If T:;: QCPESTANi f2lnr-J ;-n,f 1 221112 - ... '
I Law of Values Protects Coal Consumer,
I Says Vice President of Operators' Ass'n.
I
Assure Sufficient Produc
tion and Problem of Price
Regulation Automatical
ly Solves Itself; Margin
1 of 46 Cents Per Ton Left
Operators Last Year Not
Excessive.
By J. rA. MORROW
Vice President. National Coal iMOCi
ation.
l Recently, when the bttuminoui coal
ill operators declared that they could
not meet the demands of the miners
for a sixty per cent wage increase
and a tnir". hour week without in
flicting tax of a billion dollars a
ill year upon the public, the charge of
profiteering was made against them.
Perhaps the best answer to this
charge is contained in the figures
which Fuel Administrator Garfield
pfesa ited to the joint conference of
I i mircrs and operator in Washington
Dr. Garfield's figures showed that
(taring 1918. when 579.385.S20 tons
of bituminous coal were mined, the
average cost of production was $2.15
j I ner ton leaving an average margin
of 4G cents per ton to fh- operator
But this margin of 46 :enti per ton,
the Pucl Administrator explained,
jj did not represent profit, because in-
j! tcrext charges, selling expense. Fed
eral taxes and sundry other items
not allowed fn computing costs of
At production were paid out of it.
fl Thi year, on account of the f n II-
,d incr off in production, and the in-
H I creased cost of production, the aver
age margin left to the operator will
J! be much less and his profits cor-
II ponaingl reduced in many or
the mine fields the op. rators are
making less than four per cent upon
the actual capital invested by them
One phase of the operators' busi
ness which has not been thoroughly
understood to date by the public is
the necessity for a difference in the
price of high grade and low grace
coal. The high erode con! naturally
costs more to produce. In addition,
it lowers the value of the other coal
from which it is screened out. Con
sequently, although an operator may
sell his h'trh prude coal for much
1 more than his low grade, the average
I profit on his entire output is not m-
creased because he lowers the value
."if his remaining product and his
profits on his high priced grades are
offset by the losses on Ins low grade
.1 coals.
In this country, bituminous coal is
one of the necessities of life. Fac
tories, mills, public utilities, apart
men, houses and hotels are depend
In ent upon it to provide work, trans
j i CROWDSnCITED
I BY EXPLOSIONS
I OF SEWER GAS
Blue Flames Leep Above the
Pavement on Streets
of New York
111 NEW YORK. Dec. 6 Hundreds of
J II theatregoer? were thrown into a panic
j ? by an explosion of sewer gas in the
IB II White Light district which blew iht
i'lit tops off a score of manholes, sending
! tti blue frames leaping above tho pave
ment. Police reserves had to be sum-
jlnl raonod to control tho frightened
ii fl t rowdR. Hundreds of pprsons in ad-
''111 Joining buildings rushed into the
l IJj streets believing that a:i earthquake
''j If had occurred Windows were shatter-
:j ed for blocks and electric lights
1 1 1 11 throughout the region were extinguish
'III Tu ringing of private burglar
alarms added to tho confusion. At
& roadway and Twenty-seventh str a
''111 wide crack appeared in i. sidewalk
I rl Sc eral persons were severly injur
LJ j cd by flying r;lass.
jjl I JI A building occupied by ' the V;ir
I I 111 Camp Conimunuy service in We.st
!JI1 Twenty-seventh-street was badly shak
liJ III n an practically ail th windows
H I i were Di Oken
Dill The heavy plate gla? windows in
111 HI c'w Vork telephone company!
Ill 111 building In Broadway were shattered,
ill IT The explosions continue I toe nearly
IsM n hour, new blasts sending manhole
Covers into (he air.
till The six day bicycle race at Mndlron'
bttli Bquare Garden was halted when the
IhNI rc cParll:,ent ordered the ligh: In
H lu tlte garden extinguished as a precnu-
IH Monary measure, following an explo-
lIR 'on ' Sf'urr Kns m the nelshborhood.
The race aj ealled of! at 10:15 p. m
jlh Until tomorrow morning.
J.M I The thousands of spectators filed
lll Quietly out of the buildinp
ft iJJ At 11 o'clock the management de
ll 111 cldod to resume the race on assurances
Sill tnal !l" danger had passed With not
HDI single j-petaior present. ih -yolists
ijlH resumed their d -ii .wound thi tiack
Till ' The ten leading 'earn! which had
lilt been rlding lis hours and ten mirutes
llH since tre race began Monday morning.
r covered 2096 miles and 2 laps
'111 wh ' ii tho interriptmn oceurrol. The
111 Belgian.. Buyaae and Spiessens and
nljl th' Italians, r.rocco nnd Yerr were
MUj &e lap behind, and the Canadian-Am-
IBn! eriean team. Spencer and Chapman.
BDl n r French Helglnr j:.ir. Tlberg-
UBi heln and Chardon. two laps. The ree
HBl onl or ,hr liSth hour is 2304 mile:;
H aln rj laps, made by Verri and Esr in
II Garland Society
Hfl (Special to The Standard)
nil Mr. and Mr il C WrUlu .-n,j . hil
JI irn of Rldgedale, Idaho, who have
II C ASTO ft I A
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
1 Always bear .9 -
I mvn of Griffi&tSic
I
" D. A I'fo? cy
bm Vicre PnceicTent rNbtionl Coal Asrru
portntion and homes for millions of
I people. W.th so important a om
I moditv. it is essential that both the
production and the prices be neht
the production adequate and the
prices fair to not only the operator
and the miner, but the consumer as
well. Nor is there onv sensible iea
; son whv cither production or pryS
should fail to satisfy either pulfi !
demand or public approval.
It is n well recotrni7.ed law of
i values lhat anything which can be
' regularly produced in greater quan
tities than the market demands will
be sold at a price determined by the
rou of producing that thine where
: it can be produced mW cheaply.
Bituminous coal is that kind of a
product. Its potential production is
practically unlimited. We could pro
duce ul' the coal that this country
I could possibly consume, and more be
j sides. That production is actual
when vou have the cars at the mines
Anybody can cct all the coal he
J Ie?n visiting here with Mrs. Wright's
I parents. Mr. and Mi! H P. Swlr.yard.
i tor the last week, lei t on Monday for
I'sran to visii relatives and friends
Mrs Phareldo Jensen and children
of Bait Lake have returned home af
ter a two weeks' isit here with her
parent:'. Mr. and Mrs. Henry P, Swin-
yard.
Mr and Mrs. J. W. Lewis have re
turned Crom Ogden where thry spent
, day Aisitlng relative?
Mrs T. W. Ives was hostess to the
I Ladlfts' Self-Culture club at their last
meeting. Besides the members there
! were quite a number of invited ;.
I present who opjpyed the excellent pro
:grara. At the social hour refresh
Imsnts were served.
, Mr ;-.nd Mrs. (Jecrge Ilenrie enter
Haired at Thanksgiving dinner a num
Ibcr of invited guests.
Mrs. EL T Shaw and babies are vis
iting in Logan, the guebts of Mrs
; Shaw's parents. Mr. and Mr.s E. R.
Owens.
Mr. and Mrd. C. Parks have return
ed from Woods CrQSfl where they epent
Thanksgiving day with relatives.
Mrs. t'.eorge Gleason has had as her
truest her father, Moroni Jensen of
Brlgbam cay.
di I . Peterson has returned from
a !: it In Onden with relatives and
friends.
I -
Mr. and Mis. Aursen Saudtis, re-
Cently married In the Salt Lake tem
ple, have returned and are making !
their home in Garland.
Mi and Mrs. William Preston of
Brfgham City were Garland visitors
last work, the guests cf Mr. and Mrs
L VY Preston
Mr ;ml Mrs ". F. Pejisson ppent
Thanksgiving in Salt Lake.
Bert Swinyard of Salt Lake, who
was visiting hero with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs H P Swinyard, returned to
hi- home in Salt Lake Monday.
Mr. p.nd Mrs Fred Christiansen of
Salt Lake spent Thanksgiving day with
Mrs B. V. Schneider, returning to Salt
Lak. Friday morning.
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TREMONTON
(Special to The Standard)
Mr. and Mrs. Adams of Garland were
i litlag and shopping here Monda .
IfX A B. Holmgren of Bear Kiver
'it was a visitor in Tremonton Mon
day.
ahd lra, Wilkinson of Ogden
ar- isi'mK here with relatives and
friends.
Mr and Mr S B Watland have re
turned Iroui Mountain Home, Idaho,
where thev attended the funeral of
Mrd. M B. Hart.
. C. tveraop has returned from Salt
, 1-ake where he spoat Thanksgiving
Iday with his family
Mr Frank Taylor has cone to Bur
l.laho. to vi3lt friends and rela
tler Mr Ward of Riverside spent part of
last week attending to business in Tre-
mtmton.
I .
its. and ilra. O. Wytt of Brewiter.
Kansas, are to be in Tremonton visit
' wants then. Moreover, he is free to
rhoose the mines and districts from
tihich he will take his coal. Under
such circumstances, your prices
naturally, normally and inevitably
gravitate to the lowest level of pro
duction cost. Then, just as soon as
any factor begins to limit production
' c.,r shortnsre. labor trouble or any
thing else you find that the or:o
level begins to rise.
That being the case, with bitunv-
mus coal there is only one thing thst
; needs to be done to take care ade
, nuately of any question with respect
; to Driccs. and that is simply to as
, sure enough production. ou do not
neel any price regulation vhaterer,
under those conditions, because the
market, itself will regulate the nric
and make it low. The United State
, Government could not put it up. even
I if it fixed the price With an un
limited production, the bottom would
jdrro out of prices in spits of ho
I Government.
! ing relatives during the holiday sea-
son.
Mrs. G. Ritrlii" has gone to Logan
where sho will join her daughters,
Gladys and Minora, who are attending
tho B,'A&em Young c illi ,
Ml? "iverson. who is attending
school In Ball Lake City, is spending a
' week or two hero visiting friends.
I E. Hall of Portage spent part of last
J week attending to business mattr3 in
Tremonton.
Ncphi Nessen of Howell. and A.
Holmgren of Bear River City were in
Tremonton nan of last week attending
the meeting of the directors of the
State Bank of Tremonton.
V. E. Evans, state bank examiner,
was hero last week attending to busi
ness. Mrs. E. V. Schneider of Garland was
m Tremonton Wednesday.
Montana Suffers
Of Coal Shortage
A i he result of the coal shortage.
Montana is suffering severely, accord- j
Ing to Howard R. Holmes, represent
latve of the Edison Phonograph com
pany, who arrived in Ogden yesterday
ft om Butte and Helena
"In Butte, Anaconda and Helena,
i there is practically no coal." he stated.
Schools are operating on short hours
and storer, have been closed. Great I
Falls has ordered 100 carloads of coal 1
from Leihbridpe. Canada. County
Workers are at present cutting wood
to combat the coal situation.
MRS. LEWIS
OF BROOKLYN
Tells How She Was Made
Weil by Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable
Compound.
Brooklyn, N. Y., "For one year f
was miserable from a displacement,
. which caused a gen-
lllligliyll era' run-down con
yflifiai dition with heaJ
' t&'P$& i iheS f-rd r,;lin5 Ul
I VL wH 8e- v 818ter
I induced me to try
mVL- JtiI'' Lydia E.Pinkham'a
Hte ifl III Vegetable Com
MJtv n pound. I founa it
TaktE li helped me very
V 'I much and such a
splendid tonic that
1 am recommend
ing it to any woman
w n o has similar
troubles. " Mrs. Elsie G. Lewis, I J
Vernon Ave., Brooklyn. N. Y.
nditkau as Mrs. Lewis suf
fered from may be caused by a fall or
a general weakened run-down conditicn
cf th system, and the most successful
, remedy to restore strength to muscles
and tissue and bring about a norma!
healthy condition has proved to be this
famous root and ht rb medicine, Lydia
E. Pink ham's Vegetab.e Compound'.
If you have disturbing symptoms you
: do not understand write Lydia E. Pink
. ham Medicine Co.. Lynn. Mass. The
result of their 4'J years experiencs it at
1 f jur aervic-j.
WILLIE ft Ell IS
RESOLVED TO WIEET
0EE '
Willie Meehan, contender for world's
heavyweight honors, was an Ogden ls
itor this morninc Meehan Is return
lng to San Francisco from the east
The death of his wife caused his hur
ried trip westward and the fighter
will no doubt be out of the game for
some time as the result. He holds a
four-round decision over the champion
Jack Dempsey and IS eager to fieht
the title holder for any part of the
gate receipts
Meehan looks the picture of health
and tips the beams around the 200
pound mark. He has several matches
holding fire and expects to battle Fred
Fulton during the earlp part of the
new year.
"Jack Dempsey is one of the world's
greatest fighters," said Meehan this
morning, "and I am ager to clash with
him on any basis, winner take all or
percentage. In our four round light
at San Francisco, Jack put up a stub
born battle against me but the judges
awarded me the decision I am one of
the few that earned a verdict over the
champion and 1 think that my show
ing warrants a match against the
ehamnfon for the title.
Beckett Carpeoticr.
The Beckett-Carpentler match re
sult! d just as I had predicted, although
I really thought Joe would last more
than one round. The game is now
getting to be better than ever before
If Carpentier ever meets Jack Demp
ley, I am sure that the Utah fighter
Will be the winner. Oeorce was a t-ood
iu-ller in his day but his day of cham
pionship in my opinion is over and
the outhful Dempsey, with his power
ful rights and lefts, would be an easy
winner. However, the unexpected has
happened many times in the past two
or three years and the champion may
meet an unexpected defeat.
"In my honest opinion, few men lu
America arc equal to Dempsey and
there are but few logical contenders
for the world's heavyweight title. Bob
Martin, the army representative, is
j oung and needs a few year.-, of experi
ence before encouutoring a man of
Dempsey s nbility.
;'i am fit and ready for a battle with
: Dempsey at any time and only hope
I (hat K earns will r.gree to let me meet
the champion I know that Dempsey
is a good miller and has but few equals
but 1 am confident that 1 can give a
good account of myself."
DO
SCHOOLS DECLARED
Ilffi BHK001
Governor Says Children May
Be Victims of Failing
System
TRENTON, N J.. Dec. 6. Expressing
fear that 600,000 New Jersey school cm
dren may he made "victims of a demor
alized and broken down educational sys
tem," due to underpaid teachers. Go.-,
ernor Runyon today Issued a statement
caMlnf; attention of the locl hoards ot
estimate to "ihe gravity of the situa
tion." Now Jersey, he said, faces the lmmrL'
te prospect of closing schools or draw
ing into the teaching profession a still
lurger number of those Inadequately
trained and those without special pre
paration for the work.
The governor declared the scarcity ef
eachcrs already has causi d lowrring of
tducatlonal standards and even the sua
ponalon of elasses in schools throughout
lb-- .state. Tho cHsis Is not limited to
.r v Jersey, he stated, but looms as a
menace to the public schools of the na
tion. Many teachers have been forced ,
Into other fields by the need to earn a i
Urlng wage, he pointed out.
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Jobs Sought for
the Unemployed
SALT DAKE, Dec. 6.. Represent
Stives of the Red Crots, the American)
Legion, the fSlfca club, the Salvation
Army and the Everyman s club, met
yesterday in a special session called
by the Salt Lake county Red Cross
home service department The repre
isentatlves of these organizations
! agreed to co-operate In relieving the
unemployed in Salt Lake by means of
centralization of effort.
The employment list of each organ
ization will be checked and placements
reported.
Miss Charlotte Tarish, secretary' of,
the Salt Lake county Red Cross home
j service department, presided at the I
(meeting Miss Mary V. Kice. who will
take Miss Parish's place while she Ia
jon a vacation In the east, was also In
attendance Miss Parish eaid the
'homo service department comes into
contact with the unemployed men, I
many ot whom are tran&ients. She
I said they were not seeking charity
but merely a chance to earn their
living, and urged that all agencies co
i operate in finding employment for.
ithem. R M Mendelson of the Civilian
'relif committee. v ho assets in plac
I Ins the unemployed and investigating
cases, also spoke.
Theodore Killeen of Everyman's club
, said his organization could put a man
In every open position, but that the
need was to find the positions He
urged business men. managers of in
Iduitrles and others to notify any of the
co-operating organizations of openings.
J. Clar. nee Wood. In charge of the
American Legion state employment
bureau In the Ness building, said that
'hough his department was organised
to find employment only for service'
men. they would co-operate.
S. V Wilson of the Elks club, said
his organization aimed to find employ
ment for service men and would co
operate. Adjutant J. C. Douglas of the Salva !
tlqg Army, aald his organization had I
many calls, and aid that co-operation J
hould be arranged In preparing for
future demand.;
Wo never heard of a coal miner's '
strike in Hadea.
WMGLEYS
?c a package
y before the war
CC a package
$J during the war
and I
g"c a package
! TRE FLAVOR LASTS
j SO DOES THE PRICE!
EMMA AND ALEX
FIGHT TO EVADE
FORCEDRETURN
NEW YORK. Dec. 6. Efforts to
free Emma Goldman and Alexander
L'erkman from Ellis island on bail will
be made Monday If their writs of
habeas corpus are dismissed by Fed
eral Judge Mayer, iheir counsel, Harry
Weinberger, announced today.
While both his clients are ready to
go to soviet Russia if permitted to
pay their own expenses and select
their own method of going. W'-inhrcer
said they have authorized him to
carry to the I'nited States supreme
court, if necessary, bis efforts to
prove that their deportation would be
Illegal.
"They do not want to be kicked out
of the country instead.'' he said
Should Judge Mayer uphold the
deportation proceedings Weinberger
said he would move for a stay of d
QOrtatJon and for release of his clients
on the pending appeal He was hope
ful that Federal Judge Hand's rel--a.-e
in $1,000 ball of Hyman Lachowsky.
who had been ordered deported,
would be a precedent In the Herkman
Goldman cases.
The Bolshevlkl have changed the,
text of the Bible where It reads "Pear
not. the Comforter cojpeth" to 'Ton'i
worry. ou'll get our qnilts."
ROBUST CHILDREN
A child should not look pale,
thin or worn. Such condition
denotes malnutrition. To
keep up growth and robust
ness a child needs a plenkude
of food rich in vitamins.
SCOTT'S
EMULSION
abundant in prowth-promoting
properties, is an ideal supple
mental food that could "ei be
a part of the diet of every
growing child. Vk
Children aJwayn do well if
on Scott's Emuls'jn. M
Questionnaires
Are Presented to
Farmers of Weber
To correct possible misleading lm
i pressions regarding the matter of ques
tlonnaires regarding water allotments
to prop rt owners in W' ber county,
the county farm bureau office has is
sued the following:
"Questionnaires are beinn mailed
out to all property owners in the coun
ty with the request from Samuel For-1
tier, government engineer, and G. F.
McGonasrle, state engineer, that the
blanks be filled out and delivered to
the engineer at the time he vislt.s the
various towns. The purpose of this
survey is to secure first band informa
tlon trorn the water users themselves
on the type of soil, kind of crops, times l
each is Irrigated, name of canal. Dum
ber of sharea of stock owned, market
lvalue of stock, the actual amount of
water now owned, the additional water I
.needed and if ho favors perfcctiiiR an
organization to secure more water.
I "In making water allotments for the
proposed Irrigation district, the enci
jneers must determine two factors,
'namely the amount of water that
should be applied to each type of soil
and present water supply During
i the past three weeks, the amount of
'water needed has been determinea by
the soil and crop survey made by the
engineers over the entire county. The
next problem to be undertuk. n la to
decide the actual amount of water
which la now available, which can be
secured from these answers.
"Announcement will be made later
as to the exact date the engineers
will meet you at the local nietine
house, to receive these questionnaires.
You do not obligate yourself in anv!
way by filling in this blank. Youri
honest opinion is all that is desired."
Unsettled Weather
Promised West By
Forecast for Week
II ASHINOTO.V. rc Weather pre
dl rionn fr.r the w.. i . ,- r nc Monda . .
Isur-d by the wither bureau today ar-
l'pper MlMiaalppl and lower Missouri
valloa, northern Rocky mountain and
plateau region, toothem UorWy mouj.
tain and plateau region. Pacific state
t'naettled weather occasional rain tn
California and ralna and no i in Wash
ington and Oregon. Temperature wni
te aomowhat heiow normal in Waahlnr
ton and or. goo and normal In CaMforn'i
WED 111 VIS!TS
OGDEN ON TBI
Df WEST
Elizabeth P. Bum ell. A M . a ?rado
ate of the l'niversir of Michigan, pal" :
Ogden a visit during the week and
. onfei red with . J Stillwell ot j
Ogden Publicity Bureau on "The tireat
Out Doors." Miss Burnell is touring j
ihe western states and has headquirt-r-
at h.n.r ISt plans are author
ized by ihe Rocky Mountain Park
and her work in ihe sr. at out-doom
has been commented on in variou H
parts of the country.
She is a nature guide and spent J
number of years in nature stud) So" M
has had out-door experience a I
cuidi- m Canada, the IlerrnudaJ. 08 1
Mobile Bay and at Spirit Lake, low
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Rumanians Arrest
All Members of I
New Government I
VIENNA. Tliur.da. Iec 4. - l
Independent rovi rnment ban been j
1 up in Herman jtadt, m tbs occupy
district of Transylvania, and all M
; members have been arrested by 1
Rumanians, according to dUpa'" j
from Bucharent. In all 268 ar2TM
were made includinK many cleriJeJ
Plfty thousand Rum.miirn 'roopr
front and sent Into the Hcrm"0 1
district. S
m OO BBJ
No woman ronaldern a dr oac Jpl
Sure I
Reliefs
RE LL-Ag U