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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-13
TIzEl1LDDLE LE7ElfPLEMLIR
A Detective Story by J. S. Fletcher
Copysoht. 1880, FRED 4; Kropt.

CopyiofPg iPg'sgn ss 'sxo; rres psuo ~ hnoH: i.r oo
.r .surn =, a..
-" ASKED the police to bring a doc
Il tor along with them," answered
Breton. SIN the meantime, let's put
him to bed-there are beds in that inner
room. Well get him to bed and give
him something hot to drink--that's all
/ can think Of for the present.
Between them they managed to get
Cardlestone to his bed, and Spargo,
with happy thought, boiled water on
the rusty stove and put hot bottles to
his feet. When that was done they
persuaded Elphick to lie down In the
inner room. Presently both old men
fell asleep, and then Breton and Spargo
suddenly realized that they themselves
were hungry and wet and weary.
There ought to be. food in the cup
noar sald sreton, oeslnnihns haa 70 rum uand
mage mage Ihey We generally nad good
STOCK OF timed things. here we are
Sparso,tnese are tongues and ,,s sar : :
ulnes. MAKE some noS conee "nhe
Tho nr;sonsr watched the nrenara
t;ons o.. : ro,,oh md eready hreaLfa Of
.,Gn ur;th ,Ur o.. tsat onantneiIn hason 90
r,;sto, t e'ee 'na' '''"''"' 'e"n "
81 ,,or r,;,5 500, .hat Tn, b,n,rr
too . he s.;d os Snorno set tbe cof
fee fec on The table "And yor,'ve ny right
10 starnn p,e auo,, 70 ,o,, zoo tbe nbys;cai
ob;l;tn 20 t,on vom No t;od wn Give mo
somath,no to aot 70 vo,, ,,Iease
N u,iass,u snau H. ,s S.srsn' We ,,a % srnniv 81
hraeS and raat S,iod nnn NTH cofree
onJ n,anod n,n ond .ioto bafore Myerst
"IJutie his right arm Spargo." he CON
tinued. "I think we. can give him that
liberty. We've got his revolver, any
how"
For n while the three men ate and
drank in silence. At last Myerst
pushed his plate away. He looked scru
| tinizingly at his two captors. Look
here /" he said. "You think you know
a lot about ali this affair, Spargo; but
there's only one person who knows all
about II. That's mevn
"w.,,o toL;nr ,h.. tor ,rontsd >,
so;d snarro re .aA'k wv e"s a,ossed as much
mho, ,po t"nrd vo,, bsre yon',, have
annie % onportunitv for explanation. YOU
know know i iater on ' {" - ~ ''
III explain now, II you care TO
near, said Myerst. with anotner OF ms
cynical laughs. And IL l do, III tell
you the truth. l know you've got an
| idea in your heads that isn't favorable
to me, but you're utterly wrong, what.
ever you may think. Look here !-lll
make you fair ofer. There are some
cigars IN my case tnere-give me ore,
and mix me a drink OF that whisky-a
good 'un-and III tell you what l know
about this matter. Come on! Any
things better than sitting here doing
nothing
The two young men looked at each
other. Then Breton rodded. "Let
him talk il he likes" he said We're
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BOOKS RECEIVED

Owing to paper shortage and pressure
on space 1t is necessary to defer the
publication Of the customary book re-
views.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-13
SALVATION ARMY NOW 40
Anniversary Of Organization to Be
Celebrated Over Nation

The fortieth anniversary celebration
Of the Salvation Army In this country
will be celebrated with exercises begin I,
ming this evening at Broad street and
Fairmount avenue and continuing Sun
day, Monday and Tuesday.
Colonel William Peart, of New York,
chief secretary of the Salvation Army
In the United States, will be one Of the
chief speakers. There will be music
this evening by the national staff band
and chorus, of New York, the crack
musical organization of the Salvation
Army.
At 3 o'clock tomorrow there will be
an anniversary service in the Memorial
Auditorium, at which the speakers will
be Colonel Peart, Colonel Richard E.
Holz and Commandant Emma West
brook. of Indianapolis.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-13

What would you do if you married
man and he confessed that he already
had wife living? Would you hold
your head up and retain the respect of
YOUR friends2 Miss Lulu Bett did.
How she did it-how she silenCed the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-13
OF ALL BOOKSELLERS
JOHN LANE CO. NEW YORK

"She was glamour and
spell incarnate, no, not
quite incarnate, because
she realized his dream
so completely that he
always had a sensation
of dreaming when with
her. She sum med up
everything - his love of
poetry; his boyish crav-
ing for the Princess, the
goddess, the unattainable
Joy. She wasmusic to him,
mystery, moonlight on
woodland pools - every
thing" From GLAMOUR,
by w. B. Maxwell, author
of The DEVILS Garden,
I he Bobbs-Merrili Com
pany, publishers. Hide
9arde Hawthorne in the
New York Times speaks
of its mastery charac-
terizations" and calls 1t
"a good and satisfying
book, full of the stuff of
life, beautifully told" Adv.
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Park Board Buys Painting

Announcement is made today that the
Fairmount Park commissioners have
purchased for the Wilstach collection,
Memorial Hall, the canvas by Daniel
CARRIER entitled "The Quarry: Byram"
now hanging in the exhibition at the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-13
VIII Honor Mastbaum,s Memory

Exercises in commemoration of the
late Stanley V. Mastbaum will be held
at the Eagleville Sanatorium, near Nor
ristown. Sunday afternoon. March 2S.
Judge Patterson is expected to make
an address, and there will be vocal and
instrumental music. The Stanley V.
Mastbaum Memorial Building was
erected at Eagleville by subscription of
Mr.. Mastbaum's friends,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-01-09
LAKE MILL RUN
MING NIGHT AND DAY

Mr.. A. L. Tennis Of Medicine Lake,
manager of the Farmers Elevator of
that place and also, manager of the
Medicine Lake Flour Mill, was in
Plentywood calling on the trade We'd
nesday, in an effort to get the local
merchants to patronize home indus
try.
Mr.. Tennis reports that he had re-
ceived considerable encouragement
from the Plentyswoodf merchants who
are always glad to promote home in
dustry, realizing that every dollars
worth of goods, manufactured in
Sheridan county, is a boost for Sheri-
dan county and eastern Montana.
Mr.. Tennis report IS that the Medi-
cine Lake flour milf which was re-
Gently consolidated with the Farmers
Elevator and is a farmer owned con-
Germ, has secured first class miller
and is now grinding night and day
and now has two carloads of first class
Mr.. Tennis exhibited baking test
Of the Medicine Lake flour, which in
Dictated it to be graded right up to the
very best flour manufactured.
Every farmer in Sheridan county
should make it a point to buy only the
flour made in this county and prefer
ably, that manufactured by the farm
ers' mills. ID s
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-01-09
BOOM IS LAUNCHED
FOR VIM. j. BRYAN

New York-Immediately reorgani-
zation of the former Bryan League
of the State Of New York was an
nounced today by Frank H. Warder,
it's former, secretary. The object is
to promote Bryan policies and, it was
indicated to urge w. J. Bryan as a
candidate for the Democratic nomina-
ton.
Harry w. Walker, a personal
friend of Bryan, left New York to-
day to visit various New York and
New England cities. He will confer
with officers of former Bryan state
organizations and urge them to at
tend the Jackson day banquet at
Washington, January s, at which time
Democratic clans with gather to name
the national convention city. In the
words of Warder's announcement, an
effort will be made to have as many
as possible of the fold Bryanites on
hand to draft their own leaders and
witness the great Bryan's comeback"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-01-09
ARCHER

We are closing the Hardersen case
by announcing that the U. S. govern
|ment has seen, as Hardersen's friends
saw, and not as those who cired
TRAITOR" John Hardsen has been re-
leased from army prison and will
soon be home Who will say, Cast
the first stone!'
Mr.. and Mrs. Grinde came up from
Plentywood to visit former neighbors
and friends.
Joe Moe has been spending Xmas
vacation with his family and friends.
He expects to return to Wahpeton,
IN. D., soon.
Hans Madsen left for Bozeman,
Mont, in connection with the Farm
Bureau work.
Miss Eunice Knutson is spending
Xmas vacation at her home. Incident
ally to her Xmas joys. she is having
her tonsils removed by the Outlook
docter.
John Derler is, doing some real
horseshoeing and blacksmithing ut
Archer, and intends 70 keep it up.
The Farmers Union IS making ar
engagements TO grind feed
There was q real time atsthe dance,
dancing the Old Year out and the New
Year ii. After midnight there WAS
wis 1ady's choice 70 keep il line with
& TIE result 81 the election 81 Archer
1 lne ~ IS against and 2 for.
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PLUTE ORGAN Tells.
ABOUT AMERICANlSE!
MUST ACCEPT CAPITALISM M
BE A REAL AMERICAN. SAYS
METROPOLITAN.

Those who have been in doubt as
to just what the forces of reaction,
SUPPRESSION and mob violence have
meant by "Americanism" and "Amer-
icanization" need no longer be in
doubt. The term as understood by
this element has been boldly, clearly
defined by one of the leading organs
Of this element. The Metropolitan
Magazine in the editorial running in
its current number defines American
ISM as belief in and loyalty to the
capitalist system which dominates
America. In other words, if you
don't believe in the present system
Of private monopoly, you are not an
American.
Here is passage from this edi-
torial:
you cannot be against the capital
ist system and still be for America;
you cannot apologize for that system
or be ashamed Of it and still be a
god American. You cannot, indeed.
be a good American, in the sense OF
being loyal to American traditions,
unless you are proud of the capital
list system. It is conceivable, we may
suppose, that the American tradition
is all wrong, we have been working
along the wrong lines, our system
while working for wealth may not
be the best in the long run. Il you
think so, be bold enough to put your
thoughts in plain language, ana pro.
fess that you are for upsettlng Vic
capitalist system, which is the Amer.
can system, and for destroying 'le
American tradition"
At last we find, in what is undouos-
edly an organ of big business, Amer !.
canism as big business sees it, anu a. a.
big business is undoubtedly trying :.
force it down the Threats Of patfloss
citizens by force, brutality, suppie -
sive laws and the mob vloleh IT,. u
misguided citizens and eX-solu 1'des
This kind of "Americanism exel s #
all truly democratic Americanlsm' -
you believe in public ownership, at at
COIu14tS W LIIlS lClii1 oi0A-' : ,,,nnr-
an American, because puoEc 1t OWN M.
ship supplants capitalism. Il w! not
believe in cooperation, you are arot iy,
an American, because cooPei "a n.
abolishes the capitalist controi , " n
dustry. If you believe tn a. mel ner.
canism is democracy and 1nas oo1 r
fected Americanism means delll s'aant
in industry as well as gove vel Amer.
you are disloyal and are not an M a. De.
lean, according to this plutocf@'''
finition. +h;e at.
The significant thing about 4 haf i
titude Of the metropolitan Is ,a a.'as stt j
undoubtedly expresses the eAa' and i
tude of American capitalism, n roaga
indicates how utterly the ols s,anc t.
zines as we'll as the dallles pe, ,,o;so1,
the big interests. From suen a: :ui
ed source will all true ana p @naws'
Americans have to take tnelf .o MN
and information" until the Ibid lid u
people by cooperative effort ''''
a press of their own.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-01-09
Farm Bureau Meetings


County Agent Anderson, H. P.
Madsen, Farm Bureau president, Mrs.
Clair Stoner, in charge women's work
on Farm Bureau, and Mrs. Emily
Tanvold, in charge Boys and Girls
clubs, are attending the State Farm
Bureau Conference which was held
January $40, and Farmers week on
January 1911, at Bozeman, Mont.
County Agent Anderson will also
attend the County Agents Confer
ence January ST.
These conferences will be the larg-
est and most interesting that were
ever held in the state.
DR.. L. H. Bailey of New York
state, and DR.. Elwood Mead Of Cali
fornia, two of Americas greatest ag-
riculturists, will be present through
out the meetings and address the
farmers on many subjects.
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= s
FOR SALE One Aultman Taylon 25-
!. SO gas tractor run two short sea-
sons; in first class. running order,
with 6-bottom r. o. pillow, both bot
toms; 10 new breaker lays; Is stub
. bic lays; this pillow was bought new
with engine. Also one 1925 ALI
Work tractor with 3-bottoms. John
Deere pillow, 2 breaker bottoms and
extra, lays. This outfit was bought
new, April %, 1918 has not run
100 days. Also one Model 80 Over
! land car, bought new in spring,
1918, in good condition. Will con-
slider trade for good heavy young
horses. For prices and terms on
this machinery and car, write own
er, j. w. NICHOLSON, Medicine
Lake, Mont. r. r. l, box Is. 39-tf
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LIBERAL S0lDlPps
JOIN 0RCANIzAYnl1IIn
WORLD WAR yFTpp
WITH w H. TWO " OTHER 1 Ron,tg I'm
EA-SERVICE MEN noDlESS al

erans %f ths so Sf sns X$ s5sd War
I M1e Association, and tba and and NJ
File Veterans Associative Rank d
been accomplished in Waal:ila mas ID
C. The new organ ~ tMashinggttoa '
membership of 100000 0'0n contains
A telegram received f,on,
ference announces the man,. The COZ
telegram follows: 'herger IN
A meeting of the ns+;,
zers of the f World War Vetara'o rggsai
diers, Sailors and Mari 'esefaas, Sci
ton and the Rank and FIJI FIJI a. Asssoeia
Association, in conferanonn e seteranl
merger! 7o nationaI
Our organization now
100000 veteran officers and lae,present
have taken over the Maine i men. vi
diers,' Sailors, Marines Weoh3ll. )! Sol
with it's 100000 paid up s slealy New
as our organ. 'a'scflptond
eve decry the attemnt - !.
called American Legion :, NJ, u the 50
interfere with the lights ss'el ae ; u
speech of the committee tee Of q 10 fsee
with the right of assem n 10 and
pledge ourselves to the mainto,.W w
Of civil liberties as guarant eadtehn m
Constitution of the United Stata w = 1hs|
The platform of the World o ".
Veterans, northwest div;s Glu way
"a hav sts eeen F endorsed by the sse
cludes: Opposition to any fona' M .
compulsory military trsin iO,n o.
dorsement of the right Of cofjs,. sa'
bargaining, maintenance Of tho r;al.
of free speech and peaceful ass .,sa,s
age, elimination of profteer;nsoe ', W.
tionalization of oil and coal I lana, n q
wells and coal mines, and nnan.; III
able monopoies. The immed;at a'o ~
mands include fair national ho. NC.
for all veterans of the void war rAt y
be derived by taxation of all ;ne s,, !"
in excess of $4,000 annually 'NS'A'es
Hugh B. Donnelly is comma,d..
in chief of the National Cannsl
World War Veterans, with hesd
quarters at 66250 S. Halsted Str s,.a
Chicago. 0''es'
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-01-09

officers chosen for the ensuing year:
Fl. D. Loucks-W. M.
V. r. Profits. w.
Thos. Aslakson-J. w.
B. Jensen-Treas.
G.. E. Mcconnell Sec'y.
O. r. kings. D.
4. Q. Carlson. D.
Reuben Dutton- Chaplain.
Ed. Engebritson-S. S.
G. r. Nance S.
O'Dell Hatfield Tyler.
The order Of the Eastern Star re-
Gently elected officers also, as follows:
Worthy Maton-Mrs. Aslakson
Worthy Patron-V. r. Profitt
Asso. Matron- Mrs. Profit
Conductress Mrs. Lecy
Asso. Conductress-M Mrs. Engebrit-
son
Sec'y-Mrs. Bucklin
Treas. Mrs. Loucks
Ada Mrs. Mcconnell
Ruth Mrs. Ellenson
Esther Mrs. Bennett
Martha Mrs. Hatfield
Electa-Mrs. Button
Warden Thos. Asla1son
Sentinel 81. ID. Louc5s
Joint installation, of ooxy aa& the
above named lodges w1s h19d New
Years afternoon and eyGijpG. The
installation services Wex0 hid n the
lodge rooms, after which j fiiful
supper WIS served by tie 1nxsn ii
fhe church basement. otu5yifjne TO
the l0dke 1Ooms after sumner. - en-
tefta;nnnent eommittee 49, .sil7,ssil -
- - L. H. ssSts 49, NJ
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-01-09

Of the 100000 women in the United
States who are taking or have taken
the Red Cross course in elementary
principles of household sanitation and
nursing offered under the peace pro-
gram, 1870 are in the Northern Di-
vision states of Minnesota, North Da-
kota, South Dakota and Montana.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-01-09
WOMAN'S CASE ,,rvvOOD
AMAZES PLENTY Mo nnt

A hmsiness mans wife co a;ns jn
sew & read without sharp pam were
her rs. For years her eye a tried
red Xnd weak. Finally sac a,astis,
simple witchhazel, camphor' n.y. wash.
etc, as mixed in Lavoptlk eye s,e hottie
The result produced by sln asyantee
aunazed everyone. we gu Iain ANY
small bottle Lavoptik to he; ;ppaan,ed
CASE weak, strained OF FREE.
EYES Alu1nias una eye cup ,.,ooists.
HUDSON e CRAWFORD, D''ee
Adv.-38-N
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Is. A. YOUNG VISITING
IN INDIANA
MEDICINE LAKE CITIZEN MISSES
THE PRODUCERS NEWS.
Royal Center, Ind.
Jan. /, 1920

----
Royal Center, Ind.
Jan. l, 1920
Editor Producers News.
Dear Sir:
Please forward my paper to me
here. Change the address from Medi-
cine Lake, Mont, to Royal Center, In
diana. I have been here visiting for
about six weeks and miss "The News"
very much. I am having a nice time
and do net expect to return to Medi-
cine Lake till spring.
Yours truly,
FRANK A. YOUNG,
Royal Center, Ind.
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LET GOOD WORK GO ON


Plentywood, Mont.
Enclosed find $500 for which please
advance my subscription one year.
You are getting out a dandy paper.
Let the good work continue.
~ #. NJ. JOHNSON,
Antelope, Mont.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-01-09

FOR SALE-4,OO bu. Macaroni
wheat, free from wild oats, and 75O
bu. of Marquis wheat, good clean
wheat. For samples and price,
write G. E. FULKERSON or J. w.
NICHOLSON, Medicine Lake,
Mont. !. 39-tf.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-01-09

congress by a majority of 1906 Of the
votes Of his district presents 4 knotty
problem to congress. The question
they must decide is whether a dis
trict has right to be represented by
any one it chooses to select. And &C
cording to our theory of government
the district has this right, but that is
what makes the problem.
That it may make considerable Of
"a fight is Indicated by the following
editorial from the New York World,
a paper which might be considered as
the organ of the Democratic party:
& SssfEsss1t is ridiculous to pretend that the
424,367 citizens of the fifth district
who voted for Berger Friday are all
traitors, Bolsheviki or radical revolu-
4tionists. Berger's majority reflects a
great deal of economic unrest, but it
also reflects strong protest against
the. general policy of repression that
issbeing carried on everywhere.
IA federal court jury has convict
ed Berger Of disloyalty; the house Of
representatives with only one dis
ssenting vote, refused to seat him he
cause of disloyalty; but a decisive ma
jourity of voters in his own congress
sional district refuse to regard him
as disloyal and insist that lie is the
man to represent them in congress.
Plainly the results Of the special
election in the fifth district Of Wis
consin demand something more than
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-01-09

nclal position IN these three cOun-
tries. These old men claimed to have
made great progress in world history
at Paris, but most progressives have
been greatly disappointed. The fut-
ure may form the opinion that the
old men there ran true to form.
Franklin D'Olier, national COM
mander of the American Legion, has
spoken the word which was absolute
" necessary for the welfare of his or
ganization. He warns local posts
that they have nc right Ito take the
law into thei: own hands u interfere
with prol,er authority"
In times of neea ard emergency"
said O'Olier, I've members ei the
American Legion stand ready as indi-
svidnals, to support, strengthen and
speed up, if necessary, the civil au-
thorities charged with the mainten-
ance Of law and order * hut
always in accordance with competent
authority, which we realize now / is
civilian and not military and origin
ates in the Constitution Of the: United
States as expressed through national,
state and local governments.
Reactionary interests have played
upon the credulity Of the returned sol-
diers in many places to get them to
perform acts Of mob violence and in
reference with free speech. The
boys were persuaded that America
was threatened unless certain things
which the reactionaries wanted lone
were performed. Men in all walks Of
life have become thoroughly alaxnled
at the growth of this power outside
the law. Perhaps the commanders
massage will be sufficient to set,the
organization right. ~.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-01-09

D0cIOf USER Lies ~
Legion Head Opposes Mobs IS
Berger s. Reelection = : ss'ss-.5..#
Some Coal Profit Figures s
Frazier Returns Mines 80 g. ), 8
Canada Complete Rail Ownership. s
]. Sir William Osler, who was much
talked Of many years ago for sup
posed statement about the advisa-
EbiHty of chlorof orning men at go, is
dead at the age Of 20.
He had a long, successful career as
a medical man, Il years Of which was
spent as professor Of medicine at
John Hopkins university in Balti-
4Qre. After 1904 he went to Eng
land and passed away at Oxford. As
usual with matter of the kind for
which he became famous, his re-
marks We're much garbled.
He did not advise chlorof orming,
he did not say that after go man
was useless, but that young men do
the really big work of the world. Pro-
fessor Gowan of New York UNIVERSE
ty has written book on the subject
in which he shows that old men hold
on where reactionary leadership is
wanted and that progress is almost
always in the hands Of the men un-
der 40. Luther started his famous
work at 30 Christ has finished his
ministry at 80. Most of our revoluA
tlonary forefathers We're young men.
On the other hand, it is interesting
to- note that England, France and
America are controlled by reaction
any politics at present and that
their leaders are over 60. Clemenceau
is 78. Almost nowhere do we find a
young man occupying a prominent of
fetal position in these three coun-
tries. These old men claimed to have
made great progress in world history
at Paris, but most progressives have
been greatly disappointed. The fut-
ure may form the opinion that the
old men there ran true to form.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-01-09

These figures, therefore, show a
net profit of 1897 ton, or 1O5 per
cent over cost. Colorado thus could
we'll afford to mine its own coal by
state operation even if state operation
cost 100 per cent more than private
operation, which is hardly possible.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-01-09

Demanding an investigation by an
impartial commission of conditions
on the Mexican border and propagan-
da for and against war with Mexico,
and declaring that any war with
Mexico for the benefit of corpora
tons exploiting Mexico's. natural re
sources would be unjustifab1a.e ns.ss,s
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-01-09

: The real costs of coal mining have
been kept very much Of a secret. A
commission appointed by the govern
or Of Colorado has recently brought
out the following figures as to the
cost of coal which is sold by the OPP