The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-16
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ael'ate tho e1ai plank IN tho sinah towns
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another coal stfiks has bren t~hfeaieninR
with ell W. hldeuua teffofa ~ famlne, priva-
ticn. suherlns and slaughter u the innocsnts
In my argument NJ four yeats SEQ IN ad'
Vocacy n public ownership Of the anthracite
mines then aaid that presidential ~ political
,nsn,, ina, the ,rou8ls wnnIK be renswed
and the country would 30 cqnstahtly Wenaeed
shd confronted With. the h2ffors 81 strikes
tRs only remeiy, Il uovernmsnt ownership
and control Of the mlQes.,
N,nety pssT cen, 81 AZ The snlnrsemG eom,
They are. owned by = few coal carrying ral,
hy the coal roads em acquainted with two
nine owners Th2 want to Psy ,,hhs,Jo fa1hf6s,
part Of tho transportation companies For
al practical purposes the same set Of msn,
w,,e ,SI s"m %I0I GS%% "Sa i SsiiysTies S0nt once 'n :
What l. thc use oftaik ling for the open shop
iisc the closed shop" among ,~themselves1
We have seen the Heading coal road Stock
treble " value In a few years ~ the result "
controlling the coal business.
Ask any dealer what happens 10 his agency
II be outs the fired scale OF prices.
remedy U lies IN he taxing KIN over Of the snthra:
cite mines by, the Government. Bituminops
coal. gold, silver and copper, are found In
coal Is a natural monopoly, confined by nature
TO q few counties In one State. and possession
should never have been forfeited to private
Interests by the nation According TO the
old law Of tho State Of New York any coal or
salt found in the earth belonged 20 the Com
monwealth. The state salt springs. while
not as valuable as formerly. have always pre-
vented a salt monopoly.
In his STANDARD Oil message TO Congress
President Roosevelt very properly says that
the coal lands Of the Indian Territory should
be kept in the United States Government. :
! have seen some Of these vast deposits OF
coal inthat Territory. and the aotol the PreSi-
dent In saving these rich coal fields from the
railroads and other monopolies viii be re-
corded as a truly wise act OF statesmanshtp
In the days that are to. come whan Kansas
City, MoAester. and Oklahoma City will be-
come as important coal markets as Scranton
or Wlkesbarre.
With the Government administering the
hard coal mines there will be no Strikes,
murders. star walton. destruction OF trade and
commerce and all the recurring evils that
have marked the present ,wretched, system.
under which reign OF greed and oupidIty the
people must continue to suffer.
hope TO see delegates attending the coming
conventions OF all parties sufficient In NUM-
bers to commit the parties and the country
to a national policy providing for the. public
ownership Of the anthracite mines by the
right Of eminent domain.
JAMES K. MCGUIRE.
Label May Il,