Show interested IN anthracite 7 editorial from colliers the eastern states now depend on anthracite as a necessity they must some day use soft coal and oil anthracite th to Is limited in amount located measured and owned there Is no other fuel so good how can anthracite owners make the most money by letting letting ln in substitutes so hard coal will be less ot of a necessity and more ot of a luxury then get out less of their anthracite per year than now and sell it at higher prices 20 or more per ton to those who value its peculiar qualities such action would nearly tree free the operators ot of their labor troubles the union leaders can meet such a program only by making their union a fixed and powerful factor in the anthracite min mining ing organization it these are not the real reasons what Is all the quarreling about aethra elite Is already so near being a monopoly luxury with capital and labor fighting for the velvet of 0 easy money that it will take a deal more fuel statesmanship than we are likely to get to reduce it to a regulated public service over twenty years of 0 fussing have only brought out the above facts the consumers who learn how to buy and use oil or soft coal are the ones who will not get hurt much in this continuing struggle to grab larger profits off the limited supply ot of anthracite some very shrewd business men on both sides are interested in anthracite |