to be filled at the contract prices, the profit to said companies, even if compelled to sell their free coal at the President's prices, would be a handsome profit. It is the desire and purpose of the government to set such prices as will furnish to the consumer the coal at a reasonable price and at the same time to give to the producer a fair profit. The operators of Michigan mines claim they cannot operate the mines at the prices set by the President in view of the late increased cost of mining due to certain raise in wages of the Michigan miners. In view of the excessive prices at which coal has been sold and contracted for during the past few months, and so little free coal claimed by the operators to be for sale at any new prices, the State Fuel Administrator cannot agree with said statement: After careful consideration of all the circumstances and conditions and the further fact that some of the coal now claimed to be under contract may have to be furnished for emergency needs, the State Fuel Administrator hereby decrees and orders that from and after the 30th day of November, the prices at which coal shall be sold at the mines owned or operated by the following companies: What Cheer Mining Company, Banner Coal Company, Bliss Coal Company, Robert Gage Coal Company, Beaver Coal Company, Consolidated and Wolverine Coal Companies, shall be: Prepared, $4.40, Mine run $3.85, Slack $2.70. It further appears that the mine of Handy Brothers having according to their statements mining cost higher than some others, and until further notice the prices at said mine shall be $4.70; $4.15 and $3.00. That the prices at the Caledonia Mine, operated by the Robert Gage Coal Company shall be until further notice as set by me on November 16th, $5.50 $5.00 and $4.00. That the prices at the Flint Mine operated by the What Cheer Mining Company shall be until further notice as set by me November 14th. $6.00 for prepared coal and $4.00 for slack. All of the above increased prices are made under the following conditions: 1. That said operators shall operate all the mines owned or controlled by them to their maximum capacity. 2. That not less than twenty-five per cent of the total output of said mines shall be subject to the order of the State Fuel Administrator for emergency needs. 3. That no contracts or orders beyond a delivery period of thirty days shall be made at the prices herein named without the consent of the State Fuel Administrator. 4. That no company operating coal mines within the State of Michigan shall furnish to any consumer within said state, whether under contract or not, any coal beyond a reasonable amount for present needs. W. K. PRUDDEN, Federal Fuel Administrator. LANSING, MICHIGAN, November 28th, 1917. Order of the United States Fuel Administrator of August 13, 1918, Effective 7 a. m., August 16, 1918, Fixing Prices at the Mine for Bituminous Coal Mined in Michigan. Applications having been made to the United States Fuel Administrator for a revision of the prices of bituminous coal mined in the State of Michigan, 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 in Michigan 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, $3.05; for prepared sizes, $3.50; for slack or screenings, $2.45, provided however, that the prices aforesaid shall not be applicable to coal mined by the producers, and at the mines hereinafter specified, which last mentioned coal may be sold at prices f. o. b. cars at the mines not to exceed the prices set opposite the names of the several producers and mines in the following schedule. To the foregoing prices there 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 become effective at 7 a. m., August 16, 1918. WASHINGTON, D. C., August 13, 1918. H. A. GARFIELD, United States Fuel Administrator. Subsection M.-Missouri. Order of the United States Fuel Administrator of Oct. 1, 1917, Effective 7 a. m., Oct. 1, 1917, Fixing Prices at the Mine for Coal Mined in Lafayette, Ray, Clay, Platte, and Linn Counties, Missouri, and for certain Mines at Leavenworth, Kansas. To all persons, firms and corporations engaged in the mining and production of coal in Lafayette, Ray, Clay, Platte and Linn Counties, in the State of Missouri: 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 Missouri shall be sold at the following prices, to wit: run of mine, $2.70 per ton, prepared sizes, $2.95 per ton, and slack or screenings, $2.45 per ton; and an application having heretofore been made to the Fuel Administrator for a revision of the said prices applicable to the said coal mined in the State of Missouri and the said application having been duly considered by the Fuel Administrator; Now, by direction of the President of the United States, the Fuel Administrator hereby orders and directs that, until further order in the premises, the above mentioned prices for coal mined in the State of Missouri be and the same hereby are modified, pending further investigation, in the following particulars and in no other: Coal mined in Lafayette, Ray, Clay, Platte and Linn Counties, in the State of Missouri, may be sold at prices not to exceed, for run of mine, $3.15 per ton, prepared sizes, $3.40 per ton, and slack or screenings, $2.90 per ton. These prices shall become effective at 7 a. m., October 1, 1917. Mines at Leavenworth, Kansas, where the major portion of the coal is mined in the State of Missouri, are to be regarded as Missouri mines. WASHINGTON, D. C., October 1, 1917. H. A. GARFIELD, Order of the United States Ful Administrator of Oct. 26, 1917, Effective 7 a. m., Oct. 27, 1917, Fixing Prices at the Mine for Coal Mined in Putnam County and the Longwall Thin Seam Mines in Randolph County, Missouri. To all persons, firms and corporations engaged in the mining and production of coal in Putnam County and the Longwall Thin Seam Mines in Randolph County, in the State of Missouri: 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 Missouri shall be sold at the following prices, to wit: run of mine, $2.70 per ton; prepared sizes, $2.95 per ton; and slack or screenings, $2.45 per ton; and an application having heretofore been made to the Fuel Administrator for a revision of the said prices applicable to the said coal mined in Putnam County and in the Longwall Thin Seam Mines in Randolph County, in the State of Missouri; Now, by direction of the President of the United States, the Fuel Administrator hereby orders and directs that, until further order in the premises, the above mentioned prices for coal mined in the State of Missouri be and the same hereby are modified, pending further investigation, in the following particulars and in no other: Coal mined in Putnam County and in the Longwall Thin Seam Mines in Randolph County, in the State of Missouri, may be sold at prices not to exceed, for run of mine, $3.15; prepared sizes, $3.40, and slack or screenings, $2.90. These prices shall become effective at 7 a. m., October 27th, 1917. WASHINGTON, D. C., October 26th, 1917. H. A. GARFIELD, United States Fuel Administrator. Order of the United States Fuel Administrator of April 19, 1918, Effective 7 a. m., April 20, 1918, Fixing Prices at the mine for Coal Mined in Districts Nos. 1 and 2, Grundy County, Operations of the Star Coal Co. in Adair County, Shaft Workings in the Lightning Creek or Upper Thin Vein in Barton, Bates and Vernon Counties, and Platte County, Missouri. To all persons, firms and corporations engaged in the mining and production of coal in the State of Missouri: 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 Missouri should be sold at the prices named in said order; and applications having been made thereafter to the United States Fuel Administrator for a revision of such prices applicable to certain Counties in said State; and the United States Fuel Administrator, after due consideration of said applicatious for revision of prices, having ordered and directed a modification of such prices applicable to certain Counties named in said order; Now, the United States Fuel Administrator, after further consideration of said Applications for revision of prices and of the prices applicable to all coal mined in the State of Missouri, and 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 coal mined in the State of Missouri may be sold at prices not to exceed the following, viz: District Number 1, Audrain, Barton, Bates, Calloway, Henry, Johnson, District Number 2, Boone, Clay, Cooper, Chariton, Carroll, Dade, Harrison, Grundy County, operations of the Star Coal Co. in Adair County, and shaft workings in the Lightning Creek or upper thin vein in Barton, Bates and Vernon Counties... 2.45 3.65 Platte County.. This order shall become effective at 7 a. m., April 20, 1918. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 19, 1918. H. A. GARFIELD, United States Fuel Administrator. Order of the United States Fuel Administrator of Aug. 1, 1918, Effective Aug. 3, 1918, Fixing Prices at the Mine for Nut Run or Stoker Coal and Mill Coal Produced in Barton and Vernon Counties, Missouri. The United States Fuel Administrator having, by a regulation promulgated May 27, 1918, and contained in Publication No. 25 of the United States Fuel Administration, defined the terms "slack or screenings" and "prepared sizes" as used in the Executive Order of the President dated August 21, 1917, and in the orders of the United States Fuel Administrator fixing prices of bituminous coal, and it having been provided in Section 4 of such Regulation that the United States Fuel Administrator, upon application from producers or consumers in any district might establish prices for any special sizes different from those defined in said regulation, or for any mixture of sizes required for the proper distribution of coal from such district, and application having been made by producers and consumers of coal produced in the district comprising Barton and Vernon Counties in the State of Missouri, for the establishment of prices for coal of the special sizes known as Nut Run or Stoker Coal and Mill Coal, and it having been determined by the United States Fuel Administrator that the establishment of prices for such special sizes is required for the proper distribution of coal produced in said district, 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 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 makes and establishes the following Regulation, effective August 3, 1918, until further or other order, and subject to modification hereafter from time to time, and at any time: REGULATION FIXING THE PRICES OF NUT RUN OR STOKER COAL AND MILL COAL, IN BARTON AND VERNON COUNTIES, MISSOURI. The prices of Nut Run or Stoker Coal and Mill Coal produced in Barton and Vernon Counties, in the State of Missouri, and shipped on and after the effective date of this Regulation, are hereby fixed f. o. b. cars at the mine, per net ton as follows: Nut Run or Stoker Coal... WASHINGTON, D. C., August 1, 1918. H. A. GARFIELD, $3.05 United States Fuel Administrator, Asst. United States Fuel Administrator. Order of the United States Fuel Administrator of Sept. 11, 1918, Effective 7 a. m., Sept. 14, 1918, Fixing Prices at the Mine for Coal Mined by the Moniteau Company in Moniteau and Morgan Counties, Missouri. 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 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 by the Moniteau Company, in the Counties of Moniteau and Morgan, in the State of Missouri may be sold at prices f. o. b. cars at the mine not to exceed $4.50 per net ton for run of mine; $5.00 per net ton for prepared sizes; $2.45 per net ton for slack or screenings, plus 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 14th, 1918. WASHINGTON, D. C., September 11, 1918. H. A. GARFIELD, United States Fuel Administrator. Subsection N.-Montana. 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 Montana. To all person, firms and corporations engaged in the mining and production of coal in the State of Montana: 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 Montana shall be sold at the ollowing prices, to wit: run of mine, $2.70 per ton, prepared sizes, $2.95 per ton, and slack or screenings, $2.45 per ton; and an application having heretofore been made to the Fuel Administrator for a revision of the said prices applicable to the said coal mine in the State of Montana, and the said application having been duly considered by the Fuel Administrator; Now, by direction of the President of the United States, the United States Fue Administrator hereby orders and directs that, until further order in the premises, the above mentioned prices for coal mined in the State of Montana be and the same hereby are modified, pending further investigation, in the following particulars and |