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MANUFACTUEE OF COKE : 99

ample: lu January the ovens were idle six days ont of tbe twenty-seven
working days, and for twenty-one days there was a restriction of 58 per
cent. This 58 per cent, restriction continued until the 9th of February,
still further reduced on tlie 18th
when it was reduced to 50 per cent. ;
to 40 per cent., and on the 26th to 30 per cent., where it remained until
the 10th day of May, when it was increased to 40 per cent. The subse-
quent changes are noted in the table. The year closed with a restric-
tion of only 5 per cent.
During most of the year coke has sold, free on board, on the cars at
the oven for $1.20 for blast-furnace coke and $1.40 for foundry. The
producers, not members of the syndicate, but whose product is controlled
and sold by the syndicate, pay it 9 cents a ton for selling, so that it nets
but $1.11 to these works, free on board. The average price to the con-
sumer, free on board, at oveus during the year was a small fraction
over $1.22. During the past five years the prices, by months, of blast-
furnace coke, free on board, at ovens have been as follows

Monthly prices of Connellsville blast-furnace coke, free on hoard, at ovens.

Months. 1881. 1882. 1883

January. . $1. 50 to $1. 75 $1.70 to $1.80
February 1.50 1.75 1.70 1.80
March 1.50 1.75 1.70 1.75
April 1.60 1.75 1.70 1.75
May ].60 1.65 1.65 1.70
June 60 1.65 1.50 1.65
July 50 1.60 1.35 1.50
August 1.60 1.35
September 1.60 1.25 1.35
October . . 1.60 1.65 1.25
November 1.60 1.65 1.25 1.35
December 1.60 1.70 1.15 1.35