The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-12-27

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e VIII be soen that while - hayn
within 10 per cent N IT. a1nts,,i,f r.
volatile and fxed carbon thafs r con.
tanned Ii the best authracite co1iS,wn
have within 8 per cent a. much car,,GS
% the best bltuminous Goals 81 OhlN
contains and we have within one inn.
dredth Of 1per cent of the carbon yaine
Of the Goals Of Illinois ana lese an
onehalf az much ash and only on.
seventh as much sulphur.
some Goals and only throw from III
O. much ash and onlv . ona.eirth az a
much sulphur. 10 any careful .tmsinesa
man these figures cannot INIT him
conviction and when II A known thsS
the best results Represented in one
pound Of Ignite approach within IA
per cent Of the best anthracite. there
will be revolution in the sentimen1
which has heretofore maintained thai
Eastern coal was so much superior ~
ignite without going into the facto
which determine these matters.
The cost Of any foreign coal IL A
least double that Of Ignite In Faro
and the difference in price ia mnch
greater toward the middle and west.
ern portions Of the state. The fuel
problem is one that effects every IA.
dustry and every citizen in this state
and is day one of the leading Queos
lions of economy. Why It is that peo.
pie do not wake up to the fact that
they are actually becoming bankrupt
by having to pay the enormous sums
that are required to meet the fuo9
bills every year and every dollar that
goes East for fuel is gone forever and
no return can ever be expected. 70
there were some reciprocal relations
that would return a portion Of
this vast sum, there might b
some compensating reflex: AZ u
now is ,he Iuel Diiis OF Nortn Oakote
annuany amoMnl 70 the enormoue
sum OF IRON SS'oVO'OOO TO $1,OOp,OOO.
Whcn could ali oe saved at nome
anu tnis amount OF money keps WIZ
nn,, our OVID ra,, oo 4,a Inc pronts ao.
crulng IRON TINS great enterprise
would belong to our own citizens.
Inc vast amour. OF ADor necessary
10 proauce TINS Iuel wo9ld give EN-.
pioylnent 10 the army OF laporers ana
tnat our own rallroaos Would maui
our ehtire luei supply Wltntn our OVID
uoruers anu we woulu not pc requireo
10 pay trloute 10 foreign corporations
WIZ nave no interest Whatever ID our
"e!Iare.
beneslns that we nave eslaDhsneo
Tue iact tnat we nave good quahty
VI nsnlte coai Whlch IL almost equaI
III neat unlts 10 tne Dest eastern coal.
ana Dettef, IN 1act, tnen some, ano
tnat II can pe produced ana dehvereo
10 consumers ut d nuch less prlcss
therepy giving u many advantages
over has!ern coal. we now come %
the question, Why ID II not generailys
u Iact eAciusively; USED. ms ID
Question that requires most care1us
ana unbiased consideration. Being Q
producer of Ignite coal, I have given
this subject very great consideration
ana nave arrived at some conclusions
that may not be acceptable to the
general or casual reader.
First OF all too many people prefer
TO walk In the rut and do as they
nave done Tor years, burn hard Goa"
simply because 1T Is clean and easily
managed, and having the proper stove
TOT burning It they do not care e
take the trouble to investigate q new
thing or change their manner Of doing
business. They wait for some prac-
tical person to go ahead and blaze the
way and discover the Improvement
and make 1t easy for them to make .
change. The manufacturer who uses
fuel for steam Is prospecting in the old
way and waits also for some enter.
prlsing neighbor to change from the
old order Of things and make improve.
ments that will enable him to grasp
an additional profit without the
trouble and annoyance of making the
experiments that lead to new discov.
cries. A comparatively small amount
OF Ignite coal was mined and burned
In this state ten years ago and al
most every one who used it began
Its use because of it's cheapness, and
not having the proper devices for
burning it, there were numerous com.
plants of it's being poor fuel and IL
has grown In disfavor. To-day it 10
not so. Numerous devices for burn
ing it for domestic use and as a steam
coal have demonstrated beyond ques.
kota Ignite as compared with other
than MANY NJ tho Eastern coaIa "a,