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It seems probable that almost before this article appears in print the Report of the Coal Commission will have been published and that there will have been favourable developments or the reverse in the matter of the engineering dispute. With regard to the coal situ- ation there is one element which, if the extremists on either side are not allowed to take control, should• make for favourable developtnents. That element is comprised in the fact that the country has a wholly unbiased mind on the matter, and is simply desirous that a settlement shall be on equitable lines and at the same time shall be of a character constituting an aid to enlarged and cheapened production. What, however, of course, is felt not only with regard to the coal situation, but as regards "all industries, is that some way must' be found whereby it shall not be possible for those concerned in key industries to enforce uneconomic demands by holding up the rest of the nation to ransom. .
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