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■BMB^IKia 



The delay in the appearance of this numl)er lias been occa- 

 sioned by a strike of the printers in the office from which it is 

 issued. At a time when all branches of industry hnd it impera- 

 tive to reduce costs and increase output, the printers generally 

 liavc attempted to shorten their hours of labor and advance 

 their wages. Although we are not pecuniarily interested in 

 the present controversy, having a contract made before the 

 matter at issue came up, we are not in sympathy with the ef- 

 forts of any group of workers to hold up the public simply 

 ])ccause they ha[)pen to hax'e the powVr to do so, and have been 

 willing to wait in the expectation that this latest holdup will 

 be defeated. We trust that our subscribers are of the same 

 mind. Tlie slacker polic\- prexalent in this C(nmtry of reduc- 

 ing pr(xluction and increasing wages may appear at hrst glance 

 to be desirable as making more work and better incomes for 

 everybody, but in the long run it can only result in harder 

 times and the loss of desirable markets. Many printers are 

 now paid more than $200 a month which fact alone shows 

 \\h\ l)ooks and magazines are so expensive. The refusal of 

 employing printers to co-operate in further advancing costs 

 may cause a temporary inconvenience to readers, but it is time 

 that printing prices took a downward turn and we believe that 

 c\ er)- move in this direction should be encouraged. 



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Farmers in many parts of our country are asking permis- 

 sion to take in part of the roadsides on the plea that much land 

 is wasted on which they grow additional crops. To such 



