The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-08-30

duplication Of orders So far as the
consumers care to ef may be induced
10 avail themselves of itY Offices, at the
same time requests Of consumers for
assistance In the bf5eNfena ent- ef Goal
to meet their needs will be carefully
Investigated BY the committee in or
daf to see that no cohstifaef Is fe-
esiVins an dndue share of the avail
able coal en- the market but that on
the contrary, the same shall be direct
ed into the channels where it will do
the most to meet the requirements OF
those who are actually in need of coal
to take care of their present demands.
This branch of the subject will be
carefully investigated Aby the comp1it
tee as 1t has knowledge of the fact
that In many instances where the
cost of coal represents but a small
fraction of the cost of manufacture of
a. given product induced by the feel
| ing of anxiety as to future supply,
consumers have ehdeavored to ac-
cumulate large stocks of coal, even
at excessive prices.
Sixth, the committee being salts
! fed that the priority orders of the In
| etrstate Commerce Commission, SO far
as the eastern market Is concerned,
and especially Service order No. II
! New England priority, have served
| their purpose, 1t recommends to the
| Interstate Commerce Commission the
! discontinuance of such orders and
calls upon members of the trade and
their customers to communicate to
| the chairman of the Interstate Com
merce Com mseston at Washington the
fact that they agree with the commit
tee in Eve neater, Tffts action by the
cornfeittee ia taken in the lisht of the
/, knowIedgp that there has been, es-
pecially. under tho New England pri-
| GRITTY order, n vast accumulation of
coal at tfdewater ports, Hampton
| Roads, Philadelphia, Baltimore and
New York, shipped there for trans
portatfon to New ESnglaad under the
| order of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, but for which it has
been Impossible to obtain buyers in
New England, thus confirming the
| corviution i'm tina trafie that the eff
I forts of the New England Fuel Com
nittee, which was SO active In this
matter, were directed moro to obtain
| ing coal at a price than to procuring
I a supply, and in furtheraalce of this
program the needs of New England
| have been grossly exaggerated, so
! much 30 that runaor in the trade is
\ to the effect that many industries, in
New England have more coal on hand
! than they will be able to use for many
months to come. The abolition of
| this priority order will permit btu
| ninous coal to move to consumers
! In other New England territory,
! whose requirements were ignored at
the time of the issuance of the New
| England order, though in many cases
| they were In as great if not greater
| need of coal for industrial purposes.
4 The Committee will meet regularly
| once a, week, and oftener if necessary,
1 to give full attention to these mat
| tiers.
| In order to provide machinery to
| take care of the requests of consul
/ mers on the Committee to assist in
\ the procurement of coal for those
| who need it, Charles S. Allen, the
/ Secretary of The Wholesale Coal
| Trade Association of New York, and
| whom the Attorney General appoint
/ ed to act as the Executive Secretary
| of this Emergency Committee and
/ consumers are invited to send their
requests to him at 30 West Street,
New York City, whence they will be
| transmitted to the Committee for it's
prompt attention.
The machinery provided by the
Committee is similar in many respects
| to that maintained by the different
State Fuel Administrators during the
| war and represents an effort on the
part of the members of the v-lole-
sale bituminous coal trade to provide
for the needs of the consumers and
at the same time to prevent duplica-
ton and effect a subsistence of the
| wild scramble for bituminous coal
| which has existed for the past sew
eral months and largely due to which
the. high prices have been induced.