Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-14

a part of her feet and capture the coal
supplies. All she would need 10 DO would
be To take about twenty-five miles Of raj
road material aion;s. and extend the pres
ent Guggenheim line to the beds Such
possibility is probably well known -
the war departments OF both nations.
and IL is safe 10 say that the United
States would be on the ground first.
At present the oil fields OF California
are competing largely for the fuel trade
in the markets Of the Pacific. Many OF
the steamers are now using oil. and oil IL
largely employed on the railroads. 1t is
sold for fuel in all the Pacific coast states
and territories. and its use increases each
year In 1908 the oil consumed was equal
to l2,NnOO0 tons of coal. whereas the coal
alone was considerably less than half
that
This is a factor that must be consid-
cred in connection with the Alaskan coal
when II comes into the market. and an
other factor is the coal that will come
through the Panama canal. DR. BROOKS
has figures which show that when the
canal is completed eastern coal can he
landed in San Franc SEQ at SiGb a ton.
This means putting IL on the ship at the
Atlantic coast ports at cost OF 81 per
II
foliage Of about IL cents. He says also
that ii is estimated that 1t will cost
about SfD ton to put the Alaskan
coal into San Francisco. SO you see il s
quite question whether the Alaskan coal
beds will not have to fight for the mar
ket
For the same reason the Panama canal
will affect the coal trade Of the states
along the west coast OF South America.
Those countries can be supplied from
Alaska but the canal will make them
accessible to our Atlantic coal fields and
they will probably be supplied from the
mines of both places.
AS to Alaska itself there can be little
development in that country until the
coal fields are opened. Railroads are i'm
possible at the high coal rates OF today.
and all industry is Tagging there for
cheap fuel. II wiz take n big sum of
money to construct the railroads and
open the mines. and this money can
only be applied by organized capital. DR..
Brooks estimates that the first ton OF
coal shipped out of the BerinE field will
have cost at least So 900 600 by the time
Ii is on the way to the consumer and
that from then on the cost will fall until
1t Is somewhere near the five or ten dol
lars which the people will pay. | have
no sympathy with the GugRenfeim COB
blers. but the individual miner can do
nothing alone, and the government will
have to adopt regulations that will enable
capital to develop the beds at reason
able profit Whether this can be accom-
plished without a material change in
Uncle Sam plans remains to he seen.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
away from Washington so long" said
she. Jack died of gallopng consump-
ton two years ago.
And, of course. | had Numbered upon
the very question calculated to make the
poor little woman sad at heart.
And so / hailed a sea-going caloosh at
9th and the Avenue and climbed into IL.
I had heard enough and the solitude or A
vehicle was what l required If L was
going to get any good out of the frst
pretty day / had seen anywhere for eight
months
BY the way. there are some fat folks
who have troubles of their own.
CLARENCE /. CtLLEN.