STRIKE LOSSES.
Mention* whs made in the w\Ue news last month of Ml:. Jonx Molt S'.'Hoou'N'g's estimate of tho national uoal strike. We now have tho full text of Mr. Schooling's article (in the London Tcl-cflraph) and a very grave position it discloses. He e&ff-u-ntes that the tirao-wastp. of the strike amounted to 2fi.jQOOJ)GQ work-
ing clays. Some of the items of loss which it has been possible to estimate arc as follow: Direct losses to miners— *C Wages G. 000,000 Trade funds and personal savings 2,000,000 Direct losses to workers other thnn' minors 8,000,000 Loss in coal production 10,000,000 J/oss iii imxliictioii in industries other tli:m coal 10,000,000 30,000,000 This, of course, does not cover all the loss. Pari, of Britain's export market lins been permanently lost to other coal-producing countries. Another serious loss has been the necessity of refusing foreign orders for manufacturing contracts. Then them is the loss of interest ami profit on capital invested in the coal and other industries. Mr. Schooling emphasises one specially important fact, which is, that since 1851 the number of men employed in agriculture has dwindled, while the number employed in coal-mining has steadily increased. There has been it continuous movement between the two following lines of figures dealing with the persons employed:
Tn In coal- Excess in Year, agriculture, mining, agriculture. 1851 ... 1,000,000 190,000 1,710,000 1001 '... Dilll.OOO 050,000 310,000 These figures disclose the vast importance of the mining industry to Britain, and the deadly character of a mining stoppage'. Mr. Schooling is led by his figures to urge that "a wanton conspiracy directed against the national life and welfare calls for the severe punishment of those men who directed the conspiracy, and for drastic legislation directed against its recurrence." What most requires emphasising, however, is that the vast national loss due to the strike must in the long run fall chiefly upon the wage-earners.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1447, 23 May 1912, Page 6
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314STRIKE LOSSES. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1447, 23 May 1912, Page 6
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