Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-12-03 | Page 4 | Palmer Stands Pat

PALMER STANDS PAT. Ailoracy General Palmer is opposed to any further conferences between the operators and coal miners at this time. i: declaring that the wage increase pro- J posed by Dr. Garfield equaliiod the av- I' erage miner's wages with the high cost j of liv ing without increasing the price ! ' of coal. To grant the demands of v 1 1 0 ' , miners would still further increase the : 1 cost of living, vwiieii the e.'.torrj.'y geu- 1 era! declares is now at. the high point. ! The firm stand taken by the depart-i ir-cut of justice chief is fully justified, ! since the operators have posted the ad- j '. ance in n ines recommended by I'r. i i Garfield. o the miners will receive ! i the benefit with no additional cost top 'lie consumers. The attorney general I : has called upon the American people to ! . 'lefiise to be stampeded" into advo-I rating any further conferences for theii purpose of settling the disastrous 1 st'i'.e now in progress. .As a matter of ;::'. the i vodariioll f bitl!ll:i;ior3 coal G S approximates fifty per cent of normal and it would bo ivi.rso than u.-less to reopen the conferences when there is little or no prospect of agreement. At- j torney Genera! Palmer is standing upon firm ground and should receive the sup- Iport of the people of the country.