The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-08-19
Ru JAMES ?. HoRNADAY.

Washingtou.-Th are stilI con
1lcting views as 10 the seriousness o.
the bitumlnous coal supply problem
and the solution thereof but concert
ed action taken by the interstate com.
merce commission, the bituminous coal
operators and the railroads has tened
10 develop assurance that the nation
will get through the coming winter
safely.
The National Coal association, when
is composed OF approximately ZloV
biumnoLs coal operators announces
SHAT mo- alarm need be felt by the pun
Bic a, TO coal famine this winter II
the comprehensive plans which nave
been worked ont are executed 10 lhe
fullest extent. Cooperation must come
not alone from the railroads, the as
ISOLATION says, but also from the
miners. who must dig coal needed to
nh the cars
The plans referred to provide for
an increase o. % per cent in open-top
car supply so as to insure the snip
ment from the bituminous mines OF
approximately 12OOOOOO tons Of coal
week from now until the end OF the
present coal year, which Is April !,
1921. The program also calls TOT
priority in soft coal shipments to the
Great Lake ports In the Northwest
and to tIlewater ports for New Eng
land These two sections Of the coun-
try would be most seriously affected
IL an actual coal famine should de-
vrlop and therefore they are being
given first consideration.
Geological Surveys Figures.
The hitumInous coal operators con-
TEND that a real coal shortage exists,
and use figures published by the Unit
ed States geological survey to back up
their contention. According to the sur
vcys figures, the output from all the
soft conl mines for the six months
ending June 30 was 25S,3GO0OO tons
II is pointed ont that IL the same ratio
OF output were maintained for the bal
auce of the year mp 10 April ! next
Vie aggregate production would reach
GlG72OOOO 10. 8. The coal operators
estimate that 5ZdOOOOOO tons will be
needed to reach This year's require
menls This demand would exceed
she output for last year by some 49,
100000 tons, while being under the
production for 1917 and 1918
Some Of the reasons given for the
Increased demand upon the mines this
ycar are that there has been greater
need for coal ON the part Of manufac-
turing interests; that the coal opera
fms have been obliged TO make UP a
deficiency of some 1jOOOOOO tons Of
coal stocks which under ordinary con
dtiOus would have been lying In the
country, bins ON April ! that be
cause Of the miners strike of last
winter. which closed down the mines
for Six weeks She counlry's surplus
stocks entirely disappeared and up to
the present have never been made up.
The coal operators estimate the OK
listing aggregate shortage al 80, 100000
cons
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over 100000 tons behind 1918 ana g.
000OOO tons behind 1919
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