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Show COAL SHORTAGE. The coal situation in Europe is said to be serious and it has been found necessary in Switzerland, which in normal nor-mal times depends upon Germany for its supply, to reduce railway traffic at an early date. It is not possible for the Swiss people to obtain any considerable consid-erable amount of coal from neighboring neighbor-ing countries and the British product is I too high in price for use. Italy does ' not mine enough coal for home 'con- 1 sumption and there is no surplus in ! I'rance. owing to the fact that some of her mines arc located in the territory terri-tory f -liquored by the Germans. The Srnn Shavian countries are practically w it h on t coal and a re u n a ! e i o get it from any source The European i-outi- j tries have war as an excuse for coal shortage. Here in the United States1 (he fuel situation has been precarious 1 : ever since winter closed down, and we ! are at peace with all the world. There , is something economically wrong about i such a condition of affairs, and the I remedy should be found and applied at j once. |