The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-28

scheme have becom. dissastisfied with
the management Of and the living in
of apartment houses of the city and
propose to conduct IA flat as they
think 1t should he.
Star postal route service has been
ordered established from Dupuyer to
Conrad and from Augusta to Vaughn.
whitefish, Mont, has been designat-
ed by the postmaster general AZ the
supply office of the Glasgow & Spo-
kane. the St Paul and the Glasgow
and the Chicago and New York rail-
way postoffices. Spokane was form
eriy the supply division.
A new postoffice has been ordered
established at Coyote. Fergus coun-
ty, with Francis A. Jones in charge.
Wallace \. Porter has been COM
missioned fourth class postmaster at
Three Forks.
II. A. Conrad of Butte was re-
cent visitor here.
According to "A report of the Geolo-
gical survey, Montana's coal produc-
ton in 1908 was less than in 1907
The figures for 1908 are given as l.
$40, $50 tons, as against 2.0i6,s5T tons
In 1907. a decrease Of 9s.667 tons. The
value of the 1908 coal production is
stated To have been S3,77l.24S. az COM
pared with valuation of s3.a0i,os2 in
1907. n decrease of sl35.s3i. Montana
ranked above nine other states in
coal production. as follows; California
and Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Massa-
chusetts, Michigan, North Dakota
Oregon. Texas and Utah.
These and many other interesting
figures on the 1908 coal production in
this country are shown in the report.
The total production of the country
was 415s4a. 6as tons. of IA total value
og 53a.3l4.ii7. Pennsylvania with her
great deposits of anthracite, yielded
the largest product of the states, IT,
1882 tons, valued at S1iS,Si6,3o3 Her
production was. however. 1888 $50
tons less than In 1907. The total pro-
duction for the country in 1908 was
6i5aO.12S tons less than in 1907, and
in value ssa.4s47si less.
OF the 10 states and territories
which produced coal only three, Cal
ifornia. Oregon and Texas, increased
their output in 1908. over 1907. but the
California and Oregon increases were
slight. Massachusetts produced coal
for tho first time in 1905
The average price per ton for bit
luminous coal is stated to have been
SIZE. two cents less than in 1907 and
one cent higher than in 1905. The
average price of anthracite at the
Pennsylvania mines in both years was
S225 IA ton.
The survey calls attention to the
fact that considerable coal is sold AT
much less than the cost of produc-
ton" said says:
Criticisms are often made on the
apparent discrepancy between the
prices shown by the averages given In
these reports and those which the
public. particularly the consumer. il
obliged to pay fnr fuel Such criu-
cisms are evidently made by persons
ignorant of the fact that all the prof
Its on mining in the anthracite re
ginns the made on sizes above pea
coal and that these sizes represent
little mere than 50 per cent of the
total production. All the sizes below
rea coal shipped from the anthracite
regions are used entirely for steam
ing purposes in competition with bit
luminous and are sold at prices con-
sidarahly below thu cost of produc-
tion. In the hituminous regions, par
ticulartv outside of the roking-eoai
fields II large production of the prod
net is marketed as screened coal and
much Of the slack and other sizes be
lnw nut is sold at less than the cost
ri mining.
Another part Of the report gives the
number Of employees in the coal mines
in 1908 as $50 43s men. as against
sS0. 4sa in 1907. and sio.So In 1906. The
effect Of the 1907 business depression
In shown by the fact that there We're
200 average work days in 1905 as
against 20 in 1907. The average pro-
duetInn fnr each man employed MAS
less in 1908 that al anthracite being
Az TONS. against al2 tons in 1906. and
that nf bituminous. al tons. against
SO tons In 1907, The averag" daily
tonnage Tor each emrloye increased.
however. that in the anthracite being
a2a. the largest since f9h3. against ..53
in 1897. and in the hitumiuous. $40
against a@9-
Kerau>e ri strikes, luckouts, etc.
the total number NJ working days lost
in the hitumirouS region in 1905 was