The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-23
OPERATORS AID U. S.
WAR ON COAL GRAFT


hereby agree each with the other that
from the date hereof, to and including
March 81, 1921, there shall not be more
than two wholesale houses connected
with the sale and delivery OF coal from
the mine to the consumer or the retailer
for retail purposes. A sales agent for
the purposes of this agreement. Is to be
regarded as a wholesaler.
1.-THE wholesale house purchasing coal
from another wholesale house shall re-
quire, and the seller shall give written
statement certifying that the coal was
not purchased from another wholesale
house.
THAT not more than 10 per cent.
maximum margin of gross profit shall
he taken by any wholesale house on any
spot transaction on the invoice price AT
the place of sale"
Adequate supply for New York.
Prompted by the acute fuel shortage
confronting some Of the New York pubic
utility corporations, as described py IHE
NEW YORK HERALD yesterday, confer
ence was held in the Office or Jonn w.
Lieb, chairman Of the committed nameo
by Lewis Nixon, Public Service Coin-
missioner, to supervise the shipment ano
distribution Of fuel TO the local pubic
!, member Of the Federal advisory COM
nittee appointed by the Interstate Com
merce Commission to regulate coal DIS
tribution to public utility companies. de-
scribed plans adopted by the commission
A. Washington 10 meer the coal emer-
gcncy and promised the New York COM
-nittee satisfactory measures should De
taken at once to assure an adequate sup
ply of fuel to New York.
Maurice Connolly. Borough President
of Queens, In yesterday D meeting y.
the Board Of Estimate called up tne
resolution, already printed by THE NEW
YORK HERALD, referring to the coal
crisis. which he had caused to be placed
upon the calendar. 1t voices the protest
of the board most vigorously against
the priority orders Issued by the feo-
eral Government, which are deprlVlns
New York city Of coal" and protests
also against further export OF American
coal in large quantities
Mayor Hylan said the building trust
the milk trust, the coal trust and all the
other trusts had built wall about New
York city greater than the Great wan
of China. He said some OF these proi-
iteers ought to go to jail" He had noti-
fed the Federal District Attorne.y Tor the
district that he could have the help OF
every city department In getting atter
coal profiteers.
Comptroller Craig said this mater
should have come up In July, whep therc
was something to be done. He thought
there was no use in holding post
mortem on the matter now" so ne de-
clined to vote All the members voted
In the affirmative except the Conptrol-
Ter and the resolution was adopted.
Shortage in Long Island.
There is serious coal shortage in
many parts of Long Island. Supreme
Court Justice Townsend Scudder VIII
hold a John Doe hearing next sWeones-
day. to which three coal dealers from
Lynbrook have been subpoenaed. There
is no coal to be had. not only In Lyn-
brook but in many other towns of Mas
san county. and there is no immediate
relief in sight Justice Scudder received
Yesterday a letter from the Lynbrook
Civic Association pleading for his as
sistance 1t was asserted that persons
who own their own homes In ana
around Lynbrook have peen compelled
because of lack of fuel to close them
and go to the city to live. without pos
sibllity of heating their houses they
are subjected TO the additional hard-
ship of being unable to rent them.
At the regular weekly meeting or the
Central Federated Union last night
resolution was passed urging an en-
barge upon the expectation OF coal 70
foreign countries. The resolution con
tanned a clause that would prevent also
supplying foreign ships now IN new
YORK harbor more coal than Is aoso-
lutelv necessary to take them back to
their home ports.
The fact that the resolution also con-
tanned a clause calling for the sub
stance of the resolution to be sent 70
Robert Smillie, leader of the Enghsh
coal miners strike. seems to indieate
that the resolution Is intended not only
10 aid the coal situation here, but also
TO prevent American coal from peins
| a means of breaking the BRUSH Hiihe
strike.