Show italy altah Y r Is H hard al r d hit I 1 it by coal famine fa m ine all other problems palo pale before paralysis of bio big industries LACK OF FUEL STOPS WORK notion nation will oe be ruined if aid Is 1 lono long withheld price of coal Is 50 a ton when it la is to do be had at all dilorno It allans tire struck by tile tho ilmi larity of problems which faco face citizens of this small coti country and of tile big rich end and most inot prosperous pros united states ettes they read of food profiteering of rent profiteering of rall railroad road deficits ruh rub their eyes and 18 is it yos possible sible that tant even Atner america lea that lint goldmine gold gola mine amongst countries has those these worries just ns as wo we have evell the italian public school teachers strike which has haa driven millions of mothers to distraction wins to have it ft faint reflection on in the other side but one problem liero here has no coun conn erport tit in america it in ili tile coal famine this Is the worst trouble tills this country lias has to face everything else pales before it for ilie lack of coal Is paralyzing industry cloying closing factories ani and casting thousands mands of men and women out of employment people who listen with or without approval to wild diatribes against Amer americans lenas tit and especially n against pres ires ident wilson know at the back of their minds that alint only the famine really matters coal scarcity threatens Thre atena ruin avery Pi thinking Inking man and woman here knows that unless the coal amano Is sto stopped pied ruin will soon boon store stora italy in tile lio face iler her coal supply which must bo entirely imported Import eil Is in never enough tu to last lait for more than it few weeks italy pays 10 30 it a ton tall for coal that cosam 15 in france 10 in england and 8 in ili germany til italian government tins lias tried to ret get big coat coal contracts with mine owners american coal nt at file no pits mouth Is cheaper than tiny other but italy cannot get the transports except lit at mu such rates that make american coal it a prohibitive hibi tive luxury italy ionly gilld no CORI coal mines destroyed during tile the war bo be cause ole eho had nono none to ile bo destroyed italy lias has suffered buffered frow cost worse than any other oilier country aind still suffers lack of coal oasis dacie of problems the question Is aile r a magic niazie circle you go round and round nil all tile alie problems which tire ore causing strikes throughout tile tho country dear living lack inch of raw materials transports trin sports benr foreign money and you always get brick to coal without coal there tire no industries without industries there are no exports cit hout exports thero there Is no money and so BO it goes on discontent with economic conditions Is general genor nl yet italy tins lint no coul coal nt at home and no transports to go and fetch it front froin america where site could get it cheaper than anywhere else |