E/MJ : engineering and mining journal . olence and extravaganceon the part of labor. The one fundamental cure forthe high cost of living is, naturally, increased pro-duction. Following My. Wells came Van H. Manning, direc-tor of the U. S. Bureau of INIines, who as personalrepresentative of the Secretary of the Interior, for-mally declared the Exposition open. Dr. Manningin his speech drew attention to some of the princi-pal problems confronting the mining industry. Hereferred to the coal strike and, while avoiding men-tion of the merits of either side, said he felt it hisduty to discuss a prob
E/MJ : engineering and mining journal . olence and extravaganceon the part of labor. The one fundamental cure forthe high cost of living is, naturally, increased pro-duction. Following My. Wells came Van H. Manning, direc-tor of the U. S. Bureau of INIines, who as personalrepresentative of the Secretary of the Interior, for-mally declared the Exposition open. Dr. Manningin his speech drew attention to some of the princi-pal problems confronting the mining industry. Hereferred to the coal strike and, while avoiding men-tion of the merits of either side, said he felt it hisduty to discuss a problem that has concerned bothminers and operators in the past, namely the fre-quent periods in which the bituminous mines, espe-cially in the spring and summer months, are not atwork from causes not under the control of eitherthe operator or the miner. In the five-year period, 1912 to 1916, the timeworked in the bituminous mines ranged from 195to 232 days of a possible 310 working days, saidDr. Manning. In 1917 the mines worked 243 VAN H. MANNINGDirector, Bureau of Mines The effect of this would be that the minerswould have steady work and there would be read-justment by which fewer mines could furnish thetotal amount of coal needed. This would not neces-sarily mean the shutting do\ of mines, for coalproduction in 1918 was 113,000,000 tons, or 20 percent greater than in 1913, and if new mines were 816 Engineering and Mining Journal. Vol. 108, No. 20 not opened for awhile productive capacity wouldquickly become adjusted to consumption. Fewerminers would be required, and we would have theadvantageous condition in this country which pre-vailed in Europe war, where the minersworked practically every working day in the year,and the operators were able to count on a regularoutput. The coal industry of the country will be greatlybenefited by a good export business. We have neverhad a large export coal business before becauseGreat Britain, through its dominant position
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