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GOAL TRADE BULLETIN.
Vol. XIII. PITTSBURGH, PA., AUGUST 15, 1905. No. 6.
THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN:
PUBLISHED TWICE A MONTH.
Copyrighted by THE COAL TRADE COMPANY, 11)03.
A. R. HAMILTON, Proprietor aud Publisher,
II. J. STKAUB, Managing Editor.
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OVER-CONFIDENCE IS A BAD TIII.NO. The British gress and to that broad spirit of christian charity
coke makers who many years ago decided that which recognizes every man as one of God's
their position was unassailable from the continent, creatures. There are to be found on all sides those
or anywhere else for that matter, have had their who sneer both at such movements and the faith
eyes opened by shrewd German coke makers who and hope which prompt them, but no intelligent
have just placed a splendid contract with one of person can gainsay the good they accomplish or the
the oldest and most conservative iron concerns in beneficial effect on the world at large. The di­
England and have laid the foundation for more vinity of Jesus Christ is a matter each must decide
business. If there is a country on the earth that for himself and only for himself. No one is requir­
it is hard for the foreign manufacturer to get into, ed to believe in it. The works and results of those
it is England. The fact that the British insular who accept Him as a model and a saviour must
prejudice, so strong on this particular point, has be seen and appreciated by all. It is safe to say
been overcome is good evidence that the position that the work of the association will make many
of no business nor no person in the coal and coke better men, many happier homes, many more satis-
coke is all made in retort ovens which have been fled and exert a definite and tangible influence
for himself and only for himself. No one is requir- for good on future generation. May success atsneered
at in England and, for that matter, in this tend its efforts.
country too. A single contract does not mean
much, but German trade aggressiveness and per­
sistency behind it, it means the opening wedge in
the splitting of the air-tight hold the British coke
maker has had on the home market.
The lesson seems worthy of thoughtful con­
sideration "n this country. It is true that the
United States needs no foreign market for its pre­
sent production of coke, but a foreign market for
its coal is needed most decidedly. There is no
doubt that with the proper degree of intelligent
effort and perseverance it can be had.
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THK WORK THAT IS BEING DONE among the miners
Correspondence and communications upon all matters in the various parts of Pennsylvania by committees
relating to coal or coal production are invited.
of the Young Men's Christian Associations is
All communications and remittances to
worthy of the success it is meeting with and the
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encouragement it is receiving from the employers
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of mine labor. It is one of the visible evidences
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that the world is steadily growing better. The
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Y. M. C. A. movement is an entirely voluntary one.
It neither recognizes nor antagonizes any creed
exceept those which are opposed to light and pro­
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A GRATIFYING EVIDENCE of the general confidence
in the future is the continued large number of
announcements of the development, improvement
and extension of coal and coke properties. At
least a large number of the men behind these