American Feed and Grain Volume 6 (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ...OF RED FEATHER KENTUCKY ON DOCKS AT DULUTH Good Coal From Every Good District ica predicting a coal shortage, and with former President Bradley of the National Coal Association declaring that there is no need for the public to be concerned for the present with the coal supply, the public may he aroused to an interest in just what the situation is. There is no doubt that the public will suffer if the present strike, now two months old, continues far into the fall. Nor is there any indication today of an early settlement. "The dangers of a coal shortage concern the coal miners and the coal producer far more seriously, however, than they do the public. Should a coal shortage develop, the public would suffer temporarily, both through inconvenience and through price; but the industry might be expected to suffer irreparable injury. It is this phase of the matter which should be understood and taken into account by the miners themselves, for, although frequently they overlook the fact, they are a vital part of the industry and their prosperity is bound up with the prosperity of the industry as a whole. "Let a coal shortage come and, there is every reason to believe, government interference would follow. Let government interference come, and past history has shown that hardships come to the industry and to the public. In the past government interference has resulted in apparent advantages to the miner; but let him take note that the present government has just reduced freight rates, which, in turn, will force a reduction in the wages paid railroad labor. Government is beginning to learn that industry cannot be financed perpetually through taxation--that each industry must, of itself and through itself, pay its own way. "The public is, of course, inte...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ...OF RED FEATHER KENTUCKY ON DOCKS AT DULUTH Good Coal From Every Good District ica predicting a coal shortage, and with former President Bradley of the National Coal Association declaring that there is no need for the public to be concerned for the present with the coal supply, the public may he aroused to an interest in just what the situation is. There is no doubt that the public will suffer if the present strike, now two months old, continues far into the fall. Nor is there any indication today of an early settlement. "The dangers of a coal shortage concern the coal miners and the coal producer far more seriously, however, than they do the public. Should a coal shortage develop, the public would suffer temporarily, both through inconvenience and through price; but the industry might be expected to suffer irreparable injury. It is this phase of the matter which should be understood and taken into account by the miners themselves, for, although frequently they overlook the fact, they are a vital part of the industry and their prosperity is bound up with the prosperity of the industry as a whole. "Let a coal shortage come and, there is every reason to believe, government interference would follow. Let government interference come, and past history has shown that hardships come to the industry and to the public. In the past government interference has resulted in apparent advantages to the miner; but let him take note that the present government has just reduced freight rates, which, in turn, will force a reduction in the wages paid railroad labor. Government is beginning to learn that industry cannot be financed perpetually through taxation--that each industry must, of itself and through itself, pay its own way. "The public is, of course, inte...

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Rarebooksclub.com

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United States

Release date

March 2012

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March 2012

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246 x 189 x 27mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

Pages

536

ISBN-13

978-1-130-04837-7

Barcode

9781130048377

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1-130-04837-3



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