The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1882-01-07

demand is rather less, The impression is
now felt that some arbitrary cheek will have
to be simultaneously given to the trade that
the supply and demand may more equt-
ably balance each other The colder westh.
er since Friday morning has qnickened the
demand for coal, and a discussion has al
ready begun whether the time has not ar.
rived when some little suspension Of coal
shall not be commenced. This will depeud
almost entirely on the condition oI the
weather. If IL continues as culd as it was
on Saturday there will no doubt I've an in.
crease in the demand for coal. There was
gathering at New York two or three days
ago Of the leading men in the trade, the oh.
ject Of which WGs 10 unite upon some rule
Of operation by which to continue harmon
iously in action. At New York and farther
E. st the coal market Is thought to require
some l"pping Of SUPPLY, as well also as at
the West. To day, Monday, is a holiday,
asd coal transportation will very generally
be suspended. This let-up in business, il is
thought, will be found sufficient for the
time, and that The trade may start minediA
ately on thereafter, though some of the
interests engaged in the business favor
further suspension of mining during the
first two or three months OF the new year.
One very favorable outlook for the trade Iur
the new year is, whatever Is concluded up
on will he harmonious; all the several in
terests will act together. Continued mild
weather is considerably modifying orders
for future delivery, and there is now pros
pect If a much needed rest at the cellieries
during the month nf January, at least. In
this cunnecliUh the Miners journal SAYS
"lt will require at least half time, nr hall
the collieries Oh full time, to supply the
furnaces and the general trade, so there will
scarcely he any general suspension during
the winter mouths.h That paper, however.
adds that "the progrsthme for the early
months of next year has not been agreed
upon, nor even discussed, but that it is safe
To- say that there will be no change from the
plan pursued this year. which has resulted
satisfactorily 10 both dealers and consum-
ers." The trade up to the present time con-
tinucs in iriry satisfactory condition.
The warm weather and some other causes
the past week have corhe between the past
and the present Of the trade, but the out
look for coal is still good, and continues TO
promise most encouraging trade for 1882
Any lack in domestic orders is fully COM
pensated tor ia the frmness OF orders III
manufacturing sizes. Every additional list
of orders that reached The East FROM the
great West confirms the truth Of The news OF
the past, that the demand thence; as for the
last hall Year, will be VERY lurge, aud larger
dicated. The iron and steel manufacture
will come in with large demands, and the
new field to opeG ior domestic sizes, there
IS ne reason tO doubt, will fully keep up its
average annual ihcrease. II has lnhg breh
common saying among those engaged in
the anthracite coal trade that il is the last
industry to show signs of revival after a
period of businass depression, and there has
probably never been period when there
was better opportunity for testing the
truth Ui this assertion than just at the pres
-nt time. The business is now slowly
emerging from long and severe depression,
and all signs are favorable for prompt and
lasting revival. ln every Section of The
Union where coal is mined and the mArEel
is not circumscribed by limited transporta
tion facilities there is q demand for the en-
tire product of the mines, while the price,
realized Afford iaS utetes uii the capital
Invested. The railways dependent on the
ness offering, and are charging high rate.
and earning large profits. Taken altogeth
er the business is in excellent shape,and the
prospects are that there will be no change
for the worse, but that the situation viii
continue to impr,we fnr some time to comc.
The Mining Herald, well pasted author
ity ON the subject says: :"this is likely TO be
81, because experience shows thctJ not only
in the United States but in England and
other Countries, revival in the c,al trade
once fairly begun gelierllly ouLlIves the re-
| vival in other trades. 1t was So in Great
Britain after the revival in the English coal
trade, which, beginning in 1871, after all
the other industries of that country had
reached high degree Of prosperity snm'
time previously, continued into 1874 a!ter
the U.her trades had all bec me depressed
1t will be remembered tint the panic oi
September, 1873, here hardly affected the
anthracite coal trade, that 1874 was u highs
| ly prosperous year, and that it was not un
til after the great strike Of 1875 that the
c,'al men really commenced Ia experience
hard times. 1t is sale, then, now that the
trade is at last upon It's feet, and when Ne
yet there is not even sign of break in the
general business Of the country, to calculate
upon period of activity of considerable
duration. Judging from the pat, the cnal
trade will continue active aud profitable,
not only up to the time when another iinan-
cial panic aud depression in general iadus-
tries occurs (and our ablrst iinancers agree
that that time will cnne), but even for a
considerable period after disaster overiskes
other trades"
The total tonnage Of anthracite coal from
all the regions for the week ending Dec. "a,
as reported by the several carrying compan
les. amounted to 629,24 tons, against $40,
G6t TONS in the corresponding week last year,
an increase of 276.579 TONS. The tota!
amount of anthracite mined for the year is
1856 ,667 tons, against 1891 .54l tons for
the same period last year, an increase Of 4, ;
1884, ,l26 tons.
SgrPrlso Party.
fron the 3rd inst, the children Of Mrs. and
Mrs. Lewis Graver. Of this borough, took
occasion to snTprise their parents in very
agreeable manner. IN eommemoration Of
their fortisth marriage anniversary. Mr..
Graver was the happy recipient Of vNlu
able gold headed cane, bearing the inscrip-
lion, tn our Father, Presented by his chill