The plethora of processions in 1901 moved _Punch_ to make various suggestions for the better conduct of such spectacles, mostly in the shape of fantastic and satirical concessions to the greatest happiness of the greatest number of sightseers. Warnings against the _panem et circenses_ habit were legitimate enough, but _Punch_ took a more aggressive line in his attack on the miners in 1901:-- A BLACK LOOK-OUT (A paper picked up near the office of the Chancellor of the Exchequer.) Pity the sorrows of a poor collier, who, if a shilling export duty is imposed upon coal, will have (possibly) to see-- 1. His wife giving up her music and riding lessons. 2. His children not able to go to the seaside for a month or two. 3. His favourite licensed victualler unable to supply him with that extra quart he enjoys so much after he has drunk the others. 4. His dogs unable to compete for prizes because their upkeep will be too expensive. 5. His tailor sending in his account and respectfully requesting immediate payment. 6. His wine merchant writing to ask him why he has given up ordering champagne. 7. Worst (and, fortunately, most improbable) of all, himself having to work four days a week instead of three. In earlier years _Punch_ would have given chapter and verse for such charges; the later method, though it makes easier reading, carries less weight. _Punch_ did not, however, wholly abandon the practice of "documenting" his criticism, and he turned it to excellent account in a discussion of the much-abused German clerk in 1898, when he quoted the following passage from the official Consular Report from Stettin, issued by the Foreign Office:-- Much of the commercial knowledge of Germany has been supplied by young Germans who have been employed as clerks in Great Britain, mostly as foreign correspondents. British clerks cannot be used as foreign correspondents, because not one in a thousand can correspond correctly in any foreign language.