A CHANCE FOR THE MINERS.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—An ounce of practice is worth a ton of precept. A few months ago the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, in the interests of the public, were demanding a reduction of 14s. 2d. a ton in the price of household coal. At that time the coal industry was resulting in a considerable profit, owing to the abnormal price of export coal. Coal exports, however, have since dwindled, and recently the country learned, on the authority of Sir Robert Horne, that the industry was being conducted at a loss of two millions sterling a week. I under- stand the present deficit on every ton of coal sold is 8e. Let the Miners' Federation of Great Britain prove their altruism by agreeing to a corresponding reduction in miners' wages.—I
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