, 1874-01-19
1huY fl1ed

auu uiVlutu LUG plobaob u4nhflQ INTO aB m1nY
assigning to eacl the privilege OF supplying q
pro rntn slarc. BY adlering To this plan thoy
| have succeeded n maintaining steady markot
at romtlIerettvo, though not oxorbitant, pricos,
and and bridging tho panic without serious
Though, tho bnsis wns but s2.5D. Tho
matt had comparatively steady work, mud earned
n tho Aggregate much moro than has boon their
fortune it1 previous years tlo individual opera
In koeplnB out of tho voraotouB NAV Of the
| dition to unakinR
vABr IMPROVEMENTS
IN both their transporting and mining faoffitfcH,
layc boon ablo to dcclaro theit nu,,M dIyilouds,
aud III 8ome caseB to 10y nslde reBpeutably
,osorvo funds. Nor havo NO roasor to botioye
TINT tho consumers havo boon losers by tue now
hrsngemon.; n,g ta On tho contrary wo know that,
both Tor manufacturing and domostio purposes,
THE PRICES OF GOAL,
by reason Of their eau,oucss during all tho
months OF tho year, have been much moro eat-
isfaotory to purolasera than upder the systom,
At .ho coHo of tho last yoar, tho Atiuers' E9-
ecutivo Committee met and discussed tito basis
question III all ts bearings, taking into account
ehe atringonoy, Of tho monoy -markot and all
| qEhor Incidental circumstances.
THE coNCLuB1oN REACHED
Whs thnt tho timo had arrived when they might
hnfoly Rsk m increase Of wages. AecordinEiy.
tmog called Tor the ". 90 bABls for miners a.id
Ss..o aor laoofele. which was the sa,no as last
lesued monthly BY tho Reading Company bo
used In fixing the basis. Heretofore 1t las boen
t4o Maotlco TO drew from wheel. IN Which aro
placed the names Of aII .the operators, five
namca Each OF those five furnishes
AN AVERAGE OF THE PRICES
he has received for bis coal during tho month,
and from tho liyo general average is struck,
upon which tho mon arc paid. Tito circulars
spokon of, howoYor, always tx arbitrary prices,
at from 70 10 per cent above the ayerage got
Ioye TINT ''''N''~ ~
THEY HAVE nrrN nnFnA11nrn
,,r;nas .o y vEnena o1 o bas'a anu circular
pi!a ptaGes. Maen tno operators met (tno Com
ml1see 9t the mem at TUG olfice Of tho philndel.
ptlia i Heading Railway Company they objected
to the mems proposition, and offered instead
tlo same bastu With 10 nrr cont raInct,on NJ,
hiiado1rs iadcI iecs ,ai n un%nn iTeslaons or to
woa an;H Mauaoam IomPany' VINO
"1a present, eald he was sorry to have been
ea'iea upon. ana' wns not at tue tfmo prepared
o,,,,,t hrJ ~ a., phom hs ~ ~ MIas mnges
TO- ~; h'iu, 10 uoIorehce 10 LIB lhs'matlon,
ah n'l naa}onrnmeht 1. took p!aco.
~ last inuIsuhy tne t%o Coinmltteos aha Alr.
Mo"en again mot u tug city and At that meeting
recommending re- plan for tho sot.lomont Of tho
daitcronces potweon thom.
u, saEslpENr.aowEs's u1rntAru,1. i.
This lotter proposed:
rsrle basls 70 bo exactly the aame In nl respects
aa that Of 1871 with thls exception that when the
price Of coal a Port Carbon sha 10 less than per
son tho rate ot wagsb ehn decline at te rate Of cs
~ rsn hs @ ~ u p p1Se S Ge1~ 9soo anth
,na1n fer t1e year is1i ~ ee'e1 'l"A 10 '1' n'l'
asceralnel in tue mnnner as they were n 1915.
In support OF the propositiou. he t,ad ia offer
the arguiu,out contained in tlo following nar.
aerapG: f"'
In y,cv nj, +be crtnr1oa co,a,,to, =, ,,, x,.,,,,,,
iurlu9 tntprcsts tiie Btonnnra al nav riIwav.cn,
struciion tho general errkage Of values resuliina
from tbs hnancia panc Of 1875 and he exceptionally
mild weather of hs present WHITEHALL Of which viii
nntc than rnnnn nrdouro ~ rHS ~ t no
aba contuuosy Of pwSr sccs far ca ,vs e.o @
nanltcstly unjus. for the workingmen to o1pect tie
same ratio Of wages paid when coal brought bet
Ter pfees ot II would 6s utterly impossible for the
at 10 pay It, Therefore have suggested
exactly in tho sane promotion as thgy oyancs we,,
coul rises aboye +. .69. "' ''S' "A'"''~' "A'As
TIM opsn.ronz-
WIN vonr cnrro.non5ont H. ,s,ro5 ,,ouo. ~,
tart9;nci anv erfsrctnt;nn th,t tha;r .o',na;t;a
to reduce 10 ner eent mon1d hc accnntnd r. ;nna1
liatoly arrcn to Mr.. Gowo,.'o njs., Of euttiu-
mout: but tho hands of tim committon of min.
cir woro tied. thoy having bnnn imrtructcd hv
their constituents to take 10 less liberal
torms .thon thoso Of the;r own nronoA
sal, They however,. took
CQpY OF MIR. G0NoD'E letter. Whinf t0ratl,nr
villa that OF tbo onoratora inf]orano X tSev haH
priuted in cirauar form, ana Grammatical to sach
ct TIC soyernl dlstrctg of which their Assora.
tim il comnoned tn :ha votsa mnon .1irao1iv h.,
tlo momnors. Tho circular ne1tl,ar ndvocot *
nor oi;ontcd =, ~ .,o,, o', as'':a:
l,ut 1oft, tl,o ,nnt+or ,v,o,i,, ;r ftt,r i.s.11
Of tLe men ti1a1nsnlyea' wt, . nv fow nFaun na"a
tionary worrs nrainst ,,Tooinitnta act;nn ID
tia fo}1owiur ovnn,nr tf,a vn,a l'ad hen1 ,,o;5
MD in eyory instancn II waa ''' N'o 'eo" '"Ao"'
''''>> - 4 nyAS1mor7s S1u nrnoTror
Of tia comnron,iso torms fH fso.cai1od, ,coou.
anjod Nv ;nptrnot;onx to liz H. ,,at -
Ibato liar or;ninaj nronoso1 o"cen3;.. nos ~ ~
repaps the c;rn%iar nr,cop W,;c a1p os ~
ap5 contsnt fnr ta n1naens N "sn 9oro1o v4@9 & to
~ - h n,or ~. sno ~, - tnete
tho vote Of tha viii bn oca,w aSh. wnon
nu,1nced. and We shnli thon now fos - cort sintv n
,reher to aua untha, o avf at
so mch ior tl,a siin"t;on noW Cs for ei,nca
at tho ''"'@ -'- '-0 A'''''@A '''' ''A i" 6''''S'
ofproaldant owe -omnnjfcst " ~ Ioost IN nj, who
III sa tan lin ro,bo =. ~ na ~ ~ ~ ~ho ,o
mot,vo ~ lis vorr i'th H. ius tno
hilites That thoIa viii ho 10 o atri;5
# hn ran hcn Il va aro f,,iiv oas,re% Wi;Ia,
- t"o e"lt uost ~ no HAv 1aaJ "onu1oas HAA6