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Show TROUBLE AHEAD. According to an announcement made by Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor, employees em-ployees of the United States Steel corporation cor-poration and the big meat packing plants throughout tho country are being organized and are almost ready to present pre-sent demands for better wages and working work-ing conditions. Just now everything in the United States is being run at high pressure and both wages and the cost of living have gone up. What will happen hap-pen when the European war ends cannot can-not be forecast, but unless the mills and factories arc kept running full blast and the prices of commodities are maintained main-tained at the present high level the country will nrobablv witness a lone series of strikes if an attempt is made to cut wages proportionately. The sliding scale agreed upon by the copper mine managers and the miners of Butte, Montana, Mon-tana, will prove its value if a general s-'aling down becomes necessary all over the country. There is a minimum wage for tho Butte miners and their pay increases in-creases as copper advances up to a certain cer-tain point. If copper declines in value wages go down until the minimum is reached. It seems to be an admirable way to avoid labor trouble:?. |