The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-05
GOVERNORS PRICES 0kI n0kI lAIIII pr
 UN GUHL WILL D[ STATES STANDARD
Public to Know the Cost Per Ton at Mine, Transporta- ton and Handling-Al-
 low Fair Profit

As an offset to profiteering ant for it's prevention, encouragement o1 a schedule of reasonable prices o1 domestic coal delivered in the cellar of the consumers in different cities of Alabama is expected in the i'm. mediate future to issue from the of. flee of the governor.
 The schedule will contain three
 items,
 Cost of coal at mouth of mines.
 Freight from mines to differ
 ent cities.
 Cost of operating yard and de-
 livery by retail coal dealer.
 Item No. has been disposed of
 so far ns entertainment of July
 prices for domestic coal at mines
 is concerned. That schedule is;
 Warrior River Fieid-GambIe,
 S3.25; Calumet. s3.5O, Caledonia,
 S3.50; Snyre, $3.5O, Pratt. $3.50;
 Acmar, s3.S0; Altoona, $4; Renoit.
 $4.05; Cedrom, $4.o5; Carbon Hill.
 s4.05, Sipsey, S4.S2; Corona, $4.95;
 Sterling, $5.45, Brilliant, $5.5O;
 Empire, $5.55; Purity, s5.7O.
 Cahaba FfeId--BelIe Ellen,
 s4.75; Garnsey. S4.sO; Eureka,
 s4.SO, Coalmont, s4.S0; Acton,
 S4.sO; Marvel, S5.45-95, Boothton,
 $5.5O; Strnven, S6.15, Coleanor.
 S8.05, Pipe, S8.95; Dogwood, $8.05J
 MontevalIo, $6.95.
 These are the prices now charged at mouth of the mines and what re- tail coal dealers or any one else or- dering a car load must pay for these coals at mine. They are. presum ably the figures with which the gov ernor and his representative on the domestic coal commission have been provided. Whether the governor and his commissioner Guy K. Cox, will approve these prices Is not known, report not having been made.
 Freight Rates
 Item No. 2, freight rates, is one over which neither the governor, the coal operator or the retail coal deal CT has any control. A complete schedule of the freight rates is ou file in Montgomery and 1t is the un- derstood intention of the governor and his commission to publish tho freight rates along with their other data regarding coal.
 The freight rates from mine to will average about S1 to Birmingham, $1.50 to Anniston, s2.75 to Union Springs, s2 to Hunts vile, $3 to Dothan, $1.60 to Talladega. } to Florence and so on. This price must be added to the cost of the coal before it gets to the retailer.
 Retail Charges
 What the retail coal yard shall charge for delivery of coal (which includes operation of yard, teams, lrivers, office help, rent, taxes and overhead) is to be decided, 1t is by the governor. when his matter was preached last fall, 1t vas held that operation of retail yard cost from g in some cities and some parts of cities to $3 and s3.S0 in others, this price allowing margin If 50 cents ton for profit.
 It is understood that the opera .ors gave the governor the prices at hines and the freight rates. Retail conferred with him about the cost of operating a retail yard. The natter then went to the governor. This was last Thursday. It is be- ieyed that word will be received rom the governor in the immediate uture.
 Quasi Official
 When the governor does hand town his list of prices, they will lave become quasi official. and the .etail dealers charging more will be n the position of a profiteer. This 8 precisely what the governor was timing at when he established the domestic coal commission. He de- dared the big consumer could care .or himself. but the little one could not do so, hence his determination n have fair price schedule de- dared. That matter consisting of .hree parts, the mine price, the 'reight and a reasonable charge for a retail yard. he caused iata on all three items to be pre- pared and on these he will submit ,is findings to the public.