Evening star., 1922-04-26

Tor Teilfty purposes or insmall towns.
receipts at docks before the closing
OF navigation thia winter Weres said
{ tos have been sufficient to carry the
state through the year without short
age. II cars could be obtained to dis
tribute them. The department re-
ported last November that Illinois and
indiana were shipping more soft coal
into the state than in any previous
year, and concluded that that fact
! combined with the industrial depres-
sion, would mean that all dock COM
panies would carry a substantial sup
uss29. ~ we ''''0""H year
Will Last Until July 1.
| 1owa.-The coal on hand will last
| public utilities until about July /, ac-
cording to the estimate of Edward
Weir. secretary of the Iowa mine in
| spection department.
| Observation-Disclosures coal to last
all Missouri industries. utilities and
| home demands for at least sixty days
| was estimat ted by operators and min
| ers' officials, including Arch Helm Of
Moberly, Mo-. president Of the Mis-
| souri, miners.
prices for Missouri. Kansas, Okla
| homa and Arkansas since the federal
! fuel administration relinquished con-
| troll, according to w. l.. A. Johnson.
general commissioner OF the South
| western Interstate Coal Operators
prices. Mr.. Johnson said have been
| the result of isolated action by inde-
pendent coal companies that were
! overstocked.
Industry mt Standstfll.
kansas.-Cities and towns of Kansas
have on an average more than sixty
days supply of coal on hand. accord
ing to the Kansas court of Industrial
relations survey. rlovering more than
100 municipalitieat Although Cherry
! donia only a fifteen-day allowance.
Abilene reported a nine month supply
| and Newton enough for any emer-
gency."
| Despite the thirty-day extension of
. the old agreement between union
iners and operators, ordered by the
indus trial court. the coal-mining in
dustry Is practically at standstill
in Kansas. State institutions. twenty
| eight in number, have from two to
! six months supply on hand. State Of
| uary will be able to supplement these
supplies sufficiently to prevent any
| shortage at the institutions indefn-
itely
At the recent hearing held by the
/ Industrial court Kansas operators
| testified that they had large volumes
! of coal on board cars at the mines
| awaiting shipment.
| Railroads generally have stored large
amounts of coal in anticipation of a
long strike. One exception however
| is the Santa Fe, which reported 1t had
stored no emergency supply but would
be able to meet all traffic demands by
oil-turning locomotives if necessary.
:. Nebraska Conditions.
Nebraska. Public utilities and
other large users of coal. for power
purposes at Omaha are supplied for
| from sixty to ninety days. One dealer
asserted that the strike could run
funtH September without exciting fears
Of shortage, and I doubt If there would
be much fear even then Omaha re-
tailers customarily begin reducing their
stocks to a minimum at this time of the
year. as the only demand from April
until warm weather comes from places
having small heating establishments,
and this demand is easily handled. I'm
| til July Omaha retailers are virtually
| out of the market. However, If any
demand should arise in this territory
/, it Was believed the non-union Colorado
mines could supply it conveniently,
and non-union mines are counted upon
to provide adequate supply for sum-
! mer.''
| The coal dealer quoted above. Sam
Caldwell. said that Omaha retailers
/ did not have "a large amount of coal
! on hand, but that they had a normal