The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1922-09-07
Distribution of Goa! and Curbing
of Profiteers Are Press
ing Problems.
MORE VIOLENCE BY SHOPMEN
Senate Adopts Two Important Amend
ments to Bonus Bil-Results of Cal.
ifornia Primary EIcction-ltaly
and Little Entente Near
Clash over Austria.
Ev EDWARD W. PlCkARD

t)ltEDlCIIONSt that the public would
have to pay for actual and imag.
mary losses due to the coal strike are
already being fulfilled. The operators
and dealers, many of whom must he
classcd among the conscicncclcss prof
Iteers. are raising prices of fuel, de
spite the efforts Of public officials. the
:hreatS of congressional action and the
protests Of the miners that the mine
owners have suffered little. If any, loss
because of the stoppagc Of production.
IN some sections of the country the
'uel shortage already Is becoming
lcute; In others there Is plenty OF
.oal. The railroads. ii is assorted, are
not able to supply enough cars, but
hat Is always the case as winter an
Droaches, which is one Of the results
If the wretchcd lack Of organization
If the coal industry
The coal famine is especially threat
ming In New York and the Atlantic
'oast region generally, because the an
hracite strike has not yet been set
led. But at this writing there Is n
air chance that the hard coal miners
rill soon be back ut work Senators
'epper and Reed Of Pennsylvania drew
proposals for resumption OF work,
nd the plan was submitted to the op-
rators and the miners scale commit
,e at separate meetings. It was I'M
erstood that the proposed agreement
,quired the return OF miners to work
the basis Of pay rates and working
onditions as they were last April,
hile the operators would be required
- withdraw their inSiStGncc thnt ar
tration be adopted as method Of
king future wage scales. This, np.
arcntly, would be almost as complete
victory for the miners as was that
on Nv the bituminous miners, and as
'mporary settlement Of the troubles
I'd disputes.
Distribution Of the coal IS consid.
cd by the administration the great
'cscnt problem and President Hard
intends that all government agcn-
eS snail be utilized to speed up
ansp"rtntion of fuel Secretary
oover is studying the capacity of
G railroads to meet the emergency.
ierctoforc, he said, the best continu-
IS c"al movement accomplished by
e railroads was on the basis of 49,
'o,ooo tons Il week. There are at pres
at. Mr.. Hoover declared. between %
W ana 10000 ears Of coal on thr sid
IS throughout the country and one
the greatest problems is tn get this
'ai delivered. There is, he added
W,Ooo tons OF coal loaded under spc
al prioritics for the Northwest, which
as not moved in three weeks.
Federal coal committee officials arc
iScusslng with the interstate com.
lerce commission plans for supplying
le Northwest with coal this winter.
total facilities could be utilized It
'ould be possible to move 100000
ms week to the Great Lakes before
>e close or navigation. and 1t was
lanned to supplement the port dump.
igs with all-rail shipments during the
inter to furnish the necessary fuel
,r the Northwest.
|CASSAGE by the house OF the admin.
lstration's federal fuel distributor
III was assured, despite considerable
ppositlon. Its constitutionality was
ttacRed by Sanders OF Indiana, Gra-
am OF Pennsylvania, Goodykoontz Of
vest virginia and others. while Robin.
on OF Kentucky said II the mines were
'Ven cars enough for four weeks, the
rice OF coal would tumble. Newton
i Minnesota said the measure was the
MY practical way to prevent extor-
Tomato prices, and Mondell Of Wyo.
nlng declared he woaild vote for the