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Show T H E C I T I 6 ' i ZEN ' The mine owners have won, but theirs is a Pyrrhic victory. Men starved into defeat will not make good workmen. They will liarhor. resentment, and this resentment will inevitably seep into their work. And it does not take much of a prophet to predict that they will be ready for another strike when the next good : opportunity offers. All parties to the strike have blundered. The miners were unfortunate in their choice of leaders and policies; they erred fatally in accepting bolshevist gold for the continuance of the struggle, for in accepting the red aid they lost the sympathy of a large portion of the British people, and thus assured their eventual defeat. The mine owners, through their stubborn refusal to reorganize and modernize the mines, displayed at the very least a lamentable lack of good judgment. Justified or not; a feeling grew up that they were trying to crush the miners into submission without providing any remedy for their real grievances. They allowed their actions to be dictated by the, rather than the progressives within their ranks, and as a result reaped for themselves a rich harvest of distrust and condemnation. Nor was the government representing that third party, the public any more fortunate in its moves. To the outsider it seemed as though the government missed several opportunities for forcing a just, and equitable settlement upon both miners and mine owners, and left them to fight out their differences no matter who might be hurt. The mining, industry in Britain, like that in this country, is , not on a basis of service. The minds of the mine owners seem centered upon present profits rather than future development. Experts have testified that through the installation of modern machinery and the elimination of waste, through the abandonment of some mines and the intensive utilization of others, not only could higher wages be paid to the miners but coal could be supplied to other industries at less cost than at present. But this, protested the mine owners, could be done only at great ex- ropeaii private shipping interests unless the people are willing to pay part of the bills, we are like the Scotchman, We. liae our doots. The taxayers are to pay certain estimated losses, while the managers and owners of the ships will bank the profits. 9 9 j. .. 'r There was once a . man who was right in the middle of'.' a '.smooth, 'cool shave, when he. was ' called downstairs to answer the Telephone. An Extension Telephone in a handy corner upstairs would have preserved his . die-har- ds temper. COSTS BUT A FEW CENTS A DAY Call Your Telephone Office pense. And. so the war-tor-n nation has been.put to the unneeded expense of a $1,250,000,000 strike; the mines are in poorer condition than ever; the price of coal is liighpr; and hundreds of thousands of miners are forced to accept lower wages and a correspondingly lower standard of living. Dearborn .Independent. MERCHANT MARINE English capitalists are gradually and surely acquiring, through .purchase, the control of the trading seas. England is known as the mistress of the seas, whether she is or. not, but nevertheless she has the name. and. that ys a. whole lot. The recent purchase of the White Star line involving a $35,000,000 deal has been put over. In the meantime the United States has been junking thousands of tons of ship bottoms, and hundreds of other ships are still anchored in the harbors going to wreck and ruin. But they were, built for war purposes and' it is said were not suitable for shipping. But according to reports around shipping centers these government built ships are nothing more or less than old and unseaworthy hulks. That is quite contrary to the opinion the people have. When this. country decided to go into the war and the ship . . BETTER PRINTING MAKES BETTER BUSINESS A will carry your message to a prospective customer, but to secure the desired results, this message must be printed in a manner that will 1 building, program was announced, the people were Jed to believe that after the war these numerous ships were to be .used for a giant American Merchant marine, and then when the war closed, our. bubble exploded. - Now again the hue and cry is raised for a giant American o iierchant Marine, and if. the taxpayers will ioot the bills, such men as J. Pierpont Morgan and other monied rnemare ready to give their time and money ( ? ) townnkhelping the good cause. .V., Just where the road leads to, no one knows.; It is a dandy talking. point and one which. at first appeals, .but. when it. i?' taken into consideration that not any of. our monied men care to. tackle the proposition unless the federal government foots at least part of the bills, upon the plea that we cannot compete against Eii- - POSTAGE STAMP create attention and interest upon its arrival. Our effective printing will help to secure such favorable recep-tio- n for your message. CENTURY PRINTING CO. W. G. ROMNEY 231 Editon Street j. Q. RYAN |