Show THE ANNUAL COAL L FAMINE In the Mount Pleasant Pyramid there appears a most Impressive article re recording recording cording the fact of a o coal le in that community and nd detailing tM the like Uke condition In n a number of neighboring towns And the story of the Pyramid Is duplicated this weeK In a dozen papers pa papers pers from as many parts of at the st state te teof of Utah The IM important phase of the case is that this is simply ily the papers ap ls said last winter And the w winter before And the that It Is what Is close to happening here her In Salt Lake There is not enough coal in any town oJ of tile the sta state tee teeA A And d yet th there e is coal enough In Utah to warm all the people eople for a thousand years and run aU all the machinery the people will need heed to th the end of that i ter term n simply It Is a question of ge getting I tM the coat from the to the towns town The people who want the coal have haiie the money with watch to pay for lt it They are not beggars Th They y are r responsible But they are aren flatin n t In the coal business and they depend deI nd ori It p people opte who hd ar are In that lIn line They are not In the railroad ad business and th they depend on pe people in that line It Is a fair supposition that coal men get coal to sell selI when It Is They lii y dont d do it They ni manage nage to sup all summer Through pleasant autumns they are able to send up a ton wIthin a a day or two after you OU order it But when the real need of the coal tomes domes when th the grip ot winter Is here there is no c coal al in the yards Schools have to be dIsmissed Hos Hospitals Hospitals have hac to disregard temperatures tem Homes have hae to be put on short fuel supplies or double up with others making common stock of their scra scrapings and praying for a arise arise rise In temperature It t Is not a g good od condition It do does s not net speak well for our Utah people And we point the finger of accusation at no special town It is as true here in Salt L Lakein kein anywhere n else The state has plenty of coal Every town Is with railroads and equipped equipped with coal and yards And yet every winter hears repetition of that unworthy confession There Is a coal famine We belle believe e that at the tho pe people will have to solve that puzzle for themselves They will wiil have to see that they have hae an adequate supply of coal It may mayy re require require quire some legislation It may require some united action and the employ employment mont ment of money mone But it Is Ig unreasonable for tor capable men to be expected to run the risk of a coal fan famine lne when that condition Is as unnecessary as here In Utah |