The evening world. Newspaper, December 23, 1921, Page 10

THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, ir handled DECEMBER 23, 1921. the simplest and most elemen- very maximum rate “Our liquidation remains ahead of transporied. They show that up to D4 our transportation jatem, us. | am not predicting a strike. I/the end of July 62,500,000 short tone| tary eo Will any one in ‘ | ‘hat, with the 16 per cent. bed hope and trust that somo honorable |of anthracite coal had been produced.| why, with the ly al of \ order coal oars, would be prac- settlement may be worked out which|This compared favorably with the year, the retail price of com- will safeguard the interests of the tically impossible, workers, the operators and the public. record for preceding years. It was why hae production slightly ahead of 1920 and it was Vai fing anthracite Is higher to-day han It was @ year ago? Ming nditnedaael dl “But I submit that with no real in-|ahead of any of the years immedi-| “Here are the official Government beo. badd As netics about iN 8 at cone ae) before a wa hated ie ke es, trom ay beta Review of rmed. ut wages, about costs, about] “Moreover, the movemént to =| tne Bureau of Labor Statistics: 7 waiting fot the profits, about prices, about. supply |away destinations—New England and SL neey LL LL AVERAGE RETAIL BRICE o FOR HOU! THRAOITE price to come down, Gecause and demand, we, the public, are jn|the Northwest, which are the regions JSEHOLD they will not trust the siren song the worst possible state to meet the|lkely to suffer in time of winter (Chensut, pee abort ton For the convenience of Customers our Store will : (% of the coal man. issues. shortage—ts fully up to normal. New dune 16, May. 15, to- De i .M. . "When ‘the coal operator advises ‘We are in the dark. No, more than | England had received during the firet| aac’, «, ee atte TRG wees remain open to Christmas until 6 P. M 9 them to ‘buy now, the price Is down that, we are being led around In a|half of the year 5,294,000 short tons| wos x 32 15.00 bo » to rock bottom, they put his star- wame or blind man's buff by some |of anthracite, a million tons more e ¥ ‘4 ret ft _ bi ment down to propaganda. The merry gentlemen who have pickea|than in the same period in 1920 and a| } he wp th = Si ° Ut P ° d . e matter turns of a question of our pockets before but who now. {million and a half more than in 1919 Fre ae ee | ypecia y rice ) fact—on what I» the present cost of through their Washington lobby, ask Receipts at Duluth-Superior, which we if ie Bs J B producing coal. ts to trust ourselves to them. |{a the gateway to the Northwest, up| ‘* 4 , 66 UK y d . —— PRESENT CONDITIONS PIC- “So much for what the public dogs|to the end of July were ahead of ivis,| “I know what the explanations are \ en § orm y Vy (0) d bot know about bituminous coal ahead of 1919 and ahead of 1920. that the coal men offer for these ad- Se ; TURED AS ALARMING. “Turn now to anthracite. So far “That much we know about the | vances. The high cost of materials, L Bill Prepared by’ Senator Frelinghuysen Pro- “But the buyer can't find out. ! hard coal is concerned, the * ngures hard coal supply. But we are in S. IPPERS ! can't find out; you can't find out, the the dark about other things of (Continued on Eleventh Page.) , 2.29 show plenty of coal produced and Government can't find out. The whulv « whbject i# “shrouded in a smoke screen of inky darkness ever since the National Coal Association in the vides Regulatory Body Having Complete Control of Industry and Power to Adjust Royalties and Freight Rates—Means More) Msynard Mocking the Federal Trude Coal at Less Cost. \Cemrame wold that there hse been. & |great reduction in oul CoBRUIRDTOS jresulting from business depression. By Sophie Irene Loeb. But no one can say how much ot @ Action along lines The Evening reduction. No one cap do more than ess whether consumption has been ‘World has fought for seems certain Greater than production or less. 40 come out of the present Congress “The present situation is strangely ‘on the coal question., like that which led up to the great "Among the foremost in the fight #0 wecure some legislation to regu- late this industry is Senator Joseph For slippers of Daniel Green make—the kind he will like—this price is as low as can be found in the city. Slippers are one of the best gifts you can give him. These can be had in Oxford grey or silver brown, and have padded soft leather soles and heels. They may be worn low, or buttoned around the ankle, to g ive extra warmth. Same Style with regu! Taitir sols ad Gets S80 | & oo, | CHRISTMAS CANDIES | of High Quality | at Moderate Prices CHRAFFT’S candies and confections, this year as always, stand pre-eminent. Their quality is excep- alarming. They indicate tiut ever since the first of the yoar we have beon falling more and more bohind. HOW COAL PRODUCTION HAS FALLEN OFF, “Suppose we take as normal the average of the past/eight years (1913- 1920), Measured against that stand- ard, at the end of tho first threo Comfy Everett—soft sole 1.95 Comfy Everett—hurd sole 2.29 miner’s strike {n 1919. Then, as now, there was a so-called ‘buyers’ strike’, a period pf sub-normal production ond widespread unemployment among 8. Frelinghuysen of New Jersey. | months of 1921 we wore 22,000,000 tons|the coal miners, ‘The discontent ’ z A One easu .|dehind, From then of things got|caused by that condition of un- i i ‘istm AI F l SI] Erg iene ee ty CR tonal the pries are most reasonable and the Christmas en’s FeltGiftSlippers Lares o ril, ti t nth, miners’ strike. F . - twill be to take full charge of coal, 300 tons bebind; at the end of vo The present scason Alters. from PACKages UNMsHEily (attractive hd ere $1.65 95 alti the fifth month, 84,000,000 t ; only in being much worse. ‘ alle @Ajust royalties and freight rates and mon ons behind. | 1919 0 Ay Vee erncetion, wa kre mie We are recommending especially. Special. ... “That was the situation when tho coal bills were called before the Sen- ate, The seasonal slump was worse than usual and added to !t was the industrial depression. To break the jam and start the coal moving, it was proposed to encourage summer buying by empowering the Interstate Com- merce Commission to order seasonal Secure fair competition in all the oa) fields in order that prices will 0 down and shortage shall become! impossibility—a measure long by this newspaper. This commission, it is planned, will gpend six months in ascertaining the facts and the best means of adjust- dng the industry and will report to ‘the Congress what legislation will do after which it is proposed that commission shall secure uddi- tional power to accomplish the afore- ready 82,000,000 tons behind 1919. Brown or gray felt, with soft padded leather . L Chocolates, in Dresden styl kage... .$1.25 Ib. een cise ieee ve ee pee soles and designs on the vamp. Sizes 6 to 11. Luxuro Chocolates and Home Made Candies.... 1.25 Ib. Both sold in 2-3 and 5-lb. packages Home Made Cancjes, Week-End package, 2-lb. 1.75 Christmas Hard Candies... Aceeecesece “sO 1D, Fancy filled hard candies—tin box............. -80 1b. “Schrafft’s Special” selected assortment of Choc- “The unemployment has been much more acute, widesprea longed. For many wee! have been running less time. In the districts hardest hit by the depression there are hundreds of mines running only one or two days @ week. Hundreds of other mines have closed entirely. “Imagine yourscif a day laborer tn a@ mining camp in the mountains, de- pendent for support of yourself, wife § ONE DAY SALE Women’s reductions in freight rates. But the organized coal lobby succeeded in re- committing the bill. “What happened? i At the end of the sixth month production was 41,000,000 ceee results without any further de-/tons behind. Instead of increasing in| "Nd children on the mines, and being olates and Home Made Candies, extra value... 1.00 Ib. yz? , July ne {t normally does, production | offered in the last month about seven- ‘| ; » ¢ ‘om ort Sit ers qengnator Frelinghuysen has already teli off and the total for the month tee? hours’ work a week—or oarely Superior Chocolates, large assortment of flavors Introduce. 3 icity |. whic! ‘wo day#. you 2 you uu) . a alls for full facts about the coal Th any autres toma seas, ante |he tne taoed € Naten to & oreposttion —Creamy Creams—Fruits and Nuts....... - 1.00 Ib. 1 35 . Dusiness. end of July the country was 52,000,000|'0 out your dally wage of $7 under Our popular assotted Chocolates. . : 4 b O COAL LEGISLATOIN BADLY| tons behind normal. SunD Sonal soese Lae) tted Chocolates.......... vse 670 1b “The present wage contracts in the union fields expire March, 31, 1922 On that day the wages td be paid over half a million men come up for settlement. It le clear that we are approaching a big labor readjust- ment, an adjustment fraught with possibilities of prolonged {industrial upheaval. LETTING AN UNSATISFACTORY The last day to purchase this always de- sirable gift, and we are offering them at a special price. They are of excellent gualit; felt, with soft soles, and are ribbon trimmed. Old rose, dark blue and lavender. All sizes. NO MAIL OR PHONE ORDERS. “In this condition we entered Au- gust and since,then production has boen slipping further behind. True, it picked up slightly in the second week of August, but I am informed that the recovery was short-lived Pecanas—combination centers—pecan covered... 1.25 Ib. SSCHRAFET'S Stores in Greater New York 1379 Broadway 181 Broadway 383 Fifth Avenue # 35 Nassau Street 5 Bast 37th Street 56 Liberty Street 20 West 38th Street 48 Broad Street NEEDED AT ONCE. The Senator, in his speech ‘before ‘Phe Senate yesterday, said: ’ “When I last addressed the sen- ate, on the day the Seasonal Coal Rates Bill was sent back to commit- I said the coal question would down. It has not downed. [ was convinced then that the situation | (2% ee eee ND tnIng hae ince OC” | “Produced jn the year 1921 to date] CONDITION DRIFT ALONG. ! coal question is right here to- | ——°4%.000,000 tons, which is | “Yet we are doing not one thing to! pstaring us in the face, and if we | forestall a break. We have not taken : rn without attending to it, it one step to alleviate the condition of; a be waiting for us when we get Fare the miners. Instead, we have let the | We cannot dispose of it by| Pi y, the | situation drift until the mine workers | “Dack. it. The longer we dolay, output for the year, if the siege of un- | more urgent and the more diffl- and that the latest telegraphic re- turns show production again declin- ing. Here ie the account up to Aug. Endicott Johnson only correct fact we know about bitu- mainous coal is the production, And it production are 62 West 23rd Street 416 Fulton Street es To equal strike whieh paralyzed all! he 4% month rie! ‘dealt her export blow. These are extra high cut, made from durable leather, with straps and buckles at the top, and a heavy tongue sewed half way up, and made on broad-toe lasts. Good sturdy storm shoes, reduced in price. A Christ- mas gift that the boy will appreciate. Brown only. Sizes 11 to 13/4—were $4.00 2.90 Sizes 1 to 6 —were $4.50 3.40 NO MAIL OR PHONE ORDERS SS “Pd like to see it do that with a melon,” he thought. UT his good wife was thinking to herself, “Well! That’s about the way John eats. Swallows his food nearly whole, eats fast, and gulps.” Most of us eat too much Slippers - 1.09 The lot includes just the styles the children like best —Puss in Boots, comfy, and some suede leather slip- pers, and juliettes with leather soles, in all the wanted colors. There are all sizes from 6 to 2 (for children 2 to 10 years old), but not i n each style. 150 Pairs Boys’ Tan Leather House Slippers—hand turned, flexible soles—Everett styles—sizes 1 to 5—were $3.50 fit and well. We are likely to | spend more time on choosing clothes than on choosing food. 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