The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-06-27
done. With each intent upon DONG
his or her part, the outcome Is certalH.
HIGH PRICE OF COAL

Consumers of coal are Responsible III
a measure for the high price or that
article, according to information
brought: back to Iowa by the members
of the state council of defense who re-
Gently visited Washington, d. e.
The state council OF defense.
through it's committee on Industrial
survey, is confident that there viii be
plenty OF coal during the next Twelve
months to supply all normal demands
and that consumers OF coal should not
hoard for fear OF a still further In
crease in price. ..,...
The members OF the Iowa defense
council, who proceeded to Washington,
on this special mission included Col
oncl G. Watson French, of Davenport.
chairman OF the Industrial Survey
Committee of the state council of de-
Tense, and also president of the
Greater Iowa association; w. w.
Marsh, of Waterloo; Frederick Lar
rabee, OF Fort Dodge; Judge Martin j.
Wade; James J. Doty. Of Shenandoah;
and John T. Adams, OF Dubuque. GOV.
Harding accompanied the committee
as exofficio chairman.
phese visiting 1owans were receiv-
ed at all of the government depart
ments with marked courtesy and were
Civ en- access to all of the governments
information relative to emergency
work. + -|.
L. While in Washington, Colonel
Frertch gave dinner to Herbert Z.
Hoo ger. former Iowa boy and now food
administrator of the United States. All
of tine Iowa members of congress were
also guests as were Messrs. Bernard
NJ. Bs,ruch,, chairman of the Industrial
sIlrvay committee of the national coun-
Gil or 44defense;' Howard E. Coffin and
Franld 81 Peabody, both of the national
council OF tfefensee-4 Mr.. Peabody being
in direct charge Of the national coal
inyestig atidn!iI enLii -td' -. a. y
""The consumer who insists upon I'M
mediate delivery of large quantities
of coal and who yioffers to pay even
more than the market rate in order to
get this coal now. for future use Is
responsible in a measure. for the high
cost of cCial," said Colonel French to-
day. Information obtained by the ma
tional cOu neil of defense shows that
twenty per- cent more coal was mined
in the United States during May, 1917.
than was mined during the same
month last year. The rate of mining
in June shows that this month the
United States will mine twenty-five
per cent more coal than was mined in
June, 1916. and advance estimates now
in the hands of the national council
of defense indicate that the amount of
coal to be Llined in July, 1917, will
l. ;vt.1y no n
amount mined in July, 1916. .s,.
1T is the opinion of those MEM
bers of the ma tional council of defense
who have thoroughly studied the sit
uation that there will be plenty OF coal
to supply all normal demands and that
If consumers desire to help in So
luton, of the present coal problems
they should refrain from buying more
coal than is necessary for their cur
rent needs. a, =, ts.s.s., f,,ae,g egg
"If consumer offers coal retailer
a premium of $1.0O a ton in order to
get immediate delivery for coal for
use next winter, you cannot blame the
retailer for getting the higher price.
When this same retailer offers pre-
MUM OF soc ton to the jobber or
operator in order to get this particu-
lar order of coal Immediately you can
not blame the jobber or the operator
for accepting the higher price. The
solution of this coal problem is going
to depend upon a whole-souled CO.
ordination of effort on the part Of
everybody identified with coal from
the moment it is mined until it goes
into the furnace" ,.r, .,
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