Evening star., 1923-11-27
MORE HARD COAL
EXPECTED in EAST
Closing of Great Lakes will
Increase Supply and May
Act on High Prices.
BY j. e. ROYLE.

Sreeial Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. November 27-The
Closing of the shipping season. on
the great lakes is expected to divert
n large volume of anthracite to east
ern centers within the next three
weeks. Dealers throughout the an
thracite- using territory expressed
the opinion today that these ship
ments probably would have more ef-
feet on fuel prices than any action
growing out of the conference called
by Gov. Pinchot of Pennsylvania.
1t was pointed out that the plans
advanced at that conference depend
ed largely on some sort or lcgisla-
tive action either by states or the
federal government. and that such
action hardly could be expected in
time to affect the industry this win
ter. The conference also made it
Iiain that wide discrepancy of
opinion exists as to where the blame
Tor the high costs of anthracite
should be placed.
Operators Views.
Gov. Pinchot, in addressing the
tors Of refusal to clean house"
The operators. through their spokes-
man, $. y. Warriner, have declared
they could see their way toward re-
dQeing the prices of domestic grades
of anthracite If the governor could
suggest some way by which the pub
lie could be induced to use the small
tr or steam sizes. They liken the
coal situation TO conditions which
have occasionally hit the meat in
derloin and nobody wanted cuts off
the neck, with a CONSEQUENT high
price for tenderloin.
Gov. Pinchot reiterated in his ad-
dress. to the conference of state ex-
cCptiTes and their representatives
that the recent advance in wages
warranted an advance of 90 cents a
ton in the price. The operators are
oy no means agreed that he went far
enough They point to the button
occurred since the settlement Of the
strike in september and declare costs
nave risen to an unexpected degree.
Miners Getting high Wages.
AS an example of conditions which
prevail in the anthracite field they
clte the recent speech of 'Rinaldo Cap
pelllnl, president of the Mine Work
after told members of union who
wished him to call a button strike
tnat ne had been over the books of
the company involved and that not
a miner had made less than $3.50 in
the previous two weeks. In view of
that fact. President CappeIlini said
ne could not see his way clear to
call strike because two miners had
tailed to pay their dues and receive
their union buttons for the month and
the company had declined to dis
charge them
Another call for a conference is ex-
pected about the, middle of December,
when the great lakes season closes Off
cially. In the meantime, small con-
SumerS in this section have had So cents
a hundred pounds fixed as a fair prica"
and if they want fuel at that price they
must carry it home themselves or pay
to have. this done. The price, which is
equivalent to SIT a ton to the dealer, is
not delivered price.
Motor Consultations in Prospect.
Whether the Maxwell Chalmers Motor
Corporation is merged with the Stude-
baker Corporation or not-and Detroit
bankers express the belief that such
consolidation is only matter of days
men high i'll the motor industry expect
that other consolidation plans will go
through. They point out that while fac
tory costs have been cut to n point
which few believed possible there still
exists chance to cheaper production
by more advantageous buying OF ma
t,rais.
They instance the fact that concerns
like Ford and General Motors, with
steel requirements running INTO HUH
dre'ds of thousands OF tons a year, can
buy much more advantageously than
concerns which Use only Il fraction OF
those amounts. The same is true of
other raw materials.