Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-12-19
1h.Coai Osestlon.

The ArgUs says the Uaion eats humble W
on shs eos, question. Not much. The iael
10, the question cannot be discussed Without
psrsouahtiss. p. l.. Cable owns the coal 10.
tsssss. and II 10 generally believed he osas
,hs Argns That's whsts the matter. Ar.
Cab.s owns one third Of the stock IN the eUsI
Valley Mining Company. Iodspsnd.nt Of hi.
| ceanectioe with the company. he has . Con-
tract Tor all the coal that V mined at Goa
Valley. The company cannot eel ton With
out h,s eopsent lie has jos, - wsny tons Of
coal per Year 90 he dema"ds. TO the capacity
Of ,he road. Nov l~tts sss about tue inter
ests Of the darling psopis that the Ay9ss sAy :
tho Union 10 opposed TO.
Before Mr. Cable ente ed into that contrsct.
the Coal Vsilsy Mining Comp.oy cold co o.
hs Ievse Tor seven c@nls tu.Lel. They raid
three cents huehsi foi nimino. They had
only four ceMts LH. oat Of which TO psy alI
he sxpsnses vi delivery and ke their pro-
d,s. Hence the cost Of delivery could ma,
nave exce~ded tw0 cspts . bushsl. IssvlOg
thsn juet fifty csnts . ton profit aud hsS
we're making money at that Bus Mr. CsoIe
ssw there vas more money 10 II than they
were msking. 90 he bound them not to cell .
ton Ot coal 10 any man for fpe years, except
TO himseIf. This gave him Ins ssonopoiy hs
sought. aud from that ums 10 this. coal ~.
never s.td Tor seven ceuts q bushsl But ~.
-rything bse advanced 10 price they cay. 30
,t Aas. and the Gntners are only getting iSus
csats . bushsl for miling ics; ouiy ~ sd-
vance Of one cent . bushsl over the proc ot
,nipiDg Two years ego. Doss that adssoes 81
one cent any more than make up TO thsm fut
be advance 10 the n-csssari,s Of hfs which
they most puroh.sef Certainly not Then
hey are jus,if ID 10 demanding four cents a
- Il Z
couid deliver coal twc yssrs ago for two eents
bushsi. they cen certainly deliver it noe sot
three cents . bushsl. AMI that givsa them On
advance Of fry per rent over ths old rssss
shsrsss with al their st,,king the miners on.
y receive IN advance Of htty h,ee %, cems
yer the old rates TO day. Welt say II cost
l"ur cents TO mine bushel Oi coal three censs
bushsl to deliver IL TO Mr.. Catla sni he cell.
Il 40 TO make three cent? a bushe' clear pro
it: then coal ought to be worth Just ten csnis
bushel. Can any man buy . Uu. Of eosl 81
Mr Cable kr fen etntsg Not man 1,xeiss
cents at the ievse AND thirteen delivered are IN.
isasf gurss. Nol .atished with ,ssk,"g STR
csnt. u ton. olssr profit. ~ the COMPANY ussd
-. he mak4ss d.U1v. c,esr profit, on even
ton. The miners who work la utter darkness
and 10 crsmped, ubcomfoi tab . posi,ioss isoep
month to month. yet only twenty esoss
more FIR ton Of coal than they did ~heD
a.rd times did not eramp them, Nr. Gable
:.ts ust dns BILE the profit that ~as m.ds ihes
lie clears from one 70 $500 dollars Ie, day u CS&.
any one tel, .whs does The ssriktngs suppose
he Coal Valley Aioing Company and Mr.
Cable do suffer some little det' action from u -,
rofts. b, thu increased price o. mihing the,
Dsks the people pay fomr cents advance on
very bushel u coal. ~hen tho advance IN
mining Ia "Dly one o-n'.
We fi"d No isuit With Mr.. Cable for mskin.
all the money he honesiiy can. but We do
osist that the miners strike should not have
advanced III. price NJ COAL Ivsr two cents .
bushsi, instead O. fe and that the mine,s
are 10 no way responsible for the enormous
price Of coal nov. while the company or Mr..
Cable. OF both are Iesponsibls.-A Aoek Isiana
Union.