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secured their demand, but the general scale of wages was ad- 

 vanced, and the chief cause of discontent — the inequalities of 

 the wage scales in different establishments — was removed. On 

 the other hand, the scale proposed by the employers was the 

 basis of settlement, and this differed but slightly from the scale 

 they first proposed. Yet the settlement was essentially a com- 

 promise. The advance in wages, as many employers state, would 

 doubtless have come without the unions, as has been the case in 

 the Bloomington district, for the prosperity of the country and 

 the conditions of the industry were naturally making for such 

 an advance. But it may well be argued that without the unions 

 the rise in wages would have been somewhat delayed. How^ever, 

 the influence of the strike on the union spirit was undoubtedly 

 depressing, and from this point of view it is clear that the work- 

 men lost in the struggle. 



