The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-20

bit of history. The w essen ana StOneWall
mills did the same thing, which was duly
mentioned, and generally accepted as com
plimentary.
3. / nv letter said "0nly one privy
exists, and that in the rudest condition inn
aginablc. In one end of the long building
IS a closet for females only, and for all OF
them When the reporter struck its vicin-
ity it did not require further enlightenment
from his conductor"
The board OF mayor and aldermen in their
report say:
The prvies connected with the institution are
four In number, two being Immediately attached
10 the mills and two on the grounds outside. The
one ON the north side Of the mill Is used by males
the one on the south exclusively by fema operat
ives The two on the outside are for the use OF the
men The rule Is 70 cleanse three OF these privies
each week and use lime between cleanings, and
four operatives testified that this rule observed;
but one employe, whose duty II was TO clean these
pryics, stated that these ceanings actually tooA
place every other week aud lined every week.
Superintendent Eckman, who stated to
the committee OF citizens that he had read
my letter in TIE APPEAL, says in his testi-
| nOny:
| WHY he SAYS the article states we have only one
priyy which Is used by the boys, girls and women,
| and the men use all outdoors The truth Is we
have four well kept priyes; which are cleaned and
lined every two weeks and frequently weekly. The
| investigating body was conducted to them aud
careful Inspection made, and we found them much
public priyies OF our city, and most OF our party
stated that they positively failed TO detect any odor
| at all
Mrs Hally, to this committee stated that
"the closets were kept in good condition,
and that no such nauscous fumes permeated
the building" etc.
| made personal investigation of this
feature, but obtained my information OF the
number OF closets from Nj. John Tisdell
who had worked in tho mill number OF
years. That the privy or priyies Il waive the
number) emitted anauseous oder, reiterate
most positively, aud II some OF the investi-
gators failed ITO detect any odor at
Judgment on the question. What Of
those who did detect III 1t may have been
that reached the place just nj time when
lime was needed but the odor was there.
Permit me right here 10 seriously protest
against the testimony Of lehman. In his
statement Of wages hc does not agree with
Wagner, who, take it, knows, and on the
closet question he proclnims familiarity with
what did WRITE yet makes ridiculous at
tempt to air il. And Mayor Herring, too,
signs the report Of the board Of mayor and
aldermen, which closes thus:
In conclusion we and that the statement alluded
20 by the correspondent OF TnE MEMPHIS ArrEAl,
20 far the lOcunA Cotton mills are concerned Is
unwnrmntcl by the facts In the case aud his con
illusions aud publications In this respect are un'
quaihcdly false.
But his private letter on the subject nc.
companying hi letter which appeared this
morning contains the following. "ThC
IoconA mills have the earth closet system
the abominablo system Of Memphis, be-
tween pits and sinks, aud her present SPLEEN
did 81 tenn Of sewerage. When viii our
people pay attention to sanitary measures
except little while just after Il yellow fever
scourgc3 We have n beautiful, clear, crys'
tai spring creek running through our town,
poisoned by scores uf priNics over its nat
urally sweet limpid, sparkling. waters
What sacilcgc 10 poison God Almighty
free gift OF the wotsr Of life
The citizens committee say
All agree however. that the priylcs CONNECTED
with the buildings were clcanscd whenever thcy
were observed 10 b. offensive.
81 you see, the priyics were sometime
offensive, and I'll swear they were oacnsiy,
nc the time Of my Inspection. A 10 th,
outside priyic-, ! confess | did not see them
or anything like them. My Information a
~ the accommodations for men was obtained
from Mr. Tslvll aud former middle aged
female operative. whose name has escape,
me. but who worked In the mill Tor foul
years, and whose husband still works ther,
~ 81 per day.
thirteen hours a day." Nobody said thcy
did. but stated that e locked forty minutes
of H. Mr.. Wagner strained at the point {,
lcugthcn his cvusivc denial, and that's al
there il IN IL. They work from q O'Clock q
m. TO O'Clock pm. Tho forty minutes
j. the dinner period.
.. Both Mr.. Wagner and the citizens com
mittcc dwell ON this point In such way ~
10 weaken their eases. About the only testi
mony offered is merely 10 show Their
was no compulsiOn about the operative
trading with him, which | did no
charge. Here j. my statement -
course all the operative, arr poor when thcl
) begin work aud have no money 90 pay a
they 20. ME Wagner very kindly rcmcdiC
this evil by advancing the necessities Of life
but in such way rs to make lie n bed %
I roses Tor him and his. On everything h
deals with his employees pay nn cnormOu
pr1lGI And Mr.. Wagner merely says IL
} does not "a perfectly natural but not conclu
siyc statement. Echmun comes % the n
lief Of his boss with the statement that he
u mat Of family, fyc In numlyf. aud ilai h
buys Eonis where aud irum whom be pl-asss. Az
mat During bis IA year. Il The NIL Mr. Wagnc
. has never lntlmairl hat be- must buy TuO,is iruu
him but ~ ihr oonifaig hHs frequently tod hi
be wugrs wtur due tn Ctsh, and BE- was ~ liJctt
o. tfafr wherever h chlsts Ia All The purchlsir
b. husd done ~ NsEutfs be snys Ia not a single ir
silutr Wa le charged morc ior roods than Wa
ltscd clses here.
All II which has no moro 10 do with M
, issue than the witness has with heaven. III
, b. the acting superintendent, an expert ~
ccivrs n good salary. ! presume. aud has M
place in my original letter nut hr i careful
? To state that Wagner had frequently toll
= him lac "wus at liberty o. trade wherever HI
|, | chose" And he chose 10 ifnde with Wagner
, | paying cash, aud Of uoufsr getting his good
: ~ spot cash prices. believe that rushing
. business such N Wagner 'onfcssedly oh
tains from his mill hand. no matter how
tends o. substAaiiatc nay former statement
! aud Mr.. Cole. who brought the reports {,
Mcmphis, told me this evening that bee uu
= | drr,tuoi ms statement about the method q
payments W., cortryt
, D. UPON this point Wagner has only 10 'ay
/, H. Iur,usrrr foat aboy, usstHtsd pol.ry, "
decided % bui.d 80 # 500 tshls icBrincn
houtts coo H. ihs mill aul %. ~ TIE operative
iy 49, II MFia u th , ~ irsi'tt, a The uul.iua
. | sliln 81 - coats pc Wrcs liib "a We NtNru
{ enough h0usrs i,t then ~ tut shat W. L.,c AZ
40 ucrupisl ~ thea hLd thr rent j. much Uhcapr
ihtn house, Il iso safe siui lot rent elsewhere q
T twu.
, With ~ due rs,pcci To Wagner. demand
! IN Justice 10 myself, that his statements b
> cotrubuiatrd and sworn 90.
3 Aud tnst the hr,ish and bucket commit
a, tee. with the convenient lehman, throw Ia
I lot ~ tot ns follows
: We f,il nj. 80 niion tn 10 yKh,fhitsut ttni q
| fi i1 urf week bra "mis'fahlr nom % howell
j. ! UfIci 81 IuE Arrrtt Unfusl oudrut iu reply b
, p1inici ne i9a twyi licfly whil.veshcd tmn
: ab.r W huyfisr' me rcuics Jay ouly a. q nl
: idf 90. NJ thrs iru.s tusirid ui II b. Pcf sc
lhs hifae'i r-nl. r. ,y, lad by " isinssd
/ | pats o. &c month.
: Nothing short Of a complete Confederation
A Of my statement
4 and = Will b. taken up later. ~ fcy
closing rra ~, a. Wagner has touched up1
them in his RES Vt cDnfusci aud illuuga