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Show 3,456,000 TONS OF COAL SAVED AT A SACRIFICE rin.V'TO. Kcb. It',. Thai :;.4.".;,n,i0 tons I of eoal were .-a veil in t be 1' nited ates it ii rt uk' 1 b(' ei - hi "fuel less" i!ays under i the reeont ( lat f i'dd order, but a cost to llpdustrv of jLl'.o.' for ctv ton saved, I w;is tlie est ima te nia.le today by " 1 daek I Oiamond." a trade publication. The total ! loss durim; this period In wnue anil manufactured products was placed at more than one billion dollars. A table prepared by U". I'. Manes, industrial in-dustrial iK'.'nt of the Ha tti inoi e - Ohio railway, was also iven. which valued the j fuel saved under the or.ler in eighteen nf the laruer cities of I lie century at $!::T.-:;T7.rA1. $!::T.-:;T7.rA1. Tlie loss in wanes and manufactured manu-factured prod u. ts in these cities was put at 54.S44.OTC.OMO. Th figures t reaiN-d by Mr. M.i nes for I Hire. -tor General McAiluo are cnasideiabty I lusher than those prepared by ti e "lUack j 1 :aniund" experts, ami the publico t ion c ivcfi them because t h" c are o n side red i o'.ticial, while criticisms: their accuracy. In this regard, the pubi-al!on s.tvs; j "The averaire mine price on e(li today Ik 5 J . 4 a per ton. If It is nnsi,lered that ! the eoal was bone lit at that price at j the mines. Mr. M.imv's t 'i;ure.- w ould have meant "t.f';,,1 lfi tons sa in;, ur ' soiiiethm.;' lik. sc en teen t i 11103 the I amount w e esti male. I "As a matter of fact, the consumption consump-tion of steam coal for eiht das. If t'i plants had h'-n runnint: full and if thev consumed TO.eo.'i tons a i!ay, would have been only ."V.Ttu'.OeO tons." |