Show N OF MINES IS FEW FE STEPS NEARER T TI uI in England Is Seen I in Report of Corn Com I c I mission By Associated Press ONDON March larch Andrew Bonar r the government spokesman In a statement sr t m nt In the house of commons Ia said that the government I 11 accepted the report of the special co c L commission of which Justice Sir J John n Sankey Is chairman Including its itsu u to report on the question o by by May 20 and to Iss fist Interim reports from time to time problem of Improvements In the cb C l Industry of this nature would be beI pdt into I immediate operation declared I Bonar Law This involved the c oY of coal control for two years ars FEWER HOURS HOURS' URGED S' S reference to the Sankey report i he explained was signed by three r of the employers not concerned in the coal Industry and granted the miners two thirds of tI r demands In wages Mr Bonar Ity v said that the signers of the re- re recommended a further reduction I hours In 1921 because they assumed t tu f. f by then the output of 1913 name name- tons would be resumed estimated cost of what was m ded was for the current year 43 It was as proposed that the profits of the coal masters should be to 14 14 per ton Taking all things hiLt consideration tae estimated cost tho taxpayers ers would be nearly Mr Ir Bonar Law also announced that I th employers had made what he him him- se f fand and the labor minister considered I r t proposals to the tram transport ort w and he had reason to believe I those tt e would prove acceptable to the n. n WILL ADOPT REPORT 1 e lr Bonar Law said the government wag as prepared to adopt the Sankey re- re I poi t In spirit and In letter The miners miners' ml- ml ners' ners leaders had never had such an opportunity and never would again There had never been such an opportunity I for making real progress in connection with the problems or of the I coal industry and in rejecting It the leaders would be making the I g mistake ever er made by the leaders of a great industry I If they were willing to wait continued con con- the government spokesman y could have a report on national national- I and everything else The matte mat mat- te however be settled by parlia- parlia tWill If a strike came It would not bea be a aI ordinary strike against employers lint the Bt against the state and in such case I government must use the whole of its resources without the slightest hesitation to win victory and win it quickly UPROAR FOLLOWS t this statement statement a great uproar arose from the labor bench and cries Ve q We could talk as big and You Tou are are threatening There were c counter unter cheers and Mr B Law resumed S ThIs is not a threat no government C rd do otherwIse It such a struggle tH there e could be but one ending or there is in end to government i in this coun- coun hj 1 T CONDITIONS I fhe the mine owners owners' report states that I Iten t en ers mh received 1 wage Increases of per cent during the war while the I east Ct of living liying rose per cent The I maJority of the miners received free o f l and houses The miners miners' demand a 30 per cent increase on the wages Ile e workers workers' report largely deals deals' l p social conditions It says that d i tenth or of all the nations nation's children are born and raised In mining villages a large portion in Scotland living under the soul destro destroying conditions of single single- room houses A majority have no nomore nomore more than two rooms There are bet be- be t teen en an and casualties y e r l ly of which front from 1500 to 1700 are U Al SEVEN HOUR DAY The InterIm report to the coal com com- of which Justice Sir John Sankey Sanke is chairman recommends seven seen hours of work underground instead In- In st stead ad of eight from July 16 and six hours from July 13 1921 subject to the thee e gnomic position or of the industry ilie he report recommends an in increase rease ii wages of 2 shillings per shift for IJler workers now under sliding s les and an advance of 1 shilling for workers under 16 years In the interest of the country the lery liery workers it is further recommended mended r ended shall shaH have an effective voice the 1 direction of the mines The present system of ownership and ands s 5 stem of working is condemned and a must be found either in na- na or unification by national purchase or joint control The rhe Sankey report points out that the recommendations mean the distribution distri- distri n annually of 1 addi- addi U al in wages and that It should be bec c whether a penny per ton i s 5 uld be collected at once on coal hr br to the surface to Improve the in the colliery districts This would be equal to yearly i |