The Washington times., 1923-08-23
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Shortage IN Anthracite Can %
Offset BY Bltumlnous,
Officials Assert.
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cite coal. they confidently ana nm
reservedly assert, can every week
be replaced effectively by 1.OOO.oOo
tons Of bituminous.
They claim that they can prove,
and that they do prove. that the
bituminous mines can produce that
extra 1000 900 tons Of coal per week
and that the stoves and furnaces Of
the uItimate consumers can burn e,
They say that the bituminous
mines now each week are prOdSlc-
ing 2,500.O 900 tons less than their
reasonably rated capacity. Thsy
claim that for these mines to pro-
duce merely an extra 4 ,00O, 900 tons
per week viii be easy.
Rules to Be Learned.
They claim, further, that, with
CRATES as at present constructed.
the stoves and furnaces Of the ultt.
mate consumers can burn btu
minous coal with thorough success
just az soon as the consumers have
learned q few simple rules, pfinci-
pally about the management OF the
drafts.
The bottom draft should be not 10
far open az In burning anthracite,
and the draft in the front door
should be open more. Also the fire
should have q hole kept open IN
the middle Of the top Of It In
order to minimize surface caking
and coking.
With these precautions. they say,
1t is simple to succeed In burning
bituninous where anthracite has
been burned before. The comblIar
ton problem, they allege, il small
and the production problem ii easy;
and, finally, as for the trAnspCrta-
ton problem, they assert that it
is solved already.
Big Storage Supply.
They point out that the railroads
have this year been able to load
and carry larger tonnages than
ever before In our history: They
point out further specifically that
by September /. there viii be
some 6O,O00,000 tons Of bit1ninOus
coal already in stock and storage.
They still more specifically point
out that the railroads themselves
have accumulated q most unusually
large stock of stored coal for their
have been buying q most unusually
large quantity Of new locomotives
and frefght-cars.
They claim, in other words. that
q quite tidy percentage OF the
bituminotis coal for regular Ordin.
airy winter use already has been
mined and that the railroads are
beyond all recent precedent tech
nically lit and able. to dig right In
and carry away to market q new
emergency quota Of surplus btu
luminous coal as needed.
No Serious Crisis Expected.
They therefore emphatically con-
clude that the truth Is that no
great National life-and-death crisis
is going to exist. They conclude
that President Coolidge il not going
to have to step forward and save
this country from ruin.
This is regarded by some Of
President Coolidge's friends az bad
luck for him. They would like TO
see him obliged to do some heroic
and memorable rescuing Of q freeG
ing perishing electorate.
The official statistical geniuses
Of the capital city are resolute. how
ever, in maintaining that no rescu-
ing will be necessary.
All that will be necessary, they
say, is for President Coolidge TO
burn bituminous coal in the White
House and to warm his hands over
1t while the 30 per cent Of our
people who now burn anthracite
coal are following his example and
the example Of an existing 80 per
cent Of our population and are
learning to get along without any
anthracite at all.
80 Per Cent Use BitumlnOus.
If 80 per cent OF our people got
along today without anthracite, and
they do, then why not the remain
ing 20 per cent?
'They can" say some Of the
most conspicuous
and intimate advisers. 'They can.
and they will. because the bitumin-
Gus coal is going to be available at
the mine and the railroads are
going to be competent to transport
1t to all necessary destinations"
Thus. according to these respon-
sible calculators, great alleged
crisis dissolveS and disappears. 1t
does so on one further condition.
That condition IL that the bitumin-
Gus miners do not also strike.
Copyright. 1898, Washington Press
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