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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1913. THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL . ATLANTA, GA., 5 NORTH FORSYTH ST. Entered at the Atlanta Postoffice as Mail 'Matter of the Second Class. JAMES ». GRAY, President and Editor. 75c 40c 25C SUBSCRIPTION PRICE Twelve months Six months »\ Three months — the Semi-Weekly Journal Is published on Tuesday end Friday, su.d is mailed by the shortest routes for ,*ariy islivcry. It contains news from all over the world, brought *by special leased wires Into our offtce. It has a staff of distinguished contributors, with strong departments of special value to the home and the farm. Agehts wanted at every postoifice. Liberal- com- mission allowed. Outfit free. Write R. R- BKA1> OEY, Circulation Manager. The only traveling representatives we have are 1. A. Bryan, B..F. Bolton, C. C. Coyle, L. H. Kim brough. W. W. Blackburn and J. W. Brooks. 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Within the last few years it has enacted more laws for the abolition of special privilege and the establishment of common rights than America has dreamed of in half a century. It has stripped the House of Lords of immemorial power, has extended md increased its income tax, has adopted far-reach ing plans for the protection and social betterment if working people, and now it is on the verge of granting home rule to Ireland, of dis-establishing the Curch in Wales with a view to religious liberty and, what is especially significant, it is preparing to revolutionize its land laws which have enabled a small class to monopolize the island’s rural Interests. This last reform will probably mean more for English progress and security than any other one measure the Liberal Government has put into effect. Some fourteen milion acres of England’s soil are now locked hard and fast in a system that virtually amounts to feudalism. Much of this land consists of vast estates, which the owners themselves are unable or unwilling to improve and which they will not re lease for individual enterprise and the country’s com mon needs. On other great tracts the tenants are without protection against injustice from landlords and without encouragement to develop the property. As a result of these conditions, it is said, there are lix hundred thousand fewer farm workers in England today than there were fifty years ago; and agricul tural interests are on an alarming decline. The Liberal Government proposes to bring this waste and idle land within “the wealth producing sphere” and also to assure tenants fair treatment, the object being to restore that free, stout-hearted yeomanry which in days of old was the country s strength and pride. It is a peculiarly interesting fact that both the great political parties of England recognize the need and justice of such reform- As regards the principle involved, they agree; it is chiefly on the question of means and method theat they differ. Among the Un ionists, or Conservatives, a plan for the State pur chase of undeveloped lands has found marked favor. The Liberal ministry, while not overlooking this phase of the scheme, purposes to go further and pro-\ vide thoroughgoing supervision of rents and tenure. A new administrative department, headed by a Min ister of Lands, is proposed. "Under his direction,” we are told, “there will be a judicial commission having authority to fix fair rents to he paid b? tenants to landlords and reasonable prices to be paid by buyers to sellers. For tenants there will he se curity of tenure and protection of their improvements —which means that while the tenant pays the judicial rent, the landlord will be unable to turn him out and confiscate his improvements on the farm.” One. ob server of English conditions comments in this con nection : “Those who know what the conduct of greedy landowners has been will understand how benefl- cenl these provision are. For the agricultural laborers, there are at last to be decent homes, with at least land enough attached to each cot- tage to provide the family with vegetables. This may bring laborers back to the soil ” The United States with its abundance of land is untroubled by many of the. problems with which progressive England has to contend. Our people have the freedom and resources to overcome many difficul ties which in England tile Government itself must handle. Happily we do not need paternalism in our government; we are determined to solve our social find economic problems before they reach so crucial a stage. acre of their soil and have realized the supreme im portance of food crops and food industries. They sow and cultivate and reap and market scientifically; they breed their cattle and manage their dairies scien tifically. They make every patch and every item count for full, definite values- They have added knowl edge to thrift and system to industry. They make- farming a business. Georgia’s natural resources are such that she can continue to raise cotton and at the same time produce enough food to supply her home needs, thus leaving the proceeds of her chief money crop for a clear profit- More than that, she lean, if she will, raise enough corn and live stock and vegetables to become Jin export State in these commodities. And when this is done, her wealth will rival that of the world’s thriftiest kingdoms. We have in this State an area of fifty-nine thou sand, two hundred and sixty-five square miles, nine thousand more than England proper, forty-eight thou sand more than Belgium, forty-four thousand more than Denmark, or Switzerland, an area half as large as Italy and a fourth as large as France. When we remember that the richness and varied possibilities of this land are no less remarkable than its extent, we realize that Georgia’s natural resources are greater than those of many a prosperous nation. It only remains to turn these resources to due account, to make the soil really support its people and bring forth food harvests which, like those of little Holland, will not only supply home needs but also develop a rich export tradfc. There are many* chering signs that Georgia is fast awakening to the importance of producing food supplies. Her corn crop this year will total seventy- two million bushels, a gain of twenty-five per cent over the crop for 1912. This record is peculiarly significant, for, an in crease in cultivation of corn evidences progress in every field of agricultural thought and endeavor. It means that scientific methods of farming are being applied and that the old tyranny of the one-crop idea is crumbling. Furthermore, as the production of corn and other grain increases, the way for cattle raising will be made sure. Much has been said of late concerning the opportunities for the live stock industry in Geor gia and certainly no other part of the country has greater natural advantages in this respect. But the development of the live stock industry requires first of all the home production of cattle food supplies. The remarkable gain in the corn crop is a very en couraging circumstance in this regard. “Georgia Products” Day. j The Georgia Chamber of Commerce has hit upon j a singularly happy plan for launching its Statewide ; campaign of education and development. It has desig- ! nated Tuesday, November the eighteenth, as “Geor- j gia Products Day” on which occasion the people will be reminded as never before of the wonderful rich ness and variety of their State’s farming and indus trial resources- The Governor will he asked to Issue a proclamation taking official cognizance of the day and the mayor of each town and city will be re quested to do likewise. The distinctive feature of the program, however, will be the public banquets held at six in the evening throughout the State and made up entirely of Georgia-raised or Georgia-made products. The State Chamber of Commerce has offered in this connection three substantial prizes, one for the largest list of Georgia products suitable for service at the banquets, another for the best menu that could be used at any of the banquets and a third for the best menu that is actually served on this occasion anywhere in the State. This offer should kindle rare interest in every home and ampng all the people. It should prove within itself peculiarly educational, for, the briefest reflection upon Georgia’s food products will bring to mind a great store of good things that would set the .oldest epicurean dancing. It is to be hoped that school children as well as their elders will take part in this interesting contest. All lists of such products must be in the hands of the Acting Secre tary-Manager of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, 1001 Hurt Building, Atlanta, by November the seventh. Some one hundred and fifty towns h'ave already signified their purpose to observe Georgia Products Day by holding on the evening of November the eight eenth a banquet at which Georgia-raised and Geor gia-made products alone will be served and at which new plans for developing the State’s practical In terests will he discussed and put under way. Every county and every tewn should join in this admirable enterprise. It will mark, as we have said, the open ing of the great campaign which the Georgia Chamber of Commerce is o conduct for the State’s upbuilding. The success of the Chamber’s plans will mean incal culable good to farmers, to merchants, to manufac turers and to all other Georgians; it will mean better roads and better schools, a finer patriotism and a closer fellowship; it will mean a new era of progress and renown for our commonwealth- Spare the rod and you will not spoil the fishing. But occasionally it is easier to bear it than it is to grin. People on pedestals should he careful of balance. their The world may be growing wiser, but we still have a lot to learn. How Manv Millionaires? Dark Days for Tammany! The closing days o” the mayoralty campaign in New York Gity fin.! the odds decidedly in favor of John Purroy Mitchell, the anti-Tammany candidate. In the outset, they were just the other way- The Fusionists, who represent an alliance among friends of good government tn all parties regardless of na tional politics, were threatened with serious differ ences; their camp was embarrassed with some unrea soning and irresponsible individuals who sought to place personal wishes above the great issues involved. These difficulties, however, were finally surmounted and the moral union against Tammany grew compact. The last Jtew weeks of the- campaign have brought to light specific and startling evidence of the graft and corruption which Boss Murphy's rule has fastened upon municipal and State affairs. His tracks and those of his underlings have, been traced to one shameful deal after another. Tammany’s reputation has always been notorious but seldom has its char acter been laid so completely bare. The Tammany candidate, Edward E. McCall, en tered the contest wiLh a calmness and self-control that are born of confidence. But lately his restraint has turned to an almost childish ange'r. Under the successive exposures of the machine with which he is identified, exposure that in some instances involved him himself, he has grown more and more fretful, more and more impotent in his methods. Present indication are that Tammany will be routed from control of New York’s affairs. No polit ical ‘event of the year could be more gratifying to the country as a whole- The outcome of the approaching election is awaited with peculiarly keen interest the nation over, for, good citizens everywhere realize that the downfall of this machine would free American politics from one of its darkest disgraces. However, the suffragette will never insist on the privilege of being bald. A woman frequently changes her mind, but the quality remains much the same. Holland and Georgia. Holland is only about a fifth as large as Georgia but it feeds from its own soil a population twice as great. In their little, sea-buffeted kingdom, the Dutch produce all the grain and meat and vegetables they consume and besides export great quantities of beef and butter and cheese. In spite of threatening waves and marshy lands, they have boilt up a system of agriculture that makes their nation prosperous and admired throughout the world. Georgia, five times as large as Holland, and in comparably more fortunate in natural gifts, spends one hundred and seventy-two million dollars a year in the purchase of food supplies from distant quarters. It is Estimated that in 1912 we spent for meat, corn, oats, flour and other such necessaries over thirty- seven million dollars more than the total value of our cotton crop. We buy more than we sell; we are de pendent for food upon other sections, although our soil is capable of producing practically everything needed for man’s sustenance. Why this amazing difference between Holland and Georgia, the one beset with natural difficulties, the other basking in every natural favor? , It Is simply because the Dutch have made the utmost of every A New Weapon Against Monopoly. There are evidently more things in the new In come Tax law than the trusts ever dreamed of in their shrewdest philosophy. Tucked away in a quiet line of this interesting statute are three short words which, it now appears, will go far toward discourag ing the devices of monopoly. The law provides, in the suction relating to corporations, that the tax shall be imposed on “the entire net income arising or accru ing from all sources-” It is in the simple phrase, “entire net income," that so much significance lies. The old corporation tax, now superseded by the income tax, took no account of that portion of a cor poration’s income that was received as dividends from subsidary corporations. Holding companies were thus exempt from paying a tax on earnings that had already been taxed in the hands of its dependent or related organization. But under the new law the tax of one per cent will he levied on the income of the subsidiary company and also on that of the hold ing company. Congressman Hull, author of the act, states in an interview with The Journal’s Washing ton correspondent that this clause was designedly prepared as a wUapon against the evils of monopolis tic combinations. “We most certainly had in mind,” he says, “holding companies and other schemes of present day monopoly when we left out the clause in the corporation tax, exempting incomes derived from dividends of other corporations and substituted for it in the income tax bill the words ‘entire net income’ as a definition of taxable corporate in come. Thus the tax against monopolies will he higher than against the simpler forms of busi ness.” Heretofore giant trusts and monopolies have taxed the public as they pleased and have used their power to crush individual initiative and free enterprise. It is rather a refreshing change that they are now to be taught a strict lesson of taxation. The curiously inclined are now guessing how many millionaires the new Income tax will bring to light. One authority reckons that in Philadelphia alone there are more than a hundred- New York and Chicago will far outstrip this estimate, while smaller cities throughout the nation will doubtless show surprising records. The Louisville Courier- Journal interestingly observes in this connection that; “Millionaires are richer in America than mil lionaires in France, where the franc is the unit of value. England has few millionaires because the unit there is the pound sterling, which is almost the equivalent of a five-dollar bill in the United States. There are only a few millionaires in Japan, although the yen, in which millions are counted, is only a half dollar in American money. Millionaires in China, counted in dollars “Mex,” are fairly numerous and are often merchant princes, some of whom own their own steamer lines. German millionaires, in marks—the mark being about thirty-three cents American—are rapidly growing more numerous. Millionaires as measured in American dollars are more num erous in the United States than anywhere in the world.” This country has been famed as a land of mighty fortunes but unless present tendencies go awry, there is approaching a new era in which the concentration of vast riches in a few hands will give way to a more even and normal distribution of wealth. Cer tain it is that abnormal wealth secured by means of unjust monopoly will cease, if democratic ideals are realized; and that will not mean the narrowing of any man’s rightful but the broadening of every man’s chance to make the most of ms energy and mind and character. WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH BUSINESS? <Copyright. 1913. by Frank Cram . “The volume of business In this country,” said Judge Gary the other day In a speech in Chicago, ’Is not half as great as It ought to be.” The cause he assigns for this is that “there is too much mud slinging, too much demagogy. It is not un common,” he goes on to say, “to treat success as an onense; to consider the possession of wealth as wrong, no matter how honestly acquired. It is true that a large class of people regard great wealth as wicked In Itself; they need no argument to condemn any rich man or company as a thief. Tnere is also the opposite claBS, moved by the same spring of unreason, who look upon labor, its leaders, and Its agitations for Improved conditions as anarchic. There Is no use trying tef reason with either of these classes. Nothing but a hickory club can con- vince a prejudice of error. But the real reason of business being crippled to day lies not at the door of these extremists. All the people of this country are not blind haters. The matter with business is. at bottom, that same thing mat Is the matter with everything else—to wit, the lack of democracy. Democracy means equal opportunity to all. a square deal to all, and the co-operation of all. Big business is yet In a state of feudalism. The controllers of the great wealth units are still obsessed by the id^a that they may do as they please with “their own.” They resent publicity, government interference, and any kind of meddling by the common people. This kind of absolute power, in all the history of the world, has always, ended in disaster. What the business of the United States needs is the very thing that a gum-shoeing money trust cannot se cure—that is, unlimited capital. Billions of dollars are now tied up in unproductive hoardings. This money ought to be fluid, usable. Money flows as naturally as water, and under cer tain laws. It goes invariably to where there Is (1) Safety and (2) Profit or Interest. To secure Safety in industrial Investments there should be rigid GOVERNMENT INSPECTION. Peo ple do not invest in securities because they do not ur derstand the game, and . they are. afraid of the men who are dealing the cards. They have this inspection in France, and investments are more widespread there than In any other natirn. Secondly, there must be constant PUBLICITY. It is human nature ■ ot to care to put money into a con cern managed by a star-chamber group. And legiti mate business does not fear the searchlight. Instead of quarrelling with newspapers the money manager should use them. Make things plain. Teach invest ment. Educate the masses to take part in Big Busi ness. The result of such a policy would be to catch the $100 man; and the $100 men have more ready money than the '$100,000 men. Go after the “little fellows!” What better paying enterprises are there than street ears and telephones Their income is In nickels. The postoffice profits are in 2-cent transactions in the main. This country needs billions more capital. It needs it not for speculation but for production. We have not yet fairly begun to develop the enormous re sources of the land. To get these billions. the rulers of finance must democratize. They must appeal to the millions of small savers. To do this successfully they must come out of the darkened back room. They must lay their cards on the table. Let there be open methods, wide publicity, a cam paign of education, and, above all, reliable, official, gov ernmental inspection. When you get all the $100 fellows to investing in the Big Business of the country there will be a slump in “mud slin^jnjg and demagogy.” Much that passes for enthusiasm is nothing but gush. Second term or no second term, President Wilson can get any job he wants. A Million a Day for Roads. A milion dollars a day is spent in the United States for the improvement and extension of high ways. That fund, if competently applied, would produce in the course of a few decades a nation-wide system of excellent roads; but if ignorantly or care lessly employed, as is too often the case, it will yield a scant return to the people who contribute it. Scientific, businesslike methods are the great need of the good roads cause in America. The United States Office of Public Roads which has recently given particular attention to this phase of its subject finds that “some communities are spend ing thousands of dollars on macadamized roads when cheaper dirt roads would do as well;” that “some communities spend great sums to bring materials from other States when they have materials just as good close at hand;” and that “far too little attention has been paid to road maintenance.’’ . It is in this ctnnection that the importance of State Highway commissions becomes manifest. Every State should maintain some central agency through which the various counties can secure expert aid and advice in working out their particular road problems. Under this plan roads can he built better and more cheaply. Thus only can the taxpayer receive due returns. It is gratifying to know that the Prison Commis sion of Georgia has taken a step In this direction by providing for the employment of a State road super visor whose counsel and help will be at disposal of each county during a certain number of days each year. The results from this new service will he so valuable, we are sure, that in a few years'a number of supervisors will be employed and a distinct bureau of roads created. One comforting item comes in the day’s news, and that is that Pike’s Peak is not sinking. Where the Professional Story Teller Flourishes Moonshine liquor will probably be about the only Georgia product that will not be represented at the Georgia chamber of commerce banquets. Catania is noted for its professional story tellers, one of whom I came across surrounded by a crowd of men, who appeared to he completely absorbed In the story of the moment. As passers-by are at liberty to plant themselves in the chairs provided by the story teller, and need not pay anything unless they feel In clined, this business would seem to be rather a preca rious one. It was at Catania that I observed two men solemnly engaged In the unique occupation of washing hay—why, I cannot say. Driving their carts into an arm of the sea, they gravely took off their trousers, and' then, throwing the hay into the water, jumped In and wasned it. This done, they reloaded the hay on to the carts, and departed for another consignment. Three times did I see them perform this novel task.—From the No vember Wide World Magazine. The Fugitives It was in a back literary alley, just off from the main current of the world’s great moving throng. The two strangers, both completely exhausted, had stopped in this sheltered place for a moment to rest. “Maybe I’m not all in!” panted the first stranger., "Talk about being overworked! Every school child, every college boy, porters, politicians, old and young, rich and poor, men, women, children and babies have all had their try at me.” "Your slightly vulgar appearance,” said the second stranger, beginning to recover his accustomed hauteur, "leads me to believe that you are the associate of common people. But how would you like to be harried by highbrows, set upon by psychologists, beaten to a frazzle by editorial writers, impaled by essayists, throttled by college professors, and hung out naked by book reviewers? Besides, I really have decent in stincts. There is good in me. I come from a fine family—if they would give me a chance for my life. By the way, what word are your’ “My name Is Sure. And you?” "My name Is Vital.’’ They shook hands silently, bound by a common suf fering. The crowd had caught sight of them and was In full cry after them up the alley. “Glad to have caught this glimpse of the other most overworked word in the English language,” said Vital. "There’s only an instant for me to take off my hat to you," said Sure. And then they were swept once more out into the current.—Life. Editorials in Brief Not eren a woman ever liked all her relatives. The pen may be mightier than the sword, but the sword-swallower earns more money than the poet. RURAL CREDITS III.—THE AMERICAN COMMISSION. B- IRKDER1C J. HASKIN. There is in Rome an organization known as the In ternational Institute of Agriculture. it is eup- porteu by ail of the civilized nations of the earth, each of which has a delegate stationed-there, wuose duty it is to take part in the statistical work of fore casting the world's crops, and to make himself useful in watching the agricultural progress of tne other na tions and in communicating his ooservations to his country. • • • The American delegate to the institute is David Lu- bin. The researches ot the institute long since dem onstrated the immense importance that the governments of Europe attach to co-operation among farmers, and showed how the farmers succeeded under the patron age of the government. • • • Mr. Dubin made frequent reports tt> the WashhAr- ton authorities on the success of the co-operative cred it system of Europe, and it finally aroused the inter est of those who would help the American farmer to help himself. This, in turn, gave rise to a demand for a thorough inquiry into the subject. • • • This movement was sponsored by the Souther® Commercial congress and the American Bankers’ as sociation, the former organization giving it a practi cal turn by resolving, in April, 1912, that the direc tors of the congress should be asked to send a com mission to Europe to study the question carefully, and that this commission should consist of two men from each state. • • • Thereafter President Taft indorsed the plan ot providing rural creaUs by calling upon the Conference of Governors to consider the subject and presenting to them a report from Ambassador Herrick Showing what banking co-operation had been accomplished la Europe, particularly in Germany. Under the leader ship of Dr. Clarence J. Owen, director-general of tb0 Southern Commercial congress, and afterward director* general of the American commission, the three big political parties indorsed the proposed investigation in their platforms in the 1912 campaign, and the senate of the United States passed a resolution Indorsing the commission and invoking for it the diplomatio consideration of the countries included in its itinerary* • • • With these credentials, the American commission sailed for Europe in May of the present year. It: was headed by seven delegates at large appointed by President Wilson, who will report to congress upon the advisability of establishing a system of farmers* co-operative banks, and mortgage bank system. Three- fourths of the states were represented by delegates who will report to a committee of nine governors ap pointed by the last meeting of the house of gover nors. In this way it is hoped to set in motion tho wheels of both the congress of the United States and of the legislatures of the several states. • • • Wheii the commission sailed it laid out its plan® with tfie assistance of David Lubin. That he had a practical idea of what ought to be done is shown by his advice as to how the commission should proceed in its work. Before it was organized he reminded the Southern Commercial congress of the necessity of ap pointing delegates of the right caliber, and called at tention to the fact that the importance of the work and the magnitude of the inquiry would leave little time for sightseeing and social functions. fur ther observed that there was neither time nor place for mere junketeers, amateurs and dilettante. • • • The plan followed in making the inquiry was to have the commission meet as a whole in a few cen tral places in each country, under the auspices of a reception committee of that country. Here three daily sessions were held, and at these a large number of people, from the head of a banking institution down to an humble ten-acre farmer, were questioned close-, ly by the members of the commission. This tyody did not limit itself to a study of rural credits, but also investigated the allied problems of co-operation in production and distribution, and the activities of offi cial and sem-official bodies in the promotion of agri cultural welfare. • • ■ After gathering the data concerning these subjects^ on the continent the commission went to Great Britain,-. It was said here by a ’49-er from California that in their studies the continental countries had furnished the rock crushed and ready for the amalgam pan; that Great Britain and Ireland were the afhalgam pan, and the British questioners the quicksilver; and that the findings were the bar of gold ready for the refiners’ hands, these hands being the American peo ple and the state and national governments. • • • After making the tour of the continent and of the British Isles, the commission returned to the United States and work was promptly begun upon the task of digesting and making available for the use of the public and the lawmakers the results of its investi gation. It reported that two kinds of rural credits were encountered *n Europe—the long term credit based on mortgages, and used in buying and improving property, and the short term credit, based upon per sonal security and used in tiding the farmer over from one crop-selling period to another. It found that the farmer was able to borrow money on short credit at rates ranging between 4 and B 1-2 per cent. • • • After making a preliminary report covering the whole situation, the commission effected a permanent organization with headquarters in Wasington. It has membership from thirty-six states and from four Canadian provinces, and has settled down to the work of aiding a national propaganda for the utilization of the lessons of European rural finances in our own agri cultural situation. The commission appointed two committees to carry forward the work; assigned to one the task of compiling the results of tne investiga tion, while the other was to act as an advisory boaru. • • • That some legislation will grow out of the work of the United States government seems a foregone conclusion. Nothing is being asked of the United States government except that it enact wholesome laws for the regulation of rural credit associations. • • • The house committee on banking and currency pro poses to supplement the work of the commission, and hopes through a sub-committee that has been ap pointed, to offer something tangible in the direction of affording the farmer a money market as good as that enjoyed by the commercial world, a market where he may borrow and lend for long terms or short terms, and in a way that will permit him to aid himself or his neighbor with profit to both. • • • All of the proposals that have been made have in view a plan of credit that will simply allow the farm ers to underwrite their own transactions. If it be urged that the system proposed will tend toward making the farmer indifferent to debt, the answer is made that the opposite effect has been wit nessed wherever it has been tried, .and that the Euro pean farmers are educated up to a realization that punctuality enhances borrowing power, and, therefore, offers greater business opportunities. Installment payments never have had such an ef fect upon the poor people of the cities who buy their homes and furnish them through credit houses; rather, it Is pointed out, it has encouraged many a man to pay for a cozily furnished place out of money that he might otherwise have spent purposeless. James J. Hill says there is too much water in the bond crop, but he generously makes an exception of railroad bonds- When a man tells a young widow he is striving to be a better man she knows it is but the prelude to a proposal The Busch heirs will receive $1,000 a day income each; from which we anticipate a steady gain in the Socialist vote throughout St Louis. If new gas mantles be dipped into vinegar and hung up to dry before being placed upon the gas fixtures they will give a more brilliant light and last longer. • • • Apples, pears, lemons, oranges and limes ate of great value in improving a muddy complexion. Raw tomatoes have a fine effect upon the liver. • • There are 7.397,533,000,000 tons of coal in*the world, according to a careful estimate made by the editor of Coal Age, ■a it 0