The Washington herald., 1922-08-06
DISTRICT MAKES
PLANS TO RETAIN
COAL SUPPLIES
comtinned From Page One.


agency by order ~ the District Com
missioners will determine the exact
supplies on hand and to be expected.
The coal Dealers will determine
requests filed with them by the con-
that they must fill.
The supplies required by the coal
merchants will then be classified in
accordance with the priority list to
be adopted next Monday, a tenta-
follows:
L. Public utilities.
2. Hospitals and asylums.
D. Bakeries, ice plants and
dairies.
4. Residences and apartment
houses.
5. Office Buildings.
6. Laundries
:. Hotels. .
$. Private schools and colleges.
O. All business not mentioned
above.
10. Unassigned: Churches, thea
tiers. department stores and news
papers.
Dealers Then to Order.
The dealers will then be permitted
TO order their prorata share of the
supplies available at the mines in
accordance with the priority classi-
fication of the requests for coal filed
with them. 4
The orders will, be relayed to the
National Fuet Administration by the
local fuel administration and the
national administration working
IN conjunction with 1.-THE Inter-
state Commerce Commission will
see that the orders are filled as soon
as supplies are available.
The shipments will. i-.then be di-
rected to Washington and with the
consent of the Public Utilities Com
mission will be allowed to reach
the dealers sending the order.
These supplies will then be de-
llVered to the exact consumers for
whom they were ordered.
All of the shipments must be paid
tor with cash in the form of sight
drafts.
VIII Confer Again.
The various steps in the operation
of the coal distribution were dis
cussed at yesterdays conference and
the coal merchants were then given
time to hold a conference of th~
own to determine. in their opinion,
the workability of the plan.
Another conference has been
called for tomorrow. at which time
the final details will be laid down
for the merchants to follow.
The matter Of financing the opera
tions of coal distribution have not
yet been agreed upon, according to
officials attending yesterdays con-
ference. 1t is understood that each
coal dealer will be called upon to
meet individually the problem of
paying cash for the Goa.
Those attending the conference
remarked at the willingness of the
coal merchants to agree to all work
able plans proposed by the Public
Utilities Commission. Rumors that
the Coal Merchants Board of Trade
led by j. MaurH Dove. jr., was domi-
mating the touTnission was emphat-
ically denied.
No fair price list. was issued yes-
terday and it was stated that tile
Public Utilities Commission had no
intention OF preparing sucn Il fist.
The question. of profiteerfng will be
settled between the Commission and
each dealer. Any dealer found charg-
ing more than Is necessary to give
him a legitimate. .proft will be in
formed that his aupplies will be cut
off. AT the conference tomorrow the
Public Utilities Commission may not
ify the coal merchants what they con-
slider a fair profit.
Keller issues Statement.
Following the conference yester-
day. Col. Keller issued the follow
ing statement:
The Commissioners, today met
with the coal dealers of Washing
ton and talked over details of pos
sible diffieuHies. The dealers were
invited to talk as fully and as
freely as possible to the Commis-
sioners.
After talking for about two
hours We parted with the agree-
ment that the dealers should
now meet privately and discuss
thoroughly the entire situation as
IL had been disclosed to them and
that they should, therefore sppaint
a small committeesio help the Gem
rnissieners and the Public Utilities
Commission DO arrive at n practical.