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The Rants' Review 



May 11, 1010. 



COAL 



rw COAL Krite tt 



MITCHELL & DILLON 

 COAL CO. 



Bedford Building. CHICAGO 



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Mention The Review when jon write. 



H. H. LINEAWEAVER & CO., Inc. 



ANTHRACITE 



and 

 BITUMINOUS 

 West End Trust Buildiac. PHILADELPHIA 



17 Battery Place, NEW tORK 



Natting Buildinc LEBANON. PA. 



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Greenhouse Heating. 



THE COAL MARKET. 



Since the settlement of the anthracite 

 wage controversy, which occurred about 

 the time the last issue of The Review 

 went to press, the market has been in 

 a more tranquil condition. There is 

 still an abnormal degree of uncertainty 

 about prices, but the tension is re- 

 lieved. Watchful waiting is now the 

 policy of a large proportion of the 

 buyers. 



According to the terms of the new 

 anthracite agreement, which will con- 

 tinue in force for four years, the day 

 workers receive an increase of three 

 per cent in wages, and the contract 

 workers an increase of seven per cent. 

 An 8-hour day also is granted. On 

 the other hand, the miners waived 

 their demands for the check-off and 

 the closed shop. In the new bill of 

 expenses, certain boosts in freight rates 

 must also be included. 



For a short period, at least, while 

 the sages among the coal men are esti- 

 mating the additional cost of opera- 

 tion and transportation, and are decid- 

 ing as to the wisest way of distribut- 

 ing the increased burden, the present 

 prices are likely to remain unchanged. 

 Then — but prophecy at present is espe- 

 cially hazardous. 



It is expected, of course, that tlie 

 future rise in the cost of anthracite, 

 which is already so high-priced that 

 the name "black diamonds" is no mis- 

 fit, will result in an enlarged use of 

 bituminous coal, with a consequent up- 

 ward trend in the price of the latter 

 fuel, in accordance with the law of 

 supply and demand. As yet, however, 

 there are no signs of change in the 

 soft coal market. As to smokeless coal, 

 it is said that some off-grade lots have 

 been sold at prices ranging from $1.10 

 tip, but that the true mine-run smoke- 

 less is not sold much below the circu- 

 lar figures, $1.35 f. o. b. the mines and 

 $3.40 f. o. b. Chicago. 



MOBE ABOUT OH. AS FUEL. 



Neither a desire to argue the case, 

 nor to defend my statements concern- 

 ing the use of oil as fuel, prompts me 

 to answer R. W. Kersey's letter in The 

 Review of April 20, page 78, in which 

 he took issue with my reply to C. F. B. 

 That his letter might easily lead others 

 into diflSculties is my chief reason for 

 "talking back." 



I challenge Mr. Kersey to point out 

 a single statement made by me that 



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