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Show lull TBT LOSS ESTIMATED Utah Industrial Commission Reports Strikes Cost State $300,000. L:.r ;:y.;....ts u,.rifg 1 1 1 - ii. L't.vb cost the i;:uu--trlv directly affect d and tho employees en strike a total of more than Sttuuj..,!, according to information furnished fur-nished by the industrial commission oi Utah. The commission prepared the data at tho 1'f.piest of the New York Sun, which is seeking nation-wide in:ormation on the subject. The industrial commission presents the following resume of the situation: "Wages lost tl; rough strikes in mi-cehur-ouus. trades in this state. 2 1ST per day for a period of r.iu.et y- three da s. making total' wage loss Si'ULSiH. "Gross loss to industry, jJl-O.Dnn. "Total loss, "Wages lost through strikes in mining lndustr;. , per day for a period of forty days, making total waie loss SU'li.Ol'U. "Loss to industry, ST. 1 7 , " 1 Li . "Total loss, .fKTO.iMl.'. "Total loss to state through strikes, approximately ap-proximately $904, 6o3. "There has been little unrest in this state, due to the fact that labor leaders here are conservative. The strike in the mining industry was the result of 1. W. W. agitation. The strike in miscellaneous trades was an American Federation of Labor strike. The principal contention was one of wages. "We believe employers and employees generally in this state are making on honest effort to adjudicate their differences without resorting- to the lockout or the strike." |