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Show plan is based on the purpose of the union is to guarantee for a satisfactory standard of living rontin-uuual- y the to To sgrfrj its ineiuliers. n eonqictitivo wago seale would While a majority of the operators seriously jeojsmlixe the standards who signed the Jacksonville agree- that have slowly been built up by action through tho last thirty ment adhered to it throughout 1924 and 1925, they believed they could not years, it is asserted by the union. continue in the future under tho wage OF scale inqxiM'd upon them an.l went to FOUNDRY COKE MARKET THE WEST IS GROWING the Miami conference insisting usm a downward revision of the scale to The demand for highgrade foundry enable union mines to reduce costs and place them on a competitive basis coke in the Intermuuntain and Pacific n mines. West is growing by leaps and bounds with Commission. as is indicated by the fact that coke Opposes Any using concerns of this territory are in the )rs opera, The union objects to the market seeking all of this product proKsal of a contilSuously romjieUtive can get from producing concerns. unis it they that wage seale on the ground recently the Columbia Steel coreoneession Only workable and is too great a which has a plant in Utah intend poration, make. to union They for the and producing eoal mines in county because that it is unworkable is anil Carbon making a good grade of are no accepted wage standards in the commercial roke, closed a contract for there thus and n territory tons yearly to be supwould be difficulty in agreeing on a half a million Coast consumers. Still Parifie to also plied unou The luisis of comparison. and the cry is continues demand the have objects to tho operators' plan to for founhand on heard minevery four being of commission a composed At manufacture. Western coke of medita three dry ers, four oeraturs and of thoustors mutually chosen, or, in the event the ri resent time hundreds of a failure to agree to mediators, ands of tons of foundry are shipped Gerto have them named by the chief jus- into this territory from Canada, United the of distant and ;arts many States United supreme tice of the court. The commission woull be cia States, bnt freight rates are so high that the "rices are almost prohibitive. j lowered to determine the competitive This is the why and wherefore of the wage scale and have final jurisdiction in all disputes in the industry. The great demand for Western production union bases its objection to tie olan of foundry roke. Under present conhis of submitting to the chief justice the ditions the consumer has to ship disintermountain in and the coke in memneutral question of appointing dolbers of the commission because, they trict pay from eighteen to twenty' Coast Paeifie On it. the ton Wilfor a lars ehief the jnstice, assert, present liam Howard Taft, has not shown consumers are charged from twenty to dollars the ton for the himself in sympathy wit l the aspira- twenty-fou- r foundrv. tions of union labor. Utah is the eente'r of the smelting The other objection to the operators in Ohio and Western recopnired for several years, and the severe the union districts were where exdifficulty of romneting under the directly faced with rigorous competiistin' wago agreements hss been fields. to union operators since the tion of the principal enusyl-vani- SHOWN OF MINES BACK EASE IS SAID a, non-unio- 10 BE QUIET AFFAIR WASHINGTON'. D. 0., July IB. Mure than two hundred thousand hi tuminouH minors in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania have bncn on strike since April 1st, and as this ia written alight hope ia held fur an early settlement of the dispute, which lias completely suspended ojierationa in a large number of mines and has thrown about a third of the soft miners of the rnuntry out of work. Owing to the continued low price of eoal, the n adequate production of the mines to meet the summer demand and the almost complete absence of disorder in strike centers, the tieup has attracted little attention. Jn Illinois and Indiana, both stmnglv unionised, the strike has been completely effective and in Ohio a majority of the mines have been shut down. Pennsylvania soft production was reduced a third when the strike was called and on July 1st another twelve thousand minen were added to those already idle by the expiration of a temfsirary working agreement as between the operaton and the union. Big Conference On. Preliably the most imisirtant development of the strike thus far is the joint conference between the Illinois operators and the union which nienrd in Chicago on June 21st. Seventy thousand union miners in Illinois are dirertlv interested in the outcome of the conference and successful negotiation of a wan scale will mean of production in the most strongly unionised state, while failure of conferees to agree will mean an indefinite continuance of the tieun all throughout the industry. The issuo between the operators and the miners is the proposed renewal of the sorallcd Jacksonville agreement, signed down at Jacksonville, Fla., on February 16, 1024, and which renewed for three yean from April 1, 1924, the wage seale agreement entered into in 1923. The 1923 agreement was an extension of the 1922 which in turn continued the 1920 wage seale. The Jacksonville guaranteed to the union the continuation until 1927 of the wage seale secured during the period of postwar prosperity. The experience . non-unio- . depression, the status quo hss been maintained and joint conference for renewal of the 1923 egie-nie- nt met in Jacksonville, the tone or the meeting was remarkable conciliatory. The ofierators were well aware that the bituminous fields were n operatexpamled and that ors were encroaching on thei marindustrial kets, but they believed that d Naee in the union mines, artoni)vin-ieforce would seale, a by high wage the high eost mines out of business. wages were At this time the union to approximately equal scale, and the operators hoped that the ec set hv the union wage seale would he effective in eliminating high cost mines throughout the industry, n as well as union. Business conditions in the bituminous industry in 1924 and 1925, however, were genof erally very unfavorable. Thousands 1 mines were closed and one bund" of out thrown were miners thousand work. The average price per ton of soft declined from $2.20 in 1924 to $2.04 in 1925. The depression was felt throughout the industry. n Disturbs. The theory behind the Jacksonville agreement worked effectively in union territory, bnt it did not solve t n compcti ion. problem of The union operators found themselves competing for a lessened demand with the principal item of their eost a t.i rl higher than their competitors. The non-unimines, by the fact of the lower wage scale, became, in roiniari-so- n with the union mines, low eost The situation was esNeially Kxt-w- numlicr of mines is greatly in excess of the needs of the eountry. The urge to reduce costs is particularly sharp, and in view of the importance of labor costs in the industry the wage scale is a matter of vital importance. Conmctitive conditions, as far as waites in the union mines are concerned, are stabilised by the fixed union wage scale, hut between union n and mines there is a large variance in the rates paid. The nonunion mines, with the wage determined by the oMrator alone, are in a position to operate umlcr a scale lower than that paid in the union mines. n mine thus secures a The competitive advantage over the union, through its lower rest of production, and is able to undersoil the union mine in the market. During and after the war the nroductinn of bituminous mines was greatly increased and has continued to do re yearly, while the demand for coal has decreased, due to the more economical use by consumer; and the more extensive use of other sources of power. Accordingly, the mine operator, faced by a diminishing demand for coal, coupled wifh the increased ability of the industry to produce, has found it increasin'-1- - difficult to survive the intense eompeti tion of the bituminous industry. Recognized For Years. Although the overexpanded condition of the soft eoal industry has been non-unio- non-unio- ar non-unio- non-uni- non-unio- Non-Unio- non-unio- non-uni- non-unio- tli-r- e non-unio- Dictator SEDAN bor costs amounted to between 70 and 80 per cent of the total cost of n. Since 1920 the orators in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Western Penn- sylvania and in the outlying districts controlled by the union have, worked ' at a fixed scale under thoir contracts ' with the United Mine Workers. This is based on the following schedule. of rates 1.04 to $1.11 per ton for Illinois cents per . pick mining; ninety-threhour for inside day men. Indiana $1.08 per ton for pick cents per hour mining ; ninety-thre- e 'lor inside day men. Western . Pennsylvania $1.03 to '$1.11 per ton for pick mining; ninetjr-thrrents per hour for inside day e hi-hg- nid. will follow i'rnm the aS big steel, iron, smelling; gJ! dred industries, when aetud, on of this grade coke is nJ The Fleming CW1 and (2 At the rate of ninety-thre- e eenta an bour the nside day men make approximately $7A0 a day. The day wages of tonnage men have wider variation, bnt they also approximate $7AO a day. Very Bad Organization. The impasse over the union wage aeale brings into high light the fundamental cause of the strike the disorganised rendition of the soft eoal industry. Overexnansion has mads the production intensely competitive. The fw Uil B. pany of Utah is pioneering th the "reduction of this mi after and highly iiiiuortnt mi present and future Western 4 It has the coal, of higWj grade, possesses a trade ' converting this 9 of a kind that is let Hem eoal inti I tests up Ui Connells ville, Pa, I font, t can nrodnee this at a cost .he sale of it at not to exctrii dollars a ton, thus undendh IV side cokes six to twelve dollml This concern has a virgin fid south of Sunnysiile at Coluab Emery county and aboi awaiting its big scale WESTERN MINING D. 01 re MEg SOON MEET AT WASHINGTON, SM CL, Federal and state I Ha j taxation sf i improvement in the silver bilisation .of the mining iifi workmen a accident eompeuda aii improved methods of tmtiigu products will be considered it 1 convention of the Western dba Mining eosgng rti a 1335 enue taxation and the pmptdia vision of tax rates and mas administration provisions at dr I coming session of congreii, thi ventions of these orgauiiitiai devote considerable atteatiab tax question. The Salt .Lake City mcri bring together for the fmi tiai number of years the eoiqkha berehip of the general tax aril of the American Mining enpa the purpose of formulating id recommendations to eongrea Is revision. Heretofore session d general tax committee hare ba (Continued On Pise Eight) PROBATE AND GlARDIANSHJ tires Consult Cotinty CSfii w vpretive Signers For Further Irina NOTICE TO CREDITORS EM Of Anton Mnyaah, Aire Kara Companion car to thefamous Studebaker Commander A brilliant example of excess power and finer quality at a it price One-Prof- More Poiver Twenty-thre- e sedans selling for $50 to 1I5 more than The Dictator Sedan Less Cost have less power, according to ratings of the Society of Automotive Engineers. To traditional Studebaker stamina Stamina (typified Studebakers ky which have traveled I009 plus Beauty miles and 100,000 over), custom has been added. Exterior and interior rival each beauty other in graceful harmony. : More than $100 worth of extra equipment FrewuU mi baxpen: nodoft mriUrioe wioUfaicU Codsaveir bresreb themoaewt and hydroaohe guoiio. pnit a As coaddnsl lock) oil filar, automatic windshield trtfic signal lifhc bake Ml-a- wk eocre btsUlishta, hajloee tine disc wheel two-bsa' aestrnUed from eatriaa wheeb front iprinc bakes. i it doled cues dome light le St&n end with hcoedlece in I" 0 Sport Coape; ell ocher aeddi la h trig ailing with lacquer body Sih Tower i vir.u. i - . . fa caieg $1295; Tourer (fmfivt $1 165; 1 Commander end Pi .AM pirn. A, ee Vmen. II isu federal tax system by the joati grmional committee on inkialL er' commission found that in a representative group of bituminous mines la- I the mining industry pcnenUjia considered during the week hi of the present investigitki i -, new basic scale for the entire central competitive area. Under snch agreements a number of union mines have continued operations. Most Important Costa. Labor costs are by far the most important rests in the eoal mining industry and the prinei)al competitive advantages arc secured through wage differentials. The United States eoal 0 Western regional section of tb erican Institute of Mining of allurgieal Engineers and the p ore of the American Silver Pith association at Salt lake City h the week beginning August 22t Several hundml delrgntn a pected to attend from all pirbi eountrv, as many questions rib . the Jacksonville wage scale is main tained pending the negotiation of a nm a highgrade of fnUn produced here at home. nT this grade has to h shj great distances is holdingTV tablikhmeiit of huge plants by a number of thk cerns of the country. Bull are that a Western f.iundrJk proper to meet the demands of 'w existing and the tddihL! on i, c indm.tr sumption of cuke i steel industry is jUst and would go at a far the American STUDEBAKER of the operaton during the three yean of the life of the Jacksonville agreement was not satisfactory, and as the time approached for negotiation of a new agreement it was apparent that the operators and union would have diffieulty in fixing a new wage seale satisfactory to both sides. Operaton Prepare. Anticipating a struggle, the opera-to- n moved first, and, meeting at Toledo, O., on January 20, 1927, decided to demand a wage seale at the confer ence that would be continuously .competitive with the wages paid in tho mines of "West Virginia and Kentucky. The lead in urging these demands was taken by the Ohio j and Pennsylvania operaton and while .thev were not so insistent on the lnwer wage seale, the Illinois and Indiana operators gave their support to their Eastern associates. On Fehru-- . ary 1, 1927, the United Mine Work- convention at Indianapj'is, Ind instructed the union wage seale committee to negotiate as good an agreement as possible with the open lent, but instructed the committee to sand pat to the last against a wage reduction. A conference of operators and Fla. union representatives at Miu-"but on whs 14, 1927, February began soon deadlocked and work was suspended in the union fields on April 1st. In a few cases the union, reversing its nast policy, has authorised the negotiation of temporary agreements with individual operators under which col-lceti- ve The 4-DO- OR s FRIDAY, FRIDAY WESTERN AUTO COMPANY North Carbon Ave, Just Off Main, Facing the East PRICE - UTAH , STUDE B A K E R Anton Meyashic, AIno Knows a ' Meyaah. Deceasrii. Crelitora vB claims with vouchers to the as t Scofield, Carbon county, i- -. before the 15th dy of Septrriaf 1927. AIOU)NIJA MAYAS, stratrix of the estate of Asire Also Known As Anton VrjsjJjJ Known As Anton Mryanh. !!!!!! ry Rureri Attorney For Price, ITtah. First pub., July 8 ; lust Jufi " notice for rinucvnoj partment of the Interior. Isjua" Office At Salt Late Ob'? June 20, 1027. Notice i tew' that Coy II. Willinms of who on April 12. lid. msd ing Homestead Entry No. Wjl SWMSWM See. 3; SH. NEU. NWMNB54. South. Range 12 East. 9lt Wj Isn. has filed notice of rie three-yea- r proof to estshlish land above described before tteirei the district court at PrhJbrilL 15th day of August, 192J; names as witnesses David R. H. Jacobsen and K.lmer A4aWj Rmery. Utah, and Ilnrnwrt Nine Mile, poetnffiee. Price, Cts F. TAYIiOR, Register. gi First pub., July 1 ; last July Trend S"; 9 FOR rtlH'lCATJ: partment of the Interior, UntH OW Land Office At Salt June W, 1927. Notice ta tenri" that Francisco Ooni of PriTO NOT ICR on December 15. 1923. mad Rntry No. 033001. for SKkSKlLJ SttNEit, NBMNBit, 8outh, Range 12 Eaat, Satt L isn, has filed notice of thrce-yce- r proof to eetahliah laid above described before tte the district court et Price. Ptas 27th day of July, 1927. Osi as witnesses Noe Aubert of ia , Utah, Jack Leautaud. and Carl Nyman, all of Pricw F. TAYIiOR. Register. , First pub, June 24; hwt IN THR 8RVRNTH trict Court In and For Ojty Bute of Utah John QuiU Doing 8 Quilico, Helper Furnltnre and HsnJJl pany, Ptaintlffs, vs. (I Selda R. Kendall. te tteg The State oUuh fendants : Yon are hereby fit within twenty days appear vine of this summons upon JJJ 1 within the county in which otherwlsg withU thjrej ? - s. ssEtfKSZtSsr ed t of and In action, Jr-w- to do judgment will te against you aroordlng to tte ths complaint, which hss here the eieirlt of said court. brought to rrrovr tho w " with interest tnmvon at tbV:,. per cent per annum from HrtreLJ until paid, and for costa of "jra yd Tift wargs nad merchandise sold by plaintiffs to defendants HUGO EM, Attorney F1, Poetofflee Address, BUvsgsl Price, Utah. First pub, July 16 j test Aufi- - 1. |