The evening world., 1894-04-20
TWO THOUSAND TONS.
That's the Sales Record So Far for
1.-THE Worlds" Cheap Coal.
Fight Against the Combine Receiv-
ing Hearty Support.
How the Tariff Has Helped the
Anthracite Barons.

Up to the close Of business last night
the total sales of $3.50 coal made
through the agency of "Thc World
amounted to ,9ii tons. This represents
n saving TO consumers OF sI,iis, which is
certainly an important consideration to
the users of coal for domestic pur-
poses.
The terms upon which "Thc world"
supplies customers in this city and
Brooklyn nave been repeatedly stated.
Owing to the bad condition OF the roads
in the outlying districts OF brooklyn,
however, It has been found necessary to
make n change In the rates for that
district.
An extra charge is. therefore, made
OF so cents per ton for deliveries of coal
through 1.-THE Worlds" Agency in
Greenpoint. East New York, Flatbush
and Ray Ridge. The limit for $3.50 per
ton delivery in Brooklyn is the Manhat-
tan Beach Railroad on the North. East
New York avenue on the east, Prospect
Park and Ninth avenue to Green
wood Cemetery and Twenty-flfth street
on the south.
When II Is remembered that a very
large proportion of the anthracite coal
sold in the New York market Is pur-
chased by small consumers for house
hold use, 1t will be seen what an enor-
nous tribute is levied every year by the
coal monopolists upon the poor people
OF this city, who are least able to bear
this tax
THE World" by Its offer to supply
coal at $3.50 n ton to all corners. has
cut down this tribute by rs cents a ton,
and If the fight which has been so sue
cessfully inaugurated against the COM
bination receives the hearty support of
the public. the retail dealers in this city
and Brooklyn Will all be compelled to
come down to the prices at which THE
World' is furnishing coal to the people.
| This is the great result which 1t Is
movement. The World has already
shown repeatedly how the public has
| patiently allowed itself to he robbed by
the coal barons. and how merciless the
latter have been in exacting the last
cent from their victims.
one of the most successful means of
| eNtortion in the hands of the anthracite
coal conspirators in the past has been
the duty of 10 cents a ton on bituminous
coal. because 1t has prevented this kind
tition with anthracite coal in the East
| ern markets.
The total output of coal in the United
| states was lbi, WN,Wp gross tons In 1893,
| OF which only 100000 tons was an
thracite.. All the rest are bitumnous or
soft coal.
The combination can put the price of
coal as high as It pleases, provided only
II Is not SO high that manufacturers will
prefer to use soft coal. bringing Il from
the West. or from Nova Scotia, where
II Is found In abundance.
They cannot cheaply bring It from
the West. The cost of transporta
ton Is too great. They Canno
Import II: the tariff prevents. There
Is no tariff on anthracite coal
because the combination control.
all there Is In the world that can be
economically used here. There Is anthra.
cite coal In England but the cost of min
Ing and transporting II here would be SC
great that there might as well not be any
There Is no foreign anthracite coal thai
can be used to compete with that owned
by the combination, and the managers
of the anthracite pool are wise men ant
know their business. They do not wan
counterfeit projections; they want rea
protection. There IL no foreign anthracit,
coal that can compete with theirs, 81
anthracite coal Is on the free list Their,
Is foreign soft coal in Nova Scotia tina
can be imported to compete with them
and they demand a duty OF rs cents a
ton on II,