Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 302, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1917 — SUSPECT EVASION OF U. S. COAL PRICES [ARTICLE]

SUSPECT EVASION OF U. S. COAL PRICES

Newcastle, Pa.—What are suspected to be methods of evading the coal price fixing regulations of the United States government are being practiced here. It is charged. Consumers, when offering their orders to some of the big mining companies, are told that the entire output has been sold to brokers. Inquiry at the brokers shows that the coal can be bought at a considerable advance over the set figures. Coal prices continue to advance here in spite of the government regulations.