Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-07-17 | Page 9 | Early Purchase of Coal is Advocated

subject yesterday nfternoon at the Hotel Utah. With J. D. A. Morrow, vice president pres-ident of the association, and William M. Henderson, a coal operator of Pittsburg. Pa., he has toured the country, urin' upon coal-minint? rron and the public the necessity of a gradual transportation of the year's coal output. Since the sipnlng of the armistice people peo-ple havo thought transportation facilities facili-ties of the railroads have made the stor-ago stor-ago of coal unnecessary, which is not the case, he said. "Although there is plenty of coal and no lack of men to mine ft, it will be impossible im-possible for the railroads to secure cars for moving tho year's output In the last four months," he declared. He pointed out that the heaviest demand de-mand for coal cars will come at a time when the railroads must handle the year's grain crop. Already a shortage of coal exists in the east, he said. EARLY PURCHASE OF COAL ESADVDGATED Repetition of Fuel Short-are Short-are Threatened, Says Coal Association Head. Repetition of the coal shortage of 1917 will be caused by a lack of railroad cars if people postpone ordering their coal supply until fall and winter, according to Harry N. Taylor, president of the j National Coal association. I Mr. Taylor addressed a meeting of coal operators of Utah and Wyoming oa Uo