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The Transport Breakdown
Soule, George | July 3, 1920 issue

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The article focuses on the strikes in the Atlantic Ports. Since January 1, 1918, there have been sixteen strikes in Atlantic ports. During 1918 the coastwise lines were immobile. The stoppages this year have tied up 47 seagoing vessels, and 203 tugs, lighters, and barges, with cargoes totaling about 150,000 thus, valued at approximately $300, 000,000. This is merely a small index of the losses to dependent businesses and the dependent consumer. The present strike of the coastwise longshoremen is because sixty-five cents an hour is not enough to support a workman and his family, even if he has no unemployment and buys nothing more than the bare necessities of life.

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STRIKES & lockouts -- Shipping; CARGO ships; LABOR disputes; HARBORS -- United States; UNEMPLOYMENT; ATLANTIC Coast (U.S.); UNITED States
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