The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-07-12
Committee to Name Coal Price.

lhuorsed the appointment by Cox OF
committee of operators and private
citizens to recommend to the state wal
council a maximum price to be paid
for coal at the mines.
The committee also is to recommend
means for establishing q clearing
house for coal in Columbus, through
which the supply may be distributed
equally over the state, and recommend
ways for getting maximum servic'
fYom the railroads.
This committee is composed OF T. K
Maher, William Harper and C. E. Sui
livan OF Cleveland, representing the
eastern Ohio operatorsi G. c. Weitze
Of Columbus, representing the Hook
Ing district operators; George H
Parker Of Columbus, representing the
Pomeroy and Jackson district opera
tors; John M. Roam, former state chic
mine inspector, and Prof. M. B. Ham
mond Of Ohio State University, former
member of the state industrial com
mission.
Cox's first plan to appoint com
mittee of FIVE with the Hooking, Pom
eroy and Jackson district operators
not represented, brought forth a re-
quest from them for representation
which was given.
1t Is expected that the committee
will recommend maximum prices al
the mines ranging from SO to $3.50 pei
ton, according to the district in which
the mines are located. Ohio operators
in Washington agreed to such scale
of prices in the various districts.
With maximum price of SO per ton
at the mines, Gov. Cox figures that the
price to the consumer can be reduced
to IS to $3.50 per ton delivered.
Laws Effective This Month.
Several very important laws which
relate to insurance companies, the &C.
tivities of insurance agents and the
people who take out insurance in this
state will go into effect the early part
Of July. These laws were passed by
the last legislature and the time for
a referendum on them is passed.
Most important Of the laws is the
one which establishes rating bureaus
In Ohio. According to the provisions
OF that law all fire insurance COM
panies and insurers placing fire risks
In this state are required to belong
to a rating bureau.
The business of the bureau will be
to establish rates for fire insurance in
this state on all classes of property.
The rates, when announced by the
bureau, are to be the established
rates and any deviation from them by
a company or its agents is made a
criminal offense.
Companies, however. upon a proper
notice to the department of insurance
and the bureau, are authorized to
make a horizontal reduction in rates
and these apply to all those which are
like risks. 1t is anticipated this law
will have very salutary effect upon
rate cutting and rate cutters in Ohio
Another one Of the important laws
is the one which provides for whole
family protection for members Of fra
ternal benefit societies. Under the
provisions of that law. fraternal bene-
fit societies may provide, under proper
qualifications and limitations, for q
death or annuity benefit upon the lives
of children of the members of the So
ciety, the ages of which range between
2 and Is years.
Will Help to Manage State Fair.
Thomas O'Mara of Van Vert has
been appointed assistant state fair
manager by Secretary Shaw of the
state board of agriculture.
Failed to Report Births.
Four convictions of Toledo physi-
clans have been obtained by the state
bureau of vital statistics within a
week. The medical men were fined
for failing to report births as required
by law.
Says Grow, More Seeds.
II farmers and gardeners want seeds
for next years sowing, 1t behooVes
every gardener and farmer in the land
to gather what seeds he may from
this years crop.
The foregoing is the edict of OhiO's
seed experts who have just returned
from the annual meeting of the Ameri.
can Seed Association convention at
Detroit. These experts report the
greatest demand for seed in the his.
tory of the trade, due largely, they
say, to the campaign for increased
acreage and production of foOdstuffs.
The cutting off of the European sup
ply is another reason assigned for the
shortage. Turnip seed, formerly sold
for 35 cents pound, now sell at from
IS cents to 81. Onion sets, formerly
quoted at $3.50 bushel, We're SIS this
year. Because of the heavy demand
FOR beans this year, seed has become
scarce and the shortage is
liable to prove serious. /,
Adopt Waste Elimination Measure.
Central Ohio bakers in a meeting
lere pledged themselves to discon.
inue the practice of taking back from
'etailers, restaurants and hotels all
unused bread. The waste elimina-
ion" measure is to last throughout
he war.
Cincinnati Women Appointed.
Miss Mary Roberts of Cincinnati has
,een appointed member of the state
lurses's examining committee, sue.
,eeding Miss Augusta Condit of Co
umbus, who will retire in August.
rhe appointment was made by the
tate medical board.
Phone Valuation Increases.
Gratifying to taxpayers is the pros.
'ect that increases in public utility
will keep pace with the ad- |
itiong made to the individual asaasc