Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1905-07-15
Almost Humorous.

Al ldSJ an dIlDlOSlSl lbI llt NIIIltICIl-
tial" has been found.
He was discovered in Cumberland on
or about last Sunday by Baltimore Sum
explorer.
He had evidently attended church
lately, for he was i'll a plOus frame of
mind and inclined to forgive those who,
having eyes, see not" the good which
Providence in some mysterious way has
swaddlcd within the undergarments of
"the 1ifferential'
His, however, is one Of the most re-
markable achievements of an age which
will be noted III history as one of special
pleadiugs.' To begin with
The diGcrcntia is business proposition
and it really protects the higvein interests
which have made the Georges Creek region
what il is to-day. The hig-vein coal Will
not be exhausted before ~ years at least.
This coal is wOrld-tamcd and there should
be no great hurry to exhaust II. Thus coal
brings - cents more on the market than
any other coal 1t sells always. Despite
the l5-ccnt diffcrcntal the operators mar
keting this coal are 10 cents to the good.
The Georges Creek region" was a big
thing before the day of the ditierential,
and it is Just as certain as that night
follows the day that the dltferentaI
was not created to make this region
larger or to promote its longevity.
To prove this let us see why "the diff
ferenuial was devised and put into
effect:
During the anthracite strike there was a
great boom IN soft coal and Spectators
rushed thick to the Georges Creek region
and bought up the small seams. Getting
almost any price for coal during those try
ing times, they rushed on the market small
Il / . III ~
the famous Georges Creek big VEN, Most
anything Went Nhen 'hIhGS became nor
iia' "D'''"''' ""M ~" ""," t r' ~
s;,o,, Of theP roI,;o AND y,,n Jn mmt hear
any protest from them.
Nov, ,bor oftor sauna ,,,I,var ,bont
tba ..,'onJ l,ai', nf .,tba SmaII snan, ="
Ma rro.ract that IN ntba nvnIntimn of
tbo ,,boai, of ti,,e ..,.;II hrin,,
tt,;,,i,,,1 .t,,' t,,,t. =, .t,o. So n,,.t7
aIn,,t 80 Sn td,, Wow, -, MINI. II =,
,,itV ",,rl, ~, thn lim,Ii(.;t, nf imf,ncv
w. w. .,,i.., ''''
n ''','' ..... ..,,,,.
-. put Iui.ll.''s 'l'nt II Mo,''u pr f"t T. Im
FAR +" tHe ,,rn,t feeirrt "f tLn Ralt;morn
and Ohio, such AS the Fairmont, Movers
dale. kingwood Beech Creek and Upper
Potomac regions to stagnate their business
to any appreclablc extent SIMPLY to en-
courage Il lew ShlaIl-seam operators
In all confidence, people OF Georges
Creek, what concern have you III the
welfare of 'FalrmOnt, Mcycrsdale,
kngwood, etc
But II tax OF 10 cents ton, admit
teddy prOhlbltive of small seam min
ing here, is necessary to build up com
petition with you elsewhere, by what
process does that competition protect
the Blg-Nein interests
And how has 1t III only three or four
years 'made the Georges Creek region
what 1t Is to-day ~
What Is the r"t'onHir of the business
proposition that taXstrangllng single
one OF your industries for the benctt OF
your rivals ''protects' you and makes
you hive longer every day:
Is it made transparent i'll this state
meht
The Consolidation Coal Company, the
heaviest operator of the Georges Creek
region, pays the differental without com
plant Its subsidiary companies, the Fair
mont ana somerset coal companies, are
'AciNP" All "l' "o'''S " w o'9''''HS'
III 1t should be possible that the ID
cents charged by the directors OF the
baltimore ana ONO railroad against
themselves as directors OF the Iohsolda-
tioh Coal company ana ITS subsidiary
companies, the 10 cents might find Its
way back where 1t came from without
the slightest abatement to the gentlemen
VINO owned II flrSt as we'll as last