472 THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN August 28, 1914. CONTENTS. Editorial Articles .— page Financial Handicaps......................... 473 . German and Austrian Patents .............. 473 Trading with the Enemy...................... 473 Articles :— Weathering of the Pittsburg Coal Bed at the Experimental Mine near Bruceton, Pa....... 463 German Patents and Trade Marks ............. 464 Mine Signboards............................. 465 Missfires in Sinking Shafts................. 466 Obituary.................................... 466 Trade and the War........................... 467 British-Grown Timber........................ 468 Labour and Wages............................ 474 Coal Mines Act, 1914 ....................... 475 American Coal and the War .................. 475 Trading with the Enemy: Official Explanation. 475 United States Coal Production in 1913 ...... 476 Germany's Markets .......................... 477 Mining and Other Notes ..................... 479 Foreign Trade and Commerce in Coal ......... 479 The Freight Market ....................... 481 Open Contracts............................ 483 Coastwise Shipments in July............... 483 Abstracts of Patent Specifications Recently Accepted 484 New Patents Connected with the Coal and Iron Trades ................................. 486 Government Publications ......;............. 486 Publications Received ...................... 486 Continental Mining Notes ...................... 475 Workmen's Compe . . , „ 13 „ 3s. 6d. ) inch in depth. 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Telegrams—“ Osbecks, Newcastle-on-Tyne.” *#* For other Miscellaneous Advertisements see Last White Page. (The (foUicty (Bwilian AND Journal of the Coal and Iron Trades. Joint Editors— J. V. ELSDEN, D.Sc. (Lond.), F.G.S. HUBERT GREENWELL, F.S.S., Assoc.M.I.M.E. LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1914. The London coal trade is moving very quietly this week. Best coals maintain their prices, but all second qualities are difficult to sell. Fortunately the supplies are limited through the dislocation of the railway traffic and short time at the collieries, or the depots would become congested. Prices are very irregular. The shipping trade is weak. Now that the bond and embargo on the exporta- tion 01 coal have disappeared, the coal trade at the exporting centres is gradually recovering from the stagnant position in which it has remained since the outbreak of the war. There are still many difficulties, however, which continue to restrict trade, and among these those of high freight and war insurance risks raws and of finance may be mentioned as the more important. On the Tyne the demand has been healthier during the past week, and altogether the outlook has improved. Although the Wear market is still greatly disturbed, the situation is more promising. At Cardiff the withdrawal of the triple bond has served as a great stimulant to the outward market, though the home demand has fallen off somewhat. In the Midlands business is quiet, especially in Lancashire. The Official List of Mines in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the year 1913 has just been issued by the Home Office. The list consists of (1) a general index of mines, giving the county, number of inspection division, and name of owner of each; and (2) divisional lists of mines under the Coal Mines and Metalliferous Mines Acts respectively, arranged according to the name of the owner, and giving the name and postal address of the owner, the name and situation of the mine, the names of manager and under-manager, number employed, minerals worked, &c. The opinion of leading firms as to the advisability of the extension of the moratorium is being invited by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Government has had to refuse the request to indemnify British owners and merchants against loss or confiscation arising out of the war in substitution of the State war risks scheme. The Board of Trade have issued rules regulating the procedure for the avoidance or suspension of any patent or trade mark the owner of which is a subject of an enemy State. A deputation of trade unions yesterday (Thursday) laid certain proposals before the Prime Minister for alleviating the financial effect of the war upon unions. A special conference of the South Wales Miners’ Federation is to be held on the 1st prox. to consider means for alleviating the distress caused by the