Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-08-09
ON COAL
BY THIS STATE
Governor Takes Up Situation
With New Jersey Senators
at Washington.
By George III. Manning
washington Correspondent of the
Perth Amboy Evening News)

l SoPOilutl VI lIlC
Perth Amboy Evening News)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.-Senators
Edge and Frelinghuysen and the
New Jersey congressman have each
received a telegram from. Governor
Edwards of New Jersey soliciting
their aid in obtaining for New Jer-
sey a fair allotment of the coal to be
distributed under government con-
troll.
Governor Edwards expresses the
fear that under existing orders of
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion providing for priority of coal
shipments to the Great Lakes during
the summer and fall months, the
bulk of the coal mined now will. go
to the Great Lakes and New jersey
will be Disseminated against with
resulting coal famine to the states
industries and people.
The governors telegram reads as
follows:
Under date of August / l recei, ed
an appeal from Governor Miller of
New York to have our state fuel
commission cooperate with a SIM
liar body from that commonwealth,
the eastern states and Pennsylvania
and endeavor to secure a fair DIS
tribution for the territory named
il the event of the resumption of
miring in the anthracite district.
Such action it was found would be
absolutely essential to prevent he
great suffering that is likely to ye-
suit this winter particularly among
tenement jewellers and other house
holders unless the east receives its
full share from the start.
Immediately upon the organiza-
ton of u commission Chairman
Greir had a conference with Chair
man Outerbridge of the New York
commission and ascertained that 1t
was essential to secure with the
least possible delay the earnest CO.
operation of our senators and con-
gressmen to prevent a diversion of
coal through the Great Lakes at the
expense of the eastern ~ection. That
the fear is well grounded appears
quite evident from the Interstate
Commerce Commission amendment
of August fourth to service order
number 23 adopted by the commits
sion July 25, 1922. The original or
der and amendment have to be with
the establishment of priority in the
movement of coal, bituminous only,
as that is all according to the re-
Pci 70 ~ 10 at ~
present time. In the order of prior
ity we find-Class 3: CAS- to each
coal loading carrier which reaches
mines in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West
Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and
Alabama) for bituminous coal o n
signed to any Lake Erie port for
trans-shipment by water to ports
up Lake Superior.
This priority is evidently intend
ed for the purpose of providing
heavy shipments ove the lakes dur-
ing the entire summer possible to
the detriment of industr.-s in the
East as it precedes Glass 4.-The
only priority for manufacturers of
all kinds which includes the pro-
duction and manufacture of food
stuffs and medicines and for the
manufacture therefore for daily use
but not for storage exchange or
sale. All other industries and our
poses are put in Glass 5.
A strict Interpretation of that or
der unless a bituminous supply was
sufficiently large to be utilized for
such eastern industries as are m
braced within Glass 4 and Glass S
would lease both of the latter with
out coal until the shipment provid-
ed in Glass 3 were cared for. You
are earnestly urged on behalf or the
industries of New Jersey to see to it
that we are not subjected to any un-
fair or unjust determinations such
as is indicated in the priority given
to the lake shipments"
Senators Edge and Frelinghuysen
at once got in touch with Mr.. Spen-
Ger, chairman of the Presidents
coal commission, and efforts are now
being made to arrange a conference
to go over the question presented by
Governor Edwards.
Priority Orders
WASHINGTON, Aug. Especial
priority ordered for the shipment OF
fuel to railroads whose coal supply
IS running dangerously low, We're
under consideration today by Fed
eral Fuel Distributor Spencer and
the federal coal committee.