OCR Text |
Show STRONG TALK FOR UNGLE SAM TO OWNJOAL (oMPinrrioN or .no iii:m:iit to nn: coNsrii:it. H,iuli U (In- Iktluhttlnii of Oeorgo Otis Mnltti or llio L'nlttil Htntrs (rotoKlial Survi ) One Ijitirn 1-lull' 1-lull' Col litis Plfty Ciiits Hie Ion On Ml lllntk hlanioiids Mlnrtl. The Hun Hpitlul Hervlin WA81II.NUTON, U C, Nov 30 Oovirnnunt owntrshlp m.d operation of toal mines ns n re mod) for tho high tost of itinl Is predicted b) Dr (liorgn Oils Hmlth, director or the United Htutes gi-ologlcnl Survi) lie-fore lie-fore thn Atnirlian Mining lungrcss In Chhiigo, Director Hmlth wild that In till whole field or productive business It sinned to him Hint Ihn toal busl-niss busl-niss Is thn unn most llkil) to be thrcalinid with government operation opera-tion 'The fisidstuffs tin raid, are product pro-duct d on hind oivnid nnd operand h) Ihn millions, nnd so Oir ns the production produc-tion of thn rnw material for thtm Is i onevrned monopoly Is nn unknown wortl but whin we think of ronl. terms like barons und trusts Instlnt-' til el) t nine to mind " What John Jones ui)i to the mat I hi Tin In the form of ru)iilt) thut Is, for the mire fait or ownership Is explained b) Hmlth In a striking man ner One or thn latest leases hy n large toal laud owner," he sa)s, "provides "pro-vides for the pa men t of 37 per tent or thn silling prim or thu toal ut the bnnker This percentage, therefore, Is not only u ro)nlt figured on thn mineral resource hut nlso n commission commis-sion hnsetl on the inlnir- wage. "To hi Ing this right homo to you and me. It limy bo said that thn practical prac-tical nsult Is that, If the nnthrarlte ue burn In our range this winter hup-pens hup-pens to tome from that particular piopert) wn will pa) fully it dollar u Ion to thn treasury of thn city trust that owis Its existence to thn rar suing su-ing biislmss sense or u hard headed tltlmi of Philadelphia Whether such n ro)ull) la uxiesslvu or not, the rait n mains thut this Is thn tribute paid to private ownership ' lloiv this rnwnrd for 'fur stelng biislniss seusi' In other words, for land ownership works out Is lllus-truted lllus-truted b) Director Hinlth In the cusu of tin O Irani cxliite or Philadelphia Figured on the output from the Cllr-ard Cllr-ard hinds, he wi)s, 'which Is marl) 3 per tint or the totul production, the grot's return to the estate from Its coal lands Is ovir flft) tents u ion" The people or the United Htutes, sn)s Hmlth, iiinnot afford to ullow prlvutn Interests to obtain control or roal resources, re-sources, hetausn future generations cunnot afford to pa) the price that would ht necessary 'The figures furnish u strong urgu-ment urgu-ment for the present poller of the national na-tional government In retaining own-irshlp own-irshlp or the public coal lauds, at least up tit the tlmo when the market condition justify the opening of a mine, and then either tensing or selling sell-ing u true t mil) largo enough for that ope ration The consumer or Ihn next century simply cannot afford to have private (Hpltnllst Invest toeln) In roul lands for their great grandchildren to lease " Dr Hmlth Is not willing to commit himself to the principle or government govern-ment ownership Hut he asserts that competition stems to have railed or lati )enrs to benefit Ihn consumer of toal," and ho believes that 'public regulation will be fulr, and Indeed In thn long run will prove beneficial to thn land owner as will us to the emu- ' wumer" He thinks that thu federal trade ' commission should be given power to ' fix coal prices, ufter u determination ' of tost of production |