The evening world., 1894-04-19
INCREASING DAILY.
''The Worlds" Coal Sales Reached
365 Tons Yesterday.
This Is High Water Mark, but
They're Going Higher.
Reasons Why Every One Should Help
to Smash the Combine.

Yesterdays sales OF 1.-The Worlds"
$3.50 coal amounted to 1856 tons. This Is
high-water mark up to the present time.
yet the figures should go UP still higher
If the people are going to give an ear
nest support to the movement to break
down the combination of the coal
barons.
The gains so far this week, however,
have been most encouraging, for these
show that the interest in The World's''
fight Is growing day by day, and that
the consumers are not overlooking the
advantage which is offered them In
getting their supplies of coal at 10 cents
below the market price.
There Is no possibility that the COM
bination will reduce prices of its own
accord. 1t will continue to squeeze the
public as long as 1t meets with no op-
position in the form Of effective competi-
ton.
Now. this is Just where "The Worlds"
plan is most effective. 1t Is In position
to offer consumers anthracite COAL not
perhaps unlimited quantities. but at least
at the rate OF several hundred tons a
day, at large reduction from the retail
market price.
Its arrangemnets for filling the orders
which are sent in by its readers Is such
that the ordinary retail dealers proht
Is cut down nearly one-half. Not one
cent of profit, however, comes to The
World from any Of the rates which are
made through Its agency. 1t Is for this
reason that It is able to offer to the
This Is straight fighting. and The
World" relies on the good sense OF the
public, us well as the appreciation of
Its own interests, to Induce 1t to lend
cordial and generous support to the
movement.
Rarely have the circumstances been
poo as n tGs e ease hs of ha coa of
roads. This Is owing to the comparative
smanness OF the anthracite fled. II has
an area Of but 40 square miles. There
United States. At least none has been
FOUND. The entire supply comes from the
through which they alone can enter. The
S,a yearly output OF his field sells for s2oO-
want all the spoils for themselves They
began very early to buy the anthracite
coal lands.
The Presidents OF these coal roads
were farseeing. They added yearly TO
their holdings OF coal lands. They be-
gan to drive out the individual operators.
tral Europe, They raised the cry of mo
cars" One by one the individual opera
tors were forced to quit the field and
tHS fhi Ou'S caHle tieiI SucCeSsOIs.
The individual operators out OF the
way. the railroads had no further trouble.
In the face. of the decreasing cost Of
production they were able to maintain
the price OF anthracite. Its superiority
| and the tariff on foreign soft coal pre-
vent the competition OF soft coal in New
York and other important Eastern mar
kets, and the public has been forced to
pay whatever prices the Goa! bandits
might ask for anthracite.
Under such circumstances Il is no
wonder most of the coal roads have
grown rich and powerful. Some OF
them have earned 80 much money that
they have huge surplusses in their
treasures, over which stockholders quar-
rel. III addition to their growing sur
ppsses in they ibssdp pay large dividends
fact hard times do not hurt them at ali.
anyhns v Of that KIND TSey can nsalhse nase
the price of coal and make up for losses
in other departments OF their business.
Nor Is there any promise that the
monopoly OF the conl-carrying roads, SO
far as the ownership Of the anthracite
is impossible for anybody else to get In
there. They cannot be beaten by com
petition at the mines. But the coal Is
produced cheaply enough. That Is not
where the trouble lies. Its cost-to the
consumer at least-grows after 1t reaches
the pits mouth. Wages Of miners are
low. All sorts OF improved machinery
have been introduced to cheaper produc-
tion.
But these things have had no effect
so far as the consumer Is concerned.
He must make his fight elsewhere. The
Worlds movement Is the only one that
affords him any relief now.