The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-24
FALL COAL PRICES
 ID BE PUBLISHED ]. BY MLBy AUGUST 1
Cost at Mine and Freight Rates to Cities to Be Given. Yard Charges to Be
 Named

The long-expected announcement from the governor with regard to domestic coal is expected by Au- gust 1.
 The announcement will show these three items affecting domestic coal prices;
 1. Prices charged by producers at the mines.
 2. Freight rate to the different Alabama municipalities
 3. Fair price per ton for operation of retail coal yards and delivery to cellar of consumer.
 The governor has had the data respecting prices at mines and freight rates from mines for some time. It Is understood tha. announcement has been deferred because too late to affect July prices. hence it was de- layed until the August 1, base.
 It Is understood that the August
 prices at rnines will be 10 cents
 NDOte tue SuIy pFtceb, tnAb uctn&
 the general custom of tho coni
 trade. Expectation Is that the
 announcement of the governor
 will be>based on tkix slight ad- vance.
 As heretofore shown in The Age Herald, coal prices at mines on July 1, were as follows:
 Warrier Field-Gamble, 1925; Cal umet, $50; Caledonia, $S.50; Sayre, same; Pratt. same; Acmar, sS50; AL toona, 34; Benoit, $4.05; Cedrom, same; Carbon Hlll. same; Sipsey. -4.S2; Co., roma. $4.sS; sterling, s6,45; Brilliant, $5.50; Empire, S5.55; Purity, $5.70.
 Cahaba' Field-Belle Ellen, SAYS Garnsey, $4.so; Coachmont. samo; Ac- ton, same; Marvel. $5.45- -s5,95; Booth ton 35.50, Streven, s6.15; Coleanor, $6.95; Piper, same; Dogwood, same; Montevallo, same. Freight rates from the mines to Birmingham run from STE cents to s1.00 and there are the tonnage tax of 2 cents and the war tax of cents.
 The retail dealers stand the cost of the coal at mines, the freight and the two taxes.
 Retailers Charge | What the governors representa-, 1 tive on the joint commission handling | this matter will recommend as a fair price for operation of yards, allowing | a reasonable profit to the retailer. Is not known. It is understood that the retailers have represented that in Birmingham, for example, the al l lowance should be somewhere around | $3 per ton.
 On recent survey of prices charged in Birmingham, made by | sA~ A In 4 l that retaiI yards charged for
 their operation and delivery of | coal into the cellar from $2.5O to
 . little over 9S per ton. ] Indications point to a line of prices | for retail coal on about the same level as at present with the possible exception of the 10 cents raise on the price at mines. l The DeBardeleben Coal company l has announced reduction of 50 cents ton on it's, coal under the stated July and August prices. It Is not | known that others have done so. | Birmingham Prices
 The Age -Heralds canvass of prices charged at retail yards made some | time ago showed a range from S775 | and $7.50 to 3l0.75 and s10.70 accord ing to grade, the highest grades be- ing the MontevaLo seam coals.
 Run of mine good for furnaces is offered by the Birmingham Ice and l Cold Storege company and the Ivy Leaf and Piper company at $5 d ton with 30 per cent lump.
 The County Coal company is selling Cahaba vein coal at $6.50 per ton de- livered in hnotor trucks hauling 1t direct from mine to cellar.
 The Shaddick Coal company at Lewisburg has Soid lot of coal de- Hvered on motor truck at s5.25 fo- lump and $425 Tor nut.
 This is the domestic coal situation | up to date.
 ". o. Broyles. beginning Monday, offers limited quanity of lump And nut coal at $5 and s4 ton. This makes a new low price on domestic coal in the Birmingham market.