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I FLORISTS* FUEL DIRECTORY { 



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THE COAI. MABKET. 



Present conditions in the coal business 

 tend still further to confirm the opinion 

 that has been uttered and reuttered by 

 students of the market during the last 

 few weeks, to the effect that the lowest 

 level has been reached and passed in the 

 coal business and in other lines of trade, 

 ■and that the nation 's commerce is now 

 on the up grade, though the rate of up- 

 ward motion will naturally be slow until 

 the needed impetus is gradually ac- 

 quired. Perhaps the situation as it now 

 exists cannot be better described than 

 by the following quotation from the 

 Black Diamond: 



"The one impression which seems to 

 be gaining ground the country over is 

 that the low point of depression has 

 been reached and that from now busi- 

 ness will begin to move in the opposite 

 direction. There are two or three bases 

 for this belief. The first is the assurance 

 that crops will be big. The second is a 

 definite opinion that railroads are going 

 to get a certain increase in rate, even 

 though not the full measure of advance 

 asked for. The third is that stocks 

 everywhere are so low that any increase 

 in buying anywhere will automatically 

 bring an increase in production. The 

 fourth is that buying has been delayed 

 so long in many necessities that ordinary 

 business this fall will demand a rush 

 movement and consequently there will 

 be a shortage of cars. The real increase 

 in business, taken together with the 

 psychological effect of a car shortage, 

 will give a definite impression that busi- 

 ness is distinctly improved, and this is 

 expected to carry trade off the dead cen- 

 ter on which it has been for the last few 

 months. 



"The lake trade has been peculiarly 

 quiet. Reports recently compiled show 

 that up to June 1 the movement of iron 

 ore down the lakes was just about fifty 

 per cent of what it was last year, and 

 1913 was not a record-breaker. This has 

 meant, of course, a small supply of boats 

 for the upward movement of coal, and 

 this put a blockade upon coal movement 

 to an almost unprecedented extent. Some 

 improvement in that direction, however, 

 is in sight. 



"There is a definite impression in the 

 Chicago coal trade that the low point in 

 the depression has been reached and 

 passed. The first indication is that buy- 

 ing of coal has taken on greater activ- 

 ity. Also prospects are distinctly bet- 

 ter. The smokeless coal trade is fairly 

 satisfactory. Apartment houses are be- 

 ginning to appreciate that deliveries of 



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coal can be made now most cheaply by 

 the retail dealers, and as a consequence 

 they are buying. This buying is ahead 

 of what was the case last year. This 

 movement is solidifying the smokeless 

 coal market. Last year the new smoke- 

 less price circdl«t was^-c*Sfel(Jered uncer- 



tain for a long time because the apart- 

 ment houses were waiting for a reduc- 

 tion in the retail price, which they tried 

 to force. The smokeless market last 

 year did not become firm until the real 

 estate agencies began to buy. This year 

 those agencies apparently expect no re- 



