, 1869-08-14
THE COAL MON0pOLISTs,
startling Hum or--The Panna y ivan
G0nh Apnrulns0rN to ffny Up ami
Control the N0Gn Sc0ttlA Nftucs.

FFuM the 7"r0nfu Elute.
Th1 people Of thu United States are getting very
anKry A!Nnk the eY0Eutant prlca charged far cd4l-
pT,ce, i Is alleged. perfectly unlustuaoiu On Nny
rrus onahle plra whatever, Coal Il 80 much of i
ma, bc The c*',t, aud the manopoll.ta reckon upon
this ~ fully that again mad aGaln sheE put ,he
screw 10 s%ei! their already r1traragant rrnnls,
and htece more thoroughly nuiSttutes whJ cin VI
stand the heartess cxaction. 1t is presume.l that
individuals, when laying In taels STOCK Of coal,
with lew wry faces. and think no luore Of tt TIL
another snpP!! Is 10 &c procured: T. break down
Fsh vos!' sams nna .ns
son, IL hoped. Etli rather pst the "black mail
ttan put hilnseIf tU the additional trouble aud t1-
p~use. There Is good deal In this; but il ts quite
possible to presume too far on slth cunvenent 10.
erners. This coal question Is one that cu.tles to
terA Of thousands nf nreSities, and the Kay nat.
Ter. *re being brought II the Penns,lsaula coal
o1ncIs r!ay speedily raise such u cousnotiou
amnug the hulk " the community u. thoroughly
to knoes mp their arrangements. Il /. sesJ DIM
coal Has freed from ths import tax Ia the States
these wealthy tuoaopo:t.as would Immediately put
can a1ofi 70 10 ill., aor ionsr i,ne issn tasir
Morn Scotia competitors. aud the nubic, in gen.
efst Is 30 foolish that The extra cheap coal would
10" Here we'll known And what wonld he the
result when tne!T opponents weEc run on tie 1clt:
The great iar;srenR ruhltc are. in geuerat. quite
FILL can TX secutd 1ow. II u q matter of ittle
DoMenrthouGh 1wo prices te paid for The article
next year. ct course. IN nniaTio. We saul feel
the cd,a combination 81 vel Is others. 70 a GER
tain extent, Pzces were forced up unnaturnlly at
the beginning 0f Last winter, and had re uot given
;as u ns wHq,d hays ssa Rus up s1sas
be tr1fst thts year. Let those who use coal. and
that IS nearly The whole city he wise IN time. For
sad, By who USED II Est Htutrr, to he excel
lenL It coming IL In Increasing quantities. and
sa 'F re- fe' last a ror em Sosa ss fs I
that, taxing advantage Of the comparative slack
ness ut the !nnea In that proyiacrr the reuus,lva
MIA coal ulllionare4 arranged 10 bur them al! u?,
20 rs to have the absolute ccntrol Of the whole
Eastern market 70 accomplish this would yer
ta,Dl5 te oiK jub: bur the large luu,!s dis
make sach an tlea noi ii all cesic4, aai oc,. L:
possession OF he present rorktnc ntses til the
lostr Pfosinees. We can eas!ly set at What dssad-
Tautaca any new company would seek market
for their products n the face OF The Opposition
which long established and wealthy concerns
ever, We may lie quito sure, nonopoltes aEe snre
in the long to be broken up, though too of;cn they
those least able IL bea,, before lac desired 1esIt @
Is brought round.
Ffun, n. lfaliar Reporter.
There exists at this moment deep-lafu Mot to
nonopo!tse ali oar nrst clase coal mines Thc de-
sign IS TO place The power Of regulating re pEe.
VI coal 10 the home market III the hands nf the
drive our ,nsntns txpulation awaS 10 peunssisauta
aud California. The chief conspi1ators In this plut
are the grrat coal monop0srs OF Pennsylvania
engaged for siN years In drawing within the vortex
ot Their power the coal trade aHt coAI property Of
the!r own country: and now The wall OF ten thou
sand once opu.ent families, whom they have nler-
Gtles ~ oegRare appeals 70 heaven for yen2ranee.
Their agents hare teeu at orr here for the last
Elk teata, Aud now aoId in their grnsp nRuy thcu.
saut acrrA Of ouE best coal lauA, which they man.
ale 10 keep un~oEled. except At one Of two popts.
Not content with shutting OUT coal ont uf 1ae
LIFTED States MARKET their new dodge h1eAk
down our operators By selling their coal tn the
Dominion market telow cost Of production In
tht Fame wns the cruel MuuOp01.sta hsuke down
htnrIe!s Of the smaller operatives Of Trnns,!va-
MIA lately, and anaoEoett their properties Thus
they caused general suspension Of operations
through all the coal regions for tx weeks, and
thereby raised the price OF c0a. far ats,ve the
nhral average that the people Wert robbed in L
few weeks or nearly $4 0p0 t3hL