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Show PREDICTS CII SHORTAGE WILL ; BE MORE ACUTE No Anthracite to Come West; Labor Lacking in the Bituminous Mines; Warning's Sounded. PHILADELPHIA, May 20. Shortage of labor will make it Impossihle for the numerous mines of the country to produce pro-duce more than 590,000,000 tons of bituminous bi-tuminous coal tills year. This declaration declara-tion -was made this afternoon by A. W. Calloway, director of bituminous coal distribution, dis-tribution, United Slates fuel administration. administra-tion. Adding this to the limit of S9,000,nit0 tona set as the limit of the production of anthracite, the total production of the country will be 56,000,000 tons less than the requirement for the needs of the country estimated yesterday by J. D. A. Morrow, general director of fuel distribution distri-bution for the Kovernmont. "The loyalty and patriot ism of the miners as a class is unquestionable," said Mr. Calloway, "and I believe they wilt respond more heartily to further calls for Increased effort, disregarding, whore necessary, trade union rules and sacrificing sacri-ficing more and. more their accustomed holidays." ATLANTIC CITY, May 29. The hardware hard-ware industry of the nation was today warned to "turn over your business as far aa you can to war work" by Pierre-pont Pierre-pont B. Noycs, chief of the conservation division of the national fuel administration, administra-tion, In an address to hardware men in national convention here. "The industrial coal shortage was bad laHt winter; it is going to be worse this winter. Wo can't 'tlx It,' as some are demanding. The problem Is too great. A bundled (housand more coal cars and 11000 more locomotives will not make a dent: In the shortage," Mr. Noyes declared. de-clared. WASHINGTON", May 29. Under the allotment of anthracite coal for the year ending next April, announced tonight by the fuel administration, the supply to the-transmlsslssippi the-transmlsslssippi territory and the twenty-four twenty-four southern and western states has been entirely discontinued. The allotments allot-ments to the central and northwestern states and Canada have been decreased and those to the New England and Atlantic At-lantic states Increased. The supply to New England and the Atlantic states will be increased, the administration ad-ministration explained, because uf the larger population which the war has concentrated con-centrated in these sections and because of their dependence upon anthracite. Should Tin t her curtailments elsewhere become possible, i t was said, or should production be increased, such gained coal would be. distributed to the central and northwestern states. The allotments for those states and Canada in tons were not announced, v The total production of anthracite is 'estimated at S9.000.00O tons. Part of this Is used at the mines, and by the rail- 1 roads and industrial plants. Army and navy yards needs are also provided for. |