Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 274, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1920 — REPORT RAPS COAL PRICES [ARTICLE]

REPORT RAPS COAL PRICES

Cost Cannot Be Blamed on Foreign and Domestic Demand. PROBE IS MADE ft THE I. C. C. Data Prepared for Senate by the Commerce .Body Showa Home Con sumption of Fuel This Year Has Been Abnormal/ Washington, Not. 15. —Foreign demand fnr American coal was an impor tant factor in high domestic coal prices along the Atlantic seaboard during the first nine months of this year, but It was oply a minor factor tn the creation of high coal prides for the coutnry as a whole, the Interstate commerce commission deciares In a report prepared for the senate. The report is in response to a resolution adopted by the senate last June calling for an investigation of the effect of coal exports on domestic prlcse.