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Government Control 01
Coal Price Off April
*.7ashiji2lon. March 23.?Pres\bnt
"VUson today withdrew
Ecvenunc-1 control of the nrice
of bituminous coal so that the
j ^ J?
Z< percent wage aavance ior
miners recommended bv the maioritv
of the ccal stirike settlement
commissioii inav be absorbed
in the mice the consumer
will pav after April 1. The
commission estimated this wase
advance at $200,000,000 a vear.
At the same time, the President
made public the maioritv
and minority reports of the commission
and wrote the operators
and miners askiner thatj tliev
::;.ch an af^eement on the basis
cf the maioritv report alone as
speedily as possible so that the
uncertainty reeardinff the fuel
situation mieht be removed.
>'o Anthracite Strike
Xew York, March 23.?The goner
scale committee representing the a
thracite coal miners by a virtual
unanimous vote decided today ;o r
main at work after April 1 pendii
negotiation of a new wage agreeme
"providing the mine owners agree
make any wage award retroactive
that date.
Washington, March 23.?Gover
ment control over the maximum pri
of bituminous coal was withdra\
today by President Wilson, effecti
April 1.
At the same time the Preside
wrote the operators and miners trar
mitting the majority report of t
coal commission and informing th(
that this report was "the basis up
which the wage schedule agreemer
between the mine workers and c
erators shall be made."
April 1 is the date on which the
agreements normally would becoi
effective and by removing gover
ment control of prices effective tli
day the President paves the way f
increased coal prices to absorb t
average 7 percent increase reco:
mended in the majority report.
The President wrote the opei
tors and miners that it was "esse
til l to the public welfare that t
agreements be concluded at the ej
liest date practicable so that the u
certainty as to the fuel supply m
be ended and that the consumt
may be able to make contracts f
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can scarcely h
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;j|| the engine, an<
M??fs| and evenly.
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il knm>v?aatsaaw'xvwja in ijnvi-v:
I their coal supply." c(
The President "said h? assumed n<
J that neither party would raise *ny ft
question and that he was suve that. c?.
no question could properly ra?s- aj
ed as to the binding character of the;e:
award by the majority of the com-j pi
. iK.um v oth wi thstniiii; lit" l!ln f:lPt ' ef
that it was not unaniiujut-.
The executive ordQr withdrawing C1
government control of prices re- c.f
moves virtually government control 1!
jof coal, placing the fuel administr.i- J;!
ition in the status it was to'yro its
authority was restored when the u]
|uir.itrs struck last November I. i
i The President .ia!1 there was no 1
: provision of law for fixing new ocal jj
: prices for peace time purposes and f(
'that "unless and until some grave p,
'emergency shall arise, which in my n
| judgment has a relation to the emer- ni
| gency purposes of the Lever act, I r<
would not feel justilied ir fixing si
.coal prices with reference to future jc
conditions of production."
The majority report of fhe com- ^
n-j mission said the 27 per cent increase
lv i abf- jrh. d the 14 per cent incrca.se
e- allowed when the m;ners returned to
u:? vov'i and that in doll irs it WDiild
nt approximate $200,000,000 a year.
t0 In refusing the demand of the laint0
ers for a thirty hour week, the majority
of the commission said that if
n" the work-day were shortened by one
Ce hour it would b eequivalent to au advn
ditional cost of more than $100,000,ve
0C0.
The minority report or jonn r.
White, the miners' r .-presentat'.ve.
!s" held out for a higher increase ior all
day labor and monthly men Than were
3111 granted by the majority, but ho con?.n
furred in the recommendation for a
24 cent per ton increaso on j?iok and -j.
,p" machine mining. His reporc was 1
transmitted to the operators and rain!se
eis by the President for their infonmiue
tion.
nal
The operators were warned by Pres- P
or ident Wilson against violating laws s
lie against combinations in restraint of
m. trade and profiteering and also not a
to exact "unreasonable prices for c
ra- coal." *
,n_ "I am aware" said the President. e
jie 'that at present, as a result of the s
ir shortage created by the coal strike
and of the consequent interference
with transportation and as a result, v
also of the exceptionally unfavorable t
frs winter, the demand for coal continues ?
0r active. I desire to impress upon the s
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One Look[
his New Cha>
7kes Tou fFam
"t get into an argument about the b
halmers. Everyone admits it. Ju
Its coach, with large square doors, i
ointments, superior high finish e
in you sink into those new type c
)u say to yourself: "Here is comfc
loose the power stream. Note the 5
car a sound. Watch for vibration,
m the semblance of a fender quiverir
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hm. They "digest1' the gas before i
1 they "feecT each cylinder quickly
ike results dc luxe in power, and
d many now say Chalmers is one of
cars of the world.
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)al operators the extreme importance
3t only of their complying to the
illest extent with the laws against
imbinations in restraint of trade and
jainst profiteering, but also of their
terring themselves affirmatively to
revent exacting of unreasonable pric>
for coal.
I am sure the public fully appreates
the desirability, where practiible.
of leaving commercial transacons
untrammeled, but at the same
me i am sausneu me pumic win
ml ways to protect itself if such lib al
policy shall appear to result in
ureasonably high prices."
Lewis Disappointed.
John L. Lewis, president of the
nited Mine Workers of America, in a
>rmal statement, expressed disapointment
that the President had afrmed
tiie majority report of the eomlission
but said the miners were
jady and willing u respond to the
iggestion that they participate in a
lint wage conference.
IOVEWENT IS 0\ FOOT
TO INVESTIGATE GAS PRICES
Washington. March 23.?Investigation
bv the Department
of Justice of recent advances in
crices of erasoline. kerosene, fuel
oil and other petroleum products
would be directed ulnder a resolution
introduced today by RepT)ver
Rprmfc'/ienn
Missouri.
The attorney general nnder
the resolution would investieate
the accounts of the leading concerns
producing: oil producte and
'would report to the house the
existence of anv combinations
to restrain trade.
Missionary Slays
Officer in India
London, March 23.?Calcutta disatches
to the Daily Mail tell of the
laying of Major H. D. Cloete at Sad^a
Assam, by a missionary. First
dvices telling of the tragedy did not
learly identify the man who killed
lajor Cloete, but later messages statd
he was L. W. B. Jackman, a phy
ician, accredited to the American
Saptist Foreign Missionary society.
Mr. and Mrs. Jackman have been
working among the Abors and Miris
ribesmen near Sadiya, and the forler
has been a resident of Assam
ince 1904.
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