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...surmise that a mild case of political jealousy had arisen between Governor Pinchot and President Coolidge over who should have credit for the settlement of the anthracite strike was apparently confirmed. The President sent the Governor a message of congratulation on the conclusion of the strike. Governor Pinchot did not publish the message. It was presumed by the ever-suspicious press that Governor Pinchot had wished to claim the settlement as his sole achievement, but that the President's message inferentially suggested coöperation in the result...
...Profit for Pinchot. As usual in the solution of such strikes, there is political byplay...
...Cost of the Peace. The eight-hour day will add about $2,500,000 to the cost of mining. The 10% increase in wages will add about $30,000,000 more. Governor Pinchot estimated the cost of anthracite would be raised, at most, 60 c. a ton at the mines. It is generally expected that the public will pay this increase in a magnified form...
...Governor Pinchot is credited with securing anthracite for the country for the coming Winter, and the Governor is spoken of as a possible favorite son for Pennsylvania in 1924. The President sent the Governor a telegram of congratulation on the conclusion of the strike. The Governor did not publish the message. It was inferred that the message implied that the Governor had acted as the President's agent, and that the Governor wished all the credit for himself. The conjecture is not improbable...
...Governor Pinchot is debited with a probable increase in the price of coal to the public. Against this charge he took refuge in a letter to the President in which he advocated: 1) that the operators should assume ten cents of the increased cost of 60 cents a ton in coal; 2) that the Coal Commission should publish a detailed analysis of costs to determine how much the operators should bear of the increase; 3) that the Interstate Commerce Commission should reconsider coal freight rates with a view to absorbing part of the extra cost of anthracite. He also...