. A nufober of annual meetings of directors and shareholders of German coal mining, iron and other industrial

of business to cheer brokers. We hear exaggerated reports of foreign loans and of the demand for American coal

, as if it was unworthy of the fostering care of the government, but, as the Mining .RecorcZ points out, between the first

Company mined in twelve years 51,000,000 tons of coal, for which the miners got $57,110,000 in the way

in a change in paint lists upward. SOFT COAL PRICES FIRMER. Supply Not Likely To Overtake Demand —-Anthracite

at their offices, No. 1 Madison av. said: "Hard coal is very scarce, in spite of the rumors that some of the mines

OF EFFICIENCY IS DETER¬ MINED BY THE CAPABILITY TO CONTEND SUCCESSFULLY WITH SUDDEN AND UNEX¬ PECTED EMERGENCIES

the price of coal in the summer of 1917 the miners stopped all mining of coal. Result: the most dangerous

account, but we think they have had their day with regard to unduly depressed prices on coal."^F, E

, now buUding at Wheeling, with capacity of 300 tons of steel daily. A new coal mine has been opened

as much of coal as we have lately heen hearing of iron and steel in the stock mar¬ ket. While onr

side "Al Your Service " 1882-IQ17 The Coal Supply Our first responsibility to the public

and Mining (/owrftai, shows how enormously our copper product ha.s increased in three years' time: Lake

be in writing ; and so must a sale of coal and the right to take coal ; and a permission to flow land with water

of the Interstate Railway Association. Yet tbe position of the copper mines previous to the formation

point of view, it was in the argricultural regions, as distinct from the mining and manufact¬ uring

, finding it a mine of wealth for succinct, correct statement as the law is upon the subjects aforesaid. Now

whose homes are in the vicinity of exca¬ vations for buildings or tunnelling, but in mining operations

to the lessor. COAL INQUIRY. Federal Trade Commission Make Thor¬ ough Investigation of Conditions. T

684 RECORD AND GUIDE May 19, 1917 The personnel of the Committee on Coal Production is as follows