The evening world. Newspaper, September 27, 1918, Page 12

- ‘ THE EVENING WO WORLD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1918. Wis WY See UB vigs: ah ee je (Continued from Firat Page.) ' “Well, L can’t talk about it! 6 ji I hi hi 1 bel; a of ft. ‘That property. is oUF «+0! PRICES OF COAL IN NEW YORK TO: DAY ot Le at cn vl bag made. ny, re ar, Se Hest known residents of Pottaville, whom the policeman respectfully |” A.) jooxed over at these mountains of coal, with the few men AT TIDEWATER AND TO CONSUMERS) °2°,22"".t% snute on tts way earoush the screens to the waiting ralle A 7 road cars. Some of it goes direct to the cars, and the simple operation, and realized sow little It cost to dump it on cars 1 According to well known authorities, many tons of this is now boing and send it to New York, and when I thougs: of aow much New York The | bas to pay for it when it gets here, I realized the great anxtety of the t sent to the market and is sold at the same price as the mined coal, “he exclaimed, “You can't t when I asked, “Who are you? By what autiority can you stop taking a picture?” he threw back his coat and flashed a badge, figures of the cou! company controlling 52 per cent. of all York, giving the cost to the , 1 coal sold in the five boroughs of Nev “That's what I am.” j fs " “ ‘ t ‘ AS policeman” of the company to prevent any New Yorker “getting away company at the mine, the freight paid the railroad and the tidewater | The entire supply of anthracite coal is confined to an area of 498 Ps 1 and ‘olice. , : p ‘ | UB am paid by the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and fron Company, yas grout it that they did not want a picture taken of it, or to give me a Gomponted' viieee, HN Ge yo YOre dealer (aay; | Nearly one-third of the total outpit of anthracite coal goes to New can't take a picture!” re yelled. ith nim. |# 800d reason for being prohibited from taking one, I eaid: “Well, I'd ‘ Hack ; sera. | York tidewater points. saw the man was very much excited, and I remonstrated wit ake like to see you stop me from taking a picture here.” Mine price. $400 ako Hoe § t 0 3 To 9286 | Eighty-six and forty-five-hundredths per cent. of all unmined anthra+ cool, my good man,” I said. “Wat 1s there wrong about hath Whereupon he came up close to me, reached back to his bip pocket; Frotgut .... 1.90 1.90 1.90 1.99 180 1.80 1.80 | ‘ite coal 1s owned by four companies. =m picture of that ae What oh id sel wh ahora as though for a revolver and erled, “I'll show you! You dare to take a abe acs ulay ncn wit aes Nd | The two largest companies arc the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and “ 7 ME cars, if 1 fo an honest operation? Are they doing something | isture hero! Tidewater WwEQd $6.70 $6.95 $705 $5.55 $4.70 $4.20 $4.06 an the Rah kg Oud} sae Wari GEN (Se. idl tae alLORL ° s ecAabe va emu whey thats Id abveL & pletite DEINE COKE And then for the moment I too felt the dominoering, monarchical at- | Individuat operators’ prices to New York dealers to-day: § aside Geasade oF fe coal and the railroads. That te ‘t right? Explain to me js about @ p titnde of this corporation over everybody within {ts precincts, an I had| Mine price..65.86 96.76 96.00 $6.10 94.70 $4.95 $9.50 92.60 92.70 |.° S87 the Reading Company owns the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad that puts you in such a fever of exeitement been told | Freight .... 1.90 190 190 1,90 180 1.80 1 $9 180 1.80 and the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company. seated n For tho @tat time in my lite 7 wished f were a man for a few mintues | lie kaw in The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company also is the owner of very | large railroad mileage in the antaracite district. phd and could have sent him eprawling on the roadway, but Instead I invited) ‘Tidewater .§ $7.65 $7.90 $8.00 $6.50 $6.15 $5.90 $4.40 $4.50 ‘The two existing water routes of Pennsylvania, the canals from the 5 js from ’ D. PRICESCO. him to shoot to his heart's content, The Government allows the coal retailers to charge $2.25 per ton | anthracite coal fields, are controlled by these two coal companies. | 1 also informed him that while he was trying to order Bs away our; over what they pay at tidewater. Coal delivered to Manhattan and the The railroads belonging to these companies have superseded the ® Street 29 West 34" Stree photographer bad already taken the picture, and I dared hfm to take it} Bronx costs on an average of 60 cents extra per ton to put In the bins. | canals which they now control. away from him, and here’s the very picture printed in The Evening World| Brooklyn customers of this 0 particular company are able to procure . throwing this mountain of coal and the maciinery lifting tt out to rallrond |¢netr coat at a flat rate delivered to their bins. ‘They pay: ne UG OLR ce I invited Frank C, Reese to accompany f cars to send it to market at the market price. Broken, Lowe, Fea, No.1, No.2, No.8, _ Soft, pareil. " Siva anise WRWARK: Marnetand rotey six [| But this bullying method of the coal company’s “policeman” is oniy | $9.58 $045 $65 gus $ed0 $7.20 $6.60 $5.95 $7.60 $095 Mr. Reese {s one of the best known men in the coal flelds. He is head | BRO = ’ jon and oe Ste. NE’ |] | one instance of the methods of the entire anthracite reglon—an overbearing, | New York consumers’ prices, plus cost of putting in bins: bid the + ea Sin ther bates League. He has been a miner from child- - a | baron-like attitude that comes only with a sure knowledge of monopoly ot, "O00 sto So gto Fes Bd0 Reo Fo Soft, Nonpare ‘ood, as was “is father before him. 00 $9, 30 $9.9 f 20 F.Go $5.55 97°85 “FeRE™ 0 . fy Remarkable Values Saturday sueh a common necessity as coal—an attitude that 1s soon dispelled when Biko sitho Fits Fido Fis 455 786 °F He is the father of Capt. John Reese of Company D, Engineers, ree cently wounded in action, and whose fine work at the front has been pub+ | Tn truth, ft began with the predecessor of the present President of sla Peal there is as high as 80 per cent., with mountains and mountains | licly commended. loompany—the well known individual termed “Divine Right” Beer. ‘This oft coal Leeptintl in similar proportions. All that is done at these “wash- At all the colleries the miners greeted him as their brother. Even the Iname was given to him because of a statement he made to the effect that | eries” is to hft the coal out of the mountain or wash {t down into a chute, | “Coal and Iron Police,” who tried to keep us from taking a picture, re« | Spa whua’(haae onal lade ky TUNE HSL |send it through the screens and soparate the waste from the good coal | spectfully recognized Mr. Reesee and therefore must have known we were land right into railroad cars below. trying to learn the truth about the coal business. \ W. J. Richards Is the present President, and all through these mines ‘ he has ruled with a rod of iron, not only the miners but the unfortunate, There are men willing to pay from 50 cents to 80 cents per ton for the | — HeeTiy Bald Hevnle Wvhb five Ga the’ wunthee’GE exe mikes Whose CHIIGNEN | E.)'eer cr conine Un ceed rometae sy im) vewens Sue OR tere ON CESS) bot (To-Morrow Other Features of the Coal Situation Will Be | the bluff is called, as in the case of the above “policeman.” | Newest Apparel For Women and Misses tack oc ¢ thi |are prohibited from doing so by the companies who own them, The rea- Fall Suits {ack schoo! facilities because of tho grablike attitude of this company gon for this is that these mountains of culm coal would naturally flood the Uncovered.) | ; ihe - market, reduce the price and therefore cause all freshly mined coal to be — mo | METHODS OF SYSTEMATIZED MONOPOLY. | reduced in price, in order to meet the competition that would ensue. Distinctive new models, showing the trim, new silhouette; developed in Oxford Cloth, Serge and Gabar- To return to these mountains of culm, At the next colliery (the spot And yet the Reading Coal and Iron Company controls more than 44 where coal is mined) we went to take a pleture of another mountain of | per cent. of all unmined anthracite coal in Pennsylvania. This company culm where thousands of tons of coal are being loaded at a cost of a few | owns and controls 165,793 acres of coal land. F PT OD RMI) A Tk) ‘iNGwa-days, Its Golden's Smart Shoes" i dine, tailored or fur collared cents and sold to the consumer away up into the dollars, I was told that Under the present management the Reading has not started a new| | = effects. that very morning, for the first time, the orders went along the Ine to | operation in fifteen years, nor has the present management made a lease | |= si ~ | . “Orders from headquarters,” the |for a new operation in fifteen years or permitted a new operation in 5 SPECIALLY PRICED |allow no one to take any pictures, blackened, kindly-faced miners told me. Evidently this meant the | fifteen years. 8 | President. Having practically no competitors, restricting the supply and then : .No czar ever had such a network of systematized monopoly and cog- | creating a greater demand, naturally keeps the prices high. FI e trol, but I got all the pictures, and the word went down: the line from Not only will the companies not permit new operations or start them, | [B colliery to colliery that King Richard couldn't stop us, even though only | but they old onto these millions of tons of coal on the surface. The i " the air and the sky seem to be free from the coal king's clutches in that | Slower the operation the less coal produced, the greater the demand and tatlored and Fur Trimmed | country. | consequently the higher price and larger profit. Suits, of Silvertone, Velour de Laine, I could only think of “What a Sin!” as I viewed mountain after moun-| VQ [4XES PAID ON COAL MINED FOR NOTHING. Broadcloth and Suede Velour, tain of coal already mined—many of them close to the railroad track, ; ‘ ; finest costume modole tn SAILIBE tb: Wel Bolvined Ak: & NOGSIEAL, COAL; Not one of the corporations that owns these millions of tons of culm all wanted shades. For example, St. Claire is the main railroad distributing point of the | banks nee ee one cent A Sar pas ier Tt ailes ae rise southern anthracite fields. Within a few feet of this yard there is # culm | °f #t (since the miner was docket)’ or mining lect. bens SPECIALLY PRICED bank comprising approximate! 060) tend wo Falltonds sun by this |ble expense whatever been attached to these mountains of culm banks RELe Chae the Faccasivantn aad (he Phlladsiptincand ROAAINE, y this| nich now go to New York consumers at the prevailing price per ton. : Why not have hundreds of streams of water played on these moun-||E 35.00 45. 00 Not far from this, northeast of the Eastern Steel Company plant at) 10, of coal to increase the production and lower the price? 5 Pottsville, there is a culm bank of 100,000 tons. The price asked for this Why shouldn't this coal be sold at its actual worth? aa re nd bet edt eRe Hyanid bd en cae tt geal | Why not order the coal companies to lease these mountains of coal to In patent and coco calf and brown vier = ae a aa Mf 2 ay = Ait: eLby Wenner ice Seana a Wash | other concerns who would wash it and send it to the market? | wamp, made swith all the new shades and screen the culm coal), but they cannot secure it. In truth, the ma-| "According to experts, small washerics in years past have turned out i of buck and clath tops, to be had Sac chinery of these washeries 1s being broken up for want of leases to | 659 tone a day, employing but thirty-five hands. | in high and Cuban heel effects quickly prepare this surface coal for market. Among those who are wold a wmous euppiy of this culm coal eowd lll ' Fall and Winter Coats of Wool Velour, breaking up their washeries are George Keiser and I. D, Beam & Co, With very, Wis saver ae ee ah ta He readily get to the market at a very low cost. | _ Between 1863 and 1869 all sizes below stove coal were piled up out- side the mines on banks, Such fine coal was not used in those days, as grates in stoves were not made for it. Pompom Cloth, etc., Bolivia, Crystal Cloth, Silvertone, in the smart belted, straight line effects. Fur | trimmed or self-collared. | HE thousands who crowded our shops on opening day prove that Golden Style, Quality and Prices have As I gazed I could not believe we were living in the twentieth century. | Here is such woeful and wilful waste staring at me on one side and such | woeful, shivering want on the other. on | SPECIALLY PRICED And what will the companies tell you? ‘They will camouflage the real ly sixties to the early seventies, 144,000,000 tons of coal |] |issue by telling of the drunkenness of miners and the shortage of labor, MbuNbablabet yee ine same quantity went to these dumps. ( created a furore among the world’s pre- 25.00 35 00 | and ae time they are aahslng (ole culm coal, and could geod tens ani Between 1820 and 1870 only 27 per cont. of tho original contents ot| Hl mier shopper—the New York woman. . 8 of it, to the market with je man power. Worse than this, they a were sent to the market. ae shila ind taatl |are “hogging” it all themselves. ‘They will tell you that {t isn't all coal, baste p to twenty sears ago more than 70 per cent. of the coal mined was | Which is a worthwhile indication that Autumn Frocks | that there is a little refuse and slate in it, but must admit the same thing | not marketed. To-day everything ix marketable, Tho smaller sizes arc | Golden Fall footery will undoubtedly oe aoe BOR eS la freshly mined. Vet, there it 1s, on the |erushed into pulverized coal, which is used in apartment houses and face | plese you. ace, easily separate te whatever. . fs | tories. In a word, there is no waste Sharply Reduced They Will forget to tell you, for instance, that there are culm banks] he estimates, according to experts, that have now accumulated, is $500 $600 $700 $R00 Assortment gathered from extremely higher | at Heckschersville that are 90 per cont. good coal, and at the Bancroft | 431,990,000 tons since 1858. Adding to this slate and other refuse, the cost lines for thissale. Of Serge, Satin, Georgette and Wool Jersey. Later models, showing the recent style developments. FORMERLY TO $37.50 19.98 _25.00_ mountains outside the mines represent two billion cuble yards. The estimated workable coal that has thas been dumped fs sufficient r the entire State of Rhode Island with solid marketable coal 125 * Remember to Buy Thrift Stamps Regularly. Best &Co Fifth Ave, at 35th St. Est. 1879 a Gobcems feet deep. feet deep. as been ‘presented to commissions and committees that 1593 Broadway 201 Broadway St. 109 Lenox Ave. hi Me etl alie ie that this coal is prepared for abont 10 cents a ton E at (hth St. at Fulton St. 41 116th St. and it has netted as high as $12 a ton. : BROOKLYN STORES: The coal from the culm banks has been estimated by other experts to 764 Broadway «1 Flushing Ave. 389 Knickerbocker Ave. et Stanhope St. 5 cents per ton, on board cars, and even with the present cost from 7 to 2! Ce TTI A Ae UMMM MMU freight’ charges ‘should be sold in New York cost not exceeding $2 per ton. : POLITICAL NO NOTES. Democratic State Chairman Edwin | |S Harris has been given until tor) 7 . night to prove or disprove the charges | Astonishing a e that he secured Government contrac te | 4 | cor his friends and participated in the | profits. His contention is that he helped members of the organization In these matters as was becoming to @ man in his position, and did not share; in them in any way. This he must | rove conclusively, 1s the demand © the members of the party, or resign. Men, it’s been a long time since you've seen | This view, it may be sald, ts shared values like Prd -and we doubt if you willsee them again Women s Long Line Suits Apartment : "Open Every in Evening Furates _ Large Fur Shawl Collar 'No Extra Charge for Credit | From $50 up Pupghaged tasalt at 59.50 Saturday Only , : efor Be acs gael in twelve months. The Government has taken over the | Charles 7, Murohy, fone Hi: supply of woolens for its own use for the next year, 8° there 45.00 Ra Nee aden’ the doliitis will be very little left for civilian use; therefore, most concerns cation in Syracuse yesterday when th« are advancing prices instead of reducing them, But notification ceremonies were held, In éPiece William and Mary Period American Walnut Model (as illus- i iSite owet 8 Here Are Suits Positively $ | Worth °20, °22.50 & °25 ai ining Room Suite 5 *ha of the newly formed Cam (RR. med of Buffet, China Closet, Serv trated)of fine ve- | |Chairman of the newly formed Gam. Chairman for the campaign. Beene: Dining Table, 4t-lnah,/6 1. extention. lour. The large oes Will H. Hays, Chairman of the No aybe you don’t believe that! BUT WE WILL PROVE IT IF YOU WILL 7 } “ | sional Republican ‘Commit : YEN LOOK INTO OUR WINDOW, All you have to do is to see these suits shawl collar of Hy Michigan Republicen tet vi examine them-—note their quality, their workmanship and their ae Woy) \ ford. cratic candidate f styles, You will agree that they are wonderful values. nutria issoftand q My | Senator, t and an unb he season's newest models, including the new military back coat Never ip the H soldier the feature of the season for the younger men. All the latest may be muffled Heady of the four leading Hers are shown—coats with peaked lapels, long-roll lapels, some i eat A Ey ee with two buttons, some with three buttons; slantin up close to the ; 1 rane aotivity. by Tail ‘slash pockets, some nobby models with buttoned 7 } ed McAdoo refused to recede 1 or military backs; big and varied assort neck on cold [from hiv position, and promised the terns, including beautiful grays, browns paUeTe) Ay 1eeerewe cuiy'on the esiuation mixtures, and plain colors. Regular size days. Navy, | idk a8 On Sale One Week Only African, Rein Bishop Appeals to Coal Miners. Bo'h Stores Open Saturdays Till 10 P. M. WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—The Right 1 j AVEN deer, Plum. Rev. P, J, Donahue, Bishop of the ¢é Bet. 15th & 16th t | W. Cor. s3rd. Wheeling, W. Va., dior of the Cath- ole Church has issued a general ap- peal to the coal miners of West Vir- ginla and other States to increase the| Ofte oy production of coal, declaring the fate of the world {s actually at stake, ‘Every ut rise re . Gar you load helps to hasten the death knell of Kaiseriam," saye tho Bisho } 7 Arm Chair Fumed Oak, with In Fumed Oak, with Interesting models in Wool Jer- SEAT sey Sports Suits, 39.50 to 49.50 Res mien ei soon received oT by You Never Pay More at Best's SOFIE UR neem “Tew: