Strikes and the Nation – Part 2

An interview with the American people on what do these strikes mean and how to avoid them in the future – Part 2

End of the Anthracite Coal Strike

AFTER five months of diplomacy and conference, an agreement has been reached between the hard-coal miners and operators. Final confirmation by a tri-district convention of the United Mine Workers remains to be secured, and almost surely will be before this is read.

The Railway Strike of 1922

Great commotion has been caused in labor circles by the issuance of the sweeping injunction by Judge Wilkerson, of the Federal District Court in Chicago. It restrains the striking railway shopmen, their unions, and the labor unions affiliated with them in the American Federation of Labor, from interfering directly or indirectly with the operation of the railways.

Strikes and the Nation – Part 1

An interview with the American people on what do these strikes mean – Part 1

1922 Coal Strikes

A review of the economic, political, and social results of the dual U.S. coal strikes of 1922

1922 Railway Strike

A review of the economic, political, and social results of the U.S. railway strike of 1922

Railroad and Coal Strikes

A review of the economic, political, and social results of the great US strikes of 1922

Can Unemployment Be Reduced – Part 2

The Federal Government should do its part also in sharing this burden. In 1921, for instance, it has been estimated that $158,000,000 of National funds were available for road building. Appropriations for Federal buildings, rivers and harbors, post offices, etc., could be held down to the minimum for several years, and then be expanded with safety when periods of stress threaten.

Can Unemployment Be Reduced – Part 1

What are the stakes involved in reduclng unemployment? They cover the tremendous material waste in these periodic wrenches of our industrial machinery, to say nothing of the spiritual waste involved. We are just beginning to realize that the high peaks and low hollows of seasonal trade, followed by orgies of hiring, firing, and hiring again, are infinitely more expensive than more or less stabilized production.

More Power from Niagara

LORD KELVIN’S CHEERFUL WISH that all the water of the cataract at Niagara might cease to plunge over the brink and be diverted into canals and penstocks to serve the uses of industry may never be wholly fulfilled, but we are making some progress.