Word: coaling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...believe that the coal strike will have any very serious effect...
...Trouble From Coal Strike...
...Canada, but a large part of Canada's share will be marketed in the United States, because it has, with its present development, a very small additional market for power. Dr. G. O. Smith, director of the United States Geological Survey, has estimated that the annual saving of coal to New England from 500,000 horse-power from the St. Lawrence will be from 1,506,000 tons to 4.850,000 tons annually, in other words an average saving of 5,000 carloads of coal a month...
...Such a project will not only save many industries for Massachusetts which must otherwise move nearer the coal fields on the water power of the South, but it will permit Massachusetts to expand with the rest of the country...
...effect of the coal strike since April 1 has not materially affected business conditions, although it has been felt in the iron and steel market and coke prices have increased sharply. It is not within the scope of scientific economic research to forecast the probable duration of this contest, but a prolonged tie-up in coal-production would undoubtedly, have a serious effect on business improvement...