The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-09
THE MINNEAPOLIS, JOURNAL
COAL " ARR ARE IS
NATIONAL N MENACE.
Continued From First Page.

great railroad systems. owning or hav-
ing friendly interest. in coal properties
IN Illinois, made rates from that state
SO prejudicial to Iowa mines, which it
did not own, that coal from these could
not be moved to the great state institu-
tons OF Iowa. ThisSaroused Governor
Larabee, who inaugurated a campaign
dustries. The result was the Iowa law,
promptly copied into a group Of adjoin-
ing states. 81 81
Today large part OF the Gillespie
resolution deals with the division Of the
coal trade on asterritorial basis by the
railroads involved, ~
General Grosvenor is pushing,a bill to
prevent. the railroads from engaging in
the coal mining. business: If this bill
evaded by the formation of affiliated
companies, which would accomplish the
same purpose. Nor is it desirable that
the railroads should be discouraged
from producing the coal for their own
locomotives any more than they should
not raise on their vacant land, under
modern forestry methods, trees suita-
BILE for railroad ties. g
Bound to Make Trouble.
But when the railroad becomes
dealer In q great commodity like coal,
It IS bound to make trouble, SO long as
there are any independents left on
the outside. In fact, the. whole railroad
controversy. with which the country is
now nov conyulsed lis in no small degree
managers in Industrial enterprises in
which they could make their railroad
influence Of great service, thru securing
various privileges for the industries
with which they were connected. If
| railroad men would be railroad men,
pure and simple, and not Spectators
pending upon railroad favor, there
| would be much less trouble. The rela-
tion of the Colorado Fuel & Iron com
pany to the Santa Fe railroad with it's
81, 900 day advantage over and COM
petitor is a case in point.
It is useless, to say that the present
5afGad ead brv under the Pgesi
g creation Of Mr. Hearst 8 populistic
faneies. It is a. direct result of the
personal cupidity of the great captains
Of transportation. ,EI
| Relief Thru Briquettes.
Results If the coal testing plant
which the government has been running
half point strongly, toward the growth,
Of the briquette industry in the United
States. The chief purpose. Of these ex-
periments has been to determine the
characteristics and the fuel value of the
different types of the coal found in the
different producing fields in the United
States, and also to develop simple meth
ers could ascertain what they ought to
get, without much trouble, just as they
do in the other commodities Of life
During the eighteen months in which
this work has been in progress, Isl
different Goals have been tested, tht
be Of as much Importance to the con
sumers Of fuel, it is said, as are tests
Of the value Of commercial fertilizers
to the farmers Many municipality
has been stirred to debate over the i'm
providence of the distributors of relief
for the poor IN furnishing high-pricet
coal, to which sthe sTeply would he made
| Nobody knew, and 10 the controversy
ragged. Now the goAsrnmeht proposes t
sen the people whit coal is. economics
I for the various fuel and power pur
poses., - er..tu,s..
The use Of bituminous coal In the
form Of briquettes In the Household
, gives fuel which is completely con
sumed and with greatly less dust AM
smoke GnanE IN Cu6 OTUlAdIy lOA LII "
Jumps. These findings of the investi
, gators will lead to the Establishment o
/ briquette plants, using bitumlnous Goa
and this will doubtless invade to
: considerable extent the anthracite mar
ket. In the manufacture of briquette
much that is now refuse would be used
! by a system of washing which vii
take out all the non-c embustible mat
ter. Old piles can be. made int
> briquettes. The coal 6replaces, so niue
seen abroad, and the tiny coal stoves
! promise to make a new start here.