The chronicle=news., 1913-11-26


iect bis own employees.
West virginia having recently
be'h Obliged to put down. =, u coat
80 the taxpayers Of more than $780,
"vo. IN armed in.urr.etion. organ
ised ana maintained to oppose the
exercise az these risht. Il would
s1cts that, Ia some quarters At least.
these questions ar. regarded ~ de-
bslsbis.
i'eeaus. th. issues Involved have
been 30 badly b-fosssi by mAie,o.
lent mehdseity that the general pub
lie cannot lie expected to und.rstani
them. IL may b. worth while To re-
view III. facts regarding In. Wss,
virginia coal insurr.ciion. and.
uiorv especially. its und-Ei, ins
causes
Whil. rich IN other resources.
West Virginia Is pr.--niLrnib a
soal mining state, of the Iifiy-HV.
counties. thirty min. have coal areas
assr-ssiins SO. square ,aiiss. ct
.."s"."." acres II the soo.i eosi III
mi. AREA that .an be recovered ua-
der commercial conditions b- .sii-
mated 81 1890. ions Ia the a.r.. All
estimate which Is accepted by min.
Ing engineers as conservative. the To-
tai amounts To 81. SOC. $50. %" tons.
worth oh ;,Sara car at the n,ia~ Al
sutfrht prices. sl-'u' So" ...". .".".
"",. ~ thr present. rate Of pruinr.
iiua this almost inc"@-he easih'--
Virginia ah annual incoi.i. u. S...'
.VD. 900 for . thousand years The
ss.ai-r par. OF th. price received for
.osi At sh. taia-. IL paid out In
~as-s. shtsh ars .t-a, in the state.
NJ ,h- .osi !. at suV- rlor alaiisy.
while the famous sn.os-i-.s coal stip'
siisi 10 tho tas,si state. as,y IL
sh- b~ss steam soai In the world
Mas, OF the Sets. sF- usususli,
,hi.A. th..- .1.-,i rsasins isua.
f.as To eleven feet. Most at the ca
isiins asia-. b~.aE above -st-r level
hasc L<va dsriot,rd bs drifts. the
seal Ls,ns delivered b, srs,iiy Ia
the iippi- bes,,i- sh- railroad track.
usaes shssc favorable suudisiusss.
The niatsS issussry mas as> esossssi
RAPIDLY. the prudsctioa incf-a.iss
tson is.>As.sii soss 10 is"s io 80.
,:s.:"~ too. In 1919 while the
sanuiasior .f The sis,- iscfsss~-i
ssusa ,;>.>. Ia i.:si.'is ss 8; i-r
.-sl in 'h- same p-rio-i. the number
ss..i. q. .s.ils. or 10 Pcr cent.
Iicins y mcuuiainc,is state. Spare.
" ypsuIA,..s. Nth comparatively
.-~ notwithstanding industries. most
sf vhira us- natural 50. scf tHrl.
ir.. thea 10 r~s zen; At the sna'
mined. Including that ssci by 'h"
ss,..us.is. !. .-a.um-'i Shhin ih"
state. tn. re., Hs.; be sent through
..ss,~,i,i,- .sri II Ids to distant
markets
TIL. most imIrrssn' ia-i market
.s the ,onisn.a, i. ,h" Niiai. West
including thu, par' "f the 'ni'.d
static and canada s.rt-'I bt the
Great Lakes. commonly known as the
lake traas' The street bulk 81
wrsi Virsinia .uai has al~ays been
marketed: in the Middle West. h.'
.r,ps to is...> the ,ea' operators
Ut Illinois. Indiana. Ohio aud ~rs''
-tn rsansyI, aaia -njoy-i a npn"r'
uly og tr- lake trade. being ah'c Va
s,Ijtts, prj,.. ,o suit tn, mscls"ss In
H.. 90. Nr~s Virginia operators bc'
gap shipping 'pto that market !" ?
soss,, way. selling their product al
a narrpu margin. Their coal bc'ns
ut superior quality. received sn'
preference. other things being equal
g, that ais,ut 1925 tho competition
.t wc., vtrrinss began to be felt
II may M, he ou, Of place to say
that. thanks to West virginia. sh'
,oo,umyrS in this great HffN"'I
arv buytnz their tu'i '"'sN ~"
s,sn,taiiy the same rricc '",l pa''
in tsvS.
The coal. Of Illinois. Indiana. o"'o
and western Punnsyivaria are ""'
equal to the West virginia pr"'"''
In quality. while. with some ess'P'
,,os.. the ,o., of porduetion Is some
whs, higher. These factors 'e"" "
nc.,,sai,sc the advantage OF 'e'"s
nearer to the market Hu' m"'e
sinister fac, remain. to he Feeho".'
with. -
The ,or, mine. Of Illinois, Indiana
ohio and western rennsl''s"" "
virtually In control Of the '"'''"
M,uc Worker. Of America. an oa'"-
,.,u., ,,,.r,sat;on with hcadauar-