Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-05-21 | Page 5 | Coal Cost Sure to Increase, Belief

THE SAL SAt COAL COST GOST SURE TO INCREASE BELIEf S. S P. P Railroad Official Points to Depletion of Deposits I CLEVELA CLEVELAND D 0 O. May Mav 21 With With the upward trend of ot labor and md material material ma ma- tonal costs and of mining mining mi ml- ning the cost of ot coal must steadIly steadily stead stead- ily rise in the future J J. J Krutt- Krutt chairman of ot the executive e committee of the Southern Pacific Railway company declared In an address here toda today Mr was the opening speaker at the annual meeting of the International Railway Fuel as association as- as The United States Ii geological survey warns us that we have been depleting those of our coal coal- de deposits deposits ole ole- posits moat most easily mined at a steadily increasing rate that we have mired milled more coal in the last twelve years rears than In the preceding preceding preceding ing years Mr said With the upward trend of la labor labor labor la- la bor and material costs and difficulties difficulties difficulties of mining the cost of or coal must steadily rise in In the future and these considerations should stimulate its provident use In 1921 the railroads used approximately Ions tons or or per of the tire total otal production of ot bituminous and anthracite coal oal In the United Stat States s and its Its' cost of constituted 13 per cent of total op operating operating operating op- op I expenses