ABSTRACT
Sentiment has its part to play in the life of a nation as in the life of an individual. The feelings of the sentimentalists do them credit; the strength of their criticism may be a measure of the depth of their sentiment, but its value is too often discounted by lack of knowledge. The problems of the coal-mining industry are economic problems, and the social consequences of the adoption of any policy which will place it on a permanently sound basis are the concern of the nation as a whole and not of the industry alone. It is both foolish and paradoxical to demand increased efficiency, and then, when that efficiency reduces employment, to condemn those who have promoted it.
