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Show 1 COAL INDUSTRY. THE ' BLACK SHEEP 1'iesa reports indicate that like the i ; fat man, nobody love? a eo.il mine or those who operate them. Coal mines arc undoubtedly the place of least resistance in our Indus-' trial armor for socialistic attacks. Tim international red swims ag- lust the Mream In his struggle to na-1 tiomilize tin- American railroad sys- ' tein. Ills objection of workman owner-1 ship of railroads -and coal mines Is hard hit bj. the memory of govern-, ment operations of railroads. I Our railroad system lias been shot to pieces by two. Mra of political mismanagement and motorcar and j motor truck competition do.js tho' rest. The first lead or the Reds for public pub-lic ownership of the coal mines has been taken In North Dakota where the state Is to own and operate mines. I Chjeago federation of labor has de-claied de-claied tor stato ownership and for treating credit and banking facilities as public utilities. j With a few exceptions coal mine management still employs strong arm ' methods and does not take the pub-J lie Into Its confidence to any 'extent ' It la bin a step from government ownership of coal mines or packing industry to government control of ; other Industry and this is the program. |