The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-01-19
10il. EXHAUSTION
INEASTPRED,C1EO
Senator'S Told Of Serious Con-
dilIQ0 Il Fuel ,11ustly.
WILL SPEED CALDER Bill
Geological F1peTr Teiis Of 80 Per
Cent VAST n PannsylVan!: Stu
minous Fieids-3aitroaas S,onfrol
Anthracite

N.~lau--eu Jan. J9,-Sela-@z Cal
Ge~-~ bill Sur tie regulation Of l-e ooGl
;ndJsrry M The government Vii be
Eusbcj u c"nSid Iteration and passage al
ahc present session of congress, * plans
q irs hackers are successful. Sena-
rrrs calder, Kenyon anil Edge OF the
@enare subcommittee which iEvtstsgat
q tho industry and recommends meas
ur,.~ requiring reports on costs f,sl1 sell
in4 prices. hope to get the tsil out
Of clmwyitlee and into the senG'-z NEXT
"ce<
they are determined 70 dive 1t
through if possible as euergenc, legts-
'at,ru ana Grileve If Will be Hvssihle
70 .~t action OH it after pendsAg ap-
DlrgTla,ior measures and the -'3rc<ney
ftrljT bill ar ont of the way
Testimony indicative OF serious
condition III the coal industry, direct
Iy niuiyaI 10 tie large nanufa turing
Industries Of Ihe east, which are de-
. ptGd,nc OF 4 constant and alErlset un-
emitted coal supply, was given before
/ he senate manufactures cornmi tee by
, DilagIor George OtIs Smith, Of the
/ Cl:7ea States geological sury- ;, and
+ by ! @ Try0n, statisucIan eoT the
survey.
! They declared the bttumiHouS oper-
/ a1ors uf the country are "skimming
! The cream from the coal Supplies In
! PENNSYLVANIA and the eastern half Of
! lie United States and that thsre is
/ 80 per cent waste In production under
existing mining methods.
They also pictured q period OF gen
/ GRAFTON or two distant when the coal
/ supplies in the east will near exhaust
! ion and industry viii nave 70 look
| elsewhere for its power and fuel.
The coal men are sktmmlng the
cream off the coal, and no provision
is being made TO use the skimmed
! milk. Director Smith declared.
I'VE are rapidly and wastefi!lly Us.
ing up our h'tuminaus coal deposits In
Pennsylvania" the director { sserted.
Those are the best sn the country,
and supply the laaustrkes OF sae east.
ern United States with their fufl After
they are used up these industx.es viii
have 10 lock elsewhere for fua! or SO
elsewhere to ind it. This ndit4on
syili net help the steel .hd'5stzF ,e.35s,
.. ,scsz4.s-lsss - ; .s7s
there was enough coal IN TIE Pitts
5urgk district to last thirty genera
tons. The last statement hare heard
on that subject from an authoritative
source IS that there was only enough
coal to last eighty years.
In the last few years coal consump-
tion has increased five fold, while the
consumption Of all raw materials, In.
cludirg coal, has increased two fold.
, Thus We are using coal much more
rapidly, proportionately, than We are
coflsuming other raw materials which
cannot be converted into manufaxIz.
ed products without coal"
Statisticiau Tryon declared 70 TO 50
per cent Of the anthracite production
Of the country is controlled by the
seven big anthracite Carrying railroads
n PENNSYLVANIA. He told the commit
tee anthracite mining Is much more
etIicien> than bituminous mining.
He said large exports last summer
had direct effect on prices and that
The exports were due to British EN-,
bargoes on coal exports and the need,
If southern Europe for coal.
All witnesses agreed tie small con,
Umei y ccal pays a disproportic natel
: high price tor his coal because he buy
fp small quantities al the peak of the
demand The big Industries Of thc
country contract for their coal in the
spring ana thus are able To buy it a.
roc, b>itom prices, Il was testified.