Show COLD BLOODED FORECAST loal coal shortage looms for r U US S take a tip from tho the coal prodoc ers unless your furnace burns oil it will be a good idea to keep a little sunshine in your smile and warmth in your heart this winter because from the standpoint of obtaining coal it looks like the winter of 1047 40 will be the toughest in at least six years producers already are admitting drearily that there Is little chance that fuel shortages inconvenience and suffering can be put aside reasons fok or this uninviting outlook are three in particular unparalleled demand in a peacetime I 1 period which even record production million tons will not fully satiate attempts are be ing madi made to stockpile but to little avail industrial stocks are the lowest in years retail supplies on hand are only fair 2 unprecedented shortage of railroad cars never in history of the solid fuels industry were so few cars available to move so much coal to so many consumers 3 1 I domestic buyer indifference to 0 pleas that they fill their bins during summer months that apathy is accounted for by higher retail prices of coal combined with the prolonged heat wave which lulled the householder into a false sense of security at the some same time paradoxical though it may seem coal prodie tion this year will reach a level surpassed only by thel the output tn in 1944 when the natan n was at the height of its war effort even if mine minors rs dug and machined an average of kotonly only 10 million tons a week remaining weeks ot of 1947 product production ibn would be 45 45 ml million tons higher than the million total in 1948 1940 1 1 because of 0 strikes idle time tame car shortages and a shorter work week the mines have lost somewhere between 35 and 50 50 tons ofir of production ci so bo far fartais fart hla this year concerning prices the most likely prospect is worthem tor for them to again dealers say that the customer appears ready to take higher charges for his coal as something dunavold un avoid able but he doean doesn t like it |