Mitchell Evening Republican (Newspaper) - September 14, 1922, Mitchell, South Dakota
Twelve Page the evening Republican third edition vol. Xxxviii. Mitchell South Dakota thursday september 14, 1922 number 295roads sign peace singly Coal unions Victory hits whole nation Fanner hit hardest As result of War time wages miners have won consumer foots Bill woman head of corporation smashes one More pet theory err s i i Iii v a x Sis p or Wen is of Industry must Ady ant e a Ages Soi in Mil my Mark of Mil v n Adonai pol it Ira i correspondent of to Mit Oliou evening in it puh loan and the Nom York k vol Ling Post Waishing on. D it. Sapt 14 it Opy it. I. To the Mitchell evening i lbs can and then it York Kven a pos it a the Coal strike is now my lately ended and there is room discussion both of the economic suits of it and of the meaning of it a he broadest sense of politics. The a Rik no miners have been com a Civ successful. They have won 0 percent of what they contended r and then some. These minors w constitute the one group of Akers in the United states whose in sensation for their labors has not in materially reduced from their time Peak. By their Solidarity. A their morale and by the remark in Calll of their leaders they Are e one group that Bas defied the or of deflation. To use the con Eremal phrase the Farmers have been Lui dated. The Security holders have or liquidated. And nearly All Arches of labor have been liquid de to some degree. The Coal min a alone. Continue to hold Prath Alai the accretion of wages and nil p other advantages which came to pm during the War. Immigration one cause for this there Are several causes p of the most potent although one to generally taken info account is in policy of immigration Tectrix inns it is not generally perceived at through the operation of out immigration restriction Law Row labor in a United states has been Given a it Colon greatly to its advantage to top rest of the Community in labor in America is now the a Nufi Ciarav of that a name economic w which is to often operated to the Ivan age of other business elements. By Are the beneficiaries of a reduce in what has been in the past Horal supple this puts the venerable n of Supply and demand in a Posi a relative to labor which it has la rarely had n the United stares. 1 the eld Days when a Rikes like that the i Aal mines arose the easy and to Mon trav of breaking it was. Diet in or indirectly the importation raw Laborti pm Europe. If this a it put year or Quot were the year 5o 3 he Coal miners today would Ive lost their strike. Either they a mid have Given in Early or their res would have been taken by a an. Hungarian. Polish or other Virties of immigrant labor. Is tiling of unt this condition is wholly of the past. much Tim larger employers labor May wish for More or re is Rev of raw material however much e r in a Lic generally May have wished a the Coal strike should be broker a aggregate of these forces will or Quot by Able to Chang-1 our present a ration Law in the direction of ver looseness of the present Law he changed at All. It will he a he direction of More stringent strict Ion. Public opinion in the had states has come clearly to i1, of immigration not in the s of raw material for our .-.p.rips, but a a Ather from the Point hew of its relation to our social rupture Public opinion is Crystal i in the belief that immigrants in c a rulers in which they have Rome Jat composed a difficult and pc it Able contribution to our so a a net tire. ,., a turn Row to the other Indus p aspects of the winning of the n Shrike they Are no Jess Clear. That of Coal is going to be higher. ? going to he higher not merely to a extent that the wage paid the a. Ars Are higher than they were a a he War the addition to Tny of Oral will not he measured ony the sum by which the wag i Oil miners Are greater than by Vera before the War. The Price a a o the consumer will be Aiso by All those additions flew from the greater amount a Al Nee is a by to be employed. N Ower of the mine. The Corpora in hat operates it. The wholesale a it ran r the retail dealer a h and will add something to the Price. Consumer hit mind a ays Truis increased Cost of Coal will exp itself and will Bear Down on the insurer in a multitude of ways. It have of be met and paid by the Nurer of Light Gas and electricity. Continued on Page 11 states crops for 1922 Worth Igo millions years Harvest exceeds that of 1921 by eighteen millions figures show Corn is King again latest hews on strike settlement 11ai 7.000 Bush Fps Wiki bring a rowers sii.726.800�?Spring wit fat next miss Marf car it Githens by in a Servi f Philadelphia pa., sept. 14�?business psychologists have just witnessed the Embling of a pet theory. Their crumbled theory is that the woman in business can be successful Only if her business is concerned with the artistic luxurious or delicate things of commercial life. Psychologists applied this theory to miss Margaret Githens of this City. The professors Are now busily engaged in gathering together the a splintered fragments of a perfectly Good idea for miss Githen is owner and manager of a $50,oho corporation manufacturing couplings. Valves. Nipple clamps and menders materials quite different from the antique. Rare Hook inferior a it it a a. Lions Tea shops or dress specialities which the psychologist suggested. Instead of th6 somber glory of a Renaissance cheat. Mis it Githens deals in i be p act Lea i Utility of valves for open work plumbing not Flimsy lingerie but Copper valves take her attention and instead of the sleek Beauty of 18th Century vellum bindings this successful business woman takes Delight in displaying the value of her latest Metal coupling. A i done to think there is anything in that theory Quot said miss Githens. Quot there is no difference Between the a sexes As far As business ability is concerned. Nothing but individual tastes. Quot to a few Days i am going out to Butte Montana to investigate the Copper Minier from which t receive the raw material for my manufacturing. Quot while there i intend to Don a miners outfit and make a real study of conditions Quot what have you to say about the theory that modern business unisex a woman a miss Githens smiled in a Peculiar Way. Quot i think i must be old fashioned if that is True. You see. When i return from Butte i am going to Coal embargo latest crisis is on in East in Asia minor alarms London Infix \ of Fife at Eyre or if. Ports so great Boyts f and to ii a Dee i mrs. Harding out of danger Esi of a to a Yak Ife however to in n c a and tedious conv period Washington. D. A. Sept. 14.�?mainly of the steady improvement s to i 5r her condition for the last 3 diva gave attending physicians end u conf dece today that mrs. Hard s a Wen on the Road to recovery Mem her critical Hines. Issuance re regular bulletins on the a a condition was to be Discontini he from this time with Only orca a Era reports to be issued instead a e Progress of her recovery. An or Cement to this effect was made in a St night s official bulletin which a Quot cd that mrs Harding had spent a be a Day yesterday since her ill a Csc a became critical. As n the Case of a previous siege a the same illness however the bulletin expressed the opinion of attending physicians that mrs. Hard comale rence would necessarily a a tedious one. On one of the two a Vious occasions in Tho last eight a cars in which mrs. Trading has Suc of fully resisted an attack of the Quot a usant malady her convalescence it recalled Here today extended of of a period of seven or eight months. By associated press leased wire St. Paul Minn., sept. 14.�?the in i flux of bituminous Coal at Hake Erie paints i so great that the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. One of the principal carriers of Coal in the soft Coal regions. Placed a tem-1 Horary embargo on All shipments of co Tintie until All docks at Eastern Points Are Able to Load the fuel o. P. Whit Ltd. Federal distributor the Northwest was advised today. The Coal in coming in such Large t quantities that Dock facilities cannot Cope with the situation and the pm i Bargo was made necessary to Clear. The congestion. Or. A White said. Or. White again emphasized the need of Consumers of Coal in the Northwest including the Public util Hies companies to begin the Purchase of their supplies of bituminous i if the Coal is to begin to move into this District. Japan and Russia agree on scope of siberian meeting by associated press leased wire Changchun sept. 13�?japan and Russia have tentatively agreed on i the scope of he conference Here for settlement of siberian questions affecting the two countries. Delegates of the Chita Republic and the mos cow soviet will participate jointly. Of Ime dem very fails by associated press leased Yyi Lre St. Terer Minn. Sept. 14�?an at a tempted wholesale jail delivery in the i criminal Ward at the St. Peter state Hospital was frustrated today after two patients had slugged the Cook in to insensibility compelled ave nurse attendants to saw the bars of the win Dows and held a posse of Iso men at Basfor nearly three hours. A disagreement Between Powers i Eli result in n new War. Of. Pyper says troops on w a Malta. Sept. 14.�?Tho British transport Soma with Tho second Royal Sussex regiment on Board Nill leave Malta for constant i Nople tonight. All other British troops in Malta have been ordered to stand by. Prepared to sail. Fliers embark Loudon. Eng. Sept. 14.�? a thousand officers and men of the Royal air Force embarked today at Southampton for service in m Sopot a , wealth produced by South Dako a tags Grain crop this year is approximately la 8, in excess of the wealth produced from this source in 1021, according to figures issued this week by the Bureau of Croo Esti i mates of the United state department of agriculture. The Grain Fields of the state this year will bring nearly too minion Dol Lears to the Farmers of South da-1 Kota if sold at prices prevailing on september i the Corn cats. Spring wheat Barley and flax from South Dakota farms would be Worth a total of $00,205,000. Last years total Provdik Tion iof these grains was Worth Only $81,-321.000. As the yields of some of the crops for last year were considerably below the total yields for this year. Corn crop smaller Corn grown in South Dakota this a season will total 1 1 1.81 7.000 in she a. J according to the september i est mate of this crop last years total Corn production amounted to 125.-032.000 bushels but tie crop this a year is Selling at a better Price than that of 1021. So the smaller yield is Worth More. The crop this year is taken at the average of 40 cents a Bushel while last years september 1 Price of Corn in South Dakota was placed at 31 cents. This year s Corn crop is valued at a total of $44,728,800, while the 1021 crop was Worth $38,9 45,920. The Corn crop this year is estimated at far above the ten year average for the state but the state would have produced t record Corn drop of its history this year if it had not i been for the hot winds and Lack of rain in August. This years Spring wheat drop will t total 37.1 55.ooo bushels a compared with 24.930.000 bushels of this Grain produced a year ago. Spring wheat brings Only 75 cents a Bushel this year. As compared with 38 cents in 1921. To spite of the lower however the Large yield this year brings the total value of the or on about four million dollars above that of 1921. This year Spring wheat crop in estimated to let a Worth $27.-846.250. Oats it Yop is l Arger production of Oats in South Dakota was 22.o0o.ono bushels greater this year than in 1921. The Ideal weather conditions brought an Oats crop of 80.871.000 bushels estimate to he Worth 19 cents a Bushel on september i. The 1921 crop amounted to Only 58 300.000 bushels and was Worth 18 cents a Bushel run september i. 1921. The total value of the Oats crop this Yar is placed at $15,365,000 As compared with a total value of $10,494,000 last year. South Dakota farms produced 24 -t>16 000 bushels of Barley this year. As compared with 17.323.ooo bushels last year. Barley was sold a1 33 cents a Bushel in 1921. And is est mated at 30 rents a Bushel at Rres-1 ent. The greater yield this year Brines the fetal value of the crop to $7.264.onn this year. While the value last year was onlv$5.716.000. The flax crop for 1 922 is estimated it 0 140000 bushels or an increase. Of approximately 700.non bushels Over 1921 when the crop of this Gra n was placed at 1.404.ooo bushels for the state at $1.87 per Bushel this year the crop is Worth $4,001,800, while last year s crop which sold at $1 per Bushel is placed at a total value of Only $2,232 360. Hold Sec ret i get by associated press leased yet re it new York. N. \. Sept. 14.�? a. In Smith president of the no w 3�tu Central Railroad today held a Sis ret mooting with a. G. President the jfuo4 her Hood of Railroad trainmen and l. E. Mie Panl president or the order of railway it Ltd a Ltd a victors at which they i Cesped a new agreement which it a Nuder Steed would provide for a renewal of the present wage scale working conditions and rules. -. Of a of Vlf Frk i is Start you Arlington. D. 4 sept. 14.�?direct negotiations to end the shop men a strike on the Southern railway on the basis of the agree me it adopted by the shop crafts Genera policy committee will be inaugurated at conferences to be held Here beginning saturday. Cannot accept new York. N. A. Sept 14�?presi-Dmt e. K. I zoom is of the i a High Valley Railroad today announced that it is a out of the question for us to accept the plan proposed to end the rail strik e he said his employees Are now forming an association of their of a. Seniority rights unmentioned Board wages Are accepted roads agree to take men Back within thirty Damp Yso major Points in Early dispute apparently ignored in final settlement number of systems entering agreement is still in doubt seek own peace by associated press leased wire act. Paul. Minn., sept. 14.�?executives of four Railroad entering i the twin cities were meeting with representatives of their striking showmen Here today in an Effort to set to the strike in tin Northwest on the basis of the agreement negotiated in Chicago. Tile Northern Pacific the Minneapolis. St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie. The Minneapolis and St. I Otiis and the great Northern Are the four re had a represented at the conference which was requested by it. A. Denning chairman of the Northwest Federated shop crafts on ills return today from the Chicago conference. Both strike leaders and executives declined to discuss the nature of the peace pm Winals to lie made at the meeting. New men to St St. It loud i inn. Sept. 14�? division superintendent it. E. I and is of the great Northern Railroad directed in Ost tag of the following bulletin at the St. Cloud shops i employees should be advised Flint the men now in service will to protected in their present Iii a Telegram to agent ii. It. Neigh he a Iii that the great Northern had no Virt in any negotiations that b m. Jewell head of the Railroad shop crafts to carrying on with Northwestern railroads and Flint the great Northern would Deal in the future with organizations of its own pm ploys in All wage adjustments. Pm Pic gym ent St it it pred Kansas City. Alo., sept. 14�?local official of the Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad were instructed not to employ any More men and to cancel labor agencies in a Telegram received late wednesday from s. You Wilcox general master Mechanic of the Road. It was announced today. Arf not affected St. I Oil is. Yio. Sept. 14.�?�?-tile five it Railroad having general office in St. Louis Are not included in the strike settlement reached last night. It was announced today. The roads Are Missouri Pacific St i outs South West pm of ton Belt Yik Souri Kansas and Texas St. Louis and san Francisco. Anil tiie Wabash. Pledges fairness it Hie ago. I. Sept. 14�?the settlement of the shop men s strike on a or Tain railroads sustains the transportation act Aud should the questions upon which the strike was predicted come har k to the i United states Railroad labor Board a tile fullest and fairest consideration Xxiii lie granted. Ben w. Hooper chairman of the labor Obeird. Said in a statement today. These roads ready by associated press Loa cd wire Chicago. Iii., sept. 14 a among tin larger systems said today to be in Lmh d in the rail peace a rang Merit at the Start Verc a the next York ten Trail lines and subsidiaries including Tju Michigan Central and big four. Tile Chicago Ai u Waukee and St. Paul. Chicago and North Westem and subsidiaries. Baltimore anti Ohio. Seaboard airline. Southern rail Xay. Chesaw Peake and Ohio. The Alonni. A a a a by associated press leased wire Chicago. Iii., sept. 14 a members of the shop crafts policy committee who yesterday approved peace plans for ending the railway strike through separate agreements with individual roads today began separate negotiations under terms of the agreement. Instructions to various system federation Offir als to enter signatory negotiations and arrange agreements with their roads Yvere sent out from Union Headquarters by Bert m. Jewell chief strike Leffier and head of the railway employees department of the american federation of labor. The shop crafts executive Council remained Here with to direct the affairs of the railway shop unions in settling the strike. Number is indefinite railway systems counted among i those expected to sign the agreement immediately or soon were said to i number of a of the 202 roads of the i country. Sonic Early estimate placed the number of roads favouring the plan at nearer 30 while other estimates ran As High As 60 or More. The 1 i larger a Uriber included numerous i lines subsidiary to big systems. Some of the larger systems were counted among those willing to sign for immediate peace. The mileage affected today was estimated at about 55.000 of the 250,-000 Miles of trackage in the i United states. The text of instructions to officials of system federations would remain confidential or. Jewell said. Any list of the roads which were parties to the agreement made pub lie or. Jewell said would have to Rome from the railroads themselves. Accept Bofird scale i under the terms of the peace plan shop men Are to return to work in Smyrna burning Der wage Scales prescribed by the i United states Railroad labor Board effective july i the Date the strike began in protest against the Board s decision. The question of seniority which was not specifically mentioned in the agreement which provides that showmen shall return to work in Quot positions of the class they occupied before the strike. The agreement made no mention either of working conditions or the contract system for a farming out shop work which with the wage controversy were the original issues in the strike. Disputes Over the Quot relative standing of employees and new disputes which might arise As outgrowths of the strike shall. Under the peace terms be referred to adjutant boards composed of representatives of the carriers and their employees if the disputes cannot be settled As an individual matter Bette i an employee Ami his Road. Of list take Fen rack the agreement requires the signatory roads to find place for All returned strikers within thirty Days after it becomes effective. Strikers who have committed acts of violence Are not protected in the agreement to restore former jobs to employees. J. A. Franklin president of the boilermakers said a great number of showmen probably will he Back at their old jobs within a week. Through Early settlements on some lines followed by agreements with others not yet included among the willing oads there will probably be a Grade. Return to work. Or. Exx Ell said. He admitted the shop men face stubborn opposition from some roads whose officials announced they were through with be got iat weather report South Dakota. Minnesota and Iowa a generally fair tonight and Friday much change in temperature. All bachelors attention Quot i darn your socks and mend your i shirts. All or Helorus attention Quot so advertised a girl who stood for Quot ounces of prevention Quot the and she ran has brought her jobs too numerous to mention. London. Eng. Sept 14.�?the Eastern Cit anon is causing considerable concern Here. This is reflected in the editorial columns in the morning newspapers some of which adopt a distinctly alarmist tone. Quot a grave crisis a confronts the Powers says one while others declare the Quot situation is driving to the danger Point that All the elements Are present for another flare up of War Quot and that Quot the Powers must act at once and in agreement if they fail to agree nothing but a Miracle can Avert one sentiment which dominates All is fear lest France v although agreeing to maintenance of the neutrality of constantinople and the Straits of Dardanelle May interpret the Quot legitimate aspirations Quot of the turks in such a manner As to prevent the co operation of great Britain. V those papers which Are habitually suspicious of France comment strongly on her tenderness for the turks and insist that the latter cannot be allow a to retain the Ace and Adria Nople. Which they believe France is willing to give them. Each Day brings fresh reports of the intense feeling aroused in the Mohammedan countries by the turkish Victory in Anatolia with indications of determination to support the turkish Cia a with whatever Means lie at their thu postal. Reports from British India especially represent the moslem there As greatly excited. The daily express today published a Cairo dispatch emoting information just received of equally intense excitement in Palestine. Fear of an attack on constantinople by the turkish nationalists before the allies can reach an agreement has brought to the front the question of the whereabouts of the main Kemah St army which apparently has never entered Smyrna. The urgent need of the quickest possible agreement of the allies is seen by even the calmest of the commentators and suggestion for an immediate conference is conspicuously put Forward. Rebels take Balina Belfast Ireland. Sept. 14�?balina. In Northern county Mayo has been captured by the republicans. Several buildings including the Bank Are reported to have been burned. Large forces of troops from All parts of the country Are concentrating upon the baseball american league lot to blow up Irish prison boat discovered claim Kin. Too 91 new York. Chicago. Bush and Behan a Verette and Schalk. Washington Cle Vela and. Non a 002 a Erick son and Gharrity Edwards and l. Sewell. Philadelphia 20� of Detroit a \ Ogden and Perkins Pillette and Woodall. Boston. St. Louis i Quinn and Ruel Davis and sever eld. _ National league Pittsburgh. Oil i an of a 8 9 i Boston. Aaa aaa ago a a Ltd 3 Adams a lid Schmidt Miller Mcnamara and of Neill. St. Louis. 313 11 a of Philadelphia. 002 101 of Haines Barfoot and Ainsmith Behan. Weinert and Peters Chicago. 01j of new York. 040 03 Aldridge. Kauffmann and o Farrell Mcquillan v. Barnes. Ryan. Scott and Snyder. Cincinnati. 200 112 ooi�?7 la Brooklyn. Too 030 �?3 to 2 Couch and Margrave Grimes and Miller. By associated pros leased m ire Belfast. Ireland. Sept. 1 4�?the Ulster government it was Norf nuanced today has discovered a plot. To blow up or scuttle the Steamer Argenta on which 399 sinn seiners Are interned at Larne Lough county Antrim. A Omen Are painted Belfast. Ireland. Sept. 14.�?South Irish advices today assert that the Homes of women of Killarney known to be in sympathy with the republicans were visited by armed and masked men who found the Young women in their Beds and painted their bodies Green. National army forces Are investigating by annotated pre leased a ire a instant impute. Sept. 14.�? Smyrna is burning the population is in a panic. All the wives and children of native americans Are being evacuated to Athens. The cause of the fire is not vet known. Scores of buildings in the european Section of the City have a in destroyed including that of the american Consul. American marines and Allied soldiers formed a fire brigade but. The conflagration d beyond their control. The property damage is estimated in millions the fire originated in the armenian Quarter and spread rapidly. The greek and armenian quarters have be in destroyed and the fire is rapidly spreading to other of Home for aged ejected when caught making wine Muskogee. Okla., sept. 14.�?an six year old inmate of the county old i folks Home Here was ejected by the i authorities when they found that she a had a Complete wine making apparatus hidden under her bed. Together with several quarts of the completed i product. Officials said the grapes for the wine were stolen from the county proposes amendment to Constitution coat Peete leg isl Ati a f. Fro g r a Ai outlined by Spe Kal a. F. L. Committee take advantage of the free want ads on saturday to dispose of your used car or to turn old pieces of furniture into Cash. Saturday want ads Are free with two paid issues. Write out your want and now the Cost is Only 2 cents a word. By associated press leaded a ire Atlantic City. N j., sept 14.�?the executive Council a of the american federation of labor prepared today the fifth of its annual sessions to outline legislation which it Hopes to have introduced before Congress As part of its next year s program. As the program has been developed to is far. The labor chiefs expect to concentrate their efforts in promoting Threa amendments to the Constitution and other major legislation. They will include an amendment to the Constitution intended to curb the injunction Power vested in Federal officials As demons rated in the present injunction against the rail shop crafts. In this connection a nationwide movement already is under Way. According to Matthew Well vice president of the federation to pave the Way for anti strike injunction legislation. An amendment fixing 16 years As the minimum age for child labourers and authorizing Congress to raise the minimum age As conditions warrant. An amendment giving Congress Power to Repass and thua legalize Law which May be enacted and then declared unconstitutional by the United state supreme court. Roads ready to a begin sep a ate Nuj a Oti action Chicago. Iii., sept. 14.�?leaders of the Federal railway shop crafts who today began negotiations for separate settlements of the shop men a strike which began july 1 in accordance with the agreement adopted by the unions general policy committee announced thai several railroads a telegraphed Tynion Headquarters indicating willingness to Start negotiations. These the leaders said won in addition to about fifty reads which previously had agreed to separate settlement. Oxx Western line. In officials of two of the Large West Ern railway systems today confirmed inclusion of their roads in the list o line parties to the general Settle Merit agreement these were the Hie ago and Northwestern and the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Tau Mads. No official list of roads a been announced either by unions o rail executives. A number of the important West a in line were not parties to the agreement and will not be included i the settlement according to state merits from their officials mad it Rhese included the Chicago. Burling ton and Quincy the i by Cage an Alton and the Chicago great West Ern. C. And v a. Ready the us Ira go and Northwestern one of the Large Western systems Rorty of the Tigre Menf was k peered to meet leaders of Joe shop men some hum today with the nos Sib lit that the men would ret to work tomorrow or monday the Road official had not bean notified flus morning when the showmen. Presen Marive would apr hut was said the basis of agreement a been approved and the constr it or would he entirely info a non la third of rail a a mileage in agr Kemen Washington. D. 1 sept 11 had vices to th1 labor department Toda from its representatives in Ltd Hiag said that railroads approximating 3i percent of the country a mileage halt a dignified their intention of ending the. 1 shop men a strike on the basis of the agreement accepted yesterday by the shop crafts general policy commute and that roads represent or a an add i 1 tonal 39 percent were read. To on the strike the commission decided upon to adjudicate differences Between work ers and rail beads As provided under the agreement labor department off class were informed will be composed of six shop crafts represent ave and not officials of the Railroad brotherhoods As originally provided. Administration plea Mal Section four of the agreement the advices futher explainer was interpreted in Chicago by Union worker a mean Flat the railroads signatory it the agreement will meet Union rear. Sedatives on wage questions and a1 other matters growing out of strik and upon failure to agree on Point at Issue the questions under dispute will be referred to the commission provided for in Section five the development in the rail Strigl situation was received with satisfaction by All administration officials in eluding pres Dent Harding Many would not comment for publication preferring to wait until an actual settlement bad been ree a Jed but at the Treasury it was said that be Cantor it Mellen took the View that with an end to Industrial troubles. The Outlook for business was Quot very Follon secs limitations or Mellon was said however try a limitations upon the transportation facilities of the railroads which would prevent an enormous expansion of business activities in the immediate future shortage of equipment and possible labor shortages Are the limit ing factors in mellows opinion. Normally the railroads of the country require about 109.900 cars a year added to thir rolling Stock equipment it was explained and As this replace ment of rolling Stock has not be in kept up the carriers ability to handle traffic would be limited for the pres ent. Nevertheless or. Melton was represented As seeing no difficulty ahead i of the carriers in supplying the need and requirements of the country o it the Winter particularly in rho matter of Coal