| Show THE COAL INDUSTRY it ie Is now evident that tho the coal output of the united states this year will show a considerable reduction from last years record breaking figures says the engineering Eugine ering and mining journal the tile reduction may amount to t 10 per cent tho tile chief factor in lessening tho the output has been of course co the lighter demand from our great manufacturing centers and anti a resulting fall in the fuel requirements of railroads tle consumption of coal 1 Is PO closely related to the pro luction luct lon of iron and steel that tho the lessened activity nt at blast furn ances and stool borks inevitably resulting result resul tin ID curtailing the tho output of coal the bituminous mines of the central west and certain district along tho the AtIt seaboard seem to havo auf suf fored forea most this year in alabama where many minors miners have boen on a strike since july the tile output Is 1 ly approaching normal west virginias output slight change in western pennsylvania tile railroad district hae 1 been very busy since shipments up tho the lakes started but the tile output of region lin lini i been le ie stricter strict ed by light alight demand for or coke present indications uro are that as tho the iron and ana steel markets are picking up tip strength and anti demand for bituminous coal lamproe an anthracite th thra elte output short of lost last gears total will excite no surprise since it Is generally understood that cond conditions last year as a result of the 1902 1002 strike were abnormal abil urmal and the a 3 ear stands by itself hence the 1003 1903 output cannot bo be fairly compared knitli ith that of 1901 or with the probable figure of 1001 speaking about new centers coiners holding what about the nominee on the tile republican ticket for justice of the peace it Is always alwa a atell ell to remember that one calamity howler con can make more noise than a hundred people who ore are satisfied it is s a little difficult to discover what kind ol 01 machine the republican party thinks think it has but to hazard a guess one might inight call it a bolting machine the people who ho a are feeling so skittish about president tendency to do tadica will not grumble ono one little bit when be h does things they are in a hurry to have done it Is all right fr tar tho the democh democratic atla campaign managers to view with alarm the presidents char character acte r and tactics it if we were in their place we should not be easy in our minds either it Is only kind to remind the dem dam party that the first frost of athe the season Is not far off and they had 4 better take in their good resolutions before those and tande plants come t te to grief judge parker rony may be a diplomatic man but if he be Is going to reconcile tho the opinions of all the people who are trying to agree with him he lie will need something more powerful than the lockjaw style of diplomacy it may be possible that in cae cave parker should be elec elected tel to the pros pres there won would d be ba no immediate revision of tho the tariff and yet the fl nandlal and industrial interest In teresta 19 of 41 the country would suffer largely from the very doubt that would come COMO with the election of f a democratic president which might be followed before tho the ind and of his term by a demor cratic con agress it Is not afo safe to take any risk in the matter |
