Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-01
MINERS Do NOT
RESPOND T04
PERCENT OFFER
No Resumption Of Mining
Operations in Any Of
Big Coal Fields.
INDUSTRIES CLOSING
IN MIDDLE WEST

Troops on Guard-callins on OF
Railroad Strike at kansas City Re.
dsvss Fuel Situation Thsrs.
Chicago, Dec. Further stringent
regulations for conservation Of the
fuel supply, made necessary by the
strike of soft coal miners who have
been idle a month. were in effect today
over tbs entire country between Ohio
and the Rocky mountains and from
Canada to the Mexican border. Nom
essentiai industries continued to close
down because Of lack Of coal.
In Kansas City. Mo-. and Omaha ana
Lincoln, Neb. all schools were closed
today and officials OF many cities dis
cussed sthe advisability OF closing
schools until the shortage II relieved.
Reports from the fuel fields OF In
diana, Illinois and Ohio gave no indi-
cation that the mines intended to &C.
cept the II per cent increase offered
by the government. In West Virginia
union officials asserted that most
union mines in the KanAwha field
would be idle today.
Governors Of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
ansn..,,. =, ~. -overnor Of Kansas.
80 -. ~. ye,terdav IN discuss
- 49,, o. snd,nv tba threatened coal
Ia.. .o-nr.,d.d thar a fuel Id.
.a..;.tr.tor - =. .nno,nted In Zach state
=. -. .h..~. ~ coa, II vas also
.s.or,,n.rd.a that al coAi mined be
ssS...h,...S .,roIIv AMONG the states
.-.s - th.,r ncsa. Ths .ovsrnors
,.e. o.. .h.,- no,,s. tod.v after agree.
,ns - .onvene again at 81. IIouia next
S...so, Mic. Pe,,,v ..crei.rv OF the
cons.rence vaa directed to 10 to
,s.a.s,,nr.on "a i.v n. situation bafors
~. ,oaaraI .uthor,&l.a .......s-ssrs ...srs ),
rhs c.,Iin~ off eariy fo6ay o. {&1
..r,rs ~ vardmen At KAMA, city
svon,d Greatly relieve tha situation
...s-o,t,n. ,h.t c,tv. II "a. .aid.
p,ar.. ,or oner.tinr the mines Of
x.n,a. ,,nder the rec,ixer,hip went
,orw,rd today and Governor Allen
.rnounced that actual digging would
ha.;n tor,orrov Treiva hundred na-
.inne, gnard.men and 900 federal
troons vere in the Kansas fields today.
oosr.tor, RspIy 10 Glass.
washington. Dec. The coal op-
.,ator. came back, Sunday 1t Secre-
tarv of the Treasury Glass, who is
sued = statement last week regarding
the large profits of tho mine owners.
"certain individual concerns may
have made such profits, but not the
,rdus+rv as a whole and as the fuel
administration has pointed out fair
mes. demands consideration Of the in
dn.trv as a whole" said J. D. A. Nor.
row vice president Of tho National
Coal Association.
.For the entire bituminous indus.
+rv IN 1917 10 make profits OF from
1o, ner cent to $50 per cent on in.
vested capital would require = total
nrof,t az upward of 81 500. ooo. 900. 40.
cordins "a the United States seolosical
survey report entitled. Coal in 1917.
the total rross receipts Of the oper-
atora Tor ali the bitumInou. coal pro-
duced in 1917 was only s1.2ls.272Ss7.
This indicates ths ridiculous nature Of
..rha statement resnectinr the prof.
n. IN 1918 h. even worse, The memo.
r.ndum say. that in 1913 profits were
generallv .reduced 25 per cent to 30
ncr cent Ieas than for the nrecedinr
vaa,, ~, other words. they must have
averaged fron rs per cent to 12o per
can't Th,. vou,d mean total nrof,t. n,
thar ns,~hborhood Of $50 900 600 10
e. aoo ooS ma Fortunatelv on Nov 10
+h.s ~, sdministrafion tssned a.act
;n,ormst,or M IN this .nb,ect
ar ,t.t.6 that for the YEAR 1914
tho .vsrs r. rrnss margin realized bv
the h,trminon. nroducers wa. az cent.
,,o,3 tn,, MI ~ ,vhich int.re.t charge.
seI,,nO avnsr.es federal ta,ea 10th
norr,s, .rd .rce.. nrofit a, vel, =.
cer,a,r nth.r item. not .,,owed IN
con, nut,r~ cost. ware n.,d' hafo,a +.
nroS;t rsro.ined. Accordine to the
Irr,t.d at.t.. 1eo,oricsi .,,rv.v tho
total rrodmction, of bitum,non. co., IN