Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1912 — Day of Reckoning Will Come. [ARTICLE]

Day of Reckoning Will Come.

Surely there must be a day of reckoning coming for the Anthracite Coal trust, and it is astonishing that men so intelligent as President Baer and his colleagues do not seem to see that-, they are hastening this day by their exactions from the public in forcing up the price of coal at this time. The addition of a quarter of a dollar to the price of anthracite Is not such a trifling matter that it will go unresented. Who would have thought a few years ago that the Standard Oil company, the American Tobacco company and other great corporations would ever be brought to terms and forced to dissolve or change their methods? Some day a way will be found by either state or federal authority to bring the anthracite combination to its knees, and for such drastic action it may thank the public sentiment aroused by the imposition of not far from $20,000,000 as an extra tax to make up for the increased wages, which cannot aggregate over $7,000.000 or $8,000,000 at the most, given to the miners under pressure.