Show uTAH TAU TAH OFFERS TO HELP U. U S. S MEET COAL SHORTAGE i Company Notifies Garfield Jilt J It Can F Furnish 1000 Tons Tonsa I a Day for Long Period Wi I 11 UTAH AND WYOMING lING Mn MINES ES LACK BUSINESS I n t tWill Will ill Be Forced to Shut ShutDown ShutDown Down Dealer Says If IT I i Markets Not Obtained U 11 1 Sp c. Ogden Jan 22 Announcement 2 was made malic here to today ar that the Eccles coal interests Interests have ha made an offer to Fuel q Administrator Garfield to ship 1500 tons ion of coal dally daily for the next fifteen and to ship 1000 tons daily for forr r m Indefinite time lime an and this too with with- ut creating an any shortage in the westI west west- I country It is 15 also stated staled that I State EState Fuel Administrator AV 1 W. W Armr Arm- Arm r tron trong ha has lias wired Mr 1 Garfield along similar lines hns t Operators of or the Rock nock Springs and Utah tah mines want to lo Sill ship shill coal to Chi cago ca tago o They rhey point to the fact that Mr 11 d arfield ha hart hae Issued orders to the coal operators of the West cst Virginia lnla district to ship to that point and that the disI dis- dis I lance tance is r ro Tf greater from this section further that this territory has the advantage advantage ad ad- vantage of a double track railroad the distance Onion I tic Arc Canceled In another week wel or ten da days 8 the Utah and Wyoming mines will be bei i forced forced to close down for lac lack of business business business busi- busi ness was the startling statement made b by D. D H H. Pape mana manager or of oC the Lion Coal company compan toda today The LignIte Lignite nIte mine of or the theY Y opa Coal company or of Kemmerer Wyo has been closed Mown down for a week said Mr r. r Pape and unless something IB Is done pretty prett quick fine the tl-ie rest ret of or us will have to do likewise Cancellations ane of or ord orders are coming Sit Site the e rate of flU fifty a day and all nil the big roal loal oal users are stocked blocked with coal It II ItIs fis Is a sure ure thing that there will vIll be no coal shortage In th the western country i this year car i Mr 11 Pape contends that the mines of this country right now rould be bo shipping ship ship- ping coal coni to Europe by wa way of San Francisco and believes es this step will win willbe willbe be be taken before long thug lie He says that U the thc coal operators ha have e had a remal remark remark- aly easy time supplying the demands of or this part of or the country since the government gave gao coal priority and removed re- re moved od the restrictions on cars Prior to ito that tune time certain cars could be Shipped f shipped only In certain directions but hut since since gince the restrictions Were nVere raised e they have been permitted to lo ship them In Inan an all any direction desired This gave the mines a per cent car supply which meant that without increasing the forces at the mines shipments could coul be grea greatly 11 increased d Xo No Coal Coot Shortage C It Is held b by the local operators that the government orders on priority and the removal of restrictions on cars calt came as a n direct result of representation representations tion made mado to the government by the National Coal association H It is al also o said the real reason behind the government govern o ment meat control of railroads was tho the urgent demands of orthe the coal association Under the Sherman law railroads were unable to remove remo re restrictions but when the the government assumed control the thes s system stem was automatically changed The fact that the coal mines were able to lo ship more coal a as soon oon as the l' l were removed cd dispels any argument ment of or labor shortage c in connection with the coal production It is said ald Labor Labor La La- bor shortage is said to have been a amyth m myth th except In so 20 far as the lack of shipping facilities forced the mines to tola tolay tolay la lay of off men or gIve sivo Ivo them a few fc days das dasa a weel week Regarding tho wage wago question It is said that the Increase in wages wag paid to to both hoth out outSide and Inside men at nt the f mines of or southern Wyoming from May tay Mayto to to November of last year car averaged p about 65 per Jer cent This Increase was general all over the countr country The Tho KOV- KOV ov- ov eminent In adjudicating wage questions questions questions ques ques- went even beyond the demands of h the men The Tho total increase atie given mine In lit the United States Stales Is Isto c to a aggregate regale yearly |