The British Coal Trade

The British Coal Trade PDF

Author: Herbert Stanley Jevons

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781022739932

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This book by Herbert Stanley Jevons provides a comprehensive account of the British coal trade, including its history, technology, and economics. Published in the early 20th century, it is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of energy and industry in Britain. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Rise of the British Coal Industry

The Rise of the British Coal Industry PDF

Author: J. U. Nef

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-11

Total Pages: 501

ISBN-13: 1136235361

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Originally published in 1966, this is Volume II which is a straightforward account of the British nationalized coal industry in the first half of the twentieth century. This volume contains parts 4 on Coal and Capitalism to Part five on Coal and Public Policy.

The British Coal Trade

The British Coal Trade PDF

Author: Herbert Stanley Jevons

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 9781230349107

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... cases of the owners selling the pit rather than face the loss of a prolonged strike. The buyers have either had to make profit possible by expensive improvements of machinery, or to face a long strike in reducing the price list. Presumably they will have taken into account the possibility of much expense in reducing the price list when valuing the colliery for purchase. It is indeed becoming moi-e and more difficult to effect any change at all in price lists once established; and it is also becoming more difficult to fix a price list in the first instance. An interesting case is that of the Gelli pit belonging to Messrs. Cory Brothers, in South Wales. The pit was a comparatively new one which Messrs. Cory Brothers had taken over and wished to open. The price list they offered proved unacceptable to the men, who went out on strike in October, 1910. After some months the executive of the South Wales Miners' Federation took control of the case, and they furnished the strike pay. In spite of various attempts and negotiations, neither side has seen its way to offer sufficient for the parties to meet and make a bargain, with the result that the pit has remained closed for more than three years, and there is still no prospect of its being opened. The men on strike gradually drifted away to find employment in other pits, and in September, 1913, the Miners' Federation ceased payment of strike pay. The result is that the pit is practically of no commercial value, because no member of the South Wales Miners' Federation can be got to work there; and as this includes practically all the experienced men, the company has no prospect of opening the pit at the price list it offers.1 The negotiation of a price list is indeed a most dramatic event in the...

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