Show WAR TIME STUDIES OF COAL AND COKE BY THE UNITED STATES geological SU SURVEY the roul rout lull bill waa vas of do dominating 1 luiting in terest in the tile stati 18 tu aal I 1 C ilse ISO 1 where I ore during iha o 0 war kiil I 1 it till still om maud III wide attention at boudien of the va prices r atles of coal an annl I 1 coke froni au 1913 to 1918 18 wire ire male ale by leler le ler bt bf the unite Il litel I 1 states geological Lm runey department of the tho interior in ro to opera ti alon with alth the knitel states fuel at a I 1 Ini wil tho tile industries i board and their results have lave jurt been published ly I 1 y the auncy sum ty as an a ivance iv ance chapter of its repart ott oi the mineral resources of the 1 I I 1 statis s tn in 1919 mr leisler Leis lir 1 s niort dhow e in text tables an 1 I 41 diagrams dia grama ednis the tile fluctuations a eions itt in price frn n th of 1913 to tie and nd of 18 the restraint on oil prices exercised by control th the fuel administration and the increase in lit price prices that followed the advances ni al vances in lit bagts to mine labor about 80 per cent tent of the bituminous coal produced i Irod reduced in the knitel statts g 0 s to the railroads bullit put lie utilities a an n I 1 manufacturing industries which taken together represent a market that ie Is atry little affected bv stas seasonal onal chaiken change s lut that ie ls sublett sul jet to ull all the u les of luabun lua iun coil roll liti JH ill brosler ous ant an 1 in dill times that kihe the ehl ebb and flow of our indus t trial artal lire lite of the tile remaining 20 pir pr cent 4 ler ecat represents rt present presents blurts bit all item itin tie eai all I 1 local it to have no erf effice et on the lie total an aul I 1 nl at out 16 I 1 er cent rent 1 Is taken I 1 ay y domestic ton on mimics allise use of 1 1 ii 14 4 of course Mat masui ional ial bituminous coal ew is not stored exit it ay I 1 y the ile consumer commuter but move inoes directly lire itly f from roin mine to tat r I 1 eions that do I 1 not lot aff afflict ct the validity of this statement ta are found in lit tie block hit lit 11 I 1 in I 1 retail dealers yarl in tie coal eoal held in railroad care cars both small items an I 1 in the coal etore store I 1 on oil docks at the head of tie gortat on at I 1 akee lakes cluro millions of tons tell lei I 1 for tin tilt north western trade are pik pit 1 up during durn tl it e te beaton a son 0 of sunnier nai habitation a on for usi in the tire winter m ater nv when ien t tl aei nr art froeli u the ability to act get bitu matious roi coal to tin conium ern elili h in voles not only the number and of gunc nunc ana the number of nun but the number of rail engines coal care ears twitching switching yards 4 ami and sidetracks inest be ample to meet the maximum demand and if tile capacity of the tile mines an I 1 the railroads must 11 I 1 t kept till ti to meet the periodic ler lodic aid ty big demand tor for coul it ie is evident that in ill period of a slack i ack demand a part of th this huge plant must lie tilt i ak condition conditions in lit 1917 and in lit the first bine iline month months of 1918 were quito quite dif farent fi rent from those in lit preceding ayearst demand generally exceeded cupl supply iv ind 1 I tra or tation was the tile principal princ ial ilal tae tor limiting an obvious result of having more mines than are needed at time times is tile curtailment of output at perlous tit elack slack demaiti tal tit a lo lowering ering of arl Ls in tit an effort to attract business the cost of production has not always de ter mined the lowest level of price for ignorance of cost or desire to maintain the working at the mine mines lave often cile 01 crated rated to maintain out jut iut Is beyond so 0 nd demand demands at times with aith ser loo tuf tet on the credit of the indus try I 1 for or years much coal has been taken from tile ground without ade alle cuate returns to the I 1 producers reducers cers the lure of cheap cost of Iro luction from flick beli as sa in tarts of west vir kinia ginia alit illinois ant an I 1 of high bricis in prosperous years an I 1 periods period of coal sl at has attra attract ett i I 1 to the business of producing 0 u ing c coal oal many men whop who oine once in I 1 aa hae t borne loss year after Y year ear in tt tit hope of t retrieving detri L v in g their losses later these condit on one in the bituminous c coal oal indusi are alleif significant aut and I 1 be lie clearly they elow show why A h I 1 t in ti time in he price ot or bituminous coal ii is it not t 1 es abject to t mi moderately wile alle variation variations T the le low icv evvia Is are nathad viba those ehst are willU lt or able to re deluco luce 1 rice ila have 0 supplee I 1 the irmand nn atti I 1 for the commo alt and not to low price induces the puri hasi of 0 eoal coal kvas of i rice are reached avitt its under the of big profit profits pro is I 1 up au all I 1 capacity in creaked 0 to o a point 11 Is 1 satisfied alit an I 1 an lini naion for fairly stitt lo 10 pirce of coal 14 li foul fun I 1 in tin the fact that itkor represent represents nearly 80 per cent of the total cost 0 of f I 1 ro and unit that wage ages are pret pretty ty 1 gen KP rally maintained |