The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-11-01
Some D e alers Apply to
Council of Defense for Aid
But Others Say Goal Is
Coming All Right"
DEALERS LATE IN BUYING


bltuminous coal in Ke~osha is becom
IN a menace, some of the smaller coal
dealers of the city have appealed to
the members of the County Council of
Defense asking that the council take
some action to secure some immediate
action to have coal shipped into Ke-
nosha. These dealers declared that
there was not bushel of soft coal in
Kenosha. This statement is not borne
out by an investigation. However, the
Investigation shows that the soft coal
supply Of the city is far below the
normal supply and outside of one or
two yards there is no soft coal on sale
in Kenosha. One of the leading dealers
in the city declared that he believed
that Kenosha would be taken care of
in time to save any serious famine.
"The coal dealers themselves are in
part to blame for conditions he said.
!" Many of the dealers refused to take
the chance of ordering the coal last
spring when contracts could be placed
The fact that they were afraid of the
cars, has placed them in the condition
they are in today. At that time it
was possible to buy coal and buy it
at fair rate as it has been possible to
secure it at any time since. The deal
ers did not put in normal supplies of
either hard of soft coal. Right now
it is exceedingly difficult to get it.
State Fuel Administrator Fitzgerald has
ordered us to sell coal at the rate of
q ton to a, customer, brit we have not
held down this close unless the con-
dition of the coal piles demanded it.
We believe that we will be able to get
coal. It may come slow and people may
be forced to show little sacrifice in
the use of it, but there will be enough
to take care of the city,
The only place in the city where soft
coal was being Offered for sale was at
the Baldwin docks. At the office of
the company it was declared that no
discrimination was beinY made, but that
the coal was being sold to all custom
ers in the order they asked for it.
with some of our grades of coal we
have insisted on taking care of regular
customers, said H. M. Baldwin. IT
think that the fairness Of this will APP
peal to every one. These people have
done business with us for years and it
is but fair that we see that their sup
ply of coal is ready for them. We are
hopeful that we will be able to get coal
by rail to meet the demands Of the
trade and we are bending every effort
to this end. We are not selling pound
of coal out side Of Kenosha. We are
conserving the supply we have for Ke-
ncsha people.
A careful estimate indicates that
there is close to five thousand tons of
hard coal in the city and probably
thousand tons Of soft coal other than
Pocahontas. There is fairly good
supply of coke in the city, but the pile
is being lowered very rapidly.
The Council of Defense has already
made an appeal to the State Fued Ad-
ministrator to keep Kenosha in mind
and assurance has been sent out from
Madison that there will be a plentiful
supply of coal to take care of the needs
of Wisconsin people but no coal to
waste.
Tt is expected that the people will
do their part in saving the coal. It is
important to save every possible shovel
full of coal. The demand for the
smaller sizes of anthracite coal is al
ready larger than the supply and con-
servation must be practiced with tke
use of this coal if the city is to have
enough of this coal to see it through
the winter.
There has as yet been no serious
shortage of soft coal for the factories
of the city. All of the big companies
have made contracts for the entire sea-
son and out side IF a little delav in
securing rail deliveries they are not
having serious trouble.
The larger coal yards in the city are