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Show AS KXOKMOI S LOSS An t-iKji'iuo iih In i'l l:inK I'Hr-dcni-d upon tin' fanners of valli-y In an endeavor In secure lli-ir win-; t.-r H.ipply of coal al Ho- Hunting ton mini-M east or MohiiI IMea.-aut, unci l-'alrvl.-w. Conditions at the mine are hiicIi Ilia! many men witli their l.-aniH nr.- losinK valuable time waltliiK for an opportunity to n-t haded. At tlie present time there arc only five or nix miners al work dliiiiK coal and these row men am unable to supply Hie demand. Tlie inanai'e inent of the mine does not seem to liable li-able to bandle I In- Hiuaalion. Some thing oiikIH lo be done to help supply sup-ply the people wilh coal. DurlnK the past tsvo weeks there have been waiting at the mine, sixty six-ty to ninety men with their teams every ev-ery day anxiously wait ins; to net a chance to load. Home wait four or five days at the mine before they gel loaded. The daily loss In valuable time to these sturdy farmers would amount to $r,tm or ;oo per day Viewing the situation from litis poinl It would seem that there has been $6000 or $7000 lost to the larniert during the past two weeks. Can we afford to permit this con dltlon to exist any longer? We havt been urged to conserve our time and resources for the benefit of humanity. human-ity. We cannot afford to permit such conditions to retard the progress ol the producers. It is necessary for the people to get their coal and assistance assist-ance should he secured from some source. The public should be aroused arous-ed to the situation. ,lf the present management is unable un-able to handle the"mlne, the Publk Utilities Commission should take hold of It and see that the coal is supplied. |