which the producing company is entitled to add such allowance under the President's Order of October 27, 1917. This order to become effective September 25, 1918. H. A. GARFIELD, United States Fuel Administrator. WASHINGTON, D. C., September 24, 1918. Order of the United States Fuel Administrator of Sept. 24, 1918, Effective 7 a. m., Sept. 25, 1918, Fixing Prices at the Mine for Bituminous Coal mined by the Kentucky Block Cannel Coal Co. South of the Licking River in Morgan County, Kentucky. Application having been made to the United States Fuel Administrator for a further revision of the prices of bituminous coal mined by Kentucky Block Cannel Coal Company south of the Licking River in Morgan County in the State of Kentucky, The United States Fuel Administrator, after due consideration of such application, acting under authority of an Executive Order of the President of the United States, dated 23 August, 1917, appointing said Administrator, and of subsequent Executive Orders, and in furtherance of the purpose of said Orders and of the Act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, 1917, Hereby orders and directs, that bituminous coal mined by Kentucky Block Cannel Coal Company south of the Licking River in Morgan County in the State of Kentucky may be sold at prices f. o. b. cars at the mine not to exceed $3.45 per net ton for run of mine, $3.50 per net ton for prepared sizes, $2.30 per net ton for slack or screenings. To these prices may be added the 45 cent allowance for wage increase if the producing company is entitled to add such allowance under the President's Order of October 27, 1917. This order to become effective at 7 a. m., September 25, 1918. H. A. GARFIeld, United States Fuel Administrator. WASHINGTON, D. C., September 24, 1918. Oct. 5, 1918, Order of the United States Fuel Administrator of Oct. 3, 1918, Effective 7 a. m., Applications having been made for a further revision of the prices of bituminous coal mined by Loony Creek Coal Company in Harlan County, Kentucky, and by Reliance Coal & Coke Company at its Glowmar mine in Perry County, Kentucky, the United States Fuel Administrator, after due consideration of such applications, acting under authority of an Executive Order of the President of the United States, dated 23 August, 1917, appointing said Administrator, and of subsequent Executive Orders, and in furtherance of the purpose of said Orders and of the Act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, 1917, Hereby orders and directs, that bituminous coal mined by Loony Creek Coal Company, in Harlan County in the State of Kentucky, and by Reliance Coal & Coke Co., at its Glowmar mine in Perry County in the State of Kentucky, may be sold at prices f. o. b. cars at the mine, not to exceed the following per net ton, viz., for run of mine, $2.55; for prepared sizes, $2.80; for slack or screenings, $2.30. To these prices may be added the 45 cent allowance for wage increase, if the producing companies are entitled to add such allowance under the President's Order of October 27, 1917. This Order to be effective at 7 a. m., October 5, 1918. WASHINGTON, D. C., October 3, 1918. H. A. GARFIELD, United States Fuel Administrator. Order of the United States Fuel Administrator of Oct. 25, 1918, Effective 7 a. m., October 28, 1918, Fixing Prices at the Mine for Bituminous Coal Mined in Knox and Whitley Counties, Kentucky, by Members of the Tri-County Blue Gem Operators' Association. Application having been made for a further revision of the prices of bituminous coal mined in Knox and Whitley Counties in the State of Kentucky by producers who are members of the Tri-County Blue Gem Operators' Association, the United States Fuel Administrator, after due consideration of such application, acting under authority of an Executive Order of the President of the United States, dated 23 August, 1917, appointing said Administrator, and of subsequent Executive Orders, and in furtherance of the purpose of said Orders and of the Act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, 1917, Hereby orders and directs, that bituminous coal mined in Knox and Whitley Counties in the State of Kentucky by producers who are members of the Tri-County Blue Gem Operators' Association, may be sold at prices f. o. b. cars at the mine, not to exceed the following per net ton, viz.: for run of mine, $2.55; for prepared sizes, $3.70; for slack or screenings, $2.30. To these prices may be added the 45 cent allowance for wage increase, if the producing companies are entitled to add such allowance under the President's Order of October 27, 1917. This Order to be effective at 7 a. m., October 28, 1918. WASHINGTON, D. C., October 25, 1918. H. A. GARFIELD, United States Fuel Administrator. Order of the United States Fuel Administrator of Oct. 26, 1918, Effective 7 a. m., October 28, 1918, Fixing Prices at the Mine for Bituminous Coal Mined in Bell County, Kentucky, by Climax Coal Co., Low Ash Mining Co., Southern Mining Co., Varilla Mining Co., Winona Coal Co., or Yellow Creek Coal Co. Applications having been made to the United States Fuel Administrator for further revision of the prices of bituminous coal mined in Bell County, in the State of Kentucky, by the operators hereinafter named, the United States Fuel Administrator, after due consideration of such applications, acting under the authority of an Executive Order of the President of the United States dated 23 August, 1917, appointing said Fuel Administrator and of subsequent Executive Orders, and in furtherance of the purpose of said Orders and of the Act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, 1917, Hereby orders and directs that bituminous coal mined in Bell County, in the State of Kentucky, by Climax Coal Company, Low Ash Mining Company, Southern Mining Company, Varilla Mining Company, Winona Coal Company, or Yellow Creek Coal Company, may be sold at prices f. o. b. cars at the mine, not to exceed $2.60 per net ton for run of mine, $2.85 per net ton for prepared sizes, $2.30 per net ton for slack or screenings. To these prices may be added the 45¢ allowance for wage increase if the producing companies are entitled to add such allowance under the President's Order of October 27, 1917. This order to become effective at 7 a. m., October 28, 1918. WASHINGTON, D. C., October 26, 1918. H. A. GARFIELD, United States Fuel Administrator. Oct. 28, Order of the United States Fuel Administrator of Oct. 26, 1918, Effective 7 a. m., 1918, Fixing Prices at the Mine for Bituminous Coal Mined by Certain Operators in Harlan County, Kentucky. Applications having been made to the United States Fuel Administrator for further revision of the prices of bituminous coal mined in Harlan County in the State of Kentucky, by the operators hereinafter named, the United States Fuel Administrator, after due consideration of such applications, acting under the authority of an Executive Order of the President of the United States dated 23 August, 1917, appointing said Fuel Administrator and of subsequent Executive Orders, and in furtheranc of the purpose of said orders and of the Act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, 1917. Hereby orders and directs that bituminous coal mined in Harlan County in the State of Kentucky, by Clover Fork Coal Company, Golden Ash Coal Company, King Harlan Coal Company, Lick Branch Coal Company, Wilson Berger Coal Company, East Harlan Coal Company, R. C. Tway Coal Company, White Star Coal Company, Harlan Fox Coal Company, Wallins Creek Coal Company, Harlan Gas Coal Company, Creech Coal Company, Banner Fork Coal Company, McComb Coal Company, Bear Branch Coal Company, Kentucky Harlan Coal Company, Middleton Coal Company, or Kentucky King Coal Company, may be sold at prices f. o. b. cars at the mine, not to exceed $2.15 per net ton for run of mine, $2.40 per net ton for prepared sizes, $1.85 per net ton for slack or screenings. To these prices may be added the 45¢ allowance for wage increase if the producing companies are entitled to add such allowance under the President's Order of October 27, 1917. This order to become effective at 7 a. m., October 28, 1918. WASHINGTON, D. C., October 26, 1918. H. A. GARFIELD, United States Fuel Administrator. Order of the United State Fuel Administrator of Dec. 6, 1918, Effective 7 a. m., Dec. 7, 1918, Fixing Prices at the Mine for Coal Mined in Knox and Whitley Counties, Kentucky, by Members of the Tri-County Blue Gem Coal Operator:' Ass'n. Application having been made for a further revision of the prices of bituminous coal mined in Knox and Whitley Counties in the State of Kentucky by operators who are members of the Tri-County Blue Gem Coal Operators' Association, the United States Fuel Administrator, atter due consideration of such application, acting under authority of an Executive Order of the President of the United States dated 23 August, 1917, appointing said Administrator, and of subsequent Executive Orders, and in furtherance of the purpose of said orders and of the Act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, 1917, HEREBY ORDERS AND DIRECTS that bituminous coal mined in Knox and Whitley Counties in the State of Kentucky by operators who are members of the Tri-County Blue Gem Coal Operators' Association, may be sold at prices f. o. b. cars at the mine, not to exceed the following per net ton, viz: For run of mine, $3.30; for prepared sizes, $4.05; for nut and slack through one and one-quarter inch (1) bars, $2.55; for screenings, $2.30. To these prices may be added the 45-cent allowance for wage increase, if the producing companies are entitled to add such allowance under the President's Order of October 27, 1917. This order to be effective at 7 a. m., December 7, 1918. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 6, 1918. H. A. GARFIELD, United States Fuel Administator. Subsection K.-Maryland. Order of the United States Fuel Administrator of Dec. 3, 1917, Effective Dec. 3, 1917, Fixing Prices at the Mine for Bituminous Coal Mined by the North Maryland Coal Mining Company in Allegany County, Maryland. To all persons, firms, and corporations engaged in the mining and production of coal in the State of Maryland: The President of the United States having heretofore, on or about the 21st day of August, 1917, by virtue of the provisions of an Act of Congress known as the Food Law, ordered and directed that coal mined in the State of Maryland should be sold at the following prices, to-wit: run of mine, $2.00, prepared sizes, $2.25, slack or screenings, $1.75; and an application having been made to the United States Fuel Administrator for a revision of such prices applicable to said coal mined in the State of Maryland, and the said application having been duly considered by the United States Fuel Administrator; Now, the United States Fuel Administrator, acting under authority of an Executive Order of the President of the United States dated 23 August, 1917, appointing said Administrator, and in furtherance of the purpose of said order and of the Act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, 1917, Hereby orders and directs that, until further order in the premises, coal mined by the North Maryland Coal Mining Company, in Allegany County in the State of Maryland, may be sold, pending further investigation, at prices not to exceed, for run of mine, $2.75 per ton. These prices shall become effective December 3, 1917. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 3, 1917. H. A. GARFIELD, United States Fuel Administrator. Order of the United States Fuel Administrator of Jan. 31, 1918, Effective 7 a. m., Feb. 1, 1918, Fixing Prices at the Mine for Coal Mined in Maryland, and in Mineral, Grant, Tucker, and the Extreme Eastern and Southeastern Portions of Preston Counties, West Virginia. To all persons, firms and corporations engaged in the mining and production of coal in the States of Maryland and West Virginia: The President of the United States having heretofore, on or about the 21st day of August, 1917, by virtue of the provisions of an Act of Congress known as the Food Law, ordered and directed that coal mined in the State of Maryland and in the State of West Virginia other than the New River District should be sold at the respective prices named in said order; and an application having been made thereafter to the United States Fuel Administrator for a revision of prices applicable to coal mined by the North Maryland Coal Mining Company in the State of Maryland, and the United States Fuel Administrator, after due consideration of said application, having authorized the said The North Maryland Coal Mining Company to sell coal mined by it at the price of $2.75 for run of mine; And a further application having been made to the United States Fuel Administrator for a revision of prices applicable to certain coal fields in the States of Maryland and West Virginia known as the Upper Potomac, Cumberland and Piedmont Fields; Now, the United States Fuel Administrator, after due consideration of the said further applications for revision of prices, and acting under authority of an Executive Order of the President of the United States dated 23 August, 1917, appointing said Administrator, and in furtherance of the purpose of said order and of the Act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, 1917, Hereby orders and directs that, until further order in the premises, coal mined in the Upper Potomac, Cumberland and Piedmont Fields, Comprising all coal mined in the State of Maryland and in the Counties of Mineral, Grant and Tucker and the extreme Eastern and Southeastern portion of Preston County, in the State of West Virginia, may be sold, pending further investigation, at prices not to exceed the following: for run of mine, $2.40 per ton, prepared sizes, $2.65 per ton, and slack or screenings, $2.15 per ton. These prices to become effective at 7 a. m., February 1, 1918. WASHINGTON, D. C., January 31, 1918. H. A. GARFIELD, United States Fuel Administrator. Subsection L.-Michigan. Order of the United States Fuel Administrator of Oct. 26, 1917, Effective 7 a. m. Oct. 27, 1917, Fixing Prices at the Mine for Coal Mined in the State of Michigan. To all persons, firms and corporations engaged in the mining and production of coal in the State of Michigan: An application having been made to the United States Fuel Administrator to fix the prices at which coal may be sold in the State of Michigan: The United States Fuel Administrator, acting under authority of an Executive order of the President of the United States dated 23 August, 1917, appointing said Administrator, and in furtherance of the purpose of said order and of the Act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, 1917. Hereby orders and directs that, until further order in the premises, and pending further investigation, coal mined in the State of Michigan may be sold at the following prices, to wit: run of mine, $3.15 per ton, prepared sizes, $3.60 per ton, and slack or screenings, $2.20 per ton. These prices shall become effective at 7 a. m., October 27th, 1917. H. A. GARFIELD, United States Fuel Administrator. WASHINGTON, D. C., October 26th, 1917. Order of William K. Prudden, Federal Fuel Administrator for Michigan, of November 28, 1917, Effective November 30, 1917, Fixing Prices at the Mine for Coal Mined by What Cheer Mining Co., Banner Coal Co., Bliss Coal Co., Robert Gage Coal Company, Beaver Coal Co., Consolidated and Wolverine Coal Cos., Handy Brothers, and at the Caledonia Mine Operated by Robert Gage Coal Co., and the Flint Mine Operated by What Cheer Mining Co.1 On the 27th day of October, 1917, the President of the United States set prices at which coal mined in Michigan was to be sold at said mines, which prices were as follows: Prepared size $3,60; Run of Mine $3,15; Slack $2.20 per ton. In view of recent increased cost of mining and to give to said operators a fair profit under present conditions, Dr. H. A. Garfield, Federal Fuel Administrator, delegated to the Federal Fuel Administrator for Michigan the power to investigate and to determine whether said prices were just and fair to said operators, with the further power and authority to make such changes as in his judgment seemed just and fair. The Federal Trade Commission has furnished to the State Fuel Administrator a full and complete summary of the business of said mines as taken from the books and reports of said companies for a period of eight months of 1916, and for each month of the year 1917 up to and including the month of August. These figures show a good average profit to the operators of said mines. The figures of July, 1917, show that the average profit of all the companies in the Saginaw and Bay City districts if sold during July, 1916, at the President's prices liereinbefore named, the margin of profit would have been seventy six cents per ton, and at the prices which the product of said mines was actually sold, showed a margin of profit of $1.00 per ton. The average selling price per ton for the month of July, 1917, was $3.47. It is a well known fact that many orders and contracts entered into since July, 1917, show an average selling price largely in excess of four dollars per ton. If all of these orders were 1 The prices fixed by this order include the 45¢ per ton wage increase provided for in the Executive Order of Oct. 27, 1917. They were fixed pursuant to the following authorization: "You are hereby authorized until further order in the premises with the advice of your general State Committee, to fix the price f. o. b. mine at which coal mined in the State of Michigan and sold in such State to the consumer for consumption in such State, may be sold f. o. b. mine." (Telegram from H. A. Garfield, U. S. Fuel Administrator to William K. Prudden, Federal Fuel Administrator for Michigan, dated Nov. 9, 1917. |