The evening world., 1894-04-16
THEY APPRECIATE IT,
People Buy $50 Tons Of 1.-THE
Worlds" Cheap Coal.
Combine Makes Big Profits While
Other Business Is Dull.
State OF Pennsylvania Could Crush
the Reading Cormorant.

THE World" begins to-day its second
week OF its crusade against the Goa
barons. Thus far the movement which
II has ~inaugurated to give consumers
cheaper coal has been a success.
The practical and effective method
which It has suggested and put into
operation for fighting the triple .combi-
nation OF miners. carriers and dealers
has enlisted the cordial support of the
public.
To furnish the best coal at $3.50, or Is
cents q ton under the current market
price, Is what 1.-THE World" proposes to
do. and has been doing for the past
week. and consumers are not slow to
take advantage OF this opportunity to
economize In their household expenses.
The sales for the week were 960 tons.
which shows that the movement has
now been fairly started. Consumers OF
coal in this city and in Brooklyn, who
desire to Join in this combination
against the monopoly, which has been
growing richer and more powerful at
the expense Of the public year after
year. should not delay in lending their
support to the cause. especially now
that such a good beginning in the fight
has been made.
The World" has shown how all of the
great companies engaged in the coal
trade have been able to Increase their
Accommodations OF wealth even I'm times
when business In other branches Of in
dustry has been depressed n duh. 1t
has shown how almost the entire anthra-
cite coal field of Pennsylvania, though
embracing an area of not more than 40
square miles, Yields a product that brings
over SDND OD uD "A wear In the retail mar
kets. =
The profits accruing from the sale of
this large product are enormous. and the
which control II do not begin to show
what the actual gains OF the business are:
In the last ten Years the annual net
and Western Railroad have averaged
more than 10 per cent. upon a capital
stock that mas been watered to more
than three times Its original valuation,
exclusive Of the large amounts that have
annually been spent in improvements
and betterments.
gone up as high as IA per cent I%nvesti-
cations both by Congress and State Leg
islatures have shown that these exces.
s siys s sInm hay ,ac, been That sef tsese
few transportation companies, which
own or control and operate So per
cent. Of the anthracite coal mines OF
solutely' dictate the price which millions
of consumers shall pay for every ton of
coal which they consume.
have persistentiy defined the law. and
that In the case of all the Pennsylvania
coal lands purchased or controlled by
the railroad companies, proceedings may
them to the State. The law is clear
upon this subject, and it only requlres
proper action on the part of the. state
oficials OF Pennsylvania to ia take the
p1uttar intn tho courts and nave the
question passed upon. That this has
not been done only affords another proof
Of the vast power and influence which
this formidable combination exercises.
even over the highest public officials Of
Another remarkable feature OF The
apparently directly receiving the sane
ton OF the United States Government.
The Reading Railroad. which owns or
controls a larger portion Of the an,
any other single company. has been for
some time In the hands of receivers APP
pointed by the United States courts.
Previous to the crash which resulted
in the breaking down of the Mcleod
administration the Reading was the most
conspicuous member of the great coal
and railroad combine. IT was the head
receiver have taken charge OF the
system 1t has made no difference what
ever in the manner In which the Head
ing ROAD mas opera'eu ins coai iamuS. ~
has been shown by THE World that
the receivers are still conducting Its
business in violation of the law and
under the sanction of the United States
and laws OF the State of Pennsylvania
provide for the escheat to the State OF
coal lands purchased by railroad com
panies and opernted to their. own ad-
vantage, the Reading road still owns an
anthracite coal field Of l+O square miles
and is actively engaged In the business
Of mining and selling coal.
A number of G. .. ID. orders for Goa
have,been received by mall. and II should
he stated that 1.-The World" cannot un-
dertake to All such orders. Every order
should he accompanied by cash.