Coal magnates seize control of mining profits says Gompers
In a public statement President Gompers claims financial interests dominate the coal industry. He cites United States Steel and Alabama coal properties as examples and warns that railroads like Reading and Lackawanna control the majority of anthracite output. He notes 1921 hearings and railroads posting large profits from coal holdings.
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Gompers
Washington
United States Steel Corporation
Alabama
Tical Coal Management
Tee
United States Senate
United States
Reading, Lackawanna
Lehigh
Erie
Delaware & Hudson
Pennsylvania
New York, Ontario & Western
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Dela Lackawanna & Western
Delaware & Hudson Company
United
Rotten public and rotten cinema rottenness speech
Hobart Bosworth rails at the public in San Francisco arguing that audiences demand salacious films and sensational papers. He contrasts the public’s appetite with the supposed emptiness of elite leaders while criticizing newspapers for exploiting scandals and war narratives. He cites a Chippewa elder’s death as another sign of a society fixated on sensationalism.
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Hobart Bosworth
California Club
San Francisco
Itl
Daily Papers
Napo Jean
Coal Industry Profits Press Exposé Warns of Suppression
The text argues profits in coal are kept low to suppress miner wages and favors by bankers and seven railroads creating $600,000,000 in fictitious securities. It condemns an injunction against the federal trade commission aimed at silencing truth about coal. It blames financial interests for destructive operating policy prioritizing balance sheets over human needs and warns of an impending crisis.
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Federal Trade Commission
Mothers Must Work in New England Mills to Support Families
President Gompers argues for both parents to work in textile mills as wage cuts threaten $8.40 weekly loss from a $17 wage. He condemns lengthening hours from 48 to 54 weekly and warns mill owners manipulate northern and southern mills for dividends.
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Washington
New England
President Gompers
A.B of L
Wayre
Gompers
Wold
Wise Statesmen Misjudged Flying Machines Debate
In Washington the senate debated an appropriation bill as Mr Orris of Nebraska recalled past condemnation of Langley’s flying machine idea. He suggested reading the old debate to the chamber to show how eloquence and humor once mocked the notion of human flight.
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Washington
Senate
Orris
Nebraska
Congress
Langley
Wages Down Dark Report From Timber Waker Era
A fragmented OCR item reports widespread wage cuts and labor tensions. It mentions Timbers firms and a council or national body, noting reductions of up to 40 percent and protests or strikes. Specific names, dates, and places are unclear due to garbled text.
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