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Do not deface books by marks and writing. Cornell University Library HD9546 .A37 + + Report of Engineers Committee 1918-1919 3 1924 030 105 070 olin Overs The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924030105070 UNITED STATES FUEL ADMINISTRATION DR. H. A. GARFIELD, Fuel Administrator REPORT OF ENGINEERS COMMITTEE 1918-1919 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1919 A 4 6 3 o 1 4 CONTENTS. Page. Necessity for price fixing - ^^ Laue-Peabody agreement _ ^^ The Lever Act H The ' ' President's prices " - 12 The Fuel Administration - - 12 Straight cost-plus method - 12 Modified cost-plus method 12 Average cost methods 12 Pooling methods - 12 Discussion of price-fixing methods 12 Straight cost-plus method - - - 12 Advantages 12 Disadvantages 12 ilodified cost-plus method 12 Average cost method 13 Advantages 13 Disad^-antagos 13 Pooling method 13 Advantages 13 Disadvantages of pooling cost-plus or modified cost-plus methods - 13 Disadvantages of pooling in general 13 The price-fixing method adopted 13 Advanta;ges 14 Disadvantages 14 Cost data available 14 Analysis and adjustment of cost sheets 15 Supplies 15 Reserves 15 Salaries 15 Special charges 16 Special records 16 Outside profits ; 16 Fuel for power 16 Reporting costs 16 Adjusting the "bulk line" 16 Districting 17 Districting by beds - _ _ 17 Districting by thickness of beds _ 17 Districting geographically _ 17 Price fixing _ 18 Unusual sizes , . . - - 18 Margin - - _ - 18 Results of price fixing - 19 Special prices _ 20 Effect of short time - . - _ - _ 21 Anthracite prices ; - _ _ _ 21 Adjustments -------- ----- - 21 Royalties - - . - 22 Cost charts - - - - ". 23 Labor increases - 23 Price fixing 24 Capital investment. 24 Prices fixed 24 Prices and price districts og (3) ILLUSTRATIONS. Cost Diagrams, 1 to 136. 1. Graphic chart showing cost of production in lignite field, Colorado, during the month of August, 1917. 2. Graphic chart showing cost of production in lignite field, Colorado, during the month of September, 1917. 3. Graphic chart showing cost of production of bituminous coal, domestic coal, Colorado, during the month of August, 1917. 4. Graphic chart showing cost of production of bituminous coal, domestic coal, Colorado, during the month of September, 1917. 5. Graphic chart showing cost of production of bituminous coal in Trinidad field, Colorado, during the month of August, 1917. 6. Graphic chart showing cost of production of bituminous coal in Trinidad field, Colorado, during the month of September, 1917. 7. Graphic chart showing cost of production of bituminous coal in Des Moines and Albia fields, Iowa, during the month of September, 1917 . 8. Graphic chart showing cost of production of bituminous coal in Appanoose, Marion, and Boone fields, Iowa, during the month of Septem- ber, 1917. 9. Graphic chart showing cost of production of bituminous coal in central Pennsylvania during the month of August, 1917. 10. Graphic chart showing cost of production of bituminous coal in central Pennsylvania during the month of September, 1917. 11. Graphic chart showing cost of production of bituminous coal in Montana, Wyoming, and Utah diuing the month of September, 1917. 12. Graphic chart showing cost of production of bituminous coal in upper Potomac during the m(mth of August, 1917. 13. Graphic chart showing cost of production of bituminous coal in upper Potomac during the month of September, 1917. 14. Graphic chart showing cost of production of bituminous coal in Tug River District, West A%ginia, during the month of August, 1917. 15. Graphic chart showing cost of production of bituminous coal in Tug River District, West Virginia, during the month of September, 1917. 16. Graphic chart showing cost of production of bituminous coal in Upper Clinch District, Virginia, during the month of August, 1917. 17. Graphic chart showing cost of production of bituminous coal in Upper Clinch District, Virginia, during the month of September, 1917. 18. Graphic chart showing cost of production of bituminous coa,I in Preston County, W. Va., during the month of August, 1917. 19. Graphic chart showing cost of production of bituminous coal in Preston County, W. Va., during the month of September, 1917. 20. Graphic chart showing cost of production of bituminous coal in southwestern Pennsylvania, August, 1917. 21. Graphic chart showing cost of production of bituminous coal in southwestern Pennsylvania during the month of September, 1917. 22. Graphic chart showing cost of production of bituminous coal in Ohio, District No. 8, during the month of August, 1917. 23. Graphic chart showing cost of production of bituminous coal in Ohio, District No. 8, during the month of September, 1917. 24. Graphic chajt showing cost of production of bituminous coal in southwestern Pennsylvania and Ohio, No. 8, for the month of August, 1917. 25. Graphic chart sher. /August iSeptember. 'August September . August September . August September . /August \September . August September . 'August September . 'August September . 'August September . 'August September . 'August September . 'August September . Monthly tons. 47r.,000 47.5,000 240,000 240, 000 130, 000 130,000 ,770,000 , 770, 000 94, 000 94,000 40.000 40,000 17,000 17,000 6.58,000 6.58,000 80, 000 80, 000 12,000 12,000 73,000 73,000 165, 000 16,5,000 360, 000 360,000 .591,000 591,000 296, 000 296, 000 380,000 380, 000 185,000 185, 000 790, 000 790, 000 90, 000 90,000 74,714,000 74,714,000 .'V^erago costs. Reported. Adjusted 2.16 2.10 2.03 2.03 2.47 2.47 1. 58 1.58 2.15 2.15 1.43 .83 .83 3.38 3.38 2.62 2.62 2.38 2.38 1.61 1 1, 1 2, 2, 1 1, 61 61 61 11 11 47 47 2.49 2.49 1.87 1.87 1.86 1.86 i.e 2.21 2.21 2.09 2.09 2.47 2.47 1.61 1.61 1.92 1.92 1. .55 1..55 2.17 2.17 1.46 1.46 1.03 1.03 3.35 3.35 2.71 2.71 2,30 2.30 1.65 1.65 1.65 1.65 2.02 2.02 1.48 1.48 2.47 2.47 1.86 1.86 1.96 1.96 1.706 Price fixed. 2.75 2.75 2.75 2.75 3.20 3.20 2.00 2.00 2.45 2.45 2.10 2.10 2. 65 2.65 2.00 2.00 1.65 1.65 4.35 4.35 3. .50 3. .50 3.10 3.10 2.35 2.35 2.20 2.20 2.60 2.60 2.10 2.10 3.10 3.10 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.262 .10 2.162 Tons abo\'e price fixed. 3,561 3,561 2,400 2,400 900 900 35, .540 35,540 400 400 1,608 1,608 1,645 1,645 1, 236 1,236 1,800 1,800 14,764 14,764 6,920 6,920 12,900 12,900 3,200 3,200 1,197,400 1,197,400 Per cent above price Axed. .7 .7 1.0 1.0 .7 .7 2.0 2.0 .4. .4 4.0 4.0 .3 .3 .7 .7 .5 .5 2.5 2.5 2.0 2.0 7.0 7.0 .4 .4 1.603 1.603 Wlien prices were fixed on the August-September, 1917, costs, for the the year 1918 the margin between costs and fixed prices was cents and costs show an average increse of cents over the 1917 figures, for which an average of a little less than 40 cents was allowed. The two sets of observations — ^Augus't-September, 1917, and the year 1918 — thus fully justify the prices fixed on the earlier data and confirm the justice and accuracy of the estimate of the increased cost due to the labor advance of November 1, 1917. As it is known that the capital invested per ton of yearly output in bituminous mines ranges from $2 to nearly $8, interest on which is included with other items in the "margin" not included in the charted costs, it is evident that taking the industry as a whole no excessive price allowances were given. If prices had been fixed at a point high enough to even cover the highest costs reported in each district, the result would have been to add over a billion dollars to the price paid for coal, with probable labor disturbances, in an effort to obtain some of the abnormal profits which would have gone to the great majority of the tonnage, so serious as to have probably decreased rather than increased the tonnage, which was in fact ample for all the needs of the coimtry. The prices fixed from this complete investigation of costs have shown in many cases a remarkable com- pliance with economic laws. For instance, in Illinois the cost of coal from the different price districts delivered in Chicago was found to be practically identical, showing that the mining of the higher-cost coal is due to its proximity to the principal market and the lower resulting transportation costs. High-grade coal shipped by lake and rail to Minneapolis was found to cost preciselj^ the same per heat unit as a lower-grade coal shipped a much less distance all rail. SPECIAL PRICES. The price-fixing program adopted is expected to take care of aU normal mining conditions and to permit the operation, with a reasonable profit, of aU mines necessary to the country under war conditions. There are cases however, of old-established mines wliich are producing coal of a quahty specially suited to certain pro- cesses or rociuirements, which coal, while produced at a cost materially above the regional "bulk line " is necessary and has always commanded a special price. In these cases a higher price, sufficient to permit operation, is usually granted. Also, in some cases, groups of smaU mines, not requfi-ed to report, are found to be serving certain communities at prices below other coal available, considering the transportation charo-es but with costs above the regional "bulk line." These also receive special prices. 21 Differentials on cannel and smithing coal were also recommended. In June the following statement as to cannel coal was made: We have investigated fully and find that cannel ooal as far back as 1912 has sold at $1 per ton or more over ruling price for bituminous coal, and as it is in considerable demand in the West to replace anthracite we believe that the usual differential should be maintained. In July, 1918, the foUowang recommendation and definition of smitliing coal was made: We suggest an allowance for specially selected and prepared smithing coal of 50 cents per ton over the prepared coal price of the region where said smithing coal is produced and a further allowance of 50 cents per ton additional for such smithing coal when shipped in box cars. All producers of specially selected and prepared smithing coal shall be required to secure a license from the United States Fuel Admin- istration for selling or shipping such coal. Specifications. — Smithing coal shall be specially selected and prepared. Analysis. — Volatile, not over 25 per cent; ash, not over 9 per cent; sulphur, not over 1.3 per cent. Physical properties. — Coal must be a good coking coal, capable of producing a large, strong arch of coke on the forge, and capable of producing and maintaining a welding temperature in ii'on or steel without injury or damage to the welding surface of the metal, and the ash of which does not fuse at forge temperatures. In general, it is the poUcy of the Fuel Administration to encourage the operators to produce all coal needed and to place restrictions only on coal mined under conditions notably uneconomic. EFFECT OF SHORT TIME. While it is a syllogism in mining regions that "short time means increased costs," but little actual ia^or- mation as to the quantitative effect of lost time on the cost of coal mining is available. In the discussion as to the advantages or disadvantages of an even car supply to aU mines, as compared with 100 per cent supply to some and the remainder to the others, it devolved upon the committee to determine, at least approximately, the effect of lost time on the cost of minin g. Fortunately, reports were available from 73 operators in the New River District of West Vriginia, which had been made out and submitted by an eminent firm of expert accountants for each month of the year 1917. Each of these was carefully analyzed, and the percentage increase of cost for each of the 830 observations thus obtained was plotted; weighted averages were then taken at each 2.5 per cent from 70 to 100 per cent working time, and for each 5 per cent below 80 per cent. The resrdt of this study is submitted on Plate 61 which has been checked by munerous observations from practically every field and has been fornid, within reasonable limits, to be correct. This diagram can be and has been used in reducing to normal cost the reported costs of collieries shut down during parts of months. ANTHRACITE PRICES. Anthracite prices as fixed by the President August 23, 1917, with an adjustment for the labor increase of December 1, 1917, were the subject of an intensive study by the committee immediately after the first charting of bituminous costs was completed. The results of this are shown on Plates Nos. 81 to 91, inclusive, and the verification for the 11 months December, 1917, to October, 1918, inclusive, on Plates Nos. 115 to 121. A technical paper giving the methods adopted and the results of this analysis was read by Mr. Norris at the New York meeting of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, February, 1919, and is published in their transactions. The following is abstracted from this paper.. ADJUSTMENTS. The adjustments of cost from a reported to a price-fixing basis, as described for the bituminous methods, were applied but showed only minor adjustments as necessary. The great spread in anthracite prices on the varying sizes, which for the 6-month period under review ranged in average from $5,244 for nut to $2,074 for barley coal, makes the question of the percentage of sizes produced at the different collieries a vital one. The reali- zation with the same prices for each size must be within very wide limits, when it is considered that the percentage of prepared coal reported from different colUeries varied from over 80 per cent to below 30 per cent for fresh-mined coal. Hence, as the spread in prices for the various sizes must be predicated on some percentage, it is essential to find some method of adjustment to allow for this variation. The logical method of adjustment is to calculate actual costs to costs as of the standard percentage of sizes, so that the margin between the adjusted costs and the average realization shall be the actual margin for each colliery between its actual costs and actual realization due to its particular percentage of sizes. As a base for realization the actual percentage of sizes for fresh-mined coal for the 6-month period was adopted. This percentage is given in Table 1. 22 Table 1. — Percentage of sizes of fresh-mined coal. Size of coal. Mesh, in inches. Percentage of sizes. Through. Over. Fresh- mined. Washcry. Fresh- mined and washcry. Round. Round. 4J 3? 3i 2A 2J i; li 1 A 1 A A A J A A 33 3i 6.8 14.6 19.6 24.7 9.1 11.6 3.2 4.9 3.9 1.6 0.4 1.2 2.3 10.1 10.0 21.4 14.9 27.5 8.8 3.4 6.2 13.5 18.2 23.5 9.2 12.4 4.2 6.8 4.3 1.7 Eks Stoye Nut I'ea Kice For adjustment as a base for fixing a spread of prices the percentages used were, taken at even figures, prepared 65 per cent, pea 9 per cent, buclcwheat 12 per cent, and smaller 14 per cent. The adjustment finally arrived at after long study was tested on actual reports from collieries having percentages that varied from over 80 per cent to under 30 per cent prepared coal and was found to be correct within a maximum variation of less than IJ per cent. It was as follows : For each 1 per cent variation. Above standard, percent deduction. Below standard, per cent addition. Prepared 1.20 .8.5 .75 .50 1.20 .85 .75 .50 Pea Buclcwheat Smaller Afl examples of the working of this adjustment %vith prices assumed at about the average for the 6 months and taking mines well away from average percentage of sizes. Size. Base sizes. Base price. Realiza- tion. Mine A sizes. Correction. Actual realization. MineB sizes. Correction. Realiza- tion. Prepared Pea. Per cent. 65 9 12 14 $5.10 3.70 3.20 2.20 $3,315 .3.33 .384 .308 Per cent. 73.1 6.4 10.4 10.1 Per cent. -9.72 +2.21 + 1.20 + 1.95 $3,730 .237 .333 .222 Per cent. 65.1 15.3 13,7 15.9 Per cent. + 11.880 - 5.3.55 - 1.275 - .9.50 $2,810 .566 .438 .3.50 Smaller.. Total-- 100 4.340 100.0 -4.36 4.522 100.0 + 4.30 4.164 Assume cost for each mine. Actual margin _ Standard realization Calculated cost as of standard per cent sizes S4 X 0.95i>l%= Calculated margin S4.000 .522 4.340 3.826 $4 X 104.30%= $4,000 .164 4.. 340 4.172 .514 The correction fcr mine A is then -4.36 per cent and the adjusted cost $3,826, showing 51.4 cents margin on the §4.34 standard realization against 52.2 cents actual margin. Similarly, for mine B, the correction is +4.30 per cent, gi^dng an adjusted cost of ?4.172 and a margin of 16.8 cents as compared with the actual margin of 16.4 cents. Thus the adjusted costs on the chart bear a true relation to the realization recei^^ed from a scale of jirices fnr the various sizes based on the standard or average percentage of sizes adopted as a base, regardless of the actual percentage of sizes pmduced by each fiperation, and prices can be fixed from the chart line of adjusted costs which will result in giving each mine its intended margin. The correction, of course, is an allocation based on realization from the different sizes and could be made more accurately by taking into account each size produced, but at the cost of more time than was available for the work. With a material ^-ariation in price, different factors of correction should be calculated. ROY.«,LTIES. A large percentage of the anthracite coal is owned in fee by operators, who also lease tracts contiguous to their fee holdings. As all report royalties on the basis of tonnage produced, the general average 15.5 cents per ton reported is misleading. The actual average royalty reported by operators mining generally from leased lands was 33.25 cents, and by those generally mining from fee lauds, 5.5 cents. As relatively few operators mine exclu.sively from either class of lands, no data is available to show the actual average royalties paid, but it is believed that the present average would Ije approximately 40 cents per ton. A few leases, notably those made by the trustees of the Girard estate, owned by the city of Philadelphia, base the royalty pavments on a percentage of the sale price of the coal at the mines instead of requiring fixed royalties. This percentaee varies from 15 per cent to as liigh as 28 per cent of the price. As the labor war bonuses materially add to the sale price, these have re'sulted in excessive royalties and serious embarrassment to the operators, who were not allowed to increase the price of coal sufficiently to even fully absorb this additional labor cost and by whom the extra royalties must be paid out of already naiTow margins, ilany of the lessors have patriotically forec-one the extra royalties due under these sliding scales, and as it is certainly improper that the puldic should be asked to pay these additional royalties, not contemplated in the original contract though enforceable at law, the United States Fuel Administrator has expressed himself as unwilling to consider sucli excess payments in any fixing of anthracite prices. 23 COST CHARTS. Cost charts were made from averages of the 6 month", showing both the reported and the adjusted costs for standard fresh-mined white ash anthracite, both by collieries and by operating companies. As, in the prices fixed by the President August 23, 1917, a differential of 75 cents per ton on pea size and above, equivalent to 52.95 cents per ton on all sizes, was established for the independent operators over certain companies with railroad affiliation, generally known as the " companies." Charts were made by collieries for both the inde- pendent operators and the companies, as well as a combined chart of the entire output. Similar charts were also made for the entire output of fresh-mined coal and for the total output, including washery coal by operating companies, all collieries operated by a single company Deing consolidated, and for red ash and Lykens Valley coal. Plates Nos. 84, 85, and 90. These charts are interesting principally in that they show that the higher prices charged for these specialties were justified by their higher costs of production. The charts given are believed to fairly show the general costs of production. Table 2. — Average and bulk line costs of white ash coal. Chart No. Description. Costs, averages returned. Costs, adjusted. Cost, 90 per cent bulk line. 81 82 83 86 91 Excluding -wushery coal: $3.85 3.71 4.37 3.85 3.57 J3.91 3.79 4.36 3.91 3.77 S4. 80 4.65 4.97 4.38 4.36 All company operations, each colliery separate All operations, each company operating two or more collieries con- Including washery coal: Ail operations, each company operating two or more collieries con- Table 3. — Average prices recnved for whits ash coal. Size. Fresh-mined coal. Bank coal. Total, including banks. Per cent. Average price. Percent. Average price. Percent. Average price. 6.8 14.6 19.6 24.7 9.1 S4.889 .5.028 6.161 5.244 3.687 0.4 1.2 2.3 10.1 10.0 84.416 4.815 5.060 5.246 3.696 6.2 13.5 18.2 23.5 9.2 $4,886 5. 027 5. 160 5.244 3.698 Egg Stove Nut . Pea Total and weighted average, prepared and pea 74.8 4.959 24.0 4. .544 70.6 4.947 11.6 3.2 4.9 3.9 1.6 3. .342 2.482 2.231 2.341 2.202 21.4 14.9 27.5 8.8 3.4 3.213 2.452 1.767 2.123 1..555 12.4 4.2 6.8 4.3 1.7 3.324 2.473 2.074 2.304 2.162 Bice Barley Snrepnmf;^ Total and weighted average, small sizes. . . 25.2 2.795 76.0 2.339 29.4 2.697 Grand total 100.0 4.414 100.0 2.868 100.0 4.285 These charts show the averages and bulk line costs for standard white ash coal given in Table 2. The average prices received are given m Table 3. The prices received by the companies and independents have not been separately averaged, but, calculating on the differential and assuming the percentages the same for companies and independents which is only approximately the case, the selling price of fresh-mined coal would average for companies .$4,287, and for independents, $4,817. Margins over reported costs of companies would be 58 cents, and for independents 45 cents, with a general average margin for all fresh-mined coal of 56 cents, and for all coal, including washery, of 71 cents per ton, and under ' ' bulk line " costs, fresh-mined companies, 36 cents; independents, 15 cents; total, 39 cents, including washeries consoli- dated sheets total of 7.5 cents. These margins include all expenditures for Federal income and excess-profit taxes, selling expenses, interest charges, expenditures for improvements and developments to increase output, excess of capital expenditures over normal cost, and all profit on the investment of about $S per ton annual output. LABOR INCREASES. Effective December 1, 1917, a labor war bonus, ranging from 60 cents to $1.10 per day for labor and 25 per cent for contract miners, was granted over and above the wage scales effective by agreement April 1, 1916, expiring April 1, 1920, and the prices fixed August 23, 1917, and modified October 1, 1917, by reducing pea coal 60 cents per ton, were increased by 35 cents per ton to compensate for this labor increase. The actual reported increase in labor cost due to this advance was figured by the Federal Trade Commission from the operators' reports to be 60.3 cents. From the actual pay-roll figures later obtained by the United States Fuel Administration, this increase was found to be 76.3 cents per ton. Effective November 1, 1918, a second labor war bonus was granted. The calculated increase in coat due to this is shown in plate 91, on which the increases for each operator are found by figuring from the pay rolls for the 6 months the actual increase in pay which would have been given, applying the November 1, 1918, increases, and dividing by the 6 months' tonnage of the colliery. This line, adjusted to per cent of sizes, plotted on the chart shown in plate 91 and compared with the adjusted cost, shows an increase in cost of 74.1 cents. As thiswasnecessarilyapplied to the prepared and pea sizes, 70,6 per cent of the total, the increase on these sizes was $1.05 per ton, which increase was allowed to balance the increased cost of labor. 24 PRICE FIXING. Except for the two increases to compensate for labor iacreasos just noted and the reduction October 1, 1917, of the pea coal price, the anthracite prices are as fixed by the President on August 23, 1917, The present realization, all companies and all sizes, including washery coal and both the labor increases, is calculated to average $5.13 per ton, while the bulk line of the chart shown in plate 91, plus the Novem- ber, 1918, labor increase, would be S5.32. Table 4. — Prices fixed by the President. Aug. 23. 1917. ^^^litoash. Red ash. Lykens VaUey. Company. Independent. Company. Independent. Company. Independent. S4. 55 4.45 4.70 4 .SO 4.00 $.5. 30 5.20 5.45 5.55 4.75 S4. 75 4. 65 ' 4.90 4.90 4.10 85.50 5.40 5.65 5.65 4.85 SS.OO 4.90 5.30 5.30 4.35 $.5.75 5.65 6.05 6.05 6.10 Egg Stove . . . Chestnut Pea Table 5. — Fixed prices , Dec. .31, 191S. White ash. B.ed ash. Lykens Valley. Company. Independent. Company. Independent. Company. Independent. Broken S5.95 5. &5 6.10 6.20 4.. SO S6.70 6.60 6.85 6.95 5. 55 -36. 15 6.05 6. .30 6.30 4.90 ,?6. 90 6. .SO 7.05 7.05 5.75 S6.40 6.30 6.70 6.70 5. L5 S7.15 7.05 7.45 7.45 5.90 Egg. Stove Chestnut Pea CAriT.-VL INVESTMENT. The capital invested per ton output in the larger and better equipped collieries ranges from %b to $11, with an average investment from ..50 to .?.S. PRICES FIXED. The prices fixed by the President August 23, 1917, are given in Table 4. No price was fixed on sizes smaller than pea, which was decreased 60 cents per ton October 1, 1917. There was a general increase of 35 cents per ton December 1, 1917, and one of $1.05 per ton November 1, 1918. Sizes smaller than pea were limited to a maximum 50 cents per ton below pea coal by order of November 15, 1918. Table 6. — Average cost per ton, December, 1917 , to May, 191S. Labor Supplies Transportation, mine to breaker Royalty, current Royalty, advance Depletion Amortization of cost of leasehold Depreciation Pro rata suspended cost of stripping . Contract stripping and loading Taxes, local Insurance, current Insurance, liability Officers' salaries and expenses Office salaries and expenses Legal expenses Miscellaneous Total Increase over May to November, 1917 Fresh-mined c^ai, 35,258,550 tons. S2. 593 .616 .004 .153 .002 .099 .014 .091 .023 .009 .054 .016 .058 .030 .048 .005 .026 3. .841 .764 "Washery operations, 3,431,916 tons. $0. 687 .260 .007 .102 .077 .024 .034 .014 .018 .019 .024 .003 .023 1.378 .365 Total, in-lud- ing "washeries, 38,688,466 tons. •52. 423 .584 .004 .148 .002 .097 .016 .090 .021 .009 .052 .016 .0.55 .029 .045 .005 .026 3. 622 .719 The present fixed prices December 31, 1918, per ton of 2,240 pounds, f. o. b. mines, are given in Table 5. Smaller than pea is not to be sold -ndthin 50 cents of maximum pea-coal price. Thus the selling price of anthracite has been increased but 30.5 per cent over the prewar price, while the cost of production has gone up 52 per cent, the difference having been absorbed by the operators The average cost as reported for the six months, December, 1917, to May, 1918, inclusive, prior to the increase of November 1 1918 but including that of December 1, 1917, is given in Table 6. ' ' The regular price work of the committee required an intensive study of costs iii. all coal reo-ions of the United States, the dividmg of these regions into 92 bituminous districts on a cost basis in accordance w'th th Lever Act, and involved the making of hundreds of temi^orary and trial charts necessary in dcterm' ' th territory to be assigned to each district. This often required the makmg of county charts which w ft ward consolidated. 25 The committee has further studied and reported on all appUcations for changes and revisions of prices, many hundreds in number, with some 65 recommendations for chan<:;e3 in ]n-ice or districting, and has received operators and committees from practically every district in the United States for conference ou the peculiarities and needs of their districts, and in hearing applications for changes in prices or district boundaries. In addition to their regular work very many special hivestigations and reports haA^e been made on such subjects as preparation and special cleaning of coal, washing costs and regulations, bunker coal, the sizhig of screenings, cannel and blacksmith coal, the contiol of wagon mines, prices for lake docks, studies and report on lake and seaboard pools, and on the possible pooling of anthracite, and an important aroitration of electric power rates in Virginia and Kentucky. Members of the committee appeared before committees of the United States Senate in connection with the war-revenue bill and in the investigation of anthracite by the committee on manufactures, and submitted extensive reports of costs and of culm bank conditions to this committee. Mr. Garnsey, the chairman of the committee, was appointed Assistant United States Fuel Administrator on May 3, 1918, and thereafter acted principally in an advisory capacity to the committee. Mr. Norris rep- resented Dr. Garfield on the price-fixing committee of the War Industries Board from September until this committee disbanded. Mr. AUport was abroad from October 19, 1918, to Januarj^ 20, 1919, as one of the commissioners of the Fuel Administration studying the fuel conditions and needs of our Allies, and has since, besides writing hia report, collected much data in connection with the export coal situation, much of which is shown graphically on Plates Nos. Exp. 1 to Exp. 28. Besides the members of the committee, Messrs. John E,. Pill and J. H. Fulford assisted as statisticians in the latter part of the work, and with Miss Jessie Benton, secretary, formed the regular staff of the committee The committee worked throughout as volunteers without salary or expense allowance other than the $1 check received by each as a memento. PRICES AND PRICE DISTRICTS. Maximum prices which include the 45 cents per ton allowed in the President's order of October 27, 1917, in effect October 7, 1918, on a basis of 2,000 pounds f. o. b. cars at the mines, are given below. state and district. Alabama; District No. 1. — Big Scam group; Big or Mary Lee and Newcastle seams. Blue Creek seam , except on Birmingham Mineral Branch of Louisville & Nashville R. R. south of Bes- semer, Brookwood-Milldale seam when worked together, and Henry Ellen or Acmar seam District No. 2.— Cahaba group, being all seams in Cahaba field, including the Montevallo group, excepting the Climax, Henry Ellen or Acmar, Helena, and Harkness seams, and the No. 2 lielle Ellen mine in the Youngblood seam Black Creek group, being the Black Creek, Milldale, Carter, and Durie scams, the Underwood seam in Etowah and Blount Counties^, and the Jefferson seam in Marion, Walker, and Winston Counties. . . District No. 3. — Pratt group; Pratt, Corona, Brookwood, Nickel Plate, America, Jagger, Coal City, Marion, and Belmont seams, Jefferson seam except in Walker, Marion, and Winston Coimties, Mount Carmel seam or upper bench of Big seam, and the Blue Creek seam on Birmingham Alineral Branch of Louisville & Nashville K. R. south of Bessemer District No. 4. — Helena and Harkness seams and coal mined by No. 2 Belle Ellen mine in Youngblood seam District No. 5. — Mines in the Climax seam, in orabout Maylene, Shelby Comity Special prices- Coal mined by the Montevallo Mining Co. . . Arkansas; District No. 1.— Johnson, Franklin, and Sebas- tian Counties , except the Excelsior district' . . . District No. 2.— Logan and Scott Coimties and the Excelsior district of Sebastian Coimty, namely, mines on the Midland Valley R. R. (a) north of Montreal Junction and (b) east of Hackett and west of but not at Greenwood'. Colorado; District No. 1. — Bituminous domestic coal, domestic ficld^ District No. 2. — Bituminous steam coal, Trini- dad field- District No. 3. — Lignite coal Special prices — Coal mined by the Gibson Lumber & Fuel Co., in the Roval Gorge Mine, Canon City' '. Coal mined in the Canon City district by the Wolf Park Coal Co. and at the Radi- ant Mine of the Victor-American Fuel Co.3 Coal mined in the Trinidad district at the Gray Creek Mine of the Victor- American Fuel Co, and the Empire Mine of the Empire Mining Co.' Coal mined in the Walsenburg district by the Aztec Coal Mining Co., Caprock Fuel Co., CaddcU & Carlson, Premium Min- ing Co., Rugby Fuel Co., Gordon Coal Co., Black Canon Coal & Fuel Co., Geo. McNally Coal Co., Black Hawk Coal Co., Minnequa Coal Co., Monument Valley Fuel Co., Ideal Fuel Co. , and the Breen Coal Co.' Coal mined in the Walsenburg district by the Rapson Mining Co., Cedar Hill Coal & Coke Co., Oakdale Coal Co., and the Ravenswood Mine of the Victor- Ameri- can Fuel Co.' Coal mined by the Williamsburg Slope Coal Co. , at Florence, Fremont County . . . Run of mine. 3.45 2.70 2.60 Pre- pared sizes. $2.75 3.75 3.60 3.60 4.60 Nut, 4. 10 4.60 Nut, 4. 10 Slack or screen- ings. 3.60 2.95 2.00 1.35 2.00 State and district. Georgia Illinois: District No. 1, including Mercer, Bureau, Kankakee^ La SaUe, Grundy, Will, Putnam, Marshall, Livingston, Woodford, and McLean Counties District No. 2, including Rock Island, Henry, Warren, Knox, Stark, Peoria, Hancock, McDonough, Henderson, Fulton, Tazewell, and Schujder Counties District No. 3, including Menard, Logan, Dewitt, Champaign, Vermillion, Sangamon, Pratt, Christian, Moultrie, Shelby, Greene, Macoupin, and Montgomery Counties, and Madison County north of the latitude of Alton; also all mines not included in other rulings District No. 4, including Bond, St. Clair, Monroe, and Randolph Counties, and Madi- son County south of the latitude of Alton, and Clinton, Washing;ton, and Perry Coun- ties, not including mines along the line of Illinois Central R, R. between Vandalia and Carbondale District No. 5, including Jackson County, not including mines on the line of the Illmois Central R. R. between Carbondale and Duciuoin District No. 6, including Marion, Jeffersou, Franklin, Williamson, Jolmson, Hamilton, SaUne, White, Gallatin, and mines along the main line of the Illinois Central R. R. be- t\veen ^'andalia and Carbondale in Clinton, Washington, Perry, and Jackson Counties Special prices — Macon County Coal mined by the Moweaqua Coal Mining & Manufacturing Co. at Moweaqua, Christian County Coalminedbythe Assumption Coal& Min- ing Co. at Assumption, Christian County. Coal mined by the Spoon River Colliery' at Elhs ville Coal mined by tlie Latham Coal & Mining Co. in Logan County , Indiana; District No. 1. — All coal not otherwise classi- fied District No. 2.— Brazil Block Special prices — Coal mined by the Essanbec Mines Co. in Vermilion County Coal mined at the Linton Summit mine by the Atlas Mining Co. in Greene County. .'. . Iowa; District No. 1. — All coal not otherwise classi- fied District No. 2. — Appanoose. Wayne, Boone. and Webster Counties Kansa.s: District No. 1.— Cherokee and Crawford Coun- ties, except shaft mines in Lightning Creek or upper thin vein, and any mining opera- tions in the State not covered by other rulings District No. 2.— Shaft workings'in the 'Light' ning Creek or upper thin vein in Cherokee and Crawford Counties District No. 3.— Osage, Franklin, 'and "LYnii' Counties District No. 4.— Leavenworth County". ........ Special prices — Cherokee and Crawford Counties- Mill coal S2. 95 Nut run or stoker coal 3. 05 Kentucky; District No. 1.— All coal mined west of the eichty-fifth degree of longitude except oper- ations listed below Run of mine. .$3.60 2.75 2.75 2.35 2.60 3.00 2.35 3.30 3.10 3. 8S 3.75 Pre- pared sizes. $3.85 2.55 2.55 2.85 4.90 3.25 2.55 3.60 2.95 2.85 3.30 4.30 4.85 4.00 2.60 Slack or screen- ings. $3.55 2.75 2.05 2.05 2.46 2.05 2.05 2.50 2.50 2.75 2.20 2.05 2.05 2.45 2.35 2.80 2.35 1 These prices are subject to the following monthly summer reductions on all grades except slack; August 1, the base price is again eflective: March 75 cents cents; May, 45cents: June, 30 cents; July, IScents. . ' 2 These prices are subject to the following monthly summer reductions; On Aug. 1 the base price is again effective; Bituminous domestic coal domestic field sizes only; Apr. 1, 70 cents; May 1, 50 cents; June 1, :j5 cents; July 1, 15 cents. Bituminous steam coal, Trinidad district, prepared sizes only Anr i 40 co^t=.' cents; Junel,20cents; July l.lOcents. -^ !■■ i, iu cents, 3 The price for prepared sizes is subject to the following monthly summer reduction of 70 cents for Apr.; 50 cents for May; 35 cents for June- 15 cents for Julv 1, the base price is again effective. * The price for prepared sizes is subject to the following summer reductions; 40 cents tor the month of Apr.; 30 cents for the month of May 20 cent . for the June; 10 cents for the month of July. (26) 3.15 3.25 2.50 ; April, 60 prepared May 1, 30 On Aug. month ol 27 State and district. Run of mine. Pre- pared sizes. Slack or screen- ings. State and district. Run of mine. Pre- pared sizes. Slack or screen- ings. Kentucky— Continued . District No. 2.— The counties of Letcher, Harlan, except coal produced by the Loony Creek Coal Co., and Perry County, except S2.55 3.00 2.65 2.65 3.90 3.70 2.80 3.90 3.00 2.75 3.50 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 3.a5 3.85 3.85 3. So 4.50 4.00 4.00 4.00 3. 0.5 3. .50 4.0O 3. 50 3.75 3. .50 3.05 3.50 3. .50 4.95 3.90 S2. 80 3.25 2.90 2.90 4.15 3.95 3.05 3.95 3.25 3.00 3.95 4.70 4.70 4.70 4.70 4.40 4.40 4.40 4.40 6.00 5.00 6.00 6.00 3.30 3.75 4. .30 3. 75 4.00 3.75 3.30 3.75 3. 75 5.45 $2.30 2.75 2.40 2.40 2.75 2.95 2.45 2.75 2.75 2. .50 2.90 13.30 13.30 13.30 13.30 13. .30 13.30 13.30 13.30 13.30 13. .30 13. .30 13.30 2.80 2.80 2.80 2.80 2.80 2.80 2.80 2.80 2.80 2.90 Missouri— Continued. liarion and Vernon Counties- Mill coal $2.95 $3.05 2.70 3.40 4.liO 4. .51) 3. 35 2.75 3.10 2. .50 2. 90 2,90 2.05 2.90 3.40 2.35 2. .50 2. 95 4. 05 4. (;o 2. 95 $3. 95 3.60 4.40 5.40 5. .50 4.35 3.00 3.05 2.75 3-15 3.15 2. UO 3.15 3.65 2.60 2.75 3.20 4.95 5. 45 2.95 $1.35 Reliance Coal & Coke Co. and operations in Perry County included in district No. 3 New Mexicd: District No. L— Raton district 2 2.00 District No. 3. — That part of Kentucky east District No 2 — Oallup lleld^ 2.35 District No. 3.— Carthage field ^ 3.90 ceptine Letcher, Harlan, and Martin Counties, that part of Pike County on the watershed of the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy Riverand the operation of the Kentucky Block Cannel Coal Co., south of the Licking River in Morgan County, and that part of Perry County in- cluded' in District No. 2, but including the operations in Perry County of Hazard Coal Co., Diamond Block Coal Co., Coneva Coal Corporation, Storm King Coal Co., C. H. McDonald Coal Co., Four Seam Block Coal Co , Daniel Boone Coal Co , Blue Grass Coal District No 4 — Cerrillos field 3 4.00 District No. 5. — Sugarite and Monero fields ^ North Dakota (lignite coal): District No. 1. — All coal mined south of the twelfth standard parallel^ Run of mine S2.e0 Prepared sizes 2. 85 6-mch steam lump 2. 35 Screenings orslaclc 1. (lO District No. 2.— All coal mined north of the twelfth standard parallel — Run of mine S3. 05 2.35 Corporation, Columbus Mining Co., No. 4 Coal Co , and Walker's Branch jlining Co 6-incli steam lump 2. S5 District No. 4, or Thacker. — Operations in Pike County on the watershed of the Tug Fork otthe Big Sandy River east of WilUam- son on the Norfolk & Western R R Ohio: District No. 1.— The county of Meigs and the townsliips of Cheshire and Addison la the 2.50 operations in Pike County on the watershed ofthe Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River west of Williamson on the Norfolk & Western R R District No. 2. — The counties of Vinton, Jack- son Lawrence, Sciota, Pike, and the county of Gallia^ except the townships of Cheshire and Addison 3.25 Special prices- Blue Gem coal produced in Knox and Whitlev Counties by operators who are members of the Tri-County Blue Gem District No. 3.— The coimties of Hocking and Athens, and the townships of Coal and Mon- roe in the coimty of Perry and the township 2.25 The Bailey Rim or No 7 seam 2 65 Coal produced in Whitley County by the District No. 4. — The counties of Washington and Noble, the county of Morgan except the township of Homer, and the county of Perry except the townships of Coal and Monroe District No. 5.— The county of Muskingum District No. 6. — The coun1:ies of Holmes, Tus- carawas, Carroll, Coshocton, and the town- ships of Monroe, Franklin, Washington, and Freeport in the county of Harrison, and the townships of Washington and Yellow Creek in the county of Columbiana, and the town- ships of Brush Creek, Saline, Springfield, Ross, and Knox in the coimty of JetTerson and operations in the 8-A vein in Flushing and Union Townships in the county of Bel- Coal mined by the Norton Coal Co., White Plains Coal Co., and B. D. WilUams Coal Co. in the Empire or Mannington Seam in Christian and Hopkins Counties.. Coal mined bv the Kentucky Block Cannel Coal Co., south of the Licking River in Morgan Countv-. .. 2,65 2.40 Coal mined bv the Loony Creek Coal Co. in Harlan Countv and bv the Rehance Coal & Coke Co. "at its Glomawr mine in Pprry Cnnnty Martland Si>ecial prices^ Handv Bros Mining Co 2 65 District No. 7. — The counties of Trumbull, Portage, Summit, Mahoning, Medina, Wayne, and Stark, and the county- of Columbiana except the to^ynships of Washington and Yellow Creek What'Cheer Coal Mining Co. (except Fhnt minp) Robert' Gage Coal Co. (Black Diamond 3 25 District No. 8.— The county of Monroe, the county of Belmont except the township of Warren and operations m the 8-.\ -vein in Flushing and Union Townships, the county of Harrison except the townships of Momoe, Franklin, Washington, and Freeport, and the county of JetTerson except the townships of Brush Creek, Saline, Ross, ICnox , and Spring- field Consohdated and Wolverine Coal Co Robert Gage Coal Co. (except Black Dia- mond mine ) What Cheer Mining Co. (Flint Miae) B S K Coal Co 2 35 District No. 9.— The coimty of Guernsey and the township of Warren in Belmont County. . Special prices- Coal rained by the Wayne Mining Co. in G uemsey county Missouri: District No. 1.— Counties of Schuyler, Adair, except operation of the Star Coal Co. Macon Countv east of New Cambria and mining operations not covered by other rulings. Randolph, Monroe, Ralls, Audrian, Callaway, 2,25 2 70 Oklahoma: District No. 1. — Le Flore, HaskeU^ Okmulgee, Tulsa, Rogers, and Coal Counties, and the Hartshorn- Wilburt on vein in Pittsbm-gh and Latimer Counties ^ District No! 2. — Counties of Putnam, Sullivan, 75 Lafayette, and Macon County west of New District No. 2. — Mc.^Iester vein in Pittsburgh and Latimer Counties * 3 35 Pennsylvania: District No. L — Operations in the counties of Tioga, Lycommg, Clinton, Center, Hunting- don, Bedford, Cameron, Elk, Clearfield, Cambria, Blair, Somerset, Jefierson, Indiana, Clarion, Armstrong, Butler, Mercer, Law- rence, and Beaver, and operations in Alle- gheny County from the lower end of Taren- tum Borough north to the coimty line, and in Westmoreland Coimty from a point oppo- site the lower end of Tarentum Borough north along the Allegheny River to the Kis- kiminitas River, and along the Kiskiminitas River eastward to the Ccnemaugh River, and continuing along the Conemaugh River to the county line of Cambria County and oper- ations on the Baltimore & Ohio R. R. from the Somerset County line to and Including Indian Creek and the Indian Creek Valley branch of the Baltimore & Oluo R. R District No. 3.— Graridy County, operations of the Star Coal Co. in Adair County and shaft workings in the Lightning Creek, or upper thin vem in Barton, Bates, and Vernon Coun- District No 4 Harrison County District No. 6.— Boone and Cooper Counties District No. 7. — Jolmson, Henry, St. Clair, Bates Vernon and Barton Counties Special prices- Coal mined by the Home Coal Co. in Ma- Coal mined by the Moniteau Co. in Moni- Canneloid coal mined at the Johnson mine in Anaconda, Franklin County, by J. S. Turley 2.96 On 1 Nut and slack. 2 Subject to the following monthly summer reductions on prepared sizes only: Apr. 1, 50 cents; May 1, 40 cents; June 1, 30 cents; July 1, 20 cents; Aug. 1, 10 cents. Sept. 1, the base price is again effective. 3 Subject to the following monthly summer reductions; 25 cents for the month of July, and 15 cents for the month of August. * These prices are subject to the following monthly summer reductions on all grades except slack: On Aug. 1 the base price is again effective: March, 75 cents; April, 60 oents; May, 45 cents; June, 30 cents; July, 15 cents. 28 state and district. Penns'St.vania— Continued. District No. 2. — Operations in the counties of Allegtieny, WestmoreJand, Fa3'ette, Greene, and Wastiin^on, except (1) that portion of Allegheny County from tlie lower end of Tarentum Borough north to the county line, (2) the territory in Westmoreland County from a point opposite the lower end of Tarentum Borough north along the Alle- gheny River to tlie Kiskimiuitas River and along the Kisldrninitas River eastward to the Conemaugh River and continuing along the Conemaugh River to the county line of Cambria County, (.3) operations on Indian Creek in Westmoreland County, and (4) operations in the Ohio Pyle cli.strict of Fayette County '. Special prices — Coal mined "by tlie Fall Brook Coal Co. , in Tioga County Coal mined at the stripping operation of the Graff Mining Co. in Westmoreland County 1 Eim of mine. Tennessee: District No. 1. — All except Overton and Fen- tress Counties District No. 2. — Overton and Fentress Coimties. Special prices — Blue Gem Coal produced in Camphell County by operators who are members of the Tri -County Blue Gem Coal Opera- tors Association Coal mined at the Bon Air Mine by the Bon Air Coal & Iron Corporation in Wliite County Coal mined by the White Oak Coal Co. in Fentress Coimty Texas: District No. 1. — State of Texas, except Erath, Young, Palo Pinto, and Wise Comities 2 District No, 2. — Erath, Young, and Palo Pinto Counties 2 District No. 3.^Liguite coal District No. 4. — Wise Coimty 2 Utah VmGiNiA: District No. 1. — All coal not otherwise classified. District No. 2. — Operations in tlie Richmond Basin within Chesterfield and Henrico Counties District No. 3. —Clinch Valley No. 1 district, or "Upper Clinch;" coal-mining operations on the Norfolk & Western Ry., Hockman to Finney, inclusive District No. 4. — Pocahontas District (see West Virginia) District No. 5. — Lee, Wise, and Dickenson Counties , and Russell County west of Finney, on the Norfolk & Western Ry ". . , Special prices — Coal mined by the Splash Dam Coal Cor- poration and the McClure Coal Corpora- tion in the County of Dickenson Mines operated near St. Charles, Lee County, by the Cunberland Coal Co., Perm Lee Coal Co., Leecova Coal Co., Wilma Coal Co., Darby Coal Mining Co., Black Mountain Mining Co., Virginia Lee Co., Old Virginia Coal Co., United Collieries Co. (Inc.), Benedict Coal Cor- poration, the Imperial Mine of the Vir- ginia Iron Coal & Coke Co., Roanoke; Mohawk Coal Mining Co., of Keokee; Powell River Coal Co., of Purcell; North Fork Coal Co., T. M. Morrison Coal Co., and the Lone Mountain Coal Co., of Pennington Gap Washington: ' Screened coals — Bituminous — District No, 1. — Kittitas County — Runofmine S3.45 Prepared sizes — Lump and egg 3. 85 Special steam and gas. . . 3.15 Slack 2.40 Subbituminou s — District No. 2. — Lewis and Thurston Coimties — Runofmine S2.65 I'repared sizes — Lump 3. 85 Lump nut 3.15 Nut 2.90 Slack 1.15 Washed coals — Bituminous — Kittitas County — Prepared sizes 3. 90 2. 95 2.95 3.00 2.65 3.90 3.00 4.70 3.85 2.00 4.70 3.00 2.35 3.66 2.85 2.36 2.65 2.85 Pre- pared sizes. 2.60 3.25 2.95 3.25 2.80 4.15 3.26 5.50 5.00 2.20 6.86 3.65 2.60 3.90 3.10 2.60 Slack or screen- ings. 2.35 2.75 2.96 2.75 2.30 2.75 2.75 2.70 2.70 1.46 2.70 1.86 2.10 3.40 2.60 2.10 2.60 State and district. Washington— Continued. Washed coals — Bituminous — Kittitas County- District No. 3— Pierce, Kmg, Lewis, and Skagit Counties- Prepared sizes — Lump nut S5. 90 Mixed steam 5.16 Straight steam and gas... 4.70 Slack. 2.40 Subbituminous — District No. 4 — King County — Prepared sizes — Lump nut 4.90 Pea 3.40 Buckwheat 3.15 Slack 1.40 District No. 5 — Lewis County — Prepared sizes — Liunp 3.85 Nut 3.65 Pea 2.90 Buckwheat 1.40 Slack 1.15 West Virginia: District No. 1 (Pocahontas) — Operations on the Norfolk & Western Ry. and branches west of Graham, Va., to Welch, W. Va., including Newhall, Bernind, Canebrake, Hartwell, and Beech Fork branches; also operations on the Virginian Ry . , and branches west of Rock to Hemdon, W. Va.< District No. 2 (Tug River) — Coal -mining opera- tions on the Norfolk & Western Ry. west of W^elch to and including Panther, incluoing branches, except Newhall, Berwlnd, Cane- brake, and Hartwell ^ District No, 3 (Thacker) — Operations in Mc- Dowell County west 01 Panther on the Nor- folk & Western Ry., and in Mingo County west along the Tug JTork of the Big Sandy River to Williamson, on the Norfolk & West- ern Ry District No. 4 (Kenova) — Operations on the watershed of the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River west of Williamson on the Norfolk & Western Ry. and Wayne County District No. 5 (Logan) — Logan County and operations in Boone County south of Dan- ville on the Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. in Lincoln Coimty south of Gill on the Chesa- peake & OhloR. R District No. 6 (New River)— Operaiions in Fayette County east ol the Gauley River to Hawk's Nest on the Chesapeake & Ohio R. B. and east of a line drawn from Hawk's Nest to Lively on the Virginian R. R., and the counties of I ayette and Raleigh, south of Lively, and the county of Wyoming, north of Hemdon, on the Virginian R. R.< District No. 7 (Kanawha)— Operations in Nicholas County, west of the mouth of the Meadow Branch ol the Gauley River, the county of Fayette west of the Gauley River and north of the Kanawha and west of a line drawn Irom Hawk's Nest on the Chesapeake & OhioR.R. to Lively on the Virginian R.R., and operations in the counties of Raleigh and Boone on the watershed of the Clear Fork Branch of Coal River, and the county of Boone north of Danville on the Chesapeake & Ohio R R. and the counuies ol Kanawha and Clay south of Charleston and the county of Lincoln north of GUI on the Chesapeake & OhioR.R District No. 8 — Putnam Coiiuty District No. 9— Coal mined in Mason County District No. 10 — Coal and Coke and Gauley districts: Tavlor, Barbour, Lewis, Upshur Randolph, Gilmer, Braxton, Webster, and Greenljrier Counties; operations in Nicholas County east of the mouth of the Meadow Branch of the Gauley River, and the Coal and Ccke district in Kanawha and Clay Countiesnorth ofCharleston District No. 11— The Upper Potomac,' Cum-' berlaud and Piedmont fields, comprising all coal mined ua the State of Maryland, and in the counties of Mmeral, Grant, Tucker, and Preston in West Virginia District No. 12 (Fau-mont)- Mononga"Ua,"M'a'r"-' ion, and Harrison Counties District No. 13— Coal mined in the counties' 'of' Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, and Marshall Special prices — Mines operated near Richwood, Nicholas County, by the Saxman Coal & Coke Co Wyoming Subbituminous: Egg run J2..50 Antrim 2.35 Run of mine. Pre- pared sizes. S2.35 2.75 2.65 2.50 2.70 2.60 2.86 2.75 2.76 2.50 2.35 3.15 3.00 S2.60 Slack or screen- ings. 2.90 2.95 1 Flat prices . 2.85 3.10 3.00 2.90 3.00 2.75 2.60 3.40 3.65 $2.10 2.60 2.40 2.35 2.60 2.50 2.60 2.26 2.35 1.90 1.85 2 These prices are subject to the following monthly summer reductions: Apr. 1, 75 cents; May 1, 60 cents- June 1 45 cents- Julvi m^ t s Preparation of coal mined within the State of Washington shall conform to reports subml'tted to and approved hv .stVto \ai.l, t^ S™^; Aug. 1, 15 cents, modifications as may be approved by State Fuel Administrator. ^ "^^ ^""^ Board, subject to such further * In the Pocahontas district of Virginia and West Virginia, and the New River and Tug River districts of West Virginia where s1»pt standard screens customarily used prior to January 1, 1916, constitute not less than 65 per cent of the mine run output of anv mine suni, -"j"^ sereemngs passing through the not to exceed the appUcable Government price at date of shipment for run of mine produced at said mine. ' slack or screenings may be sold at 29 PRICES OF BITUMINOUS COAL AT THE LAKE DOCKS. Effective August 26, 1918, bituminous coal of the grades hereinafter specified received at any Lake Michigan or Lake Superior dock from and including the effective date of this order, to and including April 30, 1919, and reshipped by rail from the docks to purchasers buying in carload lots, may be sold at prices f. o. b. cars at the doclv not to exceed the following per net ton, viz: Coal from — Lump. Tlun of pile. Screenings. Southwestern district in the State of Pcnnsvlvania, Fairmont and Panhandle districts in the State of West Virginia, and districts Nos. 3, 8, and 9 in the State of Ohio 3,5. 80 6.30 6.30 $5. 55 6.05 C. 05 35. 30 Harlan, Thaclcer, and Kenova districts in the State of Kentucky, the Thacker, Ivenova, Kanawha, and Mason County districts in the state ofWost Virginia, and districts Nos. 1.2,4, 5, 6, and 7 in the State of Ohio 5. 80 6.05 The above prices are based on freight rates between tlio mines and Lake Erie ports effective June 1, 1918. An amount equivalent to any increase in such freight rates by order of the United States RaUroad Administration in effect at the effective date hereof may be added to such prices, and in the event that any further increase in such freight rates shall become effective at any time hereafter, an additional amount equiva- lent to such further increase may also be added to such prices . For coal so received by lake shipment at any of the docks aforesaid, and sold for delivery by truck, wagon, or other usual facility for retail delivery to consimiers without any rail reshipment, prices must be fixed and determined in the manner and according to the provisions and limitations prescribed in the regula- tions of the United States Fuel Administrator relative to maximum gross margins of retail coal dealers. KEGULATION FIXING THE PRICE OF CANNEL COAL AND THE MIXTURE OF CANNEL COAL AND BITUMINOUS COAL. Section I. The prices of cannel coal shipped on and after 7 a. m. July 16, 1918, are fixed f. o. b. cars at the mine per net ton at not to exceed the applicable Government mine price for bituminous coal at the mine where such caimel coal is produced; provided, however, that if the producer of such cannel coal shall obtain from the L^nited States Fuel Administration a permit therefor, lump cannel coal may be sold for a sum not to exceed $1 per net ton above the applicable Government mine price for run of mine bituminous coal at the mine where such coal is produced. Sec. II. Any producer desiring to obtain a permit to make the additional charge of cannel coal provided in Section I of this regulation m.ay file Math the Bureau of Prices of the United States Fuel Administration, Washington, D. C, an application therefor in such form as said Bureau of Prices may from time to time prescribe. Sec. III. All invoices for cannel coal for which the additional charge provided in Section I hereof is made must bear the number of the permit of the producer of such coal. Sec. IV. When cannel coal is loaded into box cars, a charge of 50 cents per net ton in addition to the prices fixed in Section I hereof may be made to cover the cost of labor and material necessary to load such coal into box cars. No such charge shall be made on shipments in box cars of cannel coal mixed with bituminous coal. Sec. V. When run of mine or prepared cannel coal is mixed with bituminous coal of any size tire mixture shall be sold at a price not to exceed the Government mine price for bituminous screenings applicable at date of shipm.ent at the mine where such cannel coal is produced. Sec. VI. When cannel coal, from which the lumps have been screened, is mixed with bituminous coal of any size the mixture shall be sold at a price not to exceed the Government mine price for bituminous screen- ings applicable at date of shipment at the mine wliere such cannel coal is produced less 30 cents net per ton. REGULATION FIXING THE PRICE OF MODIFIED MINE RUN COAL. The prices of "modified mine run" coal shipped on and after July 5, 1918, are fixed f. o. b. cars at the mine per net ton, at not to exceed tlie applicable Government mine prices for screenings at tlio mine wliere such "modified mine run" coal is produced plus the following percentages of the margin or difference between the applicable Government mine prices for mine run and screenings at such mines, viz: Run of mine passed through 2-inch openings, 40 per cent of such margin. Run of mine passed through 3-inch openings, 75 per cent of such margin. Run of mine passed through 4-inch openings, 90 per cent of such margin, Run of mine passed through 5-inch openings, 95 per cent of such margin. Run of mine passed through 6-inch or larger openings shall take the applicable Government price for run of mine. 30 The word "openings" is construed to mean either bar openings or round perforations in shaking screens, both bars and shaking screens to be of the proper size and length to handle efficientlj^ the total amount of coal which is passed over them. REGULATION FIXING THE PRICES OF SIZED SCREENINGS. The prices of sized screenings shipped on and after August 1, 1918, are fixed f. o. b. cars at the mine per net ton as follows: 1. For all special sizes passing over a mesh over one-half inch in size, the applicable Government mine price for prepared coal at the mine where such screenings are produced. 2. For all special sizes passing over a mesh over one-quarter inch and under one-half inch m size, the applicable Government mine price for run of mine coal at the mine M^here such special sizes are produced. 3. For all fine sizes from sized coal passing through a mesh one-half inch or smaller in size, the applicable Government mine price for standard screenings at the mine where such fine screenings are produced, less 30 cents per net ton. 4. If fine screenings or "carbon" passing through one-half inch or smaller mesh as the result of producing special sized screenings are mixed with other coal, whether the same be mine run, prepared or standard screen- ings, the selling price of the mixture shall not exceed the applicable Government mine price for standard screen- ings at the mme where such mixture is produced, less 30 cents per net ton. REGULATION ESTABLISfflNG THE DEFINITION OF SLACK OR SCREENINGS AND PREPARED SIZES. Section I. Slack or screenings: Effective 7 a. m. June 1, 1918, the term "slack or screenings" 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 for bituminous coal, shall, from and after the effective date of this regulation, apply to and include coal which, when loaded at the mine, passes through the accepted standard screens customarily used for making slack or screenings at such time prior to January 1, 1916. Sec. II. Application for specific screen specifications or for modification of customary or current specifi- cations as named in Section I will receive consideration when made by consumers or producers in such form as the United States Fuel Administrator may from time to time prescribe. Sec. III. Prepared sizes: The term "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 shall, on and after the effective date of this regulation, include only coal which, when loaded at the mine, passes over the screens specified in Section I for the district in which such coal is mined. Sec. IV. The United States Fuel Administrator may, upon application from producers or consumers in any district, establish prices for any special size different from those specified in Sections I and III or for any mixture of sizes which special size or mixture is required for the proper distribution of coal from such district. REGULATION CONCERNING SPECIAL METHODS OF CLEANING AND PREPARING BITUMINOUS COAL AND THE CON- DITIONS UNDER WHICH INCREASED PRICES MAY BE CHARGED THEREFOR. Section I. Mechanical preparation; effective 7 a. m., June 1, 1918: No special allowance will be made for the ordinary method of cleaning or picking coal employed in any district, but a special alloAvance will be made for coal mechanically washed or extraordinarily cleaned or picked in such manner that the fuel value of the coal has been substantially increased by tlie removal of waste and impurities. Such allowance will be specifically determined by the United States Fuel Administration and the reason for such allowance and the amomit thereof will be set forth in a permit to be applied for and issued pursuant to the provisions of Sections II, III, IV, and V hereof. Sec. II. Any person, firm, or corporation desirmg to obtain a permit under this regulation may file with the Bureau of Prices of the United States Fuel Administration an application in such form as the United States Fuel Administration may from time to time prescribe. Sec. III. On receipt of a written application, as provided in Section II of this regulation, for authority to make an additional charge per net ton for coal specifically prepared in the manner indicated in Section I hereof the United States Fuel Administrator may, in his discretion, issue a permit authorizing the appHcant to make such additional charge. Every such permit shall be in writing, shall be signed and numbered by the United States Fuel Administrator or by his duly authorized representative, shall be subject at all tunes to revocation or cancellation by the United States Fuel Administrator, and shall be in such form and subject to such terms conditions, restrictions, provisions, and requirements as may from time to time be prescribed bv the United States Fuel Administrator. 31 Sec. IV. The amount added to the base price pursuant to a permit, issued under this regulation, together with the number of the permit, must be separatel_y stated on each invoice. Sec. V. Reports shall be made to the United States Fuel Administration by each operator holding a permit heretmder upon such dates, in such form, and containing such information as may from time to time be pre- scribed or required by the United States Fuel Administration. Sec. VI. Nothing in this regulation contained shall be construed in any manner whatsoever to relieve any operator from the obligation to exercise the highest degree of care in mining coal, to the end that excessive quantities of rock, slate, bone, sulphur, fire clay, shale, or other ash-forming impurities shall be eliminated therefrom, nor from the obligation to prepare coal in such manner that the same would have been considered clean and merchantable under normal market conditions existing prior to the present war. NOX y3d XS03 Jo (k (32) NOX *J3d ±S03 NOJ. «3d ISOQ NOJ. t{3d ASOO 122160°— 19- (33) NOX a3d ISO^ (34) NOX «3d iSOO NOJ. W3d XSO^ (35) NO J. M3d 1303 (36) NOX U3d ISOO Nox asd xsoo NOJ. 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The informal u)n required by this report is ordered to be furnished pursuant to the power of the Commission under subdivision b of section 6 of "An Act to create a Federal Trade Commission, t.o define its powers and duties, and for other purposes. and under paragraph 12, section 25, of "An Act to provide further for the national security and defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply, and controlling the distribution of food products and fuel," which is as follows: " The books, correspondence, records, and papers in any "way referring to transac- tions of any kind relating to the mining, production, sale, or distribution of all mine operators or other persons whose coal and coke have or may become subject to this section, and the books, correspondence, records, and papers of any person a pplymg for the purchase of coal and coke from the United States shall at all times be subject to inspection by the said agency." Penalties. Failure to mail this report within the time required will snbje-ct the corporation to a forfeiture of the sum of SlOO for each and every day of the contmuance ot such failure. Section 10, Federal Trade Commission Act. Any person who shall willfully make or cause to be made any false entry or state- ment of fact in this report shall be subject to a fme of not le^s than Sl.OOO nor more than S.'),000, or to imprisonment for a term of not more than three years or to Doth such fine and imprisonment. Section 10, Federal Trade Commission Act. /. 2f/ne expense. Operating expense: Mining, Yardage, Transportation, Ventilation, Drainage, Dead work, Tipple or breaker, "Washery, I ' Miscellaneous, Total, Labor. , Supplies. Power, Power-house fuel, tons, Superintendence and engineer- ing, Mine ofTice, (IS) Total, (19) Total operating expense, (20) General expense and fixed charges: (21) Royalty, f22) Depletion reserve, (23) Depreciation reserve, (24) Maintenance reserve, (25) Contingent reserve, (26J Taxes (exclude income and ex- cess profit), % (27) Insurance — General , (28) Insurance — LiabiUty, or Compen- sation, (29) Ofhcers' salaries and expenses, (30) Other general office salaries and expense, % (31) Legal, (32) Miscellaneous, (33) (34) Total general expenses and fixed charges, (3.5) Total mine expense, //. Selling ezpen~^c. Commissions, Advertising, Bad accounts, Allowances, Salesmen's salaries and expenses. Officers' salaries and expenses. Other office salaries and expenses, *^c Miscellaneous, Amount. ' Per ton. (30) (37) (38) (39) (40) (41) m (44) (45) Total selling expense, 777. Other expense. (46) Taxes — Income and excess profit, (47) Interest, (48) Sioldngfund, (49) (50) Total other expense, (51) Capital and maintenance reserve charges: (52) Improvements, (53) Developments, (54) Maintenance, (55) (56) Total capital and maintenance reserve charges, (57) Supplies: (58) Supplies on hand 1st of month, (59) Supplies purchased durin g month. ffiS) Coal sales: ((■.4) Local sales, (65) Shipped, (66) ffi7) Railroad, Coke, (KX) Power-house luel. (69) (70) Total sales. at per ton, at per ton, at per ton, at per ton, at per ton, (71) Cost of sales: (72) Total mine expense (Item 35), (73) Coal purchased, (74) Total, (75) Inventory 1st of month, (76) Inventory end of month, (77) Increase or decrease in inventories, (78) Total costs (Add 74 and 77), (79) Gross profit on coal sold (Subtract 7H from 70), (80) Miscellaneous profits: (81) Powder, (82) Interest on pay roll advanced, (S3) Smithing, (84) Heat, light, and power, (So) Dwellings and farms, (S6) Stores, (87) Standard-gauge railroad er4uipment, (85) Floating equipment, (89) Coke and Ijy-products, (90) Other income, (91) (92) (93) (94) Total gross profit. Selling expense. Other expense, (95) Total, (96) Total net income. Coal tonnage. {^,000 pounds.) (97) (98) (99) (100 (101) (102) (103) (104) (105) (106) (107) (108) (109) (110) (111) Sales; Local, Shipped, Raihoad, Coke, Power-house fuel. Total sales, Inventory, end of month. Total, Deduct Inventory 1st of month. Purchased coal. Total deductions. Production, Pre- pared. Run-of- mine. Slack. Total. (60) Total, (61) Supplies used during month, (62) SuppUes on hand end of month. (112) Kind of coal, (113) Name or number of seam, (114) Thickness of seam, (115) Number o( mines. (116) Remarks: Number days worked. Cause of idle days. Approved and certified correct: , (Name.) (Title.) Thts report must be signed by an ofHcer of the company. (IGS) i 8 LlJ LjJ l- O CO d: Ci I O H ir o Q. UJ o < cc CO < 1- < 1- 00 D LxJ [- ss ■^:::::.t:.. ■:::.. ■t'^ SMZZ^OE ^ \m&/Mii s»g.':.:i..": -ti Mj^;iy.;-^v.\Ma.; .. , ^^ :l.m'gmg»MWf'fm%'^' *'.x"ri'g»'^^ .'g \^ \ \ \ \ v> \ 1 f ^ ffl l: ±z±: •fc"^s'«^ sj«: z^ 5 i^ O \ J ti If z sP \ \ \ 1 33a. ' y>.i^.: ' .,.. ' . ' .^.r 't' t:fAsm:.7T. ^ZMil •\^v^ ' ,. t, ' 'n '' ^ss»-T:g :' -;;.fasv" ' 'v■■;?> ....te a • K'. ' SS " ^1:3; >z:r^j;e3iaiBi:'a:m' : ".feifcii^ ar^rmnc itmrxz^sa a3ii-yM.'.:4'„:,.t'">, ,! 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