The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-23
Facts for Texians 10 Consider

A Nov Yatk i,lepr M 20 the Courier
Journal r,Ss ir-tst brings The fret em
pbhuc att IA 'flous proof thal tb- eitab
Isbmeut ~ ruttub ~ | q M the tCuth, ~
the homc a. tue rae n g. ial, " II drive
the cotton milis 81 NcN Euglund into bank
ruplcy. The grow, asts of the oss,ero
manufactures rulumiiH f'd NfttefihF,
when the operatives NJ FL Rvor' ~ w
strong. were called T. decide bttSeen dl,-
charge or rninuus ieIuuiinns IN wages
Under the proposed reduction u was shown
that tho men would be unable 10 maze
more tnan 81 per week. Al er delibefht'hp
the matter tor 80 hours bel ot Vas taken
and csultsa asa Va favor of suiGo ana al
against u. IT,. O.
A resolution p,sssd empowering Score
tary Howard 10 Eel CT twenty -hVe men ~ =
committee B. Il. gisc ,be best means OF se'
curing assistance Tor the strikers, ana 10
ndopt a cpuTsc on which the strike snail te
conducted. Tuis COMMITTEES VIII report a,
n meeting 10 be he'll. Saturday night. Sec
reta'y Howard II instructed to inform the
manufaotur. - OF the action Of the meeting 3,
expressing regres that the circumstances
demanded n.
Dnrip. Ihp discussion several important
facts were Learned, one OF which was that
since 1873 the 90 Ton operatives here have
been reduced Al pr cent, and Ia only one
instance has the ftduClion been restored.
No notices are 70 he served by the opera
tiyes. But they are 10 leave work Satur'
day afternoon and not return until author
ICED by the commit tees in charge. The
strike will be go ,.rbl taking effect IN every
mill In the city, thereby putting 10000 per.
sons out oi emplo ment.
in addition 60 te Columbus Manufacturing
90. OF Greenv II Mas the Bo'ton Duck
Co, Cords lis Palmer mllls, and Gus *
Co, Palmer, Mass, the warren cotton
mills, Warren, MAS md the Nashua cot
ton mills, Nashua, n. II orders nave been
received 10 tim large portion OF tht
looms in ia II O. ton IN and the IRE
mont and sulrik NIL q, oi Lowell, MAYS,
and tina Yufk VI nufscturing Co., Ssco
Me These iutllOr some OF the largest
mills In the cDuntTy ana represent over
100000 spindle, They have been com
PEELED 30 ourt.l production because OF the
low prices ~ which their goods arc being
Rold and the heav, losses incurred. Others
arc expected TO adopt the same course Al
soon ~ their warp, AVID looms SIRE run out
In regard 90 thi- question, itton des!ei
from Georgia to-day said 10 the Courier
Journal correspondent:
"Im am NOT at al surprised at The result
and my only wonder IS that We have not
heard OF IL sooner. l. il u simple, economic
problem, which any one can understand
80 long as Now England had monopoly o
cotton m Its OF tins country, IL made no an
ference ms to tnat s-c'ioa bow much they
hsi TO nav IN the way OF freight 10 got the
raw material Ia their 20 session
How considerably an item thi'
was II did not appear uDti
che cotton mill, were started on tho ground
where the cotton grows, and with the same
facilities for perfect work only ono resul'
was inevitable. BY degrees the New
England men have been urVei
from point Z, point by this com
petition, until now they ara practically
out OF the tisld Untt the cotton prints ol
che south were mad, We stood no sho"
with ManGh ester. out now we are driving
English goods out of The Chinese, japanese
and Australian porls, l. ioks 70 mo Ns
this was the b,einuing Of the end OF New
England cotton goods