The Coal Problem

A Survey: 1910-1936

J. P. Dickie

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9781138301870
• eBook ISBN: 9781351400992
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business generale
• Index: Business

Focussing on a period of rapid and significant change in the coal industry, this volume, originally published in 1936, sets out the economic facts of the industry and discusses the extent to which politics and industry became interwoven during the years 1910-1936. As well as covering key events such as the General Strike of 1926 and the effects this had on both the UK mining industry and the general population, this volume also examines industrial relations, the growth of the unions and modernization of the industry.

INDEX

Ablett, Mr. Noah, 5

Accidents, 221

Avoidable, 224

Decline in, 222

Fatal, 13, 222

Haulage, 222

Number seriously injured, 13, 223

Surface, 222

Accountants, joint, 192, 193, 263

Acts of Parliament. See separate headings

Aged Miners’ Homes, 145, 227

Agreements—

District, 8, 84, 108

National—

Mineworkers’ Federation and 82, 133, 135–7

Mining Association and, 81, 133, 251

of 1921.. 31, 38, 40, 134, 137

of 1924.. 43, 44, 47, 52

Agriculture and coal, 338

Allocations, tonnage, 98

Allowances, in kind, 120, 355

Alternative policies, 288

Amalgamations, 90, 100, 147, 152

and composite concerns, 162

and Reorganization Commission, 100, 147, 155, 148, 149, 150, 153

Bill of 1936, 154, 254

Amendments, 165

Socialism and, 157

Suggested amendments, 170

Compulsory, 137, 151

Partial, 150, 153

Participation schemes, 156–9

Test Case in, 152

Total, 153

Voluntary, 101, 159, 169, 170, 177

Extent of, 362

Annual output. See Output

Annual Report, Mines Department, 346

Arbitration Tribunal, 81

Area Boards, 23, 34, 35

Arithmetic—

Mr. Ebby Edwards and, 284

Mr. Joseph Jones and, 269–71

Ascertainments, wages, 109, 110, 192

Association with other industries, 194, 258

Attorney-General, on 1930 Act, 149

Averages, 12.

See also Earnings, Output, Wages, etc.

Balanc...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Foreword
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• I. PARLIAMENT AND THE MINING INDUSTRY— THE, MINIMUM WAGE ACT, IÇI2—”THE MINER’S NEXT STEP”
• II. THE WAR YEARS, I9I4-I9I8
• III. THE MINING INDUSTRY IN I9I3 AND I935
• IV. THE SANKEY COMMISSION
• V. AFTER THE SANKEY REPORTS—THE I92O STOPPAGE—THE COMPARISON WITH I92O —THE 1921 STOPPAGE—THE MINING INDUSTRY ACT, I92O (PART 2)
• VI. A PERIOD OF CALM — THE MARCH OF EVENTS, I924—THE BUCKMASTER ENQUIRY —ANOTHER BRIEF TRUCE—THE MACMILLAN ENQUIRY—THE I925 SUBSIDY
• VII. THE SAMUEL COMMISSION
• VIII. THE 1926 STOPPAGE—THE GENERAL STRIKE
• IX. THE MINING INDUSTRY ACT, I926—THE LEWIS COMMITTEE
• X. THE YEARS I926-I936
• XI. THE 1930 ACT
• XII. DISTRICT AGREEMENTS
• XIII. WAGES—SHORT-TIME WORKING—OVERTIME
• XIV. THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
• XV. THE 1935 DISPUTE AND THE TERMS OF SETTLEMENT
• XVI. “OFFTAKES”—NOTES ON “OFFTAKES”
• XVII. AMALGAMATIONS—COMPULSION AND THE RIGHTS OF MINORITIES
• XVIII. THE SELLING AGENCIES
• XIX. EXPORTS
• XX. SELLING PRICES—TRANSFER PRICES—ASSOCIATION WITH OTHER INDUSTRIES
• XXI. MINING ROYALTIES—STATE ACQUISITION AND METHOD OF LEASING—MINING WAYLEAVES
• XXII. MECHANIZATION—ACCIDENTS—THE MINERS’ WELFARE FUND
• XXIII. THE MINEWORKERS’ FEDERATION
• XXIV. THE MINING ASSOCIATION
• XXV. THE MINEWORKERS* FEDERATION AND REORGANIZATION
• XXVI. THE MINEWORKERS’ FEDERATION AND AVER AGE WAGES
• XXVII. ALTERNATIVE POLICIES
• XXVIII. STATE CONTROL
• XXIX. THE NATIONALIZATION OF MINES BILL
• XXX. THE FUTURE
• XXXI. THE BY-PRODUCT INDUSTRIES (OIL FROM COAL)—THE VARIOUS PROCESSES—OTHER USES FOR COAL
• XXXII. CONCLUSION
• THE HALF-YEAR JANUARY TO JUNE 1936
• APPENDICES—
• INDEX