The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-03-15
SAY NINE OWNERS
TAKE four PROFITS
lDthe1ells Wolksfs Claim Pub
I, He Pas $a.61 % Each Ton
MEMORABLE FUEL solne
sAssuss Die predSesss % usias Msaep-
- sllsele Msehsds In Marketing Prod.
uc4-rIrsd Of Wage Dispute.

Washington. The producers Of
aAfhxacte. through monopoly oFgani-
Esti0n- OF the industry, are taking
en- unjust overcharge of at ieas. 1884
per ton from consumers, officials of
che Miners Uuton La the Pennsylvania
antaracite region charge in u, mort
al made public upon its preservation
20 the United States coal cOmm.tsSon.
Declaring themselves tired. IN the
faee OF such figures, Of the 6perators'
common cry that coal strikes are
caused by the lack Of ability 90 pay
better wages the memorial asks the
commission 10 enforce Uniform cost
s%counting systems, by which the facts
weuld he determined beyond question,
and 10 consider methods OF making
n possible for ''rnen to engage In the
business OF mining coal to produce
faea instead Of to produce prontA."
Thomas Kennedy. c. J. Golden and
W.. Brennan, presidents, respective
u, ~ the Tires union districts In the
anthracite region, and Ellis Scaries
end John Moore, representing the In
HernatSonal organiBat ton, acting as a
quantities, signed the preliminary
NsatemRat. Conclusions presented 81
Ct Will b. further explained by static
sscaa data and additional reports which
Ehe committee intends to fie later
with .shs cOusnisston.
oTeschargisg In anthracite occurs
IN three separate diviItons, the state
Eoent asserts, about $1.2S per ton be-
ing unnecessarily added as mining
cast ~ In transportation and $1.S5
ID distribution, while It 10 added that
In aahdOwnsos there is an over
t3ssRse which we viii not attemp. TO
Aktaaate. bat which may become tho
ssaset disturbing factor 10 the industry
x1$Ae Immediate future"
sFTAe household consumer OF anthra.
'saifa Is Is also charged. pays from %
~ Is or the overcharge per ton on
sdpGnasstc sizez," because q part OF the
-<sfalj anthracits production 10 only 1T
30 steam firing and bears less Of the
Bserchares claimed
sCensiAsFiag the whole annua, cut
Rgf ef anthracite, the committee says,
NAe overcharxes alleged would result
En- taktng $3.50, TOO. 600 per year from
fhe public In charges which It's men,
kfRrs "de not believe ara inevitable
~ IN any why necessary" Taking six
az the larger corporations producing
sznthracite. me Lehigh Coal and Navi.
Eation company. the Wilkes-B Barre Coal
,cSnpany, the Lehigh Valley Goa, com.
Rahy, ne Philadelphia and Reading
Goat stsa Iron company, the Delaware
Fnd Hudson. and the Delaware, Lack
seWaRne sed Western Coal company,
$Ae camEnittee continues, their total
pfsAt ia 1870 was found to be 332,-
4s9690. az compared with $500. 900
kn ISLE. IL al anthracite producers
nroht@3 slnlisriy during the period,
r. IS added. 1920 earnings out of an
flyraeite production wouid anount 10
SD ono, 900. 10 compared with $4,000.
1AG In 1912
Ute eoRDoi&slea 10 asked to Ascer-
'tAip So facts az to production profits
uefauSs. while the estimates given are
asserted to he las close to the truth
~ is permitted by the very limited 10
'nsrBzstion made public" the miDers'
'Ifheists haJo been unable 20 obtain al
Zoe data necessary to show tho sitas-
Evu IN its entirety.
" c0ai prices cou1d be breuRh,
.ttosgn, Che memorial concludes, anthra.
>9ire miners might find more regular
sSsnThoyneDt, because the market far
'OSsFlr product would DO Wiaened.