davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-10-17
Manienie Ententy przez Niemcow.

OmowiwsZy zarzuty czynione przez
Niemcow Polakom j wykazawszy ich
bezpieczenstwo W zwfoce. Twierdzi,
re bismarckowska polityka zelaznej
reki polaczona z wypieraniem re
Slaska najbardziej nieprzeiednanych
polskich stronnik6w doprowadzila do
sytuacyi, kt6ra stala sic skandalem
W oczach caiego swiata, oraz do ME
bywalego zmniejszenia produkcyi
wegIa. Co najmniej czwarta Geese
robotniczej ludnoSci G6rnego Slas-
ka jest teraz nieobecna; aIbo ucie-
k}a do Polski. albo ukrywa sic, albo
jest " wieZieniach- Praca utrzymy-
wanna jest terrorem; z rozkazu Hoer-
singa ma bye aresztowany kazdy,
kto ME p~racuje. Niemcy chetnie przyj
mowaliby wracajacych do piracy zbie-
gov, ale ori ME wr6ca, dop6ki Mem
cy So u wladzy. I'm predict okupacyj-
ne wojska Aliantow wejda ma
Slask TEN lepiei ola Swiata, DO tyl-
ko w6wczas normalne warunki mo-
ga bye przywr6cone.
List konczy sic pr7ytoczeniem
slow jednego z g6rniG0w polskich:
Me bedziemy zbyt wymagajacy co
do warunk6w piracy. je&li otrzyma-
my wolnoSc; tyleSmy p~rzenieSli, u
godzina wiecej czy mniei W tygodniu
rie ma dla mas wielkiego znacZe-
ria. Recze. ae MECH tyiko Fntenta
przvSle kogokolwiek la mieisce p.
Hoersinga i MECH w%Drowad7i VOL
ska, kt6re rwolnia a Cd Grenz--
schutzu. ludzie wr6ca co piracy /
podniosa produkcye do stopy wy
szei niz pred wojna i jeSli bedzie
potrzeba robic beda gcGzine EXTRA
aby wvdohyG wegiel dla E~ententy'
W dodatkowym juz li5cie z Warsza-
Wv. datowanvm 80 sierpnia, Mr.,
Iumby opisuie manifes,acye g6rno-
slaska W sto!icy i nalec2 ma sZybki"
v-prowadzenie woisk. wvkazriac Sin
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-10-17

acknowledgement intrygami Z hajda-
makami, popierajac ich Wake z Pol
ska, starali sic utrudnic ham poioze-
ME. Postepowanie w}adz czeskich
w2gledem naszych robptnikow bylo
tax brutalne, re wywoiywalo nieu-
stanne fermenty i naprezenie. Ma po-
graniczu polsko-czeskiem pobrzeki-
wano szabla. w Rampant DIPLOMA
tycznej przeciwko nam posiugiwano
sic fatszami. P%amietamy depesze
PREF. Masaryka do premieria Pade-
~rewskiego wv Polsce' hez oznacze-
MIA miejsca pobytu, DO W Warsza-
vie rewolucya!
Jednakze Polska sprowokowac
sic ME daIa. wierzac Swiecie W slu-
sznoSc swell sprawy. Dmowski wobeG
Rady Najwyzszej W druzgocacej mo-
vie wykazai bezpodstawnosc wszyst-
kich angument6w czeskich, usiiuja-
cych umotywowac TABOR ziem pol
skich.
Otto najwyzsza Rada koalicyjna
stanefa ma tenn stanowisku, ma kto-
rem stala Cd poczatku Folska Gala,
kt6remu dali ma konferencyi krako-
wskici wyraz poslowie sejmowi z st.
Grabskim ma czele: zarzadzi6 plebi-
scyt we wszystkich ziemiach spor--
nych.
Wierzymy, re sprawiedliwe to "a
rzadzenie koalicyi zostanie przepro-
wadzone W spokoju i lojalnie wzgie-
dem obu stron. Niemcy ma Gornym
Slasku w~yzyskuja sytuacye do g~at-
townych przeSladowan Polakow, ably
wytworzyc korzystna dla sieo'e sy-
tuacye. Nauczona smutnem doswiad-
czeniem kcalicya niechybnie uczyni
w Cieszy6skiem, ma Spizu i Orawie
wszystko, ably kraju ME narazec ma
r%ozprezenie i fermenty.
Chcemy wierzyG, re decyzya ko--
alicyi wp}ynie takze dodatnio ma
wzajemne stosunki Czech i Polsk1.
Uprawnia mas do optymizmu dekla-
racva przedstawiciela czeskiego W
Warszawie, kt6ry oSwiadczyl W pia-
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-10-17
PLEBISCYT Ma SLASKU
SPI1U | ORAWIE.
Ia warszawska ,Gazeta Poranna

Ia w~arszawska ,,Gazeta Poranna"
z d. Ago wrzeSnia p~odajemy:
Wczoraj otrzymano W WarszaHie
nastepujaca depesze czeskiego biura
~prasowego: ,Potwierdza sic wiado-
nose, re Najwyzsza rada koalicyjna
W Paryzu postanowiia, ably W sporze
czesko-polskim ma Slasku Cieszyh-
skim, Orawie i Spizu zastosowaG
zasade plebiscytu".
Spo4eczenstwo polskie vita decy-
Eye te z najwyzszem zadowoleniem.
Polska i Czechy sd pahstwami
kt6re ma wschodzie naibardziej So
wysuniete przeciwko Niemcom i ua
Mich spoczywa obowiazek wytworze-
MIA baryery ~przeciwko dalszemr po-
suwaniu sic Niemc6w XII wschodowi.
Ten interes wsp6lny, zywotny ola o.
Blu paGstw jest decydujacym czynni-
klein W ich wzajemnym stosunku.
w imie wsp6lnych zadan polity-
CIV poscy W czasie wojny W Austryi
uladali sic z przew6dcami czeskimi,
dazac do rozwalenia monarchii habs-
burskiej i ma emigracyi W Rosyi i
Francyi dziaiali facznie W celu utwo-
rzenia SHY zbrojnej, kt0raby mog}a
~csynnie wystapi6 przeciwko Mem
com.
Swiadomi byli, re SlaSk Cieszyn-
ski, Spiz i Orawa stanowia teren
sporty. Dlatego tez chcieli zawsze
sprawe zalatwic ugodcwo. Komitet
narodowy paryski z r. Dmowskim
ma czele odraZu proponowal odda-
ME ludnoSci ziem spornych prawa
stanowienia o swym losie. Bee "a
~strzezen podpisai tei 5 listopoda r.
1918 ~wykreSlona przez koalicye Ii
ME demarkacyjna.
Niestety po stronie czeskiej Ia
kich objaw6w dcbrej wolf ME widzie-
liSmy. Niespodzianie C7esi natarli
ma mas W styczniu b. r, a n~astepnie
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-10-17

bezpieczenstwo W zwioce. Twierdzi,
re s~ocyaliSci NIGGA wyzyskat sytuacye
i obalic Rad zadaniem interwencyi.
,,Dow6d, re Eententa sympatyzuje
z Polska i ME gra cry niemieckiej
bylby niezmiernie. cenny ola rzadu.
gdyz zwloka W r~atyfik2cyi traktatu
doprowadziia opinie W Polsce do
WARY, re Anglia, Francya i Ame-
ryka ME tros2cza sic o przeprowadze-
ME klauzul, kt6re ich ME dotycza'
ale ktore zywotna ma ia ola Polski
donios}osc".
Sytuacya ma G6rnym Slasku, no
we zwioki W sprawie Cieszynskiego,
ponury stan rzeczy odnoSnie do Ga
licyi Wschodniej, wszystEo to ra--
zem istotnie sprawia take wraze-
ME, jakby los Polski stawal sic ola
Zachodu obojetny i jakby Wielkie
Mocarstwa, poprzestawsZy ma zdoby-
each zachodnich, ma Wschodzie po-
zostawialy Niemcom i moskalom
wolne rece do operowania wSr6d wy
tworzonego chaosu. Jest to wraze-
ME f~alszywe. Ale prasa ME zapo--
biegnie mu, tlumaczac, re to Fran
eva chce jaknajlepiej dla Polski, ale
Anglia przeszkadza. albo tez re An
glia ma interes pomagac Polsce, ale
Francya jest z~wiazana ukiadem z
Rosya i Czechami - przeciwnie mo-
moze TEN tylko powiekszyc znieche-
Genie do wszystkich sojusznik6w. -
Trzeba " kazdym r-zIe, ably w Parry
zu wiedziano. re W chwili ooecneJ
rozgrvwa sic nietylko los Slaska /
Ziemi Czerwihskiej, ale take moze
sprawl calego kierunku ~przyszfej
polityki zagranicznej. Mr.. Lumby
z~asluzyl sobie nietylko ma nasza
wdziecznosc, ale i ma w~dziecznosc
swojej o~jc2yzny, jezeli uda mu sic
naleaytym skutkiem Trzekonac o
tenn angielskich MEOW stanu.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-10-17
Misrepresentation!
Ludzie to Vida. Usun je BRA.
Edwards Olive Tabliczkami.

Zapryszczona twarz ME bedzie
Gle wiecej kiopotac jezeli p~ostarass
sic O pudeiko DR.. Edwards Olive
Tabliczek. Skora powinna bye czy-
sta po wzieciu kilku tabliczek. Wy
czysc krew, kiszki j watrobe Ora.
Edwards Olive Tabliczxami, Srod-
klein kt6ry ~zastepuje calomel, niema
bolesci ami choroby pc wzieciu ich.
Ora. Edwards Olive Tabliczki ro-
bia to co calomel robi, i TAX do
brze, ale d~zialalnosc ich jest spo-
kojna zamiast ostrej / drazniacej.
Ten kto bierze Olive Tabliczki
niema niesmaku, ~cuchnacego odde-
chu, i uczucia ociezafoSci, ospania |
zmecZenia, niema Zatwardzenia, roz-
draznienia / zapryszczonej twarzy.
Olive TablicZki So czysto roslin-
ne mieszane z OLIVIA; MONA je po-
zna6 DO kolorze oliwkowym.
DIR. Edwards przepedzii lata po-
miedzy pacyentami dotknietymt
cierpieniami watroby I kiszek, a
Olive Tabliczki So tego rezultatem.
Wei jedna Tub dwie ma noe przez
tydzieh. Zobaczysz o lie lepiej be-
dziesz sic czui i wyglada}. 10c 25c,
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-10-17

Poszukujesz piracy? - CZyta5 ptlnis
ogsoszenia pod rubryka nPRACA" ma
szpaltach DZIENN1KA CHICAGO
SKIFGO.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-11-27
Hogs Grown on a Grain and Forage
Ration Fatten Most Economically.

more protein supplement is used.
2. A full grain ration on pasture
will require the smallest amount of
feed to produce a hog Of marketable
weight. 1t is pointed out, however,
that this may not always be the
most economical method.
8. When a medium grain ration on
pasture is fed, the least amount of
protein supplement is necessary to
produce 225-pound hog. A medium
grain ration on pasture will also pro-
duce a pig of the desired weight
(from 100 to $50 pounds) for han
ding the new corn crop.
4. Economical pork production
does not so much depend upon the
kind Of forage used as it does upon
furnishing forage throughout the
whole crop growing season.
s. The most rapid gains in all Of
the experiments were obtained by
feeding corn, tankage and either
mtddlings or ground oats in the self
feeder, but corn and tankage pro-
duced economical results.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-11-27
British Parliament Will
Consider Nelu Home Rule
Bill in Next Tuo Weeks
(By Associated Press)

LONDON, Nov. PA new home
rule bill setting up two parliaments in
Ireland with a council or senate Of
forty to be chosen by the two, probab-
ly will be introduced in parliament
within the next weeks
Daily sessions are being held by
the cabinet committee in charge Of
the measure, the subject under dis
cussion at present being finance.
which is in charge of a subcommittee
under the Craftsmanship Of J. Austen
Chamberlain, chancellor Of the ex-
chequer. Control Of customs has al
ways been point of sharpest differ
cnce when other home rules have
been debated and was one of tho
rocks upon which the Irish convention
was shipwrecked. Control Of police
is another knotty point
1t is the supposition that there has
been an understanding on the main
points before the committee and that
in fact there was a tacit agreement
before the committee was named. The
final word however. does not rest with
parliament but with the Sim Fein
party. II that organization pursues
its policy of refusing recognition OF
any British law this British planned
IFlSH fdIIlalneut may come 10 QOtn
ing since the Sim Fem polled a ma
jority of the Irish voters at the last
election.
Moderates. however. believe the
Sim Fein leaders may not be able te
keep the mass of their followers il
line against an offer of home rule
which promises to satisfy most Of the
ambitions Of the old nationalist par
ty. The other alternative remain:
that the Sim Fein may capture the
new Southern parliament and prompt
ly declare Ireland an independent re
public. 1t would be possible in sucl
case to carry on the work of the par
lament without recognizing any i'm
perial Overlordship.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-11-27
Indiana Leads Midwest
States in Healthy Men

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-Western
states furnished the highest percen-
tage Of healthy men to the army in
the war, according to war department
figures. Illinois with 1873 per cent
stands twenty-third on the list of ply
sically fit among those registered for
the draft. The department estimates
that 1S,79S,6O0, or 1876 per cent of the
90, 908,576 men registered, were ply
sically fit. The following table shows
the percentage of physically fit:
Wyoming. 872: Nebraska, 86.5:
Kansas, S5.3; Arizona, S7.4; District
of Columbia, s7.3: Montana, 1877; Ar
kansas, 1876; North Dakota, 1913; Tex
as, S2.4; West Virginia. S2.2; Ala
bama, $40; Idaho, $40; Indiana, SIT;
Oklahoma, SIS; Nevada. s1.4; South
Dakota, S1.2; Ohio. S1.2; Minnesota,
$40; Delaware, SO.2; Mississippi. 500;
Florida, 500; Wisconsin, 500; Illinois,
1913; New Hampshire. 1917 Iowa,
7o.6; New Mexico, 1885, Missouri,
1913; Kentucky, 1913: New Jersey,
1872: Pennsylvania, 1911; North Caro-
lima, 1877; Colorado, 1871; Utah, ISL;
Oregon. $50; South Carolina, IT'S;
Georgia, IT'S; Connecticut. 77.3; Mich
igan, 1877; Louisiana, 776.1; New
York, $50; Maryland, 1856; Virginia,
75.4; Washington, 1871; california.
1875; Massachusetts, 1873; Maine, 65.4;
Vermont, GAG; Rhode Island, 57.6.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-11-27
FRUIT & VEGETABLES
Furnished By Essemeyer's)
LOCAL PRODUCE

IOSSI VNO0o~G
Hot house tomatoes, Csc lb, beets.
1oc bunch: leaf lettuce. Csc h.; head
lettuce trimmed, 40c lb.; dry onions.
Sc h.: parsley. 15c bunch; green man.
goes, SC each: garlic, 75c h.; summer
squash. SC h.: cucumbers. Csc; cab
bage, SC lb.: egg plant, Csc h.; home
grown celery, SC bunch: cranberries.
13c h.. 2 for Csc; green beans. Csc
h.: domestic endive. Csc h.; radishes.
SC bunch; spinach. zoe h.: Colorado
potatoes, SC h., 75c PIX, $3.50 bu.
Eggs, 78c per dozen; creamery but
ter. SIC h.: country butter 75c Id.
Produce, Buying.
Country butter. Csc h.; eggs, Csc
dozen; old chickens. zoe h.; frying
chickens, zoe.
Fruits.
Bananas, 12c h.; lemons, 40c doz.;
apples. 10c to 15c h.. Tokay grapes,
rs cents pound; Chestnuts. soc lb:
fresh Cocoanut, zoe: fancy Delicious
Apples. for 25c: winter Banana APP
pies, for Csc.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-11-27
Insects No Longer Models
of Industry; Laziness of
Bee and Ant are Exposed

(From the Philadelphia RecordD
For centuries every man whose sys-
tenn craved a day off has been con-
fronted by the example of the busy
bee, and he has been put to shame.
and. what is worse. put to work. there
by Every man who would loaf and
invite his SOUL has been sternly adj
monished to "go to the ant. thou slug
gard, consider her ways and be wise
Both insects are frauds. They have
been exposed. 1t is useless to exhort
the beneficiary of "otium cum digni-
tate" to elevate his part Of humanity
to the dizzy altitude of the insects.
They have been found out.
Aesop and Solomon were imposed
upon They were not scientifically
trained observers. They thought the
bee and the ant set laborious examples
that human beings ought to rise to.
The insects kept up this humbug for
great while, but they can do so no
longer. We know all about them.
From Hampden county, Mass, comes
demand for a ton and half OF
sugar "to feed starving bees" Didn't
the flowers blossom last summer? Ger
tainly they did. Then why did not
the bees provide honey for the coming
winter, Because they are not busy
bees. They loafed. Instead OF gather
ing honey all the day from the flowers
Of the field. they idled away their time
around pans of suga-sugar extracted
by machinery from Cuban cane and re-
! fined by the sugar trust They laid
up nothing for the winter because
they expected those pans Of sugar to
be set before them daily.
Nothing Of the sort. They Just trans
hives and gave 1t little flower flavor
ing to enable unprincipaled farmers TO
practice commercial fraud upon the
public,
This busy bee" does nothing tina.
he or she, or probably it, can get out
Of. It Is necessary to supply this
| monumental humbug with a comb,
with the heagonal cells stamped upon
It by machines. And then It Is neces-
sary to supply It with imported sugar
| to put into its combs Even the most
rest-loving man could do as much as
that.
| The ant has been studied and his
true character exposed by Lord Ave
bury and Henri Fabre We know what
his habits are An example for the
sluggard, is he: He is as industrious
as a blanket Indian who allows his
souaw or his captive to labor for him
while he reserves his energies for the
Fent1emanly sport Of warfare. The In
dustrious ants are the slaves who
work. because they will be killed II
they don't: and even a man will work
under those conditions. The ant goes
to war. takes captives and compels
them to labor for him. Some Of them
serve him as mich cows. II the ant
does is to milk his cows and kill his
captives II they don't dig holes and
carry food for him.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-11-27
TOBACCO DECREASES IN
CINCINNATI WAREHOUSES

CINCINNATI, o.. Nov. 27.-The
quantity Of imported leaf tobacco re-
naming in storage in government
bonded warehouses at the close of
August. 1919, was considerably lighter
than it was one year previous, wrap.
per grades showing a decline of L.
63O,169 pounds, or 25 per cent, and
other grades a decrease of 5,983,73S
pounds, or 16 per cent. The total
value of all leaf tobacco in storage
the current year at the close of the
summer period was $10,429,996 less
than the corresponding date last year,
a decrease of 20 per cent.
OF the manufactured products. CT
gars and cheroOts, decreased 1856
poundsor 40 per cent; cigarettes In
creased 22,8S2 pounds, and all other
manufactures increased SIS, 436 pounds,
or 1921 per cent. The total value of
all manufactured productions show a
decrease of $11,249, or seven per cent,
while the grand total of all leaf and
its products in storage August 81, 1919.
increased $1O,41S,747, or 20 per cent,
compared with the value one year
ago.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-11-27
Nstional Crop Improvement ssrviee.l

feed. and leaves Of vegetables taken
from the garden and grass clippings
are keenly relished.
1t is not necessary to have a large
space for rabbits, because they can
be raised in hutches built one on top
Of the other. each compartment being
about 6 feet long. 2 feet high and 2
feet deep. This being the case. rabbits
can be raised any place by any ora.
They are easily kept clean and have
no smell unless neglected.
If We should eat AZ many rabbits
per capita as does Europe. we could
at least cut our meat bill in two.
You must first convince yourself
that rabbit Is the finest eating there
Is. There are more than q hundred
ways to prepare it and It is q meat
of which you will never tire any
more than you would Of bacon. Rab-
bit meat is served by the finest clubs
and hotels at a very inflated price,
and epicures who live to eat are In
PRODUCING their friends to this savory
Wand.
The boys and girls clubs In New
York and other states which are
specializing on rabbit culture are
making more money per project than
any other kind Of q club. Tho news
10 rapidly spreading and other boys
and girls everywhere are taking up
the work. 1t is Just az easy for girls
to raise rabbits as for boys
The demand for breeding stock 10
50 great that it cannot be supplied
It costs no more to feed fancy stock
than scrubs and therefore any one 10
foolish to start of with scrubs. The
demand for rabbits for their meat
and for their fur Is unlimited. 1t Il
the coming live stock business, one
which requires little capital and lit
tie work. Raise rabbits and swat the
II. c. L.
The National Fancy Rabbit club II
Chicago will supply all information
as to breeding stock, feeding and
preparing for the market. This in
formation Is free.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-11-27
BUSINESS FAILURES
SHOW Big DECREASE
FROM 1918 TOTALS
Cincinnati Enquirer)


Continuing the remarkably favorable
exhibit Of preceding months this year.
commercial failure In the United
States during October. AZ reported to
r. G. Dun and company. numbered
only 463 and involved $6.S71.0eS OF
liabilities. Excepting the 4S2 defaults
Of last July. the October insolvenctes
are the smallest in number OF any
mouth Of which there 10 record. and
the Indebtedness, although larger than
In August and July of the present
year. is less than in any October back
to 1905.
Comparing with the $50 business re-
verses for $1,000. 306 Of October. 1913.
the numerical reduction 10 1913 percent
and the falling off In amount sos per-
cent, while from the 1856 failures for
$29. 702,178 Of October, 1914-the high
point for the period-decreases of 1875
and 1853 percent appear.
For the 10 elapsed months Of this
year. moreover, defaults have been
39.1 percent fewer in number than in
the corresponding months OF 1918.
with a contraction Of 80 percent in
liabilities. II insolvencies should con-
tinue at their recent low rate In the
next two months, the total for the
year would be under $500, or much
the best showing since 1881.
When the October statement Is ex-
amined according to occupation, III
failures for $2.303,s 1855 appear In manu-
featuring lines. 3O5 among traders for
$2,S46,047, and 81, with an indebted
ness Of $1.722.034, in the class en-
bracfng agents, brokers. and other
concerns not properly in either Of the
two leading divisions. The October
manufacturing reverses contrast with
1877 In September. this year. and 1875
in October, 1918. and are actually the
smallest in number Of any month Of
which there is record; and the Nabil
| ities, moreover, are close to 81 900 900
under those Of September Of the pres
ent year and $4.40O.000 below those Of
October, 1918, and are. in point Of
fact, the lightest for October in many
years. With the 305 insolvencies for
! $e2.S46,047. the trading class discloses
| some increase over tho figure Of Sep
tember, this year. when only 205 such
defaults for $2,373.5S9 were reported,
but reductions are shown from the 406
trading failures for $3,53s,936 Of Octo-
Der, 1918. and in no preceding October
has the number been so moderate.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-11-27
HUGE PROFIT MADE
BY OPERATORS OF
SOFT COAL FIELDS

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27-Bitumin-
Gus coal mines east Of the Mississippi
River In 1917 made what might be
termed fabulous profits" the general
average being from 100 to $50 per
cent in invested capital, according to
q St teme 1t issued last night by Sec
rotary Glass, based on data supplied
by experts Of tho Internal Revenue
Bureau.
Coal operators generally in tho
United States in the years 1914 and
1915 lost money. when normal depie-
ton and depreciation arc taken into
consideration" the statement said.
What is meant by this Is that a pro-
per item in fixing costs is deprecia-
ton Of plant and depietion Of the cost
or value Of tho coal in the ground.
In the latter part Of 1915 all coal
companies in the United States, save
those in the extreme West, began
making money, with the result that
the operations for the year 1915 gen.
orally show a profit Of from 10 to 35
per cent on capital invested.
1917 Profits Fabulous"
IN 1917 all bituminous coal mines
east Of the Mississippi River made
what might be termed fabulous prof
its. tho general average being from
100 TO $50 per cent on invested capital,
the range being from Is to 500 per
cent.
In 1913 conditions were not SO
good in the Appalachian and central
competitive districts. profits generally
being reduced Is to 80 per cent less
than for the preceding year, the range
being from Is to 800 per cent on in
vested capital. In the West condi-
tons in 1918 were better than in 1917.
the profits in the Rocky mountain dis
tricts ranging as high as 440O per cent
on invested capital.
Unofficial figures for 1919, incom-
plete OF course. indicate that profits
OF the operators are less than for
1913. some OF tho operators claiming
to have actually lost money"
Miners Called loafers
Higher wages to bituminous coal
miners would mean rewarding men
who prefer to loaf rather than pro-
duce COAL" was the assertion Of the
executive committee of the operators
IN central territory in a statement Is
typical mine payroll are quoted to
show that, out of ITS men offered an
opportunity to work twenty-five days
IN month. only forty-six presented
themselves
"On every occa sion that the mine
wage scale has been advanced during
the last few years. the number of
these idlers has increased, because
they were able to earn all they re-
Quired in few odd numbers of days"
the statement said
Names of fifteen miners. taken
from payrolls, were listed in the
statement. showing daily earnings
from $50 to $13.O5 Thousands of
others showing similar earnings could
be added to this last" it was stated.