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 The World''
amounted to l,9ii tons. This represents
saving to consumers of Sl4jS. which is
certainly an important consideration to
the users OF coal for domestic pur-
poses.
The present offer holds good only until
May /, and persons desiring to put In
Winter supply OF twenty or thirty
tons should do so Immediately. AL
orders, for which cash will have been
received before May /, viii receive atten.
tion. and deliveries may be made In
May or June for coal paid for before
May 1.
The terms upon which THE World"
supplies customers in this city and
Brooklyn have been repeatedly stated.
Owing to the bad condition OF the roads
in the outlying districts of Brooklyn.
however, 1t has been found necessary to
make n change in the rates for that
district.
An extra charge Is, therefore. made
of 80 cents per ton for deliveries OF coal
through THE Worlds" Agency in
Greenpoint. East New York. Flatbush
and Bay Ridge. The limit for $3.50 per
ton delivery in Brooklyn is the Mnnhat-
tan Beach Railroad on the North, East
New York avenue on the east. Prospect
Park and Ninth avenue to Green
wood Cemetery and Twenty-ffth 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 Il ton to all comers, has
cut down this tribute by Is cents IA ton
| and II 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
This is the great result which ii Is
movement. The World has already
shown repeatedly how the public has
!
the coal barons. and how merciless the
latter have been in cxacting 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 rs cents a ton on bituminous
coal. because 1t has prevented this kint
Or coal from coming into active compe
| tition with anthracite coal in the East
| ern markets.
The total output OF coal in the United
states was l67.0N,0OO gross tons in 1893
| or which only 45oOO0O tons was an
thracite., All the rest are bituminous o
soft coal.
The combination can put the price o
coal as high as 1t pleases. provided oni,
II is not so high that manufacturers vii
! prefer to use soft coal, bringing It from
the West, or from Nova Scotia. whert
| II Ls found In abundance.
They cannot cheaply bring 1t from
the West. The cost Of transporta
import it; the tariff prevents. Thcr,
| is no tariff on anthracite coal
because the combination control
AL there Is in the world that can b.
| cite coal In England but the cost OF min
, ing ana transporting II here would be =,
great that there might a s well not be any
| There Is no foreign anthracite coal tina
can be used to compete with that owne,
by the combination. and the manager
Know their business. They do not wan
counterfeit protection they want rea
protection. There Is no foreign anthraclt
coal that can compete with theirs s.
anthracite coal Is on the free list Their
rs foreign soft coal In Nova Scotia tina
and they demand duty of rs cents
| Ton II