Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-29
Pennsylvania TO Get
Full Quota of Coal
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1000 900 tons; Northwestern States,
.,3sO, 900, a decrease oi about 500, 900
tons Canada will be limited to $500.
and miscellaneous exports, 81 $50 tons.
Mr.. Dickson explained the new plan
of allotment in detail, and said that 1T
Is closely figured that total of ST..
StS7s3 tons of anthracite coal Of do
mestic sizes will be available for dis
tribution to consumers thia coal year"
This will he an increase of 2.6Ss,323
tons. or more than per cent over the
actual distribution Of the coal year of
19l6-lI.
1T must be understood that these al
lotments to New England and the Allan
tic States represent absolutely the maxi
mum amounts which can be given with
out grave injustice to people elsewhere in
the United States and Canada who re-
quire anthracite in substantial amounts.
The anthracite committee states further
that should It be possible to gain any
anthracite out of the nearly $500, 900
tons used hr the railroads for fuel or to
expand the total production above the
b4,3i5,7sS tons of domestic coal esti-
mated as the output for the year. such
gained coal viii he distributed to in
crease the allotments as now fXrd for
the Central and Northwest States, which,
as 1t stands. are called upon to make
large sacrifices from their accustomed
pre-war supply of anthracite"
"Coai Men m Trial"
The coal men Of this nation are on
trial not only before the American
people. but before our boys in the
trenches and the millions fighting with
them side by side, in this great battle
for democracy. right and justice" de-
clared a. W. Galloway, director of bitu-
minous distribution of the fuel admins
tration.
Are you going to be weighed in the
ba lance and found wanting? ! know
you are not.
Get behind the greatest war President
the world has ever known. and let the
world know that you are behind him.
and will stay behind him until this fight
Ia won
In discussing bituminous dlstrbu-
ton. he said:
We are trying to perfect a machine
composed Of practical distributing men,
SO far as possible. 1t may be that
in some spots our distributing organiza-
ton is weak, but those weaknesses can
be corrected. and this is particularly true
II the present spirit Of cooperation that
has been shown by the shippers of coal
as a whole Is maintained
"in 1917 the total production of btu
minous coal in the United States was
b6l ,OO0. 900 tons. a record tonnage. ex-
ceeding the previous record year by
about Al, ,0OO, 900 tons. Despite the great
handicaps under which the railroads are
laboring and the vastly increased de-
mands for transportation of other COM
modities and troops. there ID every reason
to hope that our production this year
will be close to 590,000.00O tons. This
figure represents virtually the present
maximum limit Of labor available for
coal mines. II may not be reached un-
less some plan is devised to prevent fur
ther draining of mine labor for other In
dustries or for service abroad"
At the annual election. j. H. Wheel
right, Baltimore. was chosen president.
succe eding w. X. Field. Of Pittsburgh.
2. +. H. Watkins. New York II. N. Tay-
lor, Kansas City, and George r. Barker,
| Columbus, were elected vice preaidents.
John J.. Tiernsy. Philadelphia, wAa
| elected treasurer. while j.. d. Morrow.
\ Pittsburgh. was chosen secretary.
Besides the newly elected officers the
board Of executives will consist OF w. X.
1isId, Pittsbutgh; T. b. Davis. New
York; A. n. Otle. Indianapolis; w, n
HNk. DsAvsr; Geofss Need, Chicago
anl Erskins Ramsey, 9irlntAtham. Ala.
| Al3ss M. Wnetlfi1At's speseh, in
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