. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. FEAR FAMINE Facts inevitably point to a short supply and higher prices of coal next fall. Consideration of the factors that govern the market and prices of coal pro- duces the general opinion among fuel authorities that the only safe course, in order to be sure of next winter's supply, is to buy coal OAL in the bins left over from last winter's supply has induced greenhouse men, as well as other large consumers, to put off con- tracting for next season's supply, in the hope that, with the signing of peace and the restoration of business equil
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. FEAR FAMINE Facts inevitably point to a short supply and higher prices of coal next fall. Consideration of the factors that govern the market and prices of coal pro- duces the general opinion among fuel authorities that the only safe course, in order to be sure of next winter's supply, is to buy coal OAL in the bins left over from last winter's supply has induced greenhouse men, as well as other large consumers, to put off con- tracting for next season's supply, in the hope that, with the signing of peace and the restoration of business equilibrium, prices might undergo a reduction. Such waiiness was in accord with the general anticipation that the change from war to peace basis'would bring down some- what the prices that have been soaring skyward in the last three and four years. But the seven months which have passed since the armistice was signed have shown, each one more clearly than its predecessor, that such hope was vain. Prices show no tendency to go down- ward, and the combination of increased industrial activity and the shortage of labor from greatly diminished immigra- tion has produced a situation that indi- cates the aggravation rather than the amelioration of war-time conditions. Production Behind. Figures supplied by C. E. Lesher, chief of the United States Geological Survey, who is working with the fuel administration, show that during the first five months of this year only 178,- 000,000 tons of coal were mind. In the same period last year, production was J. D. A. MORROW, Director of Fuel Distribution, Says: ' 'Within the next year we shall lose 40,000 immigrants, who will return to Europe. The mines gave up 100,000 men to the army and navy, and these men will never re- turn to tlie mineSi. Meanwhile there has been no immigration, upon which the mining industry depends for men. We face one of the most serious shortages of la- bor in the whole history of min- ing. My advice to the public is to buy c
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