The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-09-15
LAKE POOLS HAVE
BEENSUIgESSFUL
PERSONNEL Of Management at
Cleveland is Ascribed as
the Reason.

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Outlining the reasons that the
lake pools are q SUCCESS is ably set
forth In an editorial In this weeks
issue d the Coal Trade Journal,
New York city, which prints the
following
Re-establishment Of the lake
pools come none too soon II tile
necessiaes the Northwest are to
receive the consideration to which
they afe entitled. OF all the So
called wartime machinery of dis
.ributions this tas functioned the
must smoothly, and LII, survived
the longest. This Is due In part,
to the personnel5 Of tho manage
ment Of the Cleveland ore & Coal
Exchange which has retained the
confidence OF the majority Of the
shippers to the Lake Erie ports.
Herman II GFtggs, in his capa-
City OF manager. brings to his task
not only the fipened experience Of
years IN The coal transportation
service, but q human touch that
helps 20 dissolve many difficulties
in smiles AT Cleveland the coal
men are fill partners in a neces-
sary enterpfise, not culprits to be
Occurred on their shortcomings by
some Temporary government ap-
pointee who has little knowledEN
OIL the business he! seeks to control.
The success that has attended the
emerge ncy operations o fthis ex-
change and the remarkable alb
sence ofpublic eyid OF friction
tell whether proper appreciation
oil the human element pays.
Improper management will
wreck a merttorious undertaking,
but even the highest type Of eff
cient direction could not succeed
ii the GROUNDWORK Of the system
under which II worked was wrong.
Pie greatest measure Of accom-
piishfdent has crowned the efforts
OF the Cleveland Ore & Coal EX-
change because, for the most part.
Il mas confnet its work, not to in
reference with sales functions
and distribution in the ordinary
SENSE. but to making more fluid
the Observation-Disclosures Of transport
tation. The distinction between
efforts To- enlarge shipments
through INCREASING the effective
ness 81 the vehicles of carriage
and efforts to- supersede the In
divfdnai producer in the control
and dispositfonEot his product IS
+ fundamental. Too often attempts
al government regulation have
been conferred upon discouraglng
consumption instead of increasing
producttons We; have Whitfield
down instead Of speeded up.
while the war control Of coal
gaye pooling an official status and
a wider application, 1t would not
De In Keeping with the facts to
credit the Fuel Administration
With creating the system. Coal
men, notably at tidewater, had
been practlcing 1t on a smaller
scale for years, Large shippers
al the Virginia piers had been
borrowing tonnage from one
another to prevent delays in com
pleting a cargo loading long be-
FORE a Fuel Administration came
INTO existence. When 1t came to
improving the existing machinery
Of coal distribution, the academi-
clans at3Washington have always
proved barren Of inventive geE-
Iifs. The coal trade on the other
hand has mot hesitated to adopt
axpetients Of practical value, even
when such devices have had the
stamp of Fuel Administration ap-
prevail Therefore, we find 1t will
ingly returning to the lake pools,
without protest, but with whole-
hearted cooperation"
Miners Are Leaving
Commenting upon conditions in
the coke belt the Coal Trade
Journal New York City, states
the following:
Replace strikers with worksr
before winter sets in Is the de-
clared policy Of operators in the
GonneIlsYille region. Carrying out
eviction proceedings by the whole
sale have been instituted. The
total number since the strike
commenced is now placed at $500.
"There;is now a general exodus
from the region Of miners who
became affiliated with the union
during the strike. They arc seek
ing employment in the union fields
Of West Virginia and Washington
County and their leaving gives the
impression that they appreciate
the hopelessness of their fight for
union recognition.
Developments in the region
SINCE the union strike was settled
elsewhere makes 1t apparent that
the Connellsyille region will re-
main non.union but that Coanells.
vile miners within a few weeks
win be scattered about In various
union districts and their places
taken by new miners.