The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-07-28
TO CONTROL PRICES AND
DISTRIBUTION OF COAL
Secretary Is on the Trail OF Mine
Owners Who Are Demanding
High Prices.
FUEL SITUATION.

The government was prepared to
"stand pat" for 10 days or W weeks
to ascertain whether sufficient coal
will be mined under guarantee OF fed
eral protection to assure fuel require
ments OF essential industries.
Secretary Hoover called a meeting
Of representatives OF coal producing
districts to discuss a proposed ration
ing plan.
Senator King proposed creation OF a
commission of five to investigate the
controversy and report its findings.
No immediate attempt. will be made
TO reopen Indiana mines, operators
meeting with Gov. McCray decided.
Secretary Hoover's plan for emer-
gency coal distribution was said TO
contemplate organization Of a central
committee to act through local com
mittees in the coal producing centers.
Troops were moving into south
western Pennsylvania to prevent dis
orders when bituminous mines are re-
opened.
nCDOIllu6 Oh COd IOLhibAOho, q AhaN
western manufacturers agent said:
THE railroads have fallen down ter
ribly in the way Of car placement at
the mines. 1t is a question OF the rail
roads giving us cars and moving the
coal. The situation is most acute.
"The country will be flat on It's back
about the end Of next week unless
something is done TO settle the rail-
road shipments strike, or h coal
strike, or both. Today the strike of
the railroad shopmen is causing rs
more concern than the coal strike"
Washington. d. C.-Secretary Hoov-
er announced formulation Of plans for
cooperation Of the department OF COM
merce, the interstate commerce COM
mission and the department OF justice
10 control the price of coal and to
effect it's distribution to the railways.
public utilities, industries producing
necessities and public institutions.
The secretary announced that q
meeting of the district representatives
from the producing districts in Virgin.
ia, West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentuc.
ky, Pennsylvania and Alabama wiuld
be held in Washington to consider the
plans.
The plans were outlined by Sec
rotary Hoover as follows:
1. Plans for making the voluntary re-
straint of p~rofiteering effective in the
one or two districts which have re-
fused to cooperate and now are de-
handing $3.50 a. ton for coal at the
mine and further, to make II effec-
tive against the minority Of irrespon-
sibile operators in the other dis
tricts who have broken away from the
agreement. The responsible operators
are holding to the price. On the
other hand, some panicky railway
buyers and others are sending out
orders today offering IS at the mines.
The plan for restraint of prices to the
Garfield basis threatens to break
down through the above influences.
2. To consider plans for effecting a
distribution OF coal to the railways,
public utilities. industries producing
necessities, public institutions, etc.
Plans have been formulated for Co
operation Of the department of COM
merce, the interstate COM
mission and the department Of justice,
by which, with the cooperation Of
responsible operators, the control OF
price and distribution can be effected.