The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 10, 1925, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE How THE CoaL STRIKE STRIKES THE PUBLIC in Srey RR ee Contains Official List of ¥ sers, iMustrations, includin The standard guide- copies ordered from. Austra NGRY suspicion that neither the operators nor the miners really tried to A prevent the deadlock that closed the anthracite mines on September 1, finds expression in many an editorial and news dispatch, as reported in this week's issue of “The Literary Digest” dated September 12th. The consumer of hard coal, confronted by the prospect of paying a higher price for his winter’s supply, reads with smoldering resentment of the rich profits pre- dicted for the operators and distributors from the large surplus supplies of anthra- cite already above ground. Nor does he feel any profound thrill of sympathy when the correspondents describe the “festival spirit’ in which the miners welcome their enforced vacation. The anthracite companies, declares President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers, are using the strike “to unload at enhanced prices a greatly augmented tonnage of inferior coal.” The miners, retorts an official spokesman for the compa- nies, are using the strike to force a wage advance which would have to come ulti- mately out of the publie’s pocket. Another charge hinted at by the operators is that Good News For Another of the many interesting articles in this week’s “Digest,” is a review of the recent announcement of the Industrial Conference Board that for the first time in ten years the upward flight of rents has been checked. It points out the rent reductions that have taken place in Chicago, Buffalo, New York, Detroit, Cleveland, the United Mine Workers Union is sacrificing the anthracite field to serve its pur- poses in the soft coal industry. But while each side is accusing the other of forcing the suspension for ulterior motives, disinterested journals are blaming them both for this “strike against the consumer.” “The periodic coal strikes of recent years have been manifestly directed primarily against the public, and this is even more true of the present strike than of previous struggles,” remarks the Buffalo Express. “Both miners and operators. have surrendered all claims upon public sympathy,” declares the Albany Knickerbocker Press, which denounces the strike as “inexcus- able and senseless.” Remarking that “neither side to the controversy has shown the right spirit,” the St. Louis Star points out that the operators,’in a position to profit whichever way the situation developed, “have been arbitrary”; while the miners “demanding a 10 per cent increase and the check-off, with wage adjustments for those employed by the day, have refused arbitration.” The leading article in “The Literary Digest” this week, September 12th issue, - presents the story of the coal strike in all its various phases as gleaned from the newspaper press of America. It shows the prospects for and against an early set- tlement, and tells of the substitutes that have been proposed for the use of hard coa!. the Rent-Payer and Los Angeles. In addition it reviews the housing situation throughotu the country and shows how building construction is progressing. This article is accom- panied by a graph which illustrates the text. Tammany's Bitter Rough and Tumble Fight Daily demands from cities in every corner of the country deluge New York political headquarters for information about the Smith-Hylan battle in the ranks of the Democracy of the metropolis. The whole country is watching it, as the press comment clearly indicates. The chief factor in arousing outside interest, according to the New York papers, is the widespread conviction that Governor Smith’s politi-. cal future is bound up in the result of the primary on September 15th. As one paper says, “if the Smith-Tammany forces can not defeat Hylan, it almost certainly means good-by to any aspirations the Governor may have for the nomination next year as an opponent to Senator Wadsworth.” There is also the old Smith-Hearst feud, since My. Hearst and his papers are backing Hylan, and the anti-Hylan editors insist that a Hylan-Hearst victory would put Hearst in complete control of the city and seri- ously injure Governor Smith’s prestige. All the interesting developments in this extraordinary struggle are reflected in “The Literary Digest” this week. . Other Big News-Features in September 12th “Digest” —News-stands 10 Cts. 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