The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1922-06-08
HOOVER OBTAINS
MAXIMUM PRICE
PRODUCERS or EIGHTY PER CENT
OF BiTuMINous COAL CON.
SENT TO NEW RATE
Price Made ~ ceaI Companies q
Prevail During Remainder %
Present Strike; Price 10 Set
A. Three and q Hall

Washington.--With conferences look
Ing to a price agreement for their
district stiii 10 DO held with the op-
orators Of producing fields in Penn
sylvania, Secretary Hoover has secur-
cd the agreement OF operators produc-
Ing 30 per cent OF the bitumlnous
coal now being mined 70 a maximum
price Of $3.50 ton at the mine for the
duration Of the strike.
In making this announcement Fri.
day night Secretary Hoover said he
regretted that small minority Of tho
operators-represent western Ken
tucky-had refused to cooperate and
were demanding Sf.25 ton. n price
which he said he did not feel justified
In advising the public 20 accept. al
though production costs were higher
there than in other fields. Tho con-
fersnces with Pennsylvania operators
have been arranged for next week,
he said. The $3.50 maximum has been
accepted by the operators Of Virginia,
West Virginia. Tennessee and eastern
Kentucky. Mr.. Hoover said he had been
advised. while the rate OF 25 cents
ton below the Garfield scale has been
accepted by the Alabama operators.
In purchasing spot coal-the prices
not affecting coal under contract
consumers can insure themselves q
square deal, Mr.. Hoover said. by check
ing freight rates together with the
maximum price established and max.
Ing proper allowance for retail distri-
button cost. Consumers not receiving
fair treatment as TO prices may appeal
10 the department OF commerce, he
said, with assurance that an inquiry In
to their cases will be instituted.
Chicago-Increase Of rs to so cents
a ton for coal on the retail M fket
Thursday were foreruuners OF further
advances after existing supplies are
exhausted. according TO leading deal
ers. Retailers declared tho rise was
one OF the results Of the Washington
conference Of coal operators wednes-
day, when Secretary Hoover approved
maximum price of $3.50 ton for
spot coal at the West Virginia mines.
These retailers predicted that west
Virginia coal would 60 to 50 a ton
within few day. an advance OF $1.T5.
Washington.-Federal investigation
OF the nationwide coal strike was
authorized by the senate Friday. The
senate passed resolution by Senator
Walsh OF Massachusetts, directing the
secretary OF commerce 10 investigate
and report 10 the senate as soon as
possible all available information con-
corning the strike and its effect on
the consumers OF the United States.
Credentials VIII Be OF No Value
Washington. = Boris BaIhmeteff,
whose status as Russian ambassador
here has been subject OF controversy
since the Kerenshy government. which
appointed him, collapsed five years
ago, has been notified by the state de-
part that his credentials no longer
win be recognized by the UD ted
States after June 80.
Work viii Retain Colorado Homo
Denyer--Dr. Hubert Work, pDstmas.
ter general, said here Friday Re would
continue TO make Colorado his home
despite the fact that he disposed OF
his famous Woodcraft snnltarium at
Pueblo recently.
Plan On to Wipe Out Drug Addiction
Washlngton,--Three members OF
President Hnrdng's cabinet have as
assumed personal direction OF the cam
paIgn to wipe out drug addiction In
the United States. Secretaries Hughes
Mellon and Hoover Friday formed
what is TO be known as the antinar
cOtic advisory board by the appoint