New-York tribune., 1900-09-04
THE PASSING THRONG.

F, S. Landstreet. manager Of the Davis Coal and
Coke Company of West Virginia speaking yes
terday at the WaldOrf-Ast of
OUTLOOK IN the outlook in the coal trade,
THE COAL said: 1.-The immediate demand for
TRADE. enormous quantities OF coal In
European countries, where a short
age in this vitally necessary commodity exists. is
attracting universal attention just now. There
two great questions in modern civilization One OF
these is transportation and the other is fuel OF
hinges upon IT, and its use is universal
tons OF b coal M could she but get IL to European
Ing vessels and there is vital need of proper ship
ping facilities for handling coal in the European
piers docks and the like in the smaller European
ports 1;;.6 az which to handle s the coal MI. -,
neId IN west virginia no less than forty-hve
which is at the rae Of nearly six hundred thousand
tons year from this one field alone The New
Europe most needs The Pennsylvania soft coal
Europe to carry which they can secure vessels at
tidewater We can find an easy market in European
transportation. The demand M there is tremendous.
and that will increase and not decrease as the
demand is largely In excess OF the supply,
Already" continued the speaker England
talks of an export duty coal in order to pre-
serve for he; what she has
ENGLAND eft In France last year the
TRYING shortage in the coal suDDIv came
TO KEEP to less than five million tons.
HER COAL. and there also a large deficit
In the coal supplies OF Spain and
Germany. This state of affairs is of supreme i'm
portance the United States for we possess enor-
nous deposits of coal. For want Of proper ships
the ocean rates for carrying coal are very high
son our European trade in coal does not for the
present increase as rapidly as it otherwise would.
"As soon, however. proper ships pro-
vided and docks built and other facilities for
unloading the coal are supplied in European ports
the United States will ship AT least ten million tons
of coal abroad annually.
This coal must come frorI Pennsylvania and
est tdewater, and the advantage in freight rates
which this proximity will give 20 these States
will go to exclude the coal from other fields
Horace Chittenden. retired Army officer of St
Louis when at the Grand Hotel yesterday
said; II have read with extreme
Defence OF interest letter recently published
THE ARMY from Adjutant- General Corbin to
CANTEEN. William J. SewelI chairman of the
Committee Military Affairs of
the Senate The letter dealt with the Army can
teen and gave lucid and valuable explanation of
the need and necessity that exist for that val
liable and much abused adjunct to the service. 1t
is letter L would recommend all opponents OF
the canteen to read. General Corbin gives some
valuable statistics in support of the necessity for
| the canteen and the way it has worked. Those
statistics should carry weight You cannot keep
men from drinking, if they feel disposed. and to
cut them off entirely from liquor put false
and generally when obtained sub rosa it is of the
most vilanOus description and works great dam
/ age to the internal economy of those consuming
The canteen supplies the men with beer and light
| wines Its profits go TO themselves and
! 10 make their lot in life eA How much bet
ter 1t IS TO follow this system than 10 treat the
| men as tnouSh theN were lnfanJS IN SWaddhng
! clothes and To say that they shall not drink. 4
out and get drunk Just to show that he where
| as. If there was no opposition he would be con
iiv in favor of the canteen and have no sIiTSn,,
! thy with those who seek to 10 away with IT,.