Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-29
MORE COAL MAY
BE SENT HERE
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least some of the S1,452 tons increase
that she asks.
During the year extending from
April 1, 1917 to April 1, 1918, 129,-
46S tons were consumed in Harris
burg while the needs for the 1915
10 year total 1899 tons. The IN
crease, Ross A. Hickok, local fuel
administrator, says, is due to the in
creased population and the larger
needs of Harrisburg industrial
plants.
! Needs Are Many
The increase allotment to Pennsyl-
vania and other New England and
Middle Atlantic states is made be-
cause of the greater growth of popu-
lation in these states and because
of the especially large industrial de-
mands. The increased distribution
to these sections is made possible by
an increased production in the Unit
ed States of 2,66S.32S tons over the
1916-17 supply, through the curtail-
ment in distribution to some of the
western states of 2,202.26S tons and
through the gain due to an embargo
on the shipment of coal to some scc-
tions of 765,931. This gives total
gain of 5,636,542 tons for distribu-
ton which is partially offset by 6Oo,-
| 900 dealt out for increased Army and
tions, however, for anthracite to be
supplied to the Army and Navy and
to war industries and utilities which
require it, will be fully met before
! increased supplies are dealt out for
dom estic purposes.
The Middle Atlantic states as a
whole will receive an increased sup
ply for 191S-19 over it's 1867 sup
| ply of thirteen per cent, while the
! New England states will receive an
| increase of seventeen per cent. But
| to do this mine workers must work
at full capacity since there are now
! only 145,O00 miners at work as conf
pared to 177,000 in. 1861.
That the needs of the people as
| a whole may be best served, how
ever, full cooperation of all con-
cerned is required. In it's statement
of the condition of the fuel supply
/ to the National Coal Association, the
anthracite committee emphasizes
this point. Part CT the statement
| follows:
Must Conserve Supply
with this statement of the Sit
uation and announcement of the
measures which will be pursued 10
meet it, the anthracite committee is
| conscious that the plan cannot be
successful under the circumstances,
| labor shortage, consequent inability
| TO much increase production of an
thracite and unusual demands for It,
unless there shall be earnest and
active cooperation by all concerned.
This means by state and local fuel
administrations, dealers and con-
sumers, each and all of whom must
! help to see that anthracite is con-
/ fined to its most essential uses and
! that in consumption it shall be con-
served and made to go as far as pos
sible."
otherwise there will be a short
age of anthracite next winter which
no human power can then supply.
| The anthracite industry and this
| committee can meet the big problem
only with general support and CO.
operation. In other lines of busi-
ness, in these abnormal times, no
one expects to get all he wants and
just when he wants it. There is to-
! day shortage of steel, of copper, of
rubber, of wheat, of flour, of a
! hundred and one things"
Anthracite is not an exception
but with due public consideration
of the facts surrounding it's supply
and distribution. this committee be-
lieves that all actual needs for it car
be supplied"