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BIBLIOGRAPHIC MICROFORM TARGET\n\nORIGINAL MATERIAL AS FILMED-EXISTING BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD  \n Reproductions may not be made without permission from Columbia University Libraries.                 \n# TECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA\n\nFILM SIZE:_          35mm  \nMAGE PLACEMENT:  \nREDUCTION RATIO:              \nDATE FILMED:                      18/97 INITIALS:         人  \n       MSH 23294             \n## TRACKING\\#:\n\nFILMED BY PRESERVATION RESOURCES,BETHLEHEM,PA.  \n308  \n# COALx122UNDER CAPITALISM\n\nBYTOM MYERS.  \nPRICE ONE PENNY;Post Fre,rld.gd.per docen;6s.per 100,carriage paid.  \nPublisbhed by  \nTHE TRADES UNION CONGRESS &THE LABOUR PARTY,  \n33,Eccleston Sqmare,Westminster.....LONDON,S.W.I.  \n# TIa6后山ygrc\n\n8:1-25  \n# Coal under Capitalism.\n\nBy TOM MYERS.  \nThe decision of the Coalowners'Association to terminate theagreement governing the wage conditions in the coal industry hasprecipitated another of those periodical crises in the coal trade withwhich the country has been all too familiar during the past generation.  \nThe generalposition of the industry presents to the public a mass ofcontradictory elements.The miners complain of low wages,manythousands are unemployed,collieries are closed down as unable topay their way,and the price of coal remains at an enormousfigure compared with pre-war quotations.Many people who desireto take an impartial view of the situation stand bewildered by theseconflicting circumstances.  \nThe agreement has operated upon the principle that after all produc-tion costs,salaries,taxes and overhead charges have been allowed for,and the proceeds of the sale of coal set against it,the surplus is dividedbetween wages and profits in agreed proportion.It is claimed onbehalf of the miners that the spirit of the agreement has been evaded.It is asserted that coal has been sold to ironworks and bye-productplants with which the collieries are associated at a figure below itscommercial value;and that the large item of“other costs”on theproduction side is elusive and indefinite,and shelters charges whichwould not be allowed if the necessary details were available.ThePresident of the Lancashire and Cheshire Miners'Federation hasdeclared the agreement to have been a sham and a fraud.Be thatas it may,this atmosphere of distrust and suspicion is not good for theindustry.The workers are entitled to a square and open deal,evenif it be a poor one.And judged by the prevailing wage standard in anyimportant industry,the miners are entitled to be heard.  \nEventhen,if improved conditions for the miners,and the wider publicinterest involved in trade revival,actuated a settlement on the linesof adjusting the agreement to meet the pressure of existing circum-stances,it can do little more than yield a temporary advantage.The public are entitled to demand permanency and stability in whatshould be made the most settled industry in the country.Theprevailing factors in the industry will enable that to be done.  \n## COAL PRODUCTION AND OUTPUT.\n\nThere has been no lack of coal produced.For the eight years priorto the war,the average annual output of coal for the United Kingdomworked out at approximately 265,000,000 tons per year.For theyears 1922-1923-1924,the annual output of coal for Great Britainaveraged over 264,000,000 tons per year.For 1923-24,the averageoutput was 271,000,000 tons per year.Clearly there was coal inabundance.Ample scope for the working of those forces which in thepast have been said to yield plenty and cheapness,high volume ofproduction with low prices and good wages.The operations of thecoal trade have shattered these interpretations of economic theory.It is admitted by the coalowners themselves that 11,000,000 tonsmore coal was produced in this country in 1924 than could be used ormarketed.With abundant coal production there has been high prices.and low wages prevailing at the same time.  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