The strike which paralysed United imately months has now come to an lend, the workers having decided by ballot to return to work on the terms which had been obtained from the Jowners. The ogreement which has been reached is purely a tentative Jone, and though the opinion expressed is that what as" been reached is merely an armistice, there is every chance that further negotla-{tions in a more peaceful atmosphere will transform. this temporary Jarrangement into something permanent. What damage the strike has done will probably not be fully revealed for months to come, though it has been estimated as reaching the Agure of $1,000,000,000. While the immediate problem' posed by the strike has thus been solved, the struggle must eventually give the United States" authorities furiously to think. "For ninety-eight days essential service of the nation hus been completely held up. It does not matter which of the parties to. the dispute were in the right. What does matter is that a. nation's business could be so disrupted, and that is a phase of the question to which the government's attention must ultimately be turned. The fact that such a strike can be arranged constitutes 8 positive danger to the nation, for while this recent struggle was economic in its Inspiration, there is always the possibility that! one day a similar strike might be called for political purposes. No nation can afford fo permit of any such pos. sibility and if the United States' government takes action to prevent Its occurrence it will only be bene-atting from the ut very importa lessons which this strike has taught it and other observers.
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