The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-04-27
INTERESTING LECTURE
BY Or. VOSBURG ON
The COAL INDUSTRY


DR.. vosburg's illustrated lecture on
the Goal Industry" delivered at the
Methodist church last evening, was
packed full of Information and was
most intensely interesting. The large
audience accorded the speaker the
closest attention from start to finish.
In clear cut rapid fire sentences. he
told the story of the origin of coal. in
had cooled and the. man had come to
make his home here. He next dealt
with the discovery of coal. 1t was
first mentioned in England in the ninth
century and first mined in Scotland
in the twelfth century. In the United
States coal mining was first carried
on by slave labor AS late as 1913
it was sold at the rate of thirty-three
cents per bu hel.
Early in the fourteenth century the
British parliament passed a law max
ing the use OF coal in London a capi-
tai offense. Its general use began in
Europe in the sixteenth century.
DR.. Vosburg then told of the rapid
development Of the industry in our
own country In 1907 the Wyoming
valley in Pennsylvania shipped fifty
five tons of coal to market. and eigh-
ty years later they shipped 63.s23.00
tons OF coal to market In 1900 the
United States mined 240. 1000 tons
of coal. and in 1919 it had risen to
nearly 50O000,0OO tons. Billions of
dollars are invested in. and hundreds
OF thousands OF human beings are sup
ported by the Industry. The need of
heat and power, and the scarcity of
wood forced the use of ccal and the
development OF the industry.
The speaker told of it's Influence u2-
on civilization and it's Indispensable
ness to life as we now know 1t in a
remarkably Impressive and telling
manner. Its rise is interlocked with
the entire Industrial life OF our times.
We could not live without 1t today.
He showed that in order to have ef1-
cheney and economy the industry hal
to be handled by large corporations.
He showed a hundred beautifully
colored views covering the industry
In the United States. but especially
here in Colorado. The views covered
the entire industry from start to
Anish.
Many mining camps we're shown in
their entirety. The comfortable homes
OF the miners. the churches. schools.
club houses. hs:AA houses. play
grounds. hospitals and all that made
up the well ordered life of the coal
camps. The American coal miner is
the best paid, be fed and housed and
cared for OF any coal miners in the
world.
In the afternoon the vestry of the
church YVES packed to its utmost eapa-
city to hear DR.. vosburg's lecture on
"Saxony. Bavaria and Southern Ger
many" II was most informing and
was just like taking a trip through
beautiful southern Germany.
This Friday morning he IectIred TO
the Canon City high school on Con
trasting Civilization, European and
American" For one hour he held tho
rapt attention of the school 1t was
such a lecture as could only he given
by a man who had spent much time
In Europe ard who had carefully stu
died conditions in both continents. 1t
was packed with facts and bristied
with life.
Tonight he delivers his closing loo.
ture In our city at the Methodist
church on "The Tyroiesc Alps and
Hungary."
Or. vosburE holds the chair of
"civilization in the Twentieth Cen
tury." at Denver University. His lee
lures have been warmly received and
highly appreciated by our citizens.
Record wantaos are sure TO prinr
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