The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-21
NEW ENGLAND's COAL FAMINE

NEW ENGLAND's COAL FAMINE - effective relief from the Interstate Commerce Com mission to overcome the present traffic congestion our states will be face face with the steam coal crisis in their history It will be and more dangerous than during the war"
 declaration to governors of Eng land states by the committee raised by them inquire into the coal supply
 tor With all the difficulties that hamper railroad transport enough coal Hampton Roads to supply New England lot left Hampton Roads the great distributing center for New England coal.
 The coathat to Hampton Roads longer comes to England It loaded into foreign bottoms largely British bottoms, for exports to the entire world.
 Through Hampton Roads in the month of April, 1920, passed 9O 452 tons of export coal.
 100000 went to Italy In Messagero the leading of Rome for June 1920 appeared this typical British advertisement of coal
 AMERICAN
 The CoIliery Investment Trust Limited, Colliery Proprietors of London, Swansea, Paris and New York prepared to contract for ten million tons of Ameri Coal, deliveries to commence immediately.
 "Our public utilities and industries, whose reserves are approaching the exhaustion point and whose contracts made earlier in the year at lower prices ARE NOT CARRIED OUT within the last week ten days have been obliged to buy coal at from SIS to $23 ton' buy it. Foreign bottoms backed with the of foreign governments bid for the coa oubid ding any price which New England pay Thus few mine owners, taking advantage of the foreign market reap extraordinary and criminal prots while the dusry of their country anguishes and their counrmen uf fer many sorts of inconvenience. These companies members of the National Coal
 
 and large offices in Washington with branches in other cities.
 Ever since the coal operators began making these profits out of export coal they have been carrying on the persistent propaganda dust in the of the officials Washington and sand in the eyes the public by activity Washington and constant outpourng of misleading statements and other publca tions" The president of the National Coal Association annual address at Atlantic City on May 25, 1920.
 He said Unce Sam must' pried out of the coal bus 
 At time those fell pleasurably the of New England manufacturers who have for the most part yet learned that business must have today large of supervision by central authority.
 times when it is necessary to the whole rate and unrelated parts.
 critical conditions the appalling selfishness of the operators compelled certain appreciation of the point Uncle must be pried out of the coal bus the minds of the committee of ultra conservatives scarcity and the of the exorbant of coal favor says the committee "a minimum of govern ment control consistent with the protection of citizens the Coal Operators Association had been playing fair with the American people they might be entitled to succeed their effort but their selfish to make sary Uncle who has been trying get out of the coal go into at least to the extent protect the people of this country When the England governors and their committee better informed of they will know enterprises in this country which Uncle San, noust on into and never pet ont of The railroads must be natonalzed They will properly again until they
 The mines be nationaized. Coal will be fairly and reasonably distributed again while it is controlled by private persons.
 Railroads and coal lie at bottom American h. dustry England exist manufacturing people under the conditions which pertain railroads and coal New Englands well being requires railroads and government coal
 be supply of s ample. delinquency labor is not element The workers forty millions than they put above ground 1919, and would have mined the means venent to it.
 leadership country that do not function in coal operators who are robbng