Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11

st. Joseph News-Press. for "unselhsh
recognition of the principle that in
every industrial clash in a basic in
duStry there are three parties at in
terest-capital, labor and the public.
Expressing regret that President Cool
idSe has not stepped out and forced
the mine owners to arbitrate the
issue" the Tulsa Tribune calls atten-
ton to the fact that Gov. Pinchot
proposes TO do something" and con
tlnues: He reminds these blindly ava
rlclouS mine owners that the growing
use of substitutes in thousands Of
homes and enterprises. both within
and without the State, is endangerine
the anthracite industry and the pros
perity of the whole anthracite region.
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Supporting the operators. the Jer-
sey City Journal holds that they
are not without reason for their
stand and ii argues: The position Of
the operators appears the stronger
with the revelation of the fact THAI
they made an offer to the strikers that
opened the way for new negotiations
on what appeared TO be fair grounds
The public'S interest is primarily cen
tered on how 1t can be assured Of a
continuous. adequate supply of an
thracite. The public, however. has no
right to expect that guaranty to come
as result Of stampeding either side
into an unfair agreement" The Mus
kegon Chronicle, further, charges that
the miners have made the mistake
bound 10 be fatal if persisted in. of
taking the role of arrogance as the
operators abandon it, and that they
have not learned anything Of the fate
of their one-time antagonists.
The suggestion that the Govern
ment could have done something" in
the present strike, If the former
Borah bill had been passed, is made
by the Portland Oregon Journal, with
the further comment: 1T could have
done something if between the Con
gress and the President measures had
been previously adopted" The Al.
bany Evening News also says that
the public will demand that Congress
take some action to prevent any more
situations like this: that the United
States is not to be made to suffer In
definitely because Of private wars
! The Little Rock Arkansas Democrat
also. recognizing that people are
weary of the annual wrangling." SAYS
they will welcome even Federal in
tervention.
OF the proposal to arbitrate. the
Bristol Herald-Courier states: This
plan of arbitration may not be the
same that the operators had in MIND
when they urged arbitration before the
strike, but it is a fair plan" But the
Pueblo Star-Journal expresses the
opinion that unless something uneX
pected occurs, it is likely that the
strike will be fought to a finish, while
the Hollywood Citizen asks: What are
we going to do when it seems impossi
BILE to bring forth a suggested solution
that will be accepted by the Govern
ment as representative of all the PEG
ple?"
1.-The country ought not" according
to the Richmond News-Leader ito put
pressure to bear on the operators to
accept the compromise terms of Mr..
Pinchot The strike has not produced
and is not apt to cause. real distress
among the general public. Unless an
thracite is TO be put quite out of the
reach of the consuming public, these
perennial strikes must be ended. II
is better to see this one through than
to patch up a peace that will be
broken again next year"