons and over.
 Carbon Hill, SS for one ton and $7.75 for five tons and over.
 Cedrom (Carbon HilI), $7.75 for one ton and $7.50 for five tons and over.
 These prices were reported as $1. 25 and up under those of last year. One brand of coal carried over from last year was reported as being sold at $3 under the 1920 price.
 It was stated at this yard that there was practically mo demand"
 Mild Spring Hurt
 It was claimed at one yard that the retail coal dealers had made no money this year owing to the mild January and February, with resultant small volume of business with the same overhead. OneNyard in particu-