The chronicle=news., 1913-11-26
The West Virginia ceal in,urrecttiioi,n'' tii,
BY Charles Frederick Carter il Tie North American Ru;ev
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output per emplOye Ia the uniOnize@
minss of iliinois IL set: tons. and
In Ohio 20; tens. u0t~ithstsadins 9
ths fact that in union Ohio &; per
cent VI the euai is produced by ha.
ehis. miaisx. while IL n0a.uniou
wsSt vwstsia cniy 81 psf ccst Of
the output = nisehiue miard.
Considering all th-s. handicsps.
IN" op-rsiors in the state under
unios daa aintioa souia have bcea
more than human " they had not
viewed with Increasing resentment
the competition of W.-, Virginia
The paint OF view of the union ape.
raiors was best summed up by
hish official of the largest coal eon-
!, psny Int h- piiisburR Jisirisi. who
1 sLaraeisfia-s III" development Of
| West NiFsinis's soai nine. =. ''sn
4 s'oaohii. biundef. That il. in his
opinion the people OF w-st Virginia
hsi no rish, to develop the natural
rssouS,-s of their oNu state.
l To sous,ssaet the results Of this
i ''.conohi. biundcr' tao weapons
were available: the disrsi,ninsiivc
fright rate and the union ssitssos.
10th weapons has. been ursL. While
all u, W~s, NirRtais suffer- tron,
/ siserin.iaaiiE. freight rates. The see
ton chiefly affected Is all that part
Of the state south oi the iiAi'tmos"
AMI OHIO fAiisocd. including ~hsi 10
known as the ksas~ha field. along
the kAss~ha river. the tasiu iin-
os The Chesapeake snd Quo ssd tho
ksss~ha AMI Michigan RAILROADS.
II in.iai-. cs.Lss creek aai rsiai
creek. -sistiss ID. Esas~hs river
.saais- .oaih. separated b, = siasi9
n,saslsin fids~.thr scene Of the r..
! cent issurr-Siioa. Summer business
for the ksasshs nines consisted
iars.iy oi .sipmrais tn ist. ''osts,
EAfiy In $50, I,,i.Suss shippers
backed W th" susthefn railroads
proposed sa saesess- IN FAKES 90
wrs: Nifxisia coal. This ..fui-~-si
in.res.c ~as successfully resisted ~
,rs courts aai aetos- III. iaiers:A's
.unmcsr- commission Tars the
t'ii,.byfx os,rsA'os. Instituted see
psvc, A,iass b-.or. the istsssiaic
esssmesv- .os~i.s,os ~tisk sv.sis.
I'd 10 . a-.t.sss In March. 1918. ts~.
-sins The ssi-s fsos Pislsburs 10 she
lakes fsues ~ s-sss to- IS ssn's.
! white the tate ffom the Eaaa~ hs
f.-id s~ssa,e-a At =; cents. AiSisk
/ i'i,,snuss an advantage ot - .eass
a ,oa. a. sis,oss 60 yet rsss. oa The
shirsn-e, itusa the ksnsshs dtsis ss'
in ih. summer of 1911. this differ.
b, .n,isI would sasuans 10 s.eO".
Tn,A, there msy be no doahs shous
tic object sought. tvo questions anu
II the answers N these psor~~st,aes srs'
\ uu.,.d. They ~-sv addressed on
\ November -. 1911. to the chairman
u. the bossd ot ais~eiosr of the Puts.
huts Coal sua,tany. corporation
capitalized 81 ss".o"v."e". .. fol-
lows
| IT any change 10 made in tue
Il .r.ish, rate which ~ii' result In In.
! .r.s,isr yoar output shss sauss sre.
j .<.ariiy result IN . cosr-sp"ndihs
reduction of the output In the cum
pp,,,.rs 9Th. West virginia. field
The, is correct"
4 AMI ,hs, Is what you sssitc 10
a. spmpIishr
| "Ths, il. exactly viva, ~c desire
To accomplish.
! As freight rates nov stand kss.
s~hs teal !. shut o1s OF the markets
ot,h- Atisalt scsupsrd. Canada rss'
%, J,c,rp,i. Memphis. Louisville. ~.
Louis, Mobile AMI New Orleans.
The kanawna iicid has no market
distinctly ~. own. II meets ssru"s
yp.,,~,i,,ou ., ->rry po'n'. aad has
oni, ,e-n sbic 10 maintain liz I'os'-
ton W the -Scrct.c u sktli '"S"-
/. ius aud by activity n soliciting b"si-
;. pr.., The mafsin between the cost
,t production and tho selling price 10
small when ever, ih'ne IA ruahins
i suoo,hiy. aud |, Is wiped out cnsirr'
,y whcacvcr there is shorssec Of
cars ar order. or other Disturbing
element
| In Isit there I.5 mtnes In '"s
k,u.~bs field prosiaeins an aver.
es. Of ,..ss. ton. ANNUALLY. With
an aggregate output Of '.ss"'"e'
,ors. with = total prcdGciton NJ a.
,c..oii tons. IN o,acr ~ords. o..
mo-, .c per cent Of tic coal pro
i d,,,J in tpjs field Ia loaded hy small