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Show U ni tarianism in Utah What coal for? Was it they digging were that thousands of wide, would be men and women make it certain to and children, far and through the winter days? No. They were digging coal solely because it meant profits to the owners of that mine to have coal dug. Profit to individual warm and well of coal land, not the welfare of consumers decent living for the men who dig the coal. was owners nor even a and is the sole reason why those men were And for their labor those coal miners receive enable them in that mine. barely sufficient wages keep up that toilsome monotony till they drop into their graves. Why did fire break out in the mine? Because the owners of the mine had compelled to the use to of torches instead of electric of electric power. The falling of for the mules started the fire. a light, and mules instead torch into the Why was not hay kept the mine equipped with electric light and power? Because men are cheaper than light or power. What was it, then, that sacrificed the lives of nearly four hundred men, and left women widows and children orphans? Just one thing: an industrial system which reduces human life to a mere commodity, to be bought and sold at a profit. For two out hours after the fire broke out, instead of getting the men of the mine with the utmost speed, the hoisting of coal went right on. Why? than coal. And then for the with owners, alive. Why was for the score owners. of miners capitalism makes men cheaper five days the mine was sealed by Because below, half of them or more the mine sealed? To save coal, to save profit Then the mine was unsealed, and over a over were 350 men rescued almost dead. of that mine fiends? Not as Are the the word "fiends" is owners commonly understood. They are very much like you and me. They are fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives. They have homes of their own. It is only in their social 224 relationship that they are fiends. What makes them so? An industrial |
