Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-28
S1FT COAL SEEN As
DRUG UPON MARKET.
e.mueI N. vaucIain Predicts
Industries Will Get All the
Fuel They Require
eI,IL PRICE PROBE PLEDGED

,..,,.s,rics or philadelphia and
.Jhn ll", ,,.i,, b,vc nm abundance Of
escWar;' winter and there isn't the
ccai .,", ," danger of shuidowns because
s,s" fncI shortage. Samuel NJ. Nnu-
o,;n .aid today.
cm,i, cmir Vouclain. who is head OF the
baldwin Locomotive Works. has just
hccn appointed chairman OF IN" mus.
m..;ni ADVISORY Committee created by
r r. Spcns. Federal Fuel Adminls.
tro,or. Its function IS 70 co-opera1'
with the Government III cn"r,s 10 con-
,eryc and build IN the coat supply.
"Bituminons is thc ln,po,saa..,. auu, i,
ron vnmcla;m, .!nnd il viii be n drug
IN the market by tho first of the year.
"Tbcre is a temporary dlhicn'ty "ith
hmmnous because 1t is now gong III
enormous quantities to IN" lakc ports.
That traffic will stop nb"m. 'hc hrst
Of November. and l.WoO'oo" ions
week will Il" thrown on 'h' ''hrN'''
Anthracite Not 50 Important
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.'AhtnIa"'L.e L ;nJma,,,os r"LS, T. 10 n.inci.
hsnrc WIN NV fn, ns r,on,,fo rtu,.in, l.
rally 'an hs 'a ,.aI h,. ihoso Sho
'ohccrn'"' ,.' ,h. nricc aid avoid thc
Nant zoo, os bitumipo,,s.
,n,,,o,l ,n Liv ,,Ei,o
Mr. ,nucla'm ',''m ,,niot m 81, ,anno ria,
this morning ni.'I = p'", ,in,ran, "In Wv W.
letter nhho',,,.ns vs. III ill.,,
conmit''' ~" 's"n "n ,,,,,,.,,,,,i.,. ;r' a., WA
= nhN'n 10" ", ,a, H. ,;I
over tn' '"'l'' u",,Yn ,,,;,, ,.,a,.
but 't"'n niH ,,,';in,'r,,,,;n no., ,.or,.
the ihdnS,r's. '''''' W."
VOL! snpp,,''' ,a,oi,., o,,,,,,i,,o, :.
Nna' wv i,il - a.,
designer i" nh wv ou,r,,.,"c ~" wiIl In s"r
COUNT; '' ;rL, l,,iIr,,d Cnmni,,ro
Wv ,,aTod hv Daniel Willard. president
A. tho Baltimore and Ohio.
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Fair ''"r .'"''''''' '''"'"
Demand of indrrcnd"ht ""h' opera
tors for Il standarn ra'' - moro man
| $3.50 ton at fh" nilh'S icr h''hri.i''
will be- investigator ny iair prar'""S
rommitte". named by hairnran NincF.
Of the State fue! Commission.
The $500 rat" WIS recently hHrd
for the so.calcl Dig operators by tho
commission: Th" indrpchdrn,s say.
however. il costs them more ,n min'
bard coal than II docs the h'g ICY
lows aud 'h"y feel they Sh"N'd nr
allowed TO charC" moro i'r Ton at INC
mines.
Edgar {. Felton,. ct ms '1t!. n '"'h''
Der Of III" stat" Fuel commission. wa:
named as chairman "l h" thir irn"
Committee. IL" said today II was III"
purpose of III" committed I" make II
thorough Investigation "f production
costs Of ini"pcn'i"n' operators.
"rhc operators will hay" ~ cH'nhiiHh
right I" q higher price, Mr. f"'t"i
said. 'ard all operators n>k'ng NOR"
| than SS.. 80 Il tom at the mines viii he
relues''u - "''''' '''''' ~"
A'''e', r. .,,
WI" be 'a'r 10 ""'" ''"'s
"As ! hnv" just learned uI my ap.
rointmnnt have not had opportunity
to call n meeting. 1t is our purpose.
Of course. 20 =" fair to both sides. muI
vc will do ouv best 10 ascertain why
some of tho operators cannot ell n.
Inv ne other. -
The ether members or the commit.
icc are: Hugh \. dawson. Scrlutun.
member Of the PENNSYLVANIA Fuel
Commiss sion: Franklin Spencer E,l.
mondS. attorney. Philadelphia. II lnrm-
ber Of tho PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE
| John ,;ri.,i,I pLiIaIcIrLi, r> >.urc.i.
dent uf tho Union League and trustee
of the Franklin Institute: Nathan Hay
ward. rhiadclphia. president uf tho
Americans Dr"dging Company Francis
| 4, Lewis. rhilndrlnhiu. "A Fclcral furl
sdmInirtlitor for Ihlndcphia durinc
the war: Hood Mckay. Thilndrlpbiu, n
roal Cyucrr Ilovurd w White. rhiln.
drIpbin. fnrmr- assistant fuel admins.
TRAITOR fnr rhjlnIcluhin.
| The EcdrroI rrnrc, cu,,,ivc ,nn,,ntcd
hy III" Frd"ral Fuel Administration Of
was, Wn>"'nS'"h !" H. W. purham' 't >'r'
inquiry I" hcGh N'\i Nr'h
u" inV"'iicnttnM. which Will prob.
ah} get under way rnrIN newt N""k,
~" "ntgr"Wth Of IA" rrr"nt con.
,.FGH"" ~ Harrisburg h"twc"n mrmbc">
'h' f"n'sI'vnnia Fuel Commission
ana III" indencndrnt Operators. Ih"
new committee was appointed by
.,F'rMah Aln"y. ct the fn"l Commits
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NV "A''S hl'niilhNh pFIrH ul ">'ou
,Hr '"r prepared siz"S of hard coal
nm ,,,n '' ,'o,, ,"' u,' 'i',SE'"n '""N
"nora,,.r, ''"'''H W Wv .'u'P'ii":"'
oroa wv, S''"''I margin " ~
n,,' '"''n 'h"' '"h'"'''"" III IN" H>''o
|. 'Uot,
y ,n>J n>nJ on IN" har' "i iN"S' OF ~"
rncI !, ,,, ,,'n' "W'"'"'H 10 "'',h" I" 'n'
,ba,,r '''',"'S''o'' "'hhuh'' 'Hh' Nr''""
r,nn N'I' "Hh'h u I''N cents t"'I
II cb....l -" ,'N.' Ii"'S
u rIto ,,i,o ,,r,,'o w. ni'a' w" '"'''n
i rssul,cd n 80 ",''. ,''"' ~ "n'''
i hctu cor, H. W. w ,'r '''' :
romnjssiom and ~! hn,'e ~, ,,'i "m'' ~" Nv, Ivy
sral and Stats ,,,thmri,;o, a. Ln,iI,, ',','',.
an iuvcp,,ya,iou nf nrnlr,.,;,n ,,,'.
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'o'n"''ked by president Harding