STATE COAL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1473, 22 June 1912, Page 6

STATE COAL.

IIISK IX,?HK']>-JMMINKXT. . i. ■ A -siiioll incre.uo in tlie prico of .Slate. coal may bo !-xp:cl(-d at an early date; The cost of "lii'aiidli nij.-^tlicv-'tibal--' atyports- ' and^tiiiit'of trimspoi'liiig^st- byi';,sea ; ; have; : both bV'-n incr<-aK-d sincn (iie ..wati r-iilo workers .asid 'eani,'ii ol.'iair.i-d r.cw wiirl>- ■ l i l n , gL s a!;rce^ri'cnls;..■.?.Pohtracts''''.^lhdcl• ,, which fS.f«w®iißji■■■prior ~ t 6ii , tli^a'f;rcE!iicnl's'mcntioned-;i b cinßi niade, have., now expired,'. «nd -t!io. J)e•jiartnient' j-,'-.faceil l,v .tho .ceccssiiy oi eitl'ier ecal or iwlliiig' ii. at a- ; ; J^r iva t» li iivo s.nll-s raisedthe" ."price:.,c-f; eG;il : by:'aliout' hvoVshiiniigs' por ton,.'siii';o tho new wakrfiiie'rs' afrrootnent j^ivais?.fie',' ii'.cre.'.sc teiiig iiltvibuicil io augmented laboiir. eliarjief-: . The incrcased ccsi of enal' is not- 'wholly due to ; ■the. pavmonl of hiirher -wa-ros .to. seamen ■!rand^jvJiaVj t 'Ja.lspurGrS/^ v^.M-iiiersSiiiitlj'' < otlieri . wcrkers en'gared in . tha coal' -triulo ii;-vo also-Mreirreii hiiiher was<>s... ■ ■■' .'■.lt , : is..■3'n(■icipa'tcd;f.( l hat'■^ltho■'.; l nla^t l er l . l .of , :; Hieii':ratesHiit:;:which* coat jij sold will eotno before Cabinet almost .imsncdiatoiy.■' * f. ■fi.ffSJ