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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-16
WILL MAKE BODY
MORE EFF ICIENT

Bhore was oriy a small attendance
at the Chamber Of Commerce meet
ing last night, bat the few members
present we're thoroughly aroused TO
the necessity Of making the organiza-
ton an efficient ono. Messrs French
and Ross discussed the matter of
purchasing n rock crusher and work.
Ing the county prisoners on the roads
az Is done with good effect in Nc.
Dowell county The propositsion met
with the approval Of the members.
Prof. Ford superintendent Of the Blue
field schools suggested getting out
postal cards with Bluefeld scenes on
them and mailing them to the West
Virginia school teachers in view Of
the state Teachers Association which
will meet in this city next June. a
committee was appointed to report on
the matter and ascertain the cost Of
the cards.
An adjourned meeting Of the Cham.
Der will be held December % at which
time nominations OF officers will he
made for the annual election which
will be held the third Thursday in
January.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-16
THE NEW NINETEEN ELEVEN
MODEL. THE FIRST ONE ON Ex-
H,siTioN IN THE COUNTY, rs
HERE AWAITING THE DECISION
OF THE JupoEs-MAchiNE WAS
GREATLY ADMIRED ON THE
STREETS THIS AFTERNOON.

The Hudson Touring Car to be Civ
en- away as first prize in The Lea
der Subscription Contest arrived I'm
Bluefeld this morning and was taken
to the garage OF the Mercer County
Automobile Company, where the new
1911 model. the first one to be placed
on exhibition anywhere in the country
was admired by many friends of The
Leader and Of the contestants. After
a few brushing touches the car was
thoroughly inspected by the president
and secretary of the Bluefield Even
ing Leader and short spin over the
city was taken.
For the information of all interested
In the contest, the manager desires
to state that the car is fully paid for,
is fully insured against loss by are,
and now awaits the decision of the
judges as to whom The Leader shall
present an order OF ownership.
The Hudson car has seating ca
pacity OF four and Is an ideal ma
Cline liz every way-just such ma
chine as The Leader desires to give
TO the winner
All contestants are requested to be
at The Leader Office tomorrow (Sat-
urday) afternoon at 8 o'clock when a
demonstration of the car will be made
by the Mercer County Automobile
C1rpiny at the request of The Lea.
der.
All premiums offered in the contest
are here awaiting the decision OF the
judges--every offer made by this pa.
per will be fulfilled to the fullest ex-
tent and the prizes will become the
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-16
LYNCHByRG IS
FIFTH SHOE CITY

st. Louis, Dec. 16.--That st. Louis
is the greatest distributing market
for footwear in the United States
is the declaration, supported by fig
ures and statistics, OF officials of tho
Western Association of Shoe Whole
salers, which began its convention
here today.
Boston ranks next after st. Louis
as shoe distributing point, with chi.
cago third, New York fourth AID
ynchburg. Va, fifth.
The convention will continue
through tomorrow. The organize, q; IN
ircludes All the shoe manufacture 3
ADJ jobbcr- lu the territory between
the Rockies or the West, Cincinn. a
IN - Oee.aDd on the East. Canada IN
the aorth arc the Ohio river on ~ @
South
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-16
GERMAN MON S7ER
PLACED ON TRIAL

Berlin, Dec. TO- Charged with
slaying one daughter and forcing sisx
others into lives Of shame and degre-
dation, Hans Hardin was placed on
trial today at Luekenwalds. the
people of the town and VICINITY are
aroused to the hIgest pitch of frenzy
against the inhuman monster, and his
speedy conviction ana execution is
certain, since he is alleged to have
confessed to the crime. All six of
the surviving daughters have decIar.
ed their willingness TO testify against
Hardin.
Although he Is not charged with the
crime, neighbors Of the prisoner are
confident that he accomplished the
death Of his wife, who died under mys.
terious circumstances about a year
ago. Soon afterward Hardin. who Is
only about thirty-slx years Of age.
accomplished the ruin OF his daugh.
ters and then turned his home into a
house Of in fame, spending on liquor
and with other women the proceeds
OF the infamous traffic. When the
two Oldest girls. who we're twins and
aged only about sixteen, protested
against the life they were forced to
'ead, Hardin viciously attacked them
with q knife, killing one Of them. The
other escaped and gave the alarm.
and Hardin was arrested Investiga-
ton disclosed that all OF the girls,
Including the two youngest, also twins
and AGED only eleven, had been made
to receive the attentions of mon whom
their father brought to the house.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-16
DROPPED DEAD
At F|NNEy, VA.

Martha Owens, of Finney, the wife
of Lee Owens, a few minutes after
returning TO her home from a store
where she had been buying Christmas
presents dropped dead yesterday af-
ternoon.
She had complained TO her eldest
child about pain in her head and IL
was but short time until she lapsed
into unconsciousness, from which she
never recovered.
MIR. Owens, who is a real estate
dealer was at Clintwood at the time
He was notified by telephone at once
She leaves a husband and seven chill
dren.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-16
COAL MANAGER
Gets PROMOTED

Perclval johnson, General manager
of the coal operations of the Pulaski
Iron company at Eckman, has been
promoted to assistant to President A.
J. Dull with headquarters in Phila-
delphia. J. II. Cunningham, former.
ly with the Virginia Iron & Coal com.
pany in the Iron Mountain district
will succeed Mr.. Johnson at Eckman
Mr.. Johnson is in the city today, and
will assume his new duties just as
soon as has initiated Mr.. Cunning
ham.
Mrs. johnson passed through the
city today enroute to Roanoke where
she will visit until her husband is
ready to move TO Philadelphia.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-16
TO ELECT
SENATORS
DIRECTLY
Resolution to this Effect Is
Faorably Acted Upon
by Judiciary Com
mittee
SENTIMENT IN
THIS DIRECTION
Western Members Are Gen
orally in Favor of the
Change
SENTIMENT IN
THIS DIRECTION

Washington, Dec. 1G.---A resolution
for the direct election of United
States Senator'S was favorably acted
upon by the subcommittee OF the
Senate Judiciary committee today.
There appears to be growing SEN
timent for the selection of senator's
In this way and party lines are not
drawn in the matter. The Western
members of both houses are in the
majority of instances favorable to the
change.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-16
WAS FINED FOR
AUTO SPEEDING

w. A. Bowles, manager Of the Mer
Ger County Automobile company, was
fined late yesterday afternoon for
exceeding the speed limit This
makes the third time Mr.. Bowles has
been fined for similar offense, and
the general conclusion is that the
police are on the job when he hits
tie track, in view Of the fact that no
one else has been fined I'm many
NC uths, while it is urged that there
are several other speeders in tho
cts.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-16
20PERS0NSI ].
BURIED IN
LANDSLIDE
Retaining Wall Gives Way
and g Row OF Cot
tages is Swept
Away
WOMEN GIVING
WARNING KILLED
Eight Lose Lives in Coils
sion Between Naval Ten
der and Submarine
WOMEN GIVING
WARNING KILLED

White Haven. England. Dec. 16.--
Twenty persons were buried alive in
landslide here today when a retain.
ing wall gave way.
A great mass OF earth swept down
row of cottages and the women who
saw the danger and tried to- give
warning were killed.
Eight Perish.
London. Dec. 16.-In n collision be-
tween the British naval tender Elfn
and submarine today on the east
coast, eight members of the crew OF
the tender persisted and the Elhn was
sunk.
The submarine was badly damaged
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-16

London, Dec. 16.-Today saw the
final polling I'm the general elections
in England, although the candidates
will be elected in scattering Scotch
and Irish constituencies Monday.
Both Unlonists and Liberals made
gains today.
The government coalition forces
now have lead of 1902.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-16

Serene F.. Payne, Chairman of the
House Committee OF Ways and Means
and co-author Of the Payne-Aldrich
Tariff Bill, who has announced that
he was I'm favor OF the joint resolu-
ton offered by Senator Cummins. to
revise the tariff schedule by schedule
lie also said that he hoped that at
the present session Of Congress
bill would he passed creating per.
mauent tariff commission.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-16
DEMOCRATS TO
CAUCUS JAN. 10
Policies of the Party to Be
Pursued in Next Con
gress to Be Dis
cussed

Washington. Dec. l6.--Democratic
members of congress decided today
To hold their caucus on January 10.
Members elected to the u2nd Con.
gress will be allowed to participate
The caucus will be on the Demo.
cratic policies To be pursued In the
next Congress In regard to tariff re.
VISIONS and house rules.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-16
BIG COAL AREA

T. ". Gwynne of Rich Creek, Va,
was In the city today to buy Christ.
mas tricks for his family. Mr..
Gwynne Is the owner Of a large boun.
Diary Of coal land I'm the Winding
Gulf district a short distance from the
Virginian for which he has been e..
fered fancy prices.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-16
NEW GIRL IN TOWN

There was born this morning at
3 o'clock to Mr.. and Mrs. ID. NJ.
Easley Of IL Rogers street a fine girl
baby.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-16
GOOD STRENGTH
IN THt MARKET

New York, Dec. 16.--Renewed
strength appeared In the marlborough
Metropolitan stocks, preferred. They
were exceedingly strong, moving up
to 80 S-4 during the early part Of the
first hour. Most stocks we're quoting
fractional declines. but later rallied
and made up for the losses Steel was
quoting a decline Of Ia in the early
trading.
Prices Lower.
New York, Dec. 16.--Although the
was steady, cotton opened
quiet the prices unchanged to two
points lower. Opening December
1878; January 1887; March 1915;
May 1886
Chicago, Dec. lG.--Bearish govern.
ment reports and larger receipts ia
the northwestern caused declines of
Id 10 3.S cent in wheat. Corn and
oats we're weak with provisions firm
or at the outset but weakening later.
Opening wheat December o. 1-8: corn
As 7-S; oats 81 5-s; pork May 1910.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-16

j. +. Hines OF Ronceyertc, repre-
sentng tho National Harvester com
pany IS in the CITY today.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-16
STANDARD OIL
CASE NOW ON
State Wants to Prove Com.
pany Tried to Drive
Competitors Out
of Business

Raleigh, n. c., Dec. 1G.-Slow pro.
gress is being made today i'm the case
of the State against the Standard OIL
company. Jesse G. Ball, a wholesale
grocer of Raleigh is on the stand
The statements to prove by him that
the Standard oil company drive an.
other company odt of business here
thirteen years ago by the lowering
prices.
The defense holds that the evidence
should not be admitted. saying it goes
back too far and has no connection
with this. case
The argument as to the admissi
bility Of this evidence began yester.
day afternoon and was stu going on
at 1 o'clock today.
EVidenee Admitted
Raleigh, N. c., Dec. 1.-THE evi.
dence of Mr.. Ban was finally admit.
ted by the COURT He said that thir.
teen years ago another company here
was driven out OF business by the
Standards lowering prices to such a
point the other company could not
compete.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-16

J. c. Tuggle OF Rocky Cop was in
tho city today on business.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-16
LIST OF CANDIDATES

Position Name Address Vote
!. Dr.. E. H. Thompson, Blueheld 2,795,842
Z. Miss Hazel Becker, Bue6eld 2046,222
). Miss Dorothy Shirley, Blueheid 685,7o5
4. ames S. Clark, WEIGH 60,l00
). Miss Bernice Howard, Graham 2o,778
3. Y. Q. Hill, Blue6eld $3.50
]. JOS. A. Stupolsky. Pocahontas 1000
.. DR. l. f. Lawson, Williamson 20l0
=. w. f. WINNER. Princeton 1870
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Continued on Page Two0
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SPECIAL BONUS OFFER

contestants Shouic read page two
today--Last special offer during con.
test-~Gain 90 per cent.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-11
Dictionary Lore.

Poison" and potion are doub-
lets, the former being an older form
of the latter. Both are derived from
the Latin ''potare," to drink, and
poison" in it's original sense. signi-
fed merely something to drink.
While the word human" used as
meaning "a human being" is now
only colloquial or humorous, Lowell,
in the introduction to the "Bigelow
Papers" chided Bartlett for includ-
ing it in his Dictionary of American
isms" and remarked that it was Chap
mans habitual phrase in his trans
lation of Homer and that it is found
also in the old play of 1.-THE Hog Hath
Lost His Pearl. - Rochester Demo
crat and Chronicle.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-11
MILLIONAIRE MILLS DEAD.
He Worked as Clerk Till He Went
to California.

San Francisco, Cal.-Darius Ogden
Mills, one of the most widely known
financiers and philanthropists in the
United States, pioneer Of California
and father of Mrs. Whitelaw Reid,
wife of the United States Ambassador
to Great Britain, died at his winter
home near San Francisco, Cal. He
was eighty-four years old.
Darius o. Mills was q native Of
New York State, although much of
his fame and success came in Vest
ern fields. He was born in village
Of Westchester County, North Salem.
He began life and worked until
twenty-one as clerk in various stores
and shops, and in 184S-more than
half a century ago-he found his way
to Sacramento, Cal, and opened a
general store for the patronage of
miners and the adventurous element
that was rushing to the Eldorado in
the famous days of 40.
Success attended his bookkeeping
from the very start, and, being firmly
established in business, his next VEN
ture was to establish hank-the
Gold Bank of Sacramento-for the
deposit of the spare cash that did
not drift into his store. This bank is
still in existence.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-11
His Introduction.

"a hundred years ago we were
satisfied to travel ten miles an hour. +"
yes"
FIFTY years ago we thought fifteen
miles an hour was going some"
Yes. I"
Ten years ago sixty miles an hour
was considered the limit of speed"
Yes
Now we are hitting up nearly a
hundred miles an hour"
Yes
''And it won't be long before one
hundred and twenty miles an hour is
slow"
well, what are you trying to get
at?"
I'm going to prove to you the nee
essity of accident insurance, as l
represent
cut the other man was walking
away at the rate of six miles an hour.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-11
Like Them as They Are.

1t is funny thing that most peo-
pie at times are filled with a strong
conviction that the rest of the world
are all wrong and that they alone are
right.
Most of US are apt to be hard on
people who don't do just what we
think they ought to, forgetting that
every person is born different, grows
up different, and probably remains
different all through life.
1t is easy to criticise, but we must
not forget that to other people we
may be making almost as great a
mess-in different way. perhaps
of our own lives.
So, instead of taking over other
peoples strayings from the path and
expecting them to do impossibilities,
it would surely be better to try to APP
preciate our friends as they are and
believe the rightness of their motives,
however things may go awry.-Home
Chat.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-11
court or CUSTOMS STARTS
President Taft Appoints Judge
Alfred C. Coke to Preside.
The New Bench Was Authorized by
the Payne Tariff Law to Hear APP
peals-Many Consuls Named.

Washington, D. president Taft
sent to the Senate the nomination Of
members of the newCourt of Customs
Appeals authorized under the Payne
Tariff law.
To be Presiding Judge-Alfrcd 9.
Coke, at present United States Circuit
Judge on the Second Circuit.
To be Associate judges William
H. Hunt, at present United States
Judge for the District of Montana;
James f. Smith, former Governor of
the Philippine Islands, former Judge
of the Supreme Court of the Phillip
pines and former Collector Of Gus
toms in the Philippines; o. N. Barber,
of Vermont, prominent lawyer Of
that State; Marion Devries, at present
chairman of the Board of General
Appraisers at New York City.
The President also nominated the
following:
Consul-General at ge-Charles
G. Eberhardt, of Kansas.
Consuls-General - Maxwell Blake,
of Missouri, at Bogota, Colombia;
Robert Brent Mosher, of the District
Of Columbia, at Hankow. China VIM.
a. Gale, of Virginia, at Athens,
Greece.
Consuls- George e. Chamberlain,
Of New York, at Swallow, China; P.
Merrill Grifith, of Ohio, at Pernam-'
buco, Brazil; Arthur Garrells, of Mis-
souri,, at Catania, Italy; Lewis w.
Haskell, of South Carolina, at Salina
Cruz, Mexico; Arminius T. Haeberle,
Of Missouri, at Tegucigalpa. Hondu-
ras; Felix S. s. Johnson, of New Jer-
sey, at Kingston, Ontario; Jesse H.
Johnson, of Texas, at Matamoras,
Mexico; G.. Ludlow Livingston, of
Pennsylvania, at Swansea, Wales;
James Werner Long, of Pennsylvania,
at Malta, Maltese Islands; Clarence
A. Miller, of Missouri, at Tampico,
Mexico; Albert r. Morawetz, of Ari-
iona, at Leipzig, Sa2ony; Albert w.
Pontius, of Minnesota, at Chung King,
China; Louis j Rosenberg, of Michi-
gan, at Barranquilla, Colombia; Ber-
til M. Rasmussen, of Iowa, at Bergen,
Norway; p Emerson Taylor, of Ne
braska, at Stavanger, Norway; How
ard d. Vansant, of New Jersey, at
Dunfermline, Scotland; Ernest A.
Wakefield, of Maine, at Port Eliza
beth, Cape of Good Hope; Alexander
w Wendell, of Virginia, at zanzibaB
Zanzibar; John G. Wood, of Hawaii,
at Venice, Italy; George Horton, OF
Illinois, at Saloniki, Turkey.
Collector of Customs for District
of Duluth, Minn-Levi NJ. Wil1cuts.
Commerce and Supervisors
of Census for Fourth District of Mis-
souri,, Frank A. More. To be Super
visor of Census for Twenty-third Dis
trict of Pennsylvania, George w. Ger
wig.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-11

News comes from Vienna of new
idea at weddings, the wearing of a
wreath of roses by the mother of the
bride. Upon arriving home after the
ceremony, the brides mother removes
her hat and puts on half-circle of
roses, composed of buds with silver
petals and foliage. The report adds
that mothers-in-law who have expert
mented with the wreath, which can be
made for as little as $40, say that it
has great advantages, since it renders
the wearer unmistakable to guests
who are strangers to the family.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-11
PRESIDENT TAFT'S PLANS
GIVEN IN OUTLINE
Legislation Expected by Him at
This Session Of Congress.
ROOSEVELT METHODS IGNORED
A Program which, is Thought Will
Give the sTnsurgents' of the
Middle West All the faction"
They Have Been Demanding.

Washington, u. C.-With the re-
converting of Congress, after the holi-
Gay recess, it becomes possible and
permissible to outline the winters
executive program which President
Taft will ask the two Houses of Con-
gress to enact into law, and which the
Republican leaders Of both branches
have promised the President shall be
enacted into law. The items of the
program in the order of their import
ance are:
Amendments to the Interstate Conn
merce act.
A law providing for the voluntary
Federal incorporation of corporations.
A law putting upon the statute
books the so-caIled Roosevelt policies
IN the conservation of natural res
sources, as recommended in Score.
tary Ballinger's annual report.
A law creating postal savings
bank system.
A law for the reorganization of the
government of Alaska.
A Statehood law for the Territories
Of Arizona and New Mexico.
Drastic reductions in appropriate
tons and economy in Federal expeHd-
iture.
That is the Presidents winter pro-
gram of legislation That is the pro-
gram which Aldrich, Hale, Cannon,
Payne, Dalzell, Tawney, and the other
Republican managers of legislation
have promised Mr. Taft they will take
up and endeayor to put through for
him. That is the program upon
which the Republican members of
Congress must so to the country next
November for reelection. The radi-
cal insurgents, of the Middle West
have been demanding faction" of the
President. They will have their fill
of it, il they enact into law all the
proposals which the President recon-
mends.
Mr.. Taft will not, with blare of
trumpets or sounding drums, seek to
agitate the public mind in behalf of
his recommendations He will not
personally appeal to the country be-
fore applying to Congress to have his
recommendations made into law. He
will not start a back fire. in the dis
tricts of members of Congress who
show themselves lukewarm or antag-
onistic in acceding to his suggestions
for legislation.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-11
KILLED BY TALL IN AERoPIANE.
Leon Delagrange, Daring Aviator,
Meets Death in Accident.

Bordeaux, France. Leon Della
grange, most daring of French aero
nauts, was killed here when the left
wing of his aeroplane broke and the
machine fell sixty-five feet, pinioning
his body to the ground.
He had been flying in wind that
was gusty and which frequently blew
at the rate of twenty miles an hour.
In spite of this disadvantage Della
grange continued and had circled the
aerodrome three times when sudden
ly as he was turning at high speed
against the wind the left wing of the
monoplane broke and the other wing
collapsed.
The machine toppled and plunged
to the ground. Delagrange was
caught under the weight Of the mo-
tor. which crushed his skull. Death
was instantaneous.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-11
GRIGGs, OF GEORGIA, DEAD.

Representative From Second District
Stricken in Home Town.
Dawson, Representative Jas
M. Griggs, of the Second Georgia Dis.
trict, died suddenly in his home here
of apoplexy.
James Mathews Griggs was born in
Lagrange, Ga, on March 20, 1861,
His education was received in the
common schools of Georgia and in the
Peabody Normal College, of Nash.
vile, Tenn, from which he was grad.
uated in May, 1881. He taught
school and found time to study Law
and was admitted to the bar in 1888,
He was appointed Judge, and with.
out opposition was twice reelected,
but he gave up the Office in 1896 tt
run for Congress, and since that time
has served continuously in the lower
body.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-11
JAMES N. HUSTON ARRESTED.
Former Federal Treasurer is Accused
of Fraudulent Use of Mails.

Washington, D. C.-James N. Hus
ton, former Treasurer of the United
States, who, with Samuel Graham, O
Montreal, and Harvey M Lewis and
Everett Dufour, of this city, was in
dicted here by the Federal GRAND
Jury, charged with conspiracy and
with using the mails for fraudulent
purposes, was arrested in Richmond
Va.
He had preliminary hearing il
the Criminal Court here, and was
released after $500 had been fur
nished for his appearance to answer
the indictment.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-11

About $50 employees of the Cleve-
land. Ohio and Malone Stone Quarries
at Amherst, Ohio. went on strike
against ten to sixty cents oay cut
in wages, whic.- has always been put
In effect during the winter. The men
say the cut this winter is unjust be-
cause of the increased cost of living.