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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Septgmbeb 15, 1910. 



FLORISTS' FUEL DIRECTORY 



TAYLOR SPRINGS COAL 



THE COAL OF MERIT 



Non-CIinkering, Sootless and Free Burnings 



CANTINE 



Washed or Unwashed 



BLACK BRIER 

 Carterville Coal 



Mine I — Taylor Springs, HI. 

 2 — Cantiae, IlL 



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Mine 3 — Cantine, lU. 

 *' 4— Johnston City, III. 



THE WISE FLORIST WILL ORDER NOW. Writ* or Wire todays for Prices F. O. B. your city. 



Montgomery County Coal Co., cHicAob 



Mention The Review wh^-n von write. 



Greenhouse Heating. 



The coal strike is ended, but that 

 doesn't mean that a fuel famine has 

 been averted. Stock up before the car 

 shortage becomes a factor in the situa- 

 tion. Get your sheds full — and keep them 

 full if you can. 



The coal cars now are nearly all in 

 use. The American Railway Association 

 figures that in the latter half of August 

 8,662 coal ears previously idle went back 

 into service. Practically all the sur- 

 plus cars then were in the west, where 

 mines still were idle, there being already 

 actually a shortage in the east. 



COAL STRIKE ENDED. 



The Illinois coal strike ia ended. 



It is estimated that over TO,000 

 miners were idle from April 1 to Sep- 

 tember 9, that 900 mines, great and 

 small, were affected and that close to 

 20,000,000 tons of coal was cut out of 

 this season 's supply. 



Although some of the men went back 

 to work the day after the peace pact 

 was signed, it will require several 

 weeks to get all the mines into shape 

 to produce to full capacity — and by 

 then the car shortage will affect de- 

 liveries. 



Under the terms of the settlement 

 the miners get everything they asked 

 for. Under the new wage scale they 

 get an average increase of pay of 8 

 cents per ton. Included in this is the 

 payment of shot firers' wages by the 

 operators and raises in days' wages for 

 all classes of mine help. Also, the 

 operators are required to provide cer- 

 tain safety appliances and to observe 

 precautions which it is expected will 

 raise the cost of mining another 2 or 3 

 cents per ton. The agreement runs to 

 April 1, 1912. 



As a result of the settlement it is 

 expected that the market prices of coal 

 will rule about 10 cents per ton higher 



HARRISBUR6=FRANKL1N COAL CO. 



1216 Fisher Building, CHICAGO 



The Better Grades ONLY of 



INDIANA AND ILLINOIS 



COALS 



Preparation and quality as they should be. Write today for prices. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



SMITH, UNEAWEAVER & CO. 



COAL 



AHthrMitc, Bitaminoni, Coke and Qu Goal 



Philadelphia 



West Knd 

 Tmat Bolldlns, 



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than under the old agreement, for as 

 in every other case where labor exacts 

 more money, the mine operators will 

 pass the rise on to the consumers. 



GAS OR COAL FOR FUEL. 



Please tell us whether gas at 27 

 cents per thousand feet, for use in 

 a hot water boiler, would be much more 

 expensive than soft coal at $3 per ton. 

 Would the gas be injurious to green- 

 house plants? We use about eight 

 tons of coal per month. Our place is 

 in the western part of New York 

 state. G. B. 



The relative economy of gas at 27 

 cents per thousand feet and soft coal 

 at $3 per ton would depend quite 

 largely upon the quality of the two 

 classes of fuel. Ordinarily, however, 

 although the actual expense for the 

 coal might be somewhat less than when 



HIGH GRADE 



STEAN COAL 



The best products of 



West Virginia, Ohio, 



Indiana, Illinois. 



Write for prices. 



Covey-Durham Coal Co. 



Bedford Building, 



CHICAQO 



gas is used, if even a small allowancf 

 is made for the labor of caring for the 

 fire and removing the ashes the gas 

 will be found the cheaper. 



Gas is quite injurious to plants and 

 should never be allowed to enter the 

 greenhouse proper. Care should be 

 taken to have the boiler room carefully 

 shut off from the greenhouse. 



EFFECT OF ADDED PRESSURE. 



Our hot water system has a tank 

 pressure of six pounds and we can 

 change the tank so as to make the 

 pressure twenty-five or thirty pounds. 



