Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1919 — CUBA CONTROLS COAL SUPPLY [ARTICLE]

CUBA CONTROLS COAL SUPPLY

Fuel Con Not Be Sold In Island Without Approval of Government—To Get 27,000 Tone From U. 8. Havana, Dec. s.—Control over all coal supplies throughout the republic was taken over by the government a presidential decree to that effect having been issued. Coal owned by individuals, companies or societies may not be sold without authority from the government. Immediate exportation of 27,000 tons of coal to Cuba has been allowed by the United States government to relieve this country’s fast disappearing supplies.