Frostburg mining journal., 1882-12-02
MINING JOURNAL.
FRosTBURG, MD, DEC. 2, 1882

WHAT MEANS MONSIEUR ROBIN.
SON 1.-THE Lona:oning Remeac re.
Gently commented upon the unlcrtu
nate treatment to which the miners
of Little Vein" of the Swanton coal
company are subjected. 1t said:
The men, In the first place, are only
paid 90 cents per ton, although they dc
nearly double the work required at other
mines, and, secondly, are compelled To
work In air which will impair the strong
est constitution. Ifthe company cannot
pay their men reasonable wages, they
should for the sake of pure humanity,
make small outlay to provide proper
ventilation of tho mine. 1t has been sail
'air is about the only thing which is lice
to-day" but even this in some cases is very
poor.
Last week we copied several com.
ments of the Baltimore G,ocer upon
the Reviews information, max ing use
of the occasion to shy brick at the
Inspector Whether the missile took
effect or not does not matter, but
the Inspector visited the nine
Monday, and the News md Times
represent the result as satisfactory,
the latter as follows
There has been m; ny complaints Of
late In the Baltimore Grocer and other
papers about the ventilation of the Small
Vein of the Swanton Coal Company at
Barton. Mine Inspector Brown has visi
ted the mine in question and inspected it
thoroughly and pronounced the ventia.
tion all that can be desired.
The EsOs puts it this way:
Mine Inspector Brown Monday inspect
cd the small vein mine of The Swanton
company at Barton and found the reports
of bad ventilation in the mine without
foundation.
Mr.. Robinson should be more care
full about his statements of mine mat
ters, especially when dealing with a
subject so delicate and volatile as
ventilation. 1t is a serious thing to
say that "msn ale compelled TO work
in air which will impair the strongest
constitution, only to have the state
ment officially smashed by the State
of Maryland. Why, Robinson, the
State once had it's analysis OF ventila
alton worked down so fine that 1t
could tell through the five aenses Of
the Inspector whether the atmospheric
circulation Of a mine was republican
or democratic
Hence, it will never do to urge hat
men cannot work in all" that telongs
to onepolitical persuasion or the other.
To do otherwise sullies the pure spirit
Of countless organs and makes liar OF
every yeracious stump-speaker on the
continent. B.th pa ties are healthy
institutions in fact, nothing connect.
ed with them, cola eral y or by IN
heritance, Can be sickly. Even the
greenback party, which, with only
one representative in the next Con-
gress, still manages to monopo!izs all
the honesty Of the country, contends
that it is doing as well as can be ex
pected. To say that men cannot W ork
in democratic air, reT ublican air, or
even greenback air, is an allegation
against our entire atmosl heric system
which, if investigated, will rebound
against the alligator.
THE oil country and gea' many
places outside of tie oil co, nlrY hold II
great many people who are now m, ditat-
Ing on the fact that a speculative purchase
is not q sure way 10 rlches.- Philadelphia
Press.
Ths woods IN New York city, for
instance, are ful oil them.
The papers ar. beginning to rercIt
concerning the Amsterdam EXHIBIT.
Should they want to discover any
other - exhibit, tour among the
weigh.otlicea OF this section might de
velop an appropriate samne.
THEORETICALLY almost every educ lied
gentleman il free trader. Prat tically
almost every theoretical free trader is, 20 a
greater or less extent, protectionist =
Washington Pest
That is the case in this region-so
far as heard from
city Jiers Of the Coal Trade.
New YoRE.-In the b;tuminous