The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-12-18
The Coal Trade.

The anthracite coal trade is little unsettled
1ust now ann It's future quite uncertain. One
thlnR seems TO De fully determined on, namely,
That coal production in the entire Schuylklll re.
gion viii cease on the 18th inst. and will con.
unue at rest up TO the 18th OF January, making
the suspen sion cover one month Of fu1I time
The supply OF coal being fnlLthat much in ai
vance OF the market demand, u ia thought bet
YET Vt Ior tne workmen TO make the stOppage full
Time lOf DARTS OF Two month, thus giving them
some money ~ each month. then TO work half
time steadily for two month. Such an arrange
ment men is ueemed more satisfactory TO the miners
hnu lhDOiers, ana will prove more economical 10
operators. During the present wee ( the Retd-
ng Coal ana ron Company will start up some
vl rS We, oOIieries nov partially suspended and
WORK them 10 the 18th instant, and notice has
Deen R1Ven TO the line trace that ali consumers
NAV supply themselves with coal to last
over the months SUSPENSION This suspension
~ considered as absolutely necessary PORT
Hchmond and MI the coal centres being over.
stocked. meeting OF all the parties IN what
Is Known as the Associated Carrying Companies
Is 10 be held at New York M all the pTesent
week, and 1t is probable action slwilar TO that
hrenuy agreed upon for the Schuylnll region
VIII De a0Op cd us the line of action OF all or
most OF them. II there shall come a more active
dem lud for coal with the new year the snspen.
pension may not last more than month, but II
at the end OF the month named there shall still
be gl1t of coal, prudence and the best inter.
est Of all tile parties interested. even Including
consumers, may prompt ITS longer continuance
II IL apparent TO any one at all aca sainted with
tne anthracite coal trade that 1t ssiow in very
preoaflous situation, and what its eDd may be
tune that the salvation OF the trade ana 1 : safe
dellVerance from the crisis that followed the
suspension o. jaw Cook q Co depended upon
Tue closest adherence to the policy inaugurated
inlee years ago by President Gowpn. OF the
Headng Railroad Company, OF a>sociafing the
several large carrying companies and D OortlOn.
ing an equltaDle portion of the annual tonnage
10 each. This pol cy has been manly adhered
70 UP 10 tne present and as a consequence, the
eohl thue IL prODably IN nlOre solvent con.
ditlOn than any other OF equal extent in all the
country. though the non trade, SO Intimately
connected with II, has been and 10 much de-
pressed, Ihis sound and com naratively health
1ul cOnditiOn Of the coal trace may be traced di-
IeotY 70 TINS concentrated action OF the produo-
nv hno gfelt carrying companies. There are,
however. indications now that the next yeats
coal trathc may open and continue grand
scramble, every one tor himself in which no in.
terest will be benefited and all will be greatly
damaged, with the usual resu I to operators ~
hter Of higher prices to consumers will be le.
CURED 10 makeup, The next meeting of repre.
seniauves OF the associated companies, to be
neiu IN rev DAYS have IN their Keeping most
important trust and az they snail dispose of It,
wisely or otherwise depends the futu Of the
anthracite coal trade, amt tne best interests of
AL engaged IN it-whether IL shall be n source
prOnt TO the labor and capital invested in 1t OF
steady loss that 80 Inevitably attends undue ri.
VARY ana waste. III the present mOntb'a aus
pension OF coal production shall be availed of
ony 10 work on the excess Of coal usual at the
Ose OF navigation, no harm may come OF 1t and
the next season will open all the more actively
In consequence. but If the associated policy OF
anu lower dividends to holders OF the stocks OF
the cal ry ng companies may be set down among
the crrtainties -Phila Ledger Dec. 18th.
The following table shows the quantity OF coal
shlpped over the Lehigh Valley Railroad for The
week ending Dec. nth, 1875 and for the year