COAL TOO DEAR
SCOTTISH RAILWAYS BLOCKED
REFUSAL TO PAT HIGH PRICES,
(CHITIB FUSS AJS»CIATION.—COFT!t!9HT.> (RBDTER'3 TIM9BAH.) LONDON, 10th August. An TiynarifJ sight is afforded by some (Scottish railways, which are blocked with miles of coal-laden wagons-and; empty goods trucks, the consumers refusing to pay the high prices demanded for coal, which they contend are treble what the trade can stand for domestic coal. Several boycotted ironmasters have refused to operate their blast furnaces, and this has caused a famine in^ pig iron. Many miners are again out of work. ,
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 37, 12 August 1921, Page 7
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89COAL TOO DEAR Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 37, 12 August 1921, Page 7
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