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Show High Cost of Striking The threatened stt ike of 400,000 railway employees is a serious matter. A million persons depend de-pend upon these '100, 0i)0 for support. The great traveling' public depends upon them for facilities of travel and for bresvd for the household and milk for babies. This is more serious than the interruption of trade or traveling. It means suffering and death. Who shall pay this bill? Three-quarters of a million are working in the coal fields, providing pro-viding fuel for 10,000,000 families and a quarter of a million of manufacturing establishments, employing 5,000,000 men and women. The terrifying results of a strike of the coal miners is obvious. Who will pay this bill? Two great labor strikes bid fair to involve 1,150,000 employees. employ-ees. Aside from the general and widespread distress that a strike of the railroad men and miners would create, we must consider the suffering that must come among the strikers themselves and their families. Who will pay this bill? The war in Europe has given an impetus to our prosperity. Shall we have an interruption of this flowing tide which has only begun to flow or shall justice and reason prevail so that the expansion expan-sion of business can continue. It is fortunate that thus far no harsh words have been heard and no bitter expressions from either the railway employees or the coal miners, nor from the railroads or the mine operators. Can they not reason together as fellow workers interested in industrial in-dustrial peace? Can they not be brought carefully care-fully to consider the high cost of striking and its effect, on the high cost of living? And whe will pay the bill? The dear "common people." Leslie's. |