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The Florists^ Review 



June 8. 1922 



Greenhonse Heating 



Subscribers are invited to write the 

 editor of this department with regard to 

 any details of greenhouse heating that are 

 not understood. When information is de- 

 sired regarding the capacity of boilers, or 

 the amount of radiation required for a 

 greenhouse, the needed temperatures 

 should be stated in the inquiry, as well 

 as the amount of glass in the side walls, 

 and the dimensions and general arrange- 

 ment of the greenhouses. It is often help- 

 ful, also, to have a sketch showing the 

 location of the houses. 



COAL PRODUCTION SPUERED, 



Non-Union Output Increased. 



Spurred to increased activity by tlie 

 necessity of keeping tlie fast-dwindling 

 reserve stocks of bituminous coal from 

 reaching the danger mark of liojOOOjOOO 

 tons, the non-union soft coal mines pro- 

 duced 5,000,000 tons in the week ended 

 May 27, the eighth week of the strike. 

 This is an increase of more than 500,000 

 tons over the preceding week. Anthra- 

 cite output remains practically zero. 



The increased production of the last 

 few weeks is a clear indication that the 

 coal operators are awake to the fact 

 that unless the steady consumption of 

 reserve stocks is curtailed, the danger 

 mark will be reached in less than four 

 weeks. Officials estimate the consum- 

 ers' reserve stocks have dwindled to 

 not more than 37,000,000 tons, and that 

 these stocks are being further decreased 

 at a rate of not less than 4,000,000 tons 

 per week. It is necessary, officials point 

 out, that a reserve of at least 25,000,000 

 be maintained by consumers in order 

 to assure continuity of full-time pro- 

 duction in the different industries. Such 

 a reserve is essential because the mills, 

 factories, railroads, public utilities and 

 other consumers must not be dependent 

 on their daily orders to keep their 

 wheels moving. Such a condition would 

 mean intermittency in industrial ac- 

 tivity. 



Ample Car Facilities. 



For the first time since the strike 

 started, the operators have ample car 

 facilities with which promptly to move 

 their output, and this is undoubtedly 

 one of the reasons why they have been 

 enabled to increase their production so 

 heavily. At the beginning of the strike 

 •■Ul,730 loaded coal cars were on the 

 tracks. These have now dwindled to 

 9,000, the others being unloaded and 

 the empties utilized for moving the 

 fresh-mined coal. 



Administr.'ition officials are withhold- 

 ing comment on the increasing serious- 

 ness of tlie situation, because they are 

 trying to avoid buyers' panics, but it is 

 generally recognized in Washington 

 that sooner or later the condition will 

 be such that, unless the unexpected 

 happens, outside influence must be ex- 

 erted in an effort to effect .'in end of 

 tlie strike. 



It is knowji that the economic loss in 

 the strike is ]iractic;illy nil. The min- 

 ers are not suffering and can maintain 

 themselves indefinitcdy, because nearly 

 all of them have obtained employment 

 cither on iiublic works or on farms. In 

 fact, as pointed out by one official, the 

 miners will benefit by the strike. They 

 are making more money now than they 



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