Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-11-26 | Page 2 | Flour Mills Closing because of Coal Shortage

FLOUR MILLS CLOSING BECAUSE OF COIL SHDRTflGE Flour mills considered union.-, the mosi essential Industries, are beinc closed won in central states because of the eonl situation, according to word which has been received by grain dealers deal-ers and millers of this city. L O. Holley, president of the Hoi ley Milling company, recehed word jresterd&y from St. Louis thai six large Missouri flour mills had t con closed down. The plants are amonc the be-;', known soft wheat mills n the rentrai Btatee They i re supplied with fuel from Illinois mines and even after af-ter the resumption of operations at I ihe mines, will have to lay Idle fcr at least two weeks. President Holley stated that the wesi floes not realize the proportions which the coal strike Is assuming ' V. Ith the tying up of essential indus- tries in the central aid eastern states, it Is thought that the strike will havci to terminate within a few days or be-come be-come a menace to the prosperity of ihe nut ion.