The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-06

70 nine them at afprobt. Who l.
this man Treadway. from what state
does he come, and what cuisines
does he foilows Tie whole thint
seems 50 ridiculous that / can hard.
~ credit q as being offered in GOOD
faith.
WA. Brown. OF Lawton. Fayett6
county, writes Of the bill; Il think
~ will do much and we certainly
are In snch condition at present
that all business needs a rest. VIVA
Is the scheme anyhow"
John Q. Dickinson, Of Charleston.
says: ct looks 70 me as II Il IS 1
right serious matter and particui:
arly that IT is a Step in the wronf
direction. II would almost be i'm.
possible 10 comply with the biill ant
IL would be particularly hard upon
the fery small producers Of coai."
G. G: Beury. OF Fayette county
declares the bill to be drastic and
exceedingly unfair, and Impractical.
bio OF enforcement: ITO make cor.
rect analysis of any coai." says Mr..
Betfry, cit should be by taking 9
sample from the face of the coal
This has not been done excepting in
a very few cases so far as my know
ledge goes. "one OF the results o.
stifh a law as protosed would be
to bring about CONTROVERSY among
the mines, dealers and consumer
making claims that the coal on its
receipt did not come up to the stan.
dard analysis which you cannot
guarantee due to; some foreign mat.
ter getting mixed up with the coal;
and weather conditions have con-
siderable to do wiei Ityas to mhols:
ture." 5,-f
w. E. Wood, of Standard, writes:
Upon reading this bill carefully II
seems to me- that it Isl mainfestly
Unfair to the coal producers and will
work a great hardship upon the coal
producers of this country. II, be.
lieEe every effort in reason should
be made to defeat this BILL"
D. T. Evans. secretary Of the Ka.
nawha Coal Operators Association:
The whole thing is impracticable
and Unnecessary. Our present laws
amply cover any Misrepresentation
made by the seller"
G. a. cabell, Kanawha county:
TT consider the bill not only unt
reasonable but absolutely unneces;
sary to protect the purchaser. You
know and everyone else knows, who
is familiar with the coal business.
that there is a true analysis of eve.
ry a Of coal. of any Importance
minded in the United States on nle
at the Department of Mines Of the
Federal government. This Is not
only of public record, but anyone
desiring u copy Of same only has tc:
write the Department and make The
request:
VIM. -Nickell, of Glen Jean: "The
PIN is not only unreasonable and
unfair to the coal producers anf
carriers and coal dealers by placing
Il burden on them. but will be OF
n benefit Sto the consumer. Ii
would be Just as reasonable. to re.
quire every farmer and every dealer
IN farm products to furnish every
customer who required It, a certia-
cate OF the duality Of his product"
REPRESENTATIVE Avis who repre-.
sents a great coal-prodncing dis.
trict. has been very Industrious in
looking after the Treadway bin
since it was introduced and sent on
its way to committee. AS soon as
III was introduced he hunted up Mr.
Tresdway. the author or the bill,
with q view - iinding out exactly
what ives meant by the bill. which,
on its very face, was proof enough,
Q the West Virginia congressman
that its author certainly did moi
Fknow very intimately much about
how coal is produced and marked
and under what present existing
laws, federal andB Slate. ~"ISfoand
but from Mr.. Tfeadyay. t'safdc Coo:
gresham Avis that the object Ii
had in mind was to protect the coa,
sumers to whom coal is sold by thu
dealers. He claimed that inferio,
coal is sold to the small consumer,
In his district and state often under
false representative. He, declared
that he didn't desire. to do anybod,
an injustice, especially West vir.
ginia's chief industry, but liz
thought the proper way to proceed
was to proceed along the lines Of
the pure food law. Mr.. Treadway
appeats to. be a liigh-class gentle,
man Of standing, but he knows
nothing whatever about the Goa
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