The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 69, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 29, 1922 Page: 2 of 18
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JULI MIRMILE
GIN PREVENT
MINE STRIKE
Possibility of Settlement
* Cwt Aside as Remote
Possibility.
QSIT WORK SATURDAY
• -
Consideration of Nineteen
• Demands of Workers Re*
sumed in New York.
* By the Associated Press.
* New York. March 29.—Casting aside
Ma a •‘remote possibility" the pro-pect
M settling their differences in time to
avert the general strike set for three
pa.'s hence members of the anthracite
pubcomn . tee on wage contract negotia-
tions today girded themselves for a
t>Hg. hard struggle after the miners'
iaeteen demands.
"Nothing but a miracle —the imme-
diate acceptance of each and every one
pf our demands —eau avert the strike
>ow” said Thomas Kennedy district
Srerid' :.’ of the United Mine Workers.
• "Under the present circumstances it
Is probable that the suspension will go
|nto effect April 1. according to tha
giiners' program said S. I’. Warrlner
lice president of the LeHigh Coal A
Navigation Company.
To Quit Work Saturday.
Although sanguine of the ultimate
Queers- of the negotiation now in
progress the six other members of the
I anthracite subcommittee composed of
L Union chiefs and mine operators were
I convinced that the mines would be
I evacuated Saturday.
IV Phillip Murray. vies president of the
r United Mtue^ Workers of America.
I Scouts the report that importatimi of
' British mined soft coal will lessen the
danger of a bituminous coal shortage
and thereby avert the cause of the
jbiners in the forthcoming strike.
» “We are not afraid of the British
.eoal” he said. “It has been imported
before without seriously affecting the
mining industry or the market in Amer-
Mould Hare Publie Sympathy.
• “Any attempt on the part of the
X'nited States Shipping Board to im-
port foreign coal probably would have
Xhe sympathy of the publie and there-
by create sentiment against the strike.
But the actual effect toward prevention
•f a shortage or extension of the avail-
able supply would be negligible.
• “Compared with the weekly produc-
tion of the American mines and the
weekly .consumption by American in-
dustries. all the coal that could be
brought from England would not
}mount to a drop in the bucket"
. As the wage negotiations proceed.
J he miners are becoming more and more
determined that the next contract shall
■Contain inviolable provision for installa-
tion of the check-off system in all an-
thracite mines. One member of the
committee of eight last night declared
Jhat. unless such provision was made.
>ll negotiations toward termination of
Jie impending strike would amount to
mo thing
Check-off Is Y'ital Issue.
* While Mr. Murray of the United
Jdine Workers of America declined to
day how far the anthracite men were
prepared to push their demand for the
xheok-off. Mr. Kennedy of District No.
7 declared that “as conditions are in
jhe mining industry it has becom* one
of the most vital points at issue."
Mr. Warringer of the operators dis-
missed the question of the miners’ de-
mand for the check-off with the state-
ment that “it has come up in every
“wage conference in the last twenty
•years."
J The miners assert that the check-off
dilreadv is applied by the operators in
she collection of rents light water and
fuel assessments by subtracting the
amounts from the workers' pay en-
velope. They seek to have this sys-
tem evteuded to the collection of dues
asserting that it already i« common
practice in the bituminous field" and
l as been declared legal by the United
States Supreme Court.
WILL JOIN STRIKE.
Illinois Workers Will Support Miners
I nion Head Says.
* Chicago. March 29.—Illinois miners
will join the nation-wide coal strike
S.S.S. Fills Out
Hollow Cheeks
Thin Limbs!
Men and women.—whether you wta
avar build yourself up to your normal
Juai-rlrht weight depends on the num-
ber of blood-cello in your blood. There
all there io to It Ifo a oclentlflc tact
If your blood-cetl factory isn't work-
ing right you will be run-down thin
your blood will be in disorder and
perhape your face will be broken out
with pimples blackheads and erup-
tions 6 8. 8. Seeps your blood-cell
factory working full time. It helps
build new llood-cella There why
6 6 8 builds up thin run-down pao-
I pie. it puts firm flesh on your bones It
rounds out your face arms neck
'llmte the whole body. It puts the
. rplnk" In your cheeks It takes the
S ShoUo wusee from the eyes and It fools
> ^Father Time by smoothing out wrtn-
B 3des In mta snd women fry ••plumping"
i I »there up. li. K ? u a remarKstJe
g. tgsaoo-purl Tier While you are getting
I kour skin eruption* pimples.
^^^NMaaada acne rheumatism ru:
bwtehea are being removed.
I i <l.. medicinal Ingredients of 8 8 8.
; Enas guaranteed ^tursly vege*. ' le.
Kp *l6 6. >• sola at sit d>. x stores m ’wo
f BSBaa*’ Tm Urgee sm Is the mors
WEDNESDAY.
set for April 1. and ho hope of ■ post-
ponement or a separate wage agree-
ment could be found Frank Farring-
ton. president of the Illinois miners
told heads of the state operators asso-
ciation in conference here today. Only
an emergency could change the situation
which now prevents him from negotiat-
ing a new wage contract Mr. Farring-
ton told the operators it was learned.
LIGHTNING BRILLIANT
WITH MORNING STORM
(Continued from Page One)
had formed from water running down
from the army post elevatiou and seek-
ing an outlet at the lower end near
towu.
Communication Is Ham. d.
Telephone and telegraph wires were
reported down in practically every direc-
tion from San Antonio and Mr. Jarboe
was unable to get reports from stations
in this section. A report from Luling at
7 o'clock stated the precipitation there
had been 1.84 inches and at Llano
where the wires still are up the rain-
fall had been 1.05 inches. A report from
Del Rio at the same hour 7 a. in. said
no rain had fallen there though the
sky was cloudy.
Mr. Jarboe said (be rain bad come
in from Mexico probably through the
Brownsville district on the "low" that
hung over the eastern coast of Mexico
and part of the Mexican gulf Tuesday
night It had edged eastward blown
by a strong wind from the Wes. and
Northwest and probably will reach as
far as Houston and the East Texas
boundary line.
Olmos Safe From Flood.
Up to 9 a. m.. although the rain had
been general north and northwest of
San Antonio no danger of a flood was
considered imminent from the Olmos
creek. A telephone message at that
hour from Leo Horn's place located at
the Horn apd Fest roads several miles
up the creek .stated that automobiles
were still pressing the stream at that
place indicating that practically no
rise hat! occurred in the creek. Mrs.
Horn who furnished the information
stated that the rain had been falling
for several hours and was still falling
the heaviest downpour however being
northwest of her place. This she in-
dicated would relieve the Olmos water-
shed from carrying the burden of the
heaviest rain.
All along the Olmos from the Wed
Texas Military Academy on down to
the city limits however a heavy rain
was reported falling since shortly after
midnight. On Alamo Heights the
downpour was heavy and was still fall-
ing at 9 o'clock. At Camp Travis all
parade grounds and nearly all roads
were inundated the water in places
standing a foot or more deep. Shortly
after 8 o'clock the rain was so heavy in
the camp as to almost stop traffic.
River Avenue Avenue D and many
other streets in the outer downtown
district were flooded as the water from
Government Hill and other high por-
tions of the city swept down upon them.
The water was not deep enough how-
ever to interfere with traffic.
WATCH FOR FLOOD
Police Detailed to Keep All-night Vigil
Over Swollen Creeks.
Commissioner Phil Wright shortly
after noon stated that he has detailed
Motorcycle Lieut. Mogglia and one
fireman to watch the Olmos creek from
Horn's dairy on the Blanco road about
six miles above the city. While there
ia ax present ho apparent danger the
commis3oner''*aid. he is taking every
precaution to give people ample warn-
ing in case the Olmos should go on
a rampage.
In addition to the men at Horn’s
dairy the commissioner has detailed two
men to watch the Olmos at a point
opposite Alamo Heights. In case the
weather continues threatening and
there is prospect of more rain he said
he will keep both parties at their posts
all night. They will be in constant
communication with the police head-
quarters and will issue warnings at
once in ease any danger is apparent.
RAIN IN NORTH TEXAS
Heavy Precipitations Is Reported from
Various Cities in State.
Fort Worth. Tex. March 29.—Heav-
iest rain in three years at Menard:
creeks all running for the first time in
two years; streams brimful around
Brady: heavy precipitation at Rochelle;
heavy downpours at Mexia and Wichita
Falls. That is the rain summary for
this territory today.
Rain started falling around Menard
at 11 p. m. Tuesday according to a
message to the general office of the
Friseo. It continued unabated until 3
a. m. today. One and one-half inches
of rain fell at Brady: an equal amount
is reported at Rochelle.
FIRED ON BY UNKNOWN
W. B. McDuffie and C. A. Stowe Owe
Lives to Poor Shooting.
A mysterious attempt to kill W. B.
McDuffie 103 Barrett place and
Charles A. Stone 708 Sherman street
was made at 9:45 Tuesday night. An
unidentified man armed with a pistol
opened fire upon them discharging the
weapon five times. Their escape they
say was little less than miraculous.
The strange attack according to in-
formation filed by the two men later
at city detective headquarters occurred
on the Martinez road some distance
from the city limits. They were en
route to San Antonio when without
warning. their would-be assassin
stepped from a dense thicket beside the
road. He made his appearance a short
distance ahead cf their car. Without
a word of explanation or a command
to halt the individual they reported
began firing point-blank at them until
he had emptied bis weapon. His
marksmanship was almost unbelieve-
ably poor.
Investigation failed tn reveal any
trace of the strange gunman.
COURTESY PAYS AGAIN
Motorist Not Prosecuted Because He
Aided Man He Knocked Down.
Antonio Luna. 60 residing in Chi-
huabua alley was knocked down by an
automobile as be stood in front of tbe
old Alamo Wednesday.
Joe Terrazas. 1120 South Leona
street driver of the automobile piek«*d
him up put bim in a service car aud
•ent him to the Robert B Green Me-
morial hospital. Terrazas al&o went to
tbe hospital and assisted in the treat*
mevt of the victim. He was found to
have sustained but slight injuries.
Luna returned tbe kindness extended
him by Terrazas. When tbe ptdlct
put in their appearance be refused ♦<>
pfowutite tbe driver. No arrest was
made.
LABOR LEADER
WOULD RESTORE
BUYING POWER
Jewell Declares Compensa*
tion of American Work-
ers Is Inadequate.
WANTS HIGHER WAGES
More Pay for Railroad Men
Would Aid Fanners
Speaker Says.
Chicago. March 29.—Restoration of
the purchasing power of the industrial
population of the United States is of
prime importance to both the farmer
and the storekeeper declared B. M.
Jewell president of the railway em-
ployes’ department of the American
Federation of Labor in a continuation
of his plea for the federated shop
crafts for an increase of wages before
the railroad labor board.
Mr. Jewell contended that Ameri-
can workers have never received ade-
quate wages and suggested that as a
result there is a deficit in the demand
for necessities which works a great
hardship on farmers and small mer-
chants.
YVould Assist Fanners.
If the rates which the shop crafts
ask are granted Mr. Jewell predicted
that the present demand for meat fish
eggs and milk will be increased by 162.-
000.000 pounds. The demand for flour
and cereals would be increased by more
than 50000.000 pounds and a simi-
lar increased demand would result in
tbe cases of other farm products.
Outlining the rise in price levels
Mr. Jewell said in part:
“Wholesale prices climbed faster and
farther than either wages or retail
prices according to data of the United
States Department of Labor and fig-
ures of the New York State Indus-
trial Commission for eight fundamen-
tal industries..
“Employes do not share in the pros-
perity of industry. Throughout pros-
perity and depression wages are tied
close to the subsistence level."
Large Incomes Increased
“The heights reached by wholesale
prices.” Mr. Jewell argued took money
away from the large part of the popula-
tion with small incomes and gave it
to a small part of the population with
large incomes. The effect of this dis-
tribution. he maintained was to reduce
the proportion of the national income
spent for food manufactures clothing
household furnishings and similar com-
modities with the result thst the de-
mand for these articles fell of.
The storekeeper. Mr. Jewell said
suffers equally with tbe wage earner
because as wage rates do not increase
with wholesale prices the consumer
cannot sustai|(''retail prices which keep
pace with wholesale prices. The store-
keeper must stand the difference and
hope to recuperate slightly as wages
and retail prices lag behind descending
prices. v
Blame Placed on Retailer.
‘The financial interests who alone
profit by the inflation and deflation”
said Mr. Jewell “tell the wage earner
that the corner retailer is at fault for
not reducing prices and tell the great
body of storekeepjrs and professional
people that the wago earner is respon-
sible for not accepting lower wages
gracefully.”
Summarizing his argument. Mr.
Jewell said that the important thing
“was the deflation of purchasing power
of the large portion of the community
which always lives on a minimum in-
come. This includes not only wage
earners but the majoritv of small store-
keepers and farmers. The interests of
this very large group are so closely
interlocked that what happens to one
affects all. The important thing for
both storekeepers snd farmers today is
n restoration of the purchasing power
of the industrial population.”
SOLDIER DIES WHILE
RED TAPE WITHHOLDS
GOVERNMENT MONEY
Allotment Never Came and
Comrades Will Pro-
vide for Faneral.
Another pathetic instance of hard-
ships felt by disabled veterans of U
World War caught in the slow moving
toils of government red tape was
brought to light Wednesday in the -eath
of Charles A. Siler a former a idier
who contracted tuberculosis after his
service in the army and who because
the government is months slow in paying
his allotment must be buriea iu a pau-
per’s grave.
However the Disabled Veterans of
the World War are trying io raise
money of their own accord t conduct
the funeral and the army baa offered
full military honors at the fuueral.
Corporal Siler died at 2 o'clock Tues-
day morning. He enlisted in the ar y
on May 25 1918. at Walnut Ridge
Ark. aud served at Camp Pike in Com-
pany B Fourth Battalian Replacement
Training Center.
He has been receiving an allotment
of $BO a month but over two years a-o
was married and applied for an allot-
ment for the support of his wife. This
matter dragged along for months. Last
July the “clean-up equad" was iu San
Antonio went over his case again and
forwarded all necessary papers shoving
his marriage and claims for a'litional
support to tbe Veterans’ Bureau. How-
ever uo xuouey was ever received. *
few weeks ago when it was seen that
bis condition was bad his wife came
to San Antonio.
Repeated efforts were recently made
to secure the back money na the forme
soldier was in sinking condition and
needed aid. Friends helped him alour
as best they could and finally a tele
gram was sent Congressman Oldfield
from Arkansas informing him of tic
conditions. When Corporal Siler died
another telegram was sent and he p-
apooded. saying that the entire case wa
a disgrace.
Government regulations will not per
mit the Veterans' Bureau to either lend I
money to those who have bau pay cop- j
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT.
ing or to pay funeral cxepnses when —e
patients die outside of a hoapital.
Had the back pay been forthcoming
friends say. Siler's life might have been
saved and in any event a funeral eould
Jiave becu afforded bj- his widow. The
body is being held at tbe Hagy & M
Collum mortuary pending efforts of the
Max B. Stone chapter of the disabled
veterans of the war to raise funds to
give a respectable burial to their com-
rade.
THREE ARE INJURED
AND HOUSES WRECKED
DURING TEXAS STORM
High Wind Strikes Tenaha;
Lake Nearby Is
| Overflowing.
Timpson. Tex. March 29.—Two resi-
dences were destroyed aud several
others damaged and three persons
slightly injured in u high wind that
struck Tenaha ten miles east of Timp-
son this morning. No loss of life was
reported.
A large force of workmen are en-
deavoring to prevent a break iu the
dam at Bailey’s Lake which was flooded
this morning by the heaviest rains in
years. Fifteen acres about the darn
are flooded as are lowlands in this
section. Little property damage has
been reported.
DEATH LURKING NEAR
FOR ‘SIAMESE TWINS’
AT CHICAGO HOSPITAL
Severance of Women De-
pendant on Death As-
sert Physicians.
Chicago March 29. — Death still
lurked in the shadows of tbe hospital
room where lie Josefa and Rosa Blazek
the twin's who were joined at birth and
have been called “The Siamese Twins."
They continued in virtually au un-
cohscious state Josefa entirely ob-
livious of her surroundings and Kosa in
a comatose condition.
The long talked of operation to sep-
arate them is entirely coutingent on tbe
death of the one which physicians have
said would wean the death of the
other.
Should Josefa die of the yellow jaun-
dice which has stricken both Rosa
might possibly live two or three days
but death would be certain without
an operation Dr. Benjamin Breakstone
said. The success of an operation sep-
arating the twins is problematical phy-
sicians declared. Rosa's 12-yeaf-old
son Frantz and the mother's brother
Frank remains constantly at the bed-
side.
ROBBED BY “OFFICERS”
Mrs. Kosa Rios Surrenders $7 to
Masked Intruders.
Two masked men clad in long dark
coats each with a pistol in his hand
stepped into the home of Mrs. Rosa
Rios 330 South Santa Rosa avenue at
3 o'clock Tuesday morning.
“ 'We are officers. Give up your
money or we will kill you’ ” Mrs. Rios
quotes the intruders as saying after
they arodsed her from her slumber.
Fearful for her life the woman says
she hastened to obey. She got out of
bed went to her trunk opened it and
got out 87 dollars she had. This she
says she gave them.
Mrs. Rios was accompanied by neigh-
bors when she reached police headquar-
ters at 5:30 Tuesday afternoon and
related her experience. The neighbors
had urged her to report the affair to
headquarters. No trace of the men has
been found. Both were tall but one
much heavier than the other she said.
Both men she said wore wrapped leg-
gins.
GET HEAVY SENTENCES
McDonald and Chapman to Prison for
Two Years Each on Seven Counts.
Earl McDonald 20 who attempted
a bold dash for liberty just as a deputy
sheriff led him into Ttyrty-seventh dis-
trict court Tuesday was /ried con-
victed by a jury and sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary in each of
seven indictments against him. His
companion Ernest Chapman 28 was
similarly convicted.
Both defendants pleaded guilty.
Whether or not the prisoners will be
compelled to serve fourteen years in
the penitentiary or whether the sen-
tences will run concurrently rests in
tbe hands of Judge W. 8. Anderson.
The two men were arrested by Cap-
tain Van Riper and Detectives Kobr
and Schraeder last January after they
according to indictments bad broken
into eight different residences. The
robberies detectives say netted the men
about $l5OO in clothing jewelry and
miscellaneous articles.
CHURCH IS BURNED
Basilica of Ste. Anne de Beaupre
strayed by Fire.
Quebec. March 29.—Fire today
stroyed the Basilica of Ste. Anne
Beaupre famous for its shrine but
statue of Ste. Anne and the histori
relics to which miraculous cures hi
been ascribed were saved.
Don't let a poor
skin spoil your
pleasure
Resinol can heal those
blotches and
( your
' s k' n more
beautiful
RESINOL
Soolhinq and Healinq
J«E HINT
PEACE MISSION
WORKER STATES
Finds Spirit of Love and
Admiration There for
Americans.
FULL OF POSSIBILITIES
Interesting Visitors Here
Attending Methodist
Conference.
Japanese masses are as eager for
disarmament as other peoples are ac-
cording to Dr. W. G. Cram super-
intendent of the Siberian-Manchurian
Mission and centenary secretary of
Korea who arrived in San Autonio
Tuesday night to make a report on
his work at the twelfth annual ses-
sion of the Woman's Missionary Coun-
cil of tbe Methodist Episcopal Church
South which meets at the Travis Park
Church March 29 to April 6. Dr.
Cram who is a delegate to the gen-
eral conference which meets next Slay
at Hot Springs Ark. arrived in this
city fiom the Orient on March 13.
“It has been’ said” Dr. Cram con-
tinued “that the total assets of the
Japanese government will not equal
the total assets of one of the lead-
ing life insurance companies of the
United States. It would take tbe last
dollar of the Japanese government to
continue a naval building program and
the people who are already sorely bur-
dened with taxation are delighted with
the results of the disarmament confer-
ence The Japanese people do not want
war with this country.”
Learning English Language.
Siberia offers great opportunities for
American capital he said. Both in
Manchuria and .in Siberia the most
popular of all foreigners Is the Ameri-
can. Formerly the educated Russian
spoke French and German but now he
is dropping the study of these two lan-
guages to study English.
“So popular is the American nation
in all parts of the Orient that in many
places particularly in Manchuria the
schools term their language courses
'American' in preference to ’English.’
"To the American with capital who
is willing to endure hardships and to
work hard Siberia and Manchuria pre-
sent limitless opportunities. Not only
are his chances great to reap monetary
rewards for his industry and persever-
ance but if he is the right kind of a
business man he will benefit the peo-
ple of those countries by elevating their
standards of living. The four-square
business man is a missionary of the
first class. But it will take men with
nerve to develop Siberia and Man-
churia."
The Soviet government in Siberia is
getting on a more stable basis as it is
gradually discarding its radical doc-
trines. The Far Eastern republic com-
prising the western part of Siberia east
of tbe Ural mountains has declared its
independence although the capital at
Chita still takes orders from the Soviet
government at Moscow Dr. Cram de-
clared.
"Famine conditions are not as bad in
this district as they are in European
Russia. It is the ocnsensus of opinion
that the Siberians will manage to pull
through the famine period without great
loss of life although there is a large
amount of suffering. This famine was
largely brought about by the Soviet
government in its policy of confiscat-
ing the crops. The peasants knew that
if they planted crops the government
would confiscate them and as a con-
sequence. the peasarits not wanting to
raise food for other people let the land
lie idle.”
Christianity Is Spreading.
One of the distinguished arrivals in
this eity is Bishop W. F. McMurry
who has been characterized as the busi-
ness genius of the Southern Methodist
Church. He is president of the Board
of Church Extension and speaks with
authority at all councils of the church.
He is in charge of the missionary work
in China Japan Korea and the Si-
berian-Manchurian fields. In addition
to these duties he presides over the
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develop a deliciously differ-
ent flavor.
It Is Fresh Daily
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For wale it practically >H
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conferences of Virginia Louisiana
Mississipi und Northwest Texas.
Although Bishop McMurry has not
been in tbe Orient since 1918 he keeps
in close touch with the work at the
headquarters at Shanghai. China. Phe-
nomenal success has attended the ef-
forts of the missionaries to Christianize
the peoples of tbe Orient. Bishop Mc-
Murry declared Wednesday morning. As
nn illustration of the work being done
he cited the example of Korea. Dur-
ing the last year there have been more
people who have united with the church
iu Korea than in Texas.
Bishop McMurry will remain in San
Antonio only for the opening days of
the conference as he must be in Kan-
sas City next week.
During the entire day various com-
mittee meetings are being held at
which reports are being prepared to be
presented during the council sessions.
Committees of dcaconnesses and home
missionaries are also bolding meetings
to finish the details of their conference
which closed Wednesday noon.
First Meeting Wednesday.
The first publie meeting of the Wom-
an’s Missionary Council will be held nt
8 o’clock Wednesday evening when a
visual report of the work of the Wom-
an's Missionary Council in Oriental
Latin-American and African fields will
be given at Travjs Park Church by the
administrative secretaries of foreign
fields. Miss Mabel K. Howell and Miss
Esther Case.
At 2:30 o'clock Wednesday after-
noon there will be a workers' confer-
ence while at the same hour there will
be an executive committee meeting.
Thursday morning the preliminary
work of the council will be over and
the first general business session will
be held at 9 o'clock. At that time
after organization of the council lias
been perfected reports will be heard
from the president. Miss Belle H. Ben-
nett: the vice president. Mrs. F. F. Ste-
phens; the treasurer Mrs. F. H. E.
Ross: the home base secretary Mra.
B. W. Lipscomb; of the educational
secretary in charge of mission study and
candidate correspondence Mrs. H. R.
Steele and the report of .the student
secretary. Thursday afternoon hearing
of reports will continue.
Hood Crest Nears Memphis.
Memphis. Tenn. March 29.—The
crest of the Mississippi flood today was
between New Madrid Missouri and
Memphis and was expected to reach
this point sometime Friday according
to weather bureau officials. The gauge
here registered 42.1 early today a rise
of only three-tents of a foot in 24 hours.
A fall of 0.4 was recorded at Cairo and
of 0.1 at New Madrid last night. No
serious trouble at any point in the
levees between Cairo aud Memphis had
been reported.
NATURAL
Gas without heat is valueless.
Heat is what you buy and pay for.
Natural Gas contains 978 heat units. Manufactured gas contains 550
heat units.
If 550 heat units should cost $1.25 what should 978 heat units cost?
Answer: $2.22.
It takes near 2 cubic feet of manufactured gas to equal one cubic foot
of natural gas consequently you are now paying upon the basis of
$2.22 for the same heat that is offered you at $1.05 in natural gas;
yet it appears that some people would rather pay $2.22 than to pay
$1.05 for the same heat value. Surely they either don’t or won’t under-
stand.
550 cubic feet of natural gas equals in heat value 978 cubic feet of
manufactured gas.
Our information is that the Public Service Company offers to give
you the equivalent in heat of 978 cubic feet of manufactured gas for
20c per thousand less than they are now charging for 550 cubic feet.
Yet some people apparently are bitterly opposed to accepting the re-
duction.
WHY?
We want to go on record here and now that we are in favor of cheap
gas. The cheaper it is the more we sell; but we know and you know
and the Public Service Company knows that the city commissioners can
pass an ordinance reducing the rate if experience should prove it to
be too high within ten days even after natural gas reaches the city.
San Antonio is now offered its first real opportunity to obtain this
great asset. In the very nature of things the Public Service Company
does not give a rap from a business standpoint whether the change to
natural gas is made or not. It will continue to manufacture and sell
artificial gas at existing rates. San Antonio is the real interested
party. We have worked hard for 3 1-2 years for a pipe line to San
Antonio and now that we have closed a contract with a pipe
line builder and the latter with the Public Service Company as a
result of which you will get better gas for a less price than you are
now paying it appears that for some reason beyond the comprehension
of mortal man the people of this city are being placed in the attitude
of bitter opposition.
Again WHY?
If this opportunity is lost
is yours.
It is only fair to say that if this opportunity is rejected we will of
necessity be compelled to seek a market elsewhere as it is of course
beyond our power to force San Antonio to take something which she
does not want and we do not wish to be placed in the attitude of at-
tempting to do so and simply take this method of acquainting the
public with the facts.
Owner* of Ga* Field* in McMullen Live Oak Webb and Refugio Coun-
ties. Taxa*.
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W. M. STEPHENSON. Manager.
the responsibility is upon you and the injury
MARCH 29 1922.
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