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WHAT’S WRONG
WITH BUSINESS
OFjCOALMEN?
Problem Now Engrossing At
tention of President and
Cabinet.
Special to Indiana Daily Times
and Philadelphia Public Ledger.
BY EDWARD G. LOWRY.
WASHINGTON. Feb. £L—What Is
wrong with the coal Industry in the
United States? It is some radical and
apparently inherent defect that needs to
he overcome. It is of immediate and
vital concern to ail of ns to discover the
cause of the trouble and to cure it. The
solution cannot wait much longer; the
problem is coming to a head.
MINERS AND
OPERATORS IXIXAMED.
This is sharply and clearly realized at
Washington. For some months Mr.
Hoover has been holding private meetings
with the mine operators and representa
tives of the miners. Both the miners and
operators have disclosed an Inflamed and
unyielding state of mind. There has
been harsh and bitter talk of ‘'fighting it
out to a finish." It would bo In the pub
lic interest if the parties in controversy
would think It out to a finish.
. In its present menacing public aspect
the problem of coal is one of less heat
and more light. The settlement of what
is essentially an economic and industrial
question of vital concern to national life
and welfare, cannot be attained in terms
of war or by minds clouded and darkened
by hatreds and passions. The whole
matter must be thought out until an
agreement is reached. The public interest
can permit no othei> course.
The economic and business relations
between the operators and the miners as
employers and employes are now engross
ing the absorbed attention of President
Harding and his Cabinet. It is a matter
of private business relations that should
never be forced upon the Federal Govern
ment for consideration and settlement.
On the face of it, it is a breakdown of our
boasted national efficiency in managing
and directing great business and indus
trial enterprises. The mining and dis
tribution of coal is in one sense a private
business, but it is so largely affected
with a public Interest that If the opera
tion is impeded or stopped the public
is deprived of an imperative need, and
the Government in its behalf must step
in and as best it can, and against its
will and desire take the coal it must
have. That is the condition and situation
that threatens today.
SHOULD BE PROFITABLE
BUSINESS.
Digging coa! out of the ground and
selling it to persons and industries
who must have it or die, should be one
of the most stable and profitable of all
businesses. It should not reqnire any
great competency and skill in merchan
dising to maket a national necessity.
The demands for the product can be
closely measured. Under ordinary and
proper conditions coal should provide
constant and well-paid employment to
the miners and a reasonable and profit
able return on the capital investment of
the mine owners and operators. It i
notorious that such ig not the case. The
miners are inflamed and angry and dis
satisfied. They are not on good terms
with their employers. Strikes are con
stantly threatened and frequently called.
The operators and owners are apparently
In as bad a plight. Some of them make
money and some of them do not. Taking
the industry as a whole, it is not on a sta
ble and satisfactory basis, if we may
judge from the accounts and reports sub
mitted at Washington. The irregulari
ties of production and of employment af
fect the operators as adversely as they
do the miners. They make permanent
and long time contractual agreements
with industries difficult and at times im
possible. They are the cause of frictions
and misunderstandings between buyer
and seller. We, the consumers, are
equally disaffected and dlssatisfid. There
Is a general feeling that coal is cost
ing us too much; that It should be pro
duced and sold at a lower price and still
make a decent; living and a decent profit
for the coal miner and the coal opera
tor.
High prices for coal mean high prices
for food, clothing, shelter and transpor
tation. ig to say for the necessities
of life.. The Individuals and the Indus
tries, both wholly dependent on coal,
feel that we are paying these high
prices because the coal industry is not
properly organized; because It does not
need or attempt to defy economic laws,
simple but Irresistible in their effect and
operation.
NOT GOVERNMENT
PROBLEM.
The problems of the coal business ought
to be settled in the coal business. They
should not be thrust toward Washington
as they are now being thrust. That is a
move toward Government participation
or control or ownership in the coal trade
which nobody in his senses wants But
coal must be provided. If the parties at
interest m the industry cannot agree
upon terms and conditions on which they
will meet the public need, then the pub
lic, perforce, through Its only agency, the
Government must intervene. It will not
bes happy time for any of us while the
Government is learning the coal business.
The experiment with the railroads should
be a reminder of that. If participation
In or control of coal production is added
to the already over-long list of Federal
activities, it will bo an unrelieved mis
fortune, —Copyright, 1022, by Public Led
ger Company.
Woman’s City Club
Plans for Dinner
The Woman’s City Club -win bold b
dinner session tomorrow evening at 6:15
at the Chamber of Commerce. The pro
gram will consist of a symposium on
patriotism, and a discussion on the
blanket amen.'ment to be led by Miss
Elizabeth Rainey.
The officers of the club are Miss Adele
Storck, president; Miss Minnie Mason,
secretary, and Miss Florence Coffin,
treasurer.
HAVE GOLORIN CHEEKS
Be Better Looking—Take
Olive Tablets
If your skin Is yellow complexion
pallid—tongue coated—appetite poor—
you have a bad taste in your mouth—
a lazy, no-good feeling—you should take
OllTe Tablets.
Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets—a sub
sltute for calomel —were prepared by
Dr, Edwards after 17 years of study.
Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets are a pure
ly vegetable compound mixed with olive
oil. You will know them by their olive
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To have a clear, pink 6kin, bright
eyes, no pimples, a feeling of buoyancy
like childhood days yon must get at
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Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets act on
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have no dangerous after effects.
They start the bile and overcome con
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note the pleasing results. Millions of
boxes are sold annually at 15c and 30c.
—verdaamec t.
TWO ARRESTED
CHARGED WITH
STEALING CABLE
Window Smashing Gang Ac
tive Throughout Mon
day Night.
One thousand pounds of copper cable
in an automobile and a long-barrel, large
caliber revolver, resalted in the arrest
by a night rider squad on South Har
ding street last night of Orville Day, 34,
629 Luett avenue, and Robert Day, 22,
638 Luett avenue, on the charge of grand
larceny and carrying concealed weapons.
The men, the police say, confessed that
the cable was stolen from a gravel pit
near the place where they were arrested.
Tn the automobile the police found a
hack saw that had been used to cut the
cable.
Window smashers were busy during
the night. John Orme, a merchant po
liceman, was walking on Ohio street at
6 a. m., when he heard a glass break. He
turned and was in time to see a man
running. Orme pursued him, but the
man escaped in an alley. Investigation
showed that the fugitive.had smashed the
window of the Albert Griner’s barber
shop, 6 West Ohio street, but nothing
was stolen.
Nathan driller, who sleeps in the rear
of his shoe shop at 736 Indiana avenue
was awakened at 4 a. m. by tbe sound
of the breaking of the glass in the front
door. Miller ran to the door and the
man who had thrown an Iron bar through
the window ran north on the avenue. The
police emergency squad failed to find
the window smasher.
A prowler attempted to force a window
et the home of Mark Barrett, 2509 North
Illinois street but was frightened away.
The police found a big ash can that
had been carried by the prowler and
placed under the window.
Mola Olshewitze, owner of a pawn
shop at 648 East Washington street, call
ed at police headquarters late yesterday
to report the theft of several pieces of
Jewelry valuued at $l4B. Detectives ar
rested John Mulhull IT, of New York,
whom they found attempting to sel! gbxne
Jewelry In an Indiana avenue pawn shop.
The Jewelry was Identified as that stolen
from Olshewltz. Mulbaul said he re
cently arrived In Indianapolis, and that
he roomed at 323 West New York street.
Miss Daisy Henry, Apartment 4, 430
North Meridian street, reported to tho
police that a thief used a key last night
and entered her room while she was not
at home. She said a brown dress worth
SBS, and a black dress valued at $65
were missing.
Fonr automobiles were stolen last
night. Adolph Frey, 836 Eastern avenue,
reported his Ford car, license 193828,
stolen from Market and Illinois streets.
K. P. McVey, told the police that a thief
took his Ford car, license 112420. from
Ohio street and Capitol avenue. Thomas
J. Lewis, 317 East North street, parked
his automobile, license 116451, at 902
North Pennsylvania street, last night.
Later he found It had disappeared. Paul
Jackson. 33 West Ohio street, parked his
coupe, license 108238, at Delaware and
North street. A thief stole the coupe.
SAYS PARLEY
HABIT GROWS
President Favors Students’
Interest in National Affairs.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21—The arma
ments conference has definitely turned
the thoughts of the world toward peace
and helped substantially to establish the
conference habit among nations. Presi
dent Harding told officers of the national
students committee for limitation of
armaments, who called at the White
House yesterday to present a report of
collegiate activities in connection with the
Washington meeting.
In receiving the students the President
indicated he looked with favor upon an
organized movement of undergraduates
to take part in national affairs. No one,
he said, should equip himself for life
with only selfish ends in view. All men
and women should train themselves to
play a part In the important policies of
government.
Charles Denby, Jr.. of Princeton,
nephew of Secretary Denby, presented
the students’ report giving the results
of the students’ referendum and urging
ratification of tbe conference treaties and
American participation at Genoa pro
vided the agenda Included “balancing
of budgets of European countries, reduc
tion of land armaments, breaking down
economic barriers and German repara
tions."
The student delegates will hold sev
eral meetings In Washington in an ef
fort to determine the future policy of
the committee, the aim of which is to
encourage student Interest in social, eco
nomic and political affairs. The ques
tion of military training iu the collages
will be one of the subjects taken up.—
Copyright, 1922, by Public Ledger Com-
We have three registered optometrists
In this department. You not only get
a thorough examination, but if your
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OPTICAL
DEPARTMENT
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The residence of Clab Hancock, on
Gander creek. Is still standing, though
it Is liable to fall with the next puff
of wind. About all that has been bold
ing it up for the past several months is
a heavy coat of paint.
• • •
The magic lantern show at the Wild
Onion school house Saturday night was
well attended, and proved to be both
interesting and Instructive. One of the
main slides was a bird’s-eyo view of
the Atlantic Ocean, and the show man
explained that on account of the size
of the stage only a portion of the ocean
could be shown.
♦ • •
Cricket Hicks while in the city of
Tlekville Saturday, saw a nice young
lady weigh herself on the scale* at the
feed store. As she wore the usual seaxe
.ty of clothes her weight of eou/ss was
net instead of gross.
Barefoot Beauties
NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—Two society
girls wagered they could walk irom
Fifty-Ninth to Forty-Second street on
Fifth avenue without any Bhoes or stock
ings, A policeman stopped them a block
from the start and they hurried home in
a taxicab.
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15 North Pennsylvania Street
Suits and
Overcoats
Less Than VS Price
SALE FOR CASH ONLY
Business SOO-95
SUITS . /%=
Former Prices, $65.00 to jp % w m
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Fine 1 "7.95
Overcoats \ S
Former Prices, $75.00 to A B Me
$85.00 - V
This is our Final Reduction Sale and does not include
entire stock.
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15 North Pennsylvania St.
Special Sale of
Eye Glasses
We are offering this week at about tho price they can be
obtained elsewhere.
Examination Without Cost
Shell rims without additional cost. Shell Jk
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Kryptok Invisible Bifocals, for far and .
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HEADACHES and NERVOUSNESS
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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1922.
Germans Mob Aliens
BERLIN, Feb. 21.—Six p ssenger sus
pected by Germans of coming to this
country to purchase goods with depreci
ated marks and thus make tremendous
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month.
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THIS is a sale of genuine magnitude. Literally
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Day and night service to all local points and to all points
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A trial shipment will convince.
UNION TRACTION COMPANY OF INDIANA
Pocahontas Coal, $7.00
We axe glad to announce this wonderful price on Poca
hontas mine run. One of our operators reduced thedr price
on February 3d and the other on February Bth. We have just
commenced to receive this coal.
There is a rumor that this cut will not be general and the
old price soon restored, but while it endures we will quote
you this price on CHILTON POCAHONTAS and WHITE
OAK.
We handle no other, and there are no better operators In
West Virginia. We have sold CHILTON POCAHONTAS
and can assure the trade there is no better Pocahontas mined.
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Fire and burglar proof saxes and
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