The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-21


CatiDe from vessel TO yard. average Of ..... u
shoveiiipg up In heap va
Total cost OF coal in yard per gross ton Of 81 81
Which figured down to net tons OF 600 lbs,
Asa waste in .ceeniDa when taken out %
Labor Of screening Observation-Disclosures. o.
Carriage from yard to consumers, say.......... 81
Actual cost solivered. 81 IL
You win observe that estimate has been male Of
yard rent, once rent CLERK hire bad debts We will
suppose that the average sales from each gard year.
to be 900 tons, which Ii liberal estimate, that the
average rent of yard and ofhoe to be, sy.... $500
Bal debts, say per cent 900 tons, at Is. IT'S
Total s., 7l3
be 81 cent? ton, which added to the above estimate
81 10 making the actual cost, a expenses added ~ II
Many dealers now selling at 81 So and are making
little profit coal that they hare to purchase
now. Those who bought early, before coal, tolls and
freight ros can cell at this price You state that there
scarcity Of cosl-the yards are all full sepletsn
This far from being true there being scsroey yard
stock coal the stocks generally being much below the
average at this dme Of year. You sAts that treat
many manufacturers and largo number Of steamboats,
substituting the LAckawxnna for tho anthracite
Ny Lackaval M Il anthracite COAL and ID aud has been
chiefly used for steamboats, and BY manufacturers. II
ware and Hudson Canal Company, 81 Wall street 1.-THE
sole owners Of the Lackswsnna cos and ask them at
pons |" sal None rsspet tSs prs.eut RAJ
price than the retail coal dealers. 1t requires
nearly double the capital to do tho business, and in
creased amount Of bad debts follows matter Of
course. Your advice to consumers to fcrego
laying In their usual winter stock may be god; but
the 18th Dseember) asd the river should freeze
a Philadelphia shch 10 not At all improbable the price
OF coal would undoubtedly advance to exosbtant poe
Ere ghts generally double in the winter the
rates Am afraid this Communication il already too
long an insertion In your widely circulating journal
mpsity, hope you VIII indulge me 4 little farther.
There has been disposition among the Pennsylvania
to hhoN shipments to sustain the trade abroad
there has been necessity for the demand has been
upcaasing up TO this time This nonsenaica propos ion
originated in the head Of the editor Of the Pottsve
Of podueers coal depends entirely upon his paper
This stupid announcement has than anything else
V RND pAE
fHE RHNRDY.
NR EpnoR-In your paper Of last Saturday Is .
column Of comments The way Coal Miners Manage
IT, and on which subject allow me the liberty Of com
msntpg little further.
The weak and Ridiculous not mischieyous article Ia
tho Miners JoSrna threatening 70 suspend shipments
the OF much discussion about the sxtrsvs
CANT price OF coal ,nd has in most cases thrown the
few moments reflection should convince 50 saga
cious man as the editor Of the HmAD that combined
action, such Threatened by the Nines Journal and
possibly entertained by Of the miners i whxe
many are interested, impracticabso AID cannot be
II three or four or . dozen mlnsrs should attempt IT,
others would INN sdiaey supply the vacuum by incress
9E then snipnsns .s was Invariably the sssu.. o.
condition Of selling their COAL daily, weekly, monthly
below cost
cellar eous interssts would b exceedingly diout and
II the attempt has besn made its allure proven by
YOU inow fun VEN that a. general rue prices ars
regulated BY demand aaa supply. This law OF trade sp
plies with fierce - coal than anost any other ars
ele OF merchandise IN Consequence Of Its bulk Compare
storage on speculation any great extent whom mined
must shipped and whoa shipped must b sold and
dsly cred TO eonsumsrs the chances two to
that he incurx the expsrss Of holding On wiz suffer
poea.s Nov, y r.sS S back = Tie ..aa:s'.i
ys.s Ses 1911. ~. =: s1 =. .:u ,s, s.s
Who deal in the article and the who pay for
IT, have done but little y vary tbs esabshed and gov
erning principle prices Last year. for the first time
steadily ad,sa & Th season the sams cause has pro-
sas: S soS1
viii Il always b with human kidd whether they deal In
fuel in elotAiDs, Or In fosd.
good profits and the Aborers have better wages, while
greater portoa Of the advance Cue to tolls freight
Now Mt. Editor, the proper inquiry Is, what remedy
can be devised for this ierious induction the
Gus purchasers Of An Indispensable commodity.
would hot this entirely fan OF accomplishing the pur-
/ ross-is net the failure q this time obviouss
ddenes in the prices OF 1882 and 1854 far more than
It. and the nportaons Of this year according to
that theory should supply the increased nc demand s and
At on foreign coal two years since
The tepoencJ OF removing the duty from foreign GOAL
ift increased the demand would certainly be- to en-
bsncc the price abroad to Increase the cost Of labor
frteht &c already the sdvanca, until The aggregate
would AZ least equal and thus neutraize the amount Of
pnt there IL means Of abating the evil and within
the reach OF New York enterprise There are plenty
Of coal lands not yet opened mp TO market and
from the lsh4h rsgon alone, tho amount sent to
rsrhe would doubled IL the msans OF convey
snes were provided These coal fields are nearer 20 the
anthracite coal be found in this country, or else
whore.
There are other Of supply that may be ENLARGED
bu. not 20 readily the alluded to- The coal from
the coal basins bordering the waters Of tue
LhsA can cny ~ = sent 70 %asss y
roads however made from the tide waters Of Ne~
York TO within IS milea Of the mine road and to com
psms,y the Lshsh Valley road q good deal Of work on
vbish l. sheady dons) aad North Rarosd;
q Su a. sppssr % scs he
Ar erpenditurs Of something like million Of dollars
additional ~ouid am confident increase shs quantity
ps OF the road fully tons; while In three years
thereafter and speak from intimate knowledge OF
tho facts the annual Increase would not ~ 'eas than
tS.n this statement be true and the sererest scrutiny
IA CHALLENGED, have not pointed out--have not indi
Gated the and business Hike mode OF correctng
the ev much complsined Of and seriously felt by
| your ind u striai community SiDNBx'
PmIApnrnIA, sept. 18th, 1854
PROSPECTS OF CHEAP COAL.
Iron tho Cumberland Miners Journal
The high price OF co. and Its causes sAys the Bslt
nore Aey,dn are vvaciouily debated by cotcmpo-
rsrIes In the Atlantic cities Tho opinion TO gain
ground that prices beea forced abcss the proper
point sy combination, and that they must come down
There IL 10 lspgor doubt that the production w fsy
meet the denasd and that our supply o. coei Tor tue
wear v,ll NOT only be full cne bot prcb,by scevhas
isreer than WI be required This sact vn have en- In
potant h aucbcc sat rnrs rrsvcnt cA from g'ns any
higher eyca does not rsduos prices as the sssson
/ advances. -
The Ter syvsnis H,rers' csywdi Which -~-ent'- pro
Iosed susl sron sf shf nesis from The An,a-s>.s :,