Show Rr eater economy in coal production 0 REATER economy in the underground GREATER der ground production of coal Is one of the essential needs of the industry to reduce the cost to the consumer in the opinion of chairman john alays flammond Haroin ond and members of th united states coal commission this conclusion avas reached as the result of personal in of mine conditions made by mb members albers of tile the commission particularly ticul arly in tile the bituminous district of alabama the mines need A greater substitution of machine for or hand band labor in the cutting af pf of cont to enable the Ind individual vIdual miner to get butmore out more coal in a worl worling working ing day nore more adequate underground transportation por tation to facilitate movement of the coal rom the miner to the tipple employment of experienced mining minin and mechanical engineers to sostenia sy systematize stenia underground production and increase efficiency Gone generally rall however the commission found a high class of development in the fields inspected the jerger arger companies it was found provide excellent housing cheap supplies for their workers and favorable working conditions dit ions the commission Is procuring the co operation of every po government agency including tile interstate commerce commission internal revenue bureau bureau of mines kilnes geological survey census bureau fuel distributors tribu tors office coal div division islon of tile the department of commerce and the public health service the internal revenue bureau Is giving the commission valuable information in its study of earnings of coal companies ps as revealed through tax and excess profits returns the interstate commerce commission Is exchanging facts on questions ques tlona of car and transportation the census bureau furnishes statistics on production n and nd consumption more alore technical questions of mining are treated by the bureau of mines find and geological survey the fuel distributor tri butor Is giving the commission tile the benefit of information it has assembled during the present coal season on supply consumption and cost ot of fuel the department of justice also Is lending its aid on tile legal phases of joint ownership of prod acl transportation por tation and distributing agencies particularly in the pennsylvania anthracite th fields |