The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-18

end of four or five months and, claim lie
is entitled to his former place. and even
| at a higher rate Of wages, he would he
laughed at. And yet there Is no differ
ence whatever in the legal or moral rights
of a farm laborer, and a coal miner.
The term miners Job" when applied to
II miner out of employment. is q myth,
lie has no job. II he had he would not
be looking for work. 1t is also IL curious
perversion of law and logic, that though
the miner claims some sort of estate in
reversion to his employment. even after
he has abandoned it, he disputes any
right whatever of the employer to de-
mand his further services. He claims the
entire right to select another employer,
but will not admit the employers right 10
select another empoye. His idea of his
labor relation is like Richard Mcl1uSh' $
instruction to his attorney when drawing
a lease
We claim that according to the terms
of the submission. any question as to
wages should be settled by an examina-
ton of the complaints and conditions at
each separate coliery. and that the only
issues involved are those between the
operator of each mine and the mon ac-
tualy in his employ
Consumer Must Pay.
Again. we think the commission be
fore taking any action looking to the
increase of wages. should carefully con-
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a,ties Of thn comni.son -, o'ir IN ~ iii. we srt,
to ascertain the value of Labor IN and
ABOUT the mines III Is purely Il business
proposition. as mllch so as the ascerthin-
nehl or the price or corn ana sugar IN
the open market. Ana Yet INC large p"i-
tlon OF the evidence thus far mas been
wv Npleu 10 SHih'htilE. ihe Slltiil DoE IN
me breaker, lhe SICK woman III the com
pany house ana the Scared aud crippled
miner in the mines have figured Very
largely IN the evidence, ana ihdt Wih'
out the slightest relevancy To the issue
being tried. Tha labor of the poor man
WIN naif dozen children working III
me silk mills ana living in II company
mouse, Is not worth q cent NOR" than
thal of another man who owns his own
home and keeps his sons in college. 1t is
the value of the labor. and not the ne.
cessities of the labnrer that we aTc try
ing to ascertain. The laborer Is worthy
of his hire. but the hire Is liked accord-
ing to what he does and not by what he
needs. The merchant who wants for his
sugar cent pcr pound above the market
price because his family need bread. will
get no bread because he will sell no
sugar Business Is business, ana sympa-
thy Is sympathy, but the two do not run
SecOnd-As to the length of a working
day:
Hours of Work.
rms Is hiallcf III Wi'ch IN" indt-
NidunI operators ar" particularly in
terested' AS n rule their workings are
deep' anu VEINS OF coal are lhick, They
necessarily nave greater expense for
pumping and liiting the coal. The husi-
hes itself necessarily eniails large fixed
charges. breaker must be erected, and
n shaft or slope sunk costly machinery,
tracks, mules ana mine cars provided be-
fore ton of coal Is produced or dollar