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Show A Sad Sign of Be Her Times No one, of course, wants to see strikes and turmoil in industry. But it is a fact, nevertheless, that strikes do NOT occur when nations are going downhill into depression. The fact that they are occurring now means that we are journeying jour-neying upward. In other words, men don't strike unless they have something some-thing to strike for. in periods of declining business it is : obviously futile to fight for better wages,, shorter hours, more pleasant conditions of labor. ; : But, ia nreas of ascending prosperity,, wages lag behind ' profits often too far behind. Then strikes start. It is too bad we haven't enough common sense yet, as a nation, to reason things out dispassionately and do the light thing without , a lot of violence. But, philosophically speaking, the violence is a good j sign in our present stage of development. It is an indi- ! cation of better times. Much as we appreciate it, we must ; ,' 1 recognize it for what it is. |