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Show MINING AND MOVING COAL The group of Irresponslbles among am-ong mlno ownors who thought they would defy the United States government, govern-ment, and go on vacations, as a means of defeating tho government wage award, save found out tho error er-ror of their way, nnd have returned to work. The uneasiness concerning coal for tho coming winter has been general. gen-eral. Several weeks ago tho Interstate Inter-state commerce commission Issued an order giving preferenco for the shipment of 1,250,000 tons of coal monthly to New England through tidewater ports from Hampton rtoads to Now York. Tho situation has Improved Im-proved sufficiently eo that tho present pres-ent continuance of this emergency order Is regnrded ob unnecessary. According to tho Ilallway Ago tho latest statistics regarding tho amount 1 of freight being moved by tho rall-ronds rall-ronds demonstrate, that (hero has been as yet no decllno of gcncrnl business activity l.i tho United States. This Is evidenced by tho fact that tho demand for cars Is greater than tho railroads can supply. How-ever, How-ever, It has also boen made plain by (ho statistics that tho efficiency with which tho railways aro being operated oper-ated is still increasing. For instance 273,755 moro carloads of freight woro bandied In four weeks of August, Aug-ust, 1920, than for tho same period loot year. s Ilallway management undor private pri-vate ownership of tho roads, has succeeded suc-ceeded In speodlng up tho handling of transportation far beyond- anything any-thing shown In tho dayn of the railroad rail-road administration when emergency emergen-cy orders were an everyday occurence. occur-ence. When tho railroad executives set a mark for an average of thirty rallca per day por car several weeks ago, supcrcllloous politicians aroumJ Washington who hadn't been.ablo to get anywhere near the goal under public operation said "It can't be done." But tho railroad managers operators bT gone ahead am mado good on their promises, very much to tho delight of tho shippers of the coountry. |