The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 10, 1925, Page 16

HOW THE COAL STRIKE STRIKES THE PUBLIC NGRY suspicion that neither the operators nor the miners really A tried to prevent the deadlock that closed the anthracite mines on September Ist 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 predicted for the operators and distributors from the large surplus supplies of anthracite 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 en- forced 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 com- panies, are using the strike to force a wage advance which would have to come ulti- 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, mately out of the publie’s pocket. Another charge hinted at by the operators is that 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,” deelares the Albany Knickerbocker Press, which denounces the strike as “inexcusable 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 which- ever way the situation developed, “have been arbitrary’; while the miners, “de- manding 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, pre- sents the story of the coal strike in all its various phases as gleaned from the news- paper press of America. It shows the prospects for and against an early settlement, and tells of the substitutes that have been proposed for the use of hard coal. the Rent-Payer and Los Angeles. In addition it reviews the housing situation throughout the coun- try and shows how building construction is progressing. This article is accompanied by a graph which illustrates the text. Tammany’s Bitter Rough and Tumble Fight Daily detaands 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 political 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 Mr. 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 seriously injure Governor Smith’s prestige. All the interesting developments in this extraor- ” dinary struggle are reflected in “The Literary Digest” this week. Other Big News-Features in September 12th “Digest’’—News-stands 10 Cts. Is France Evading Its Debt Payment to Us? 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