New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-08
TIE COAL-TAR COMBINATION
A CHANCE FOR GOVERNOR PATrIsoN TO PRACTISE
WHAT HE BREACHES.

A CHANCE FOR GOVERNOR PATTIsON TO PRACTISE
WHAT HE breaches.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. THE people, and
mainly the working people. OF Philadelphia, since the
workers are large majority have TO pay the cost OF
paving the streets and keepinfsthen In order any
body fances that pay such expenses ne
should remember that cover improvements.
and interest that the people who rent houses pay In
their eut whenever the hoCse owners have to
larger expenses Now combination oil coa-tat pro-
ducers has effected arrangement It seems embracing
all producers In tho country O charge an exhoruitant
prise coal used In that CITY, and has selected
commissioner with power destroy much OF the prod
uct as he may nt, compelling consumers TO pay Tor
the stuff destroyed in higher prices for the remainder
Threats OF importing supply nave Deci met ~ deo
laration What the city government wouiG refuse 10
aIl0w bills for imuOrted materials In Short the COM
binaton thinks has great oy by the troat ahu can
make its people pay whatever II plelses
This is a case for Governor Pattson. II he IN honesI
and sincere sesk Dg to enforce the low against sucn
nominations he will not conne himself To barren legal
threats against great corr oratohs Whoh bho suo onl
terra that he wei! knows. they can lroohg tue uis
pute In for over the rxht OF the STATE 10
interfere with their proceedings but viii instantly take
tins small but clearly pernIcous gang OF pnnder
alty OF the law II is possible to claim that com6na
ton TO restrict output or anthracite coal Is iliega
punshng combination to destroy part OF the output OF
product OF extensive necessary use III ofde 10 ioco tho
public to pay what prices the consI raors please 70 OK
Tort should remembered that 1t Is by just
such combinations this that thousands OF people are
stirred up to mako war upon monopolcs ana against
cap,ta generally because tDsy think the cal talsts
are hostile to the public interest and tho laws are not
faithfully enforced tor the defence OF the many against
the few.
The e exposure OF this cos-tAr pool will undoubtedly
break u the monopoly. To-day t IS charged that thoso
In tbs scheme will destroy onealf OF the product Tor
the eighteen months after the valuable matter mas
been extracted IT. These extracts comprise nsph.
tha and several kinds Of oil and anthracne wncn usod
for the production OF aniline dJea This action, they
saw will be necessary to hold tho present prices oi ~
and $I barrel. Tho amount to be destroyed will DO
40 900 or 10000 barrels for which they psd eighty
cents each 1t Is stated that Cincinnati Chicago and
Ar Louis will make demands for the tar ana In consid-
eration that the Phsdolpha contractors do not send
out any Of their surplus In composition the other mem
missioner to pay tho Philadelphia contractor. sum
equal TO about what paid for II. Add TO thls tho
anna already received by tho contractors for their ox
tracts thoy will have profit OF about twenty cents
barre on every barrel OF tar destroyed The queson
IA asked TO whom docs this rebate goi Tho New-fork
and Chicago claim that II they arc taxed TO pay Tor
the tar in Phlsdslpha IL virtually becomes
the property pool aud the rebate belongs 10 tho
p0ol