Show Coal Mine Profits Pro instance of how bow much faster Laster fiction tray trav- A ANOTHER dis than truth is shown in I the tho constant reiteration lof of the tho cs statement made mado by hy Secretary ex-Secretary McAdoo cAdoo J nl nit the lime of the tle soft soH coal conI strike According to Lo tho the income income tax lax returns on file fio at Washington he lie said man many mutes mines mines in Pennsylvania mn made e war time profits of or over o 1000 per Pc percent cent cent The statement provoked pro much comment anti and created widespread sympathy for the time miners Jt it I was I pressed presed to the time limit in manufacturing s sentiment against the tine called so-called I coal coal barons barons An Au explanation ion was WiS immediately issued issue by y the mine mine n hut but owners admitting that such stick profits were possible could owner be bo made mane only by hy the tine I snowbird type of mine mine- mine mine- mine small deposits of coal conI which arc are operated by companies ha having hang ng small smal nn and are in a 1 large largo manned by th il owners Such mines if if vigorously worked in iii war-time war might yield almost nn any rate of profit But as as the mine owners' owners statement sail said sid such mines mine are arc rare and the total total of their output is gible At that time exact fg cs for the industry as asa asa or a a. whole were not available Figures sai said to be representative e of or the time industry as asa asa a n whole have now been submitted to the coal triko tr ke commission commission com corn mission at Washington Statistics for 1919 lID which have haye been len gathered from iO 10 per pr cent of the time mines mine in the tho central ecu cen ira trl competitive field show that if an increase of 14 per pot percent percent cent in wages be he applied throughout 1 1920 O the these companies companies com corn patties will wil realize less Jes than 1 per cent net V return on their capital investment In Jn the tho southern Ohio the u Illinois and h other representative districts districts the there there- re ro I I stilts will wil be he similar or worse TIle line coal toai ducer association which turns out more than 2000 tons or 15 per cent of ot the central fie field reports report's that if the thc 14 per cent wage increase had had been applied through l 1919 Hn they timey would have faced a n deficit of more than Exaggeration of the tine profits of employers employer is a 1 potent argument of the tite I. I W. W W. W agitators and their ill ilk ik in fomenting fomenting trouble and breeding unrest in i industrial cir cr- cr cir cir- 1 des cles Employers are largely t to blame for not gi giving ing publicity to facts Those in a a position to know state that hundreds of strikes could have Itye been heen avoided if tho the truth had m been ben made manifest in duo due season Even men whose business it is to know the tine facts fats still stil quote Mr McAdoo's allegation of 1000 per cent profits and the chances are it i will wil go thundering thundering down the ages ae as asa asa n na a big big ig bertha berha in the hn hands s of the tho radicals |