The Washington herald., 1922-03-31
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FRIDAY. MARCH 81. Iszs-
STRIKE WILL STOP POWER
Equal eco NIAGARAS.

STRIKE WILL STOP POWER
EQUAL eco NIAGARAs.
Power at least equal TO four
hundred times the energy actually
developed at NIAGARA Falls will be
shut off IL all 100000 coal miners
ordered TO strike tomorrow carry
out their strike order.
Engineers Of the U. S. Bureaa OF
Mines state that each coal miner
produces enough coal to be equal
to several hundred horse power.
This rate Of energy production
from all Of the 100000 miners affec-
ted by the strike orders would equal
CSC, 900. 600 horse power. In spite Of
the fact that the coal miner does
not produce coal twenty-four hours
a day, 365 days a year. and Niagara
is quite capable OF continuous pow
er production without appreciabis
extra expense 20 any one. there Is
still a large margin for these coal
producers in comparison with vle
water power plants OF the county.
| Manufacturing establishments In
: the United States have about 90
( OO0, 900 horse power tnstalled TO
serve them. Mines and auarrtes.
public utility steam plants. and wa
ter power Developments throughout
the country each have seven Or
1 eight million horse power more.
The horse power of the locomotives
including both steam and electric.
on our railway systems represent
even greater power equipment
However. practically all OF these de-
mend upon the coal from the btu
| minous coal mines Of the country.
IL would take at least ten times
as much fuel oil as has ever been
( supplied in the United States to be
/ equivalent TO the coal fuel used
| The natural gas which can be burn
ed for power production is even
smaller in comparison. and manu-
{ featured gas or other fuels are
( negligible. The coal production OF
I the country forms not only the
! backbone, hut also most Of the
, trunk, arms. and legs Of the power
! body. z-r.
Between 1000. 900 and s5o.Oo0.-
600 tons OF coal are produced in the
United States per year, depending
upon how active business conditinns
| of the country are About s0-0op.-
600 tons of this total is anthracite
which is used almost altogether as
domestic fuel. The rest is bitumin-
Gus coal which represents the source
OF energy used by the railways and
the Industries. About 35o.oO0.oeO
| tons of the annual production is
burned to make steam for power 10
turn the wheels of industry.
4 II all of the miners affected by
| the strike orders cease work this
will. Of course. not stop all coal
production. for il is estimated that
( only about az per cent Of the
bftuminous coal in the United States
Is produced in union fields. More
over, there are large stocks Of coal
now on hand, both with dealers
and in the stock piles of railways.
| public utilities and Industrial eS-
! Establishments. One semi-ofhcial es-
innate indicates that the maximum
interruption which can be caused
by such strike would reduce the
coal supply per week 100000 or
1000. 900 tons below the current de-
msnd. There is perhaps i0.ooc.Veo
TO 10000. O0e tons OF coal in storage
from which this deficit could b.
made up. Moreover. there is some
possibility that the present produc-
tion of non-union fields may be
speeded up by the increase Of de-
mand which would follow a strike.