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

did not leave the mill In despair. The hands nrc
paid on Cyvry two weeks. About hhli ut them buy
their gOJds uf Wagner 4 Leland through which
house all the financial matters oi the mill pas
Most Of those hands who trade with them have all
ot part ui thcir accounts taken out each pay day.
the Others who have no accounts them deal nt
other houses or buy their goods frUm Wagner q
Leland for cash. Some ui the operatives alsl leave
their surplus earnings with Wagner 4 Leland. one
woman. Who Ia the mill several yesrs since In
destitute circumstance, has nearly 500 there 10
her credit Another. girl, has about SO thCfc,
saved from her earnings, hesidcs contributing 10 a
sick mother who lives Ia the Mississippi bottom.
They frequently get Wagner a Leland to buy sowing
machines, bcdsicnds and such articles aud have
them TO take Il out Ia small amounts until all u
Iad Wagner a Leland sell 10 thcm nt cash
price, OF they would not buy OF them. tomc Ut
them have been finding thcrc Tor over i've year.
They do not scll nt the Cxoroiiant prices IiiE Ar
pTAL correspondent says Now for the tenement
houses In pursuance uf our bciOrc. mentioned
policy, We decided 10 build a lot ui Coiuiouihlc
tenement houses clusc 20 the mil ana allow the
operative the usc ui them, n they ~ dcsiryl. t
the nominal sum gi ~ ccue ttr week i9r u tu9in
We haven't enough houses fOr them oil, but what
NC have ore all occupied by them, and The nut u
much chUappf than houses ui the same Kind Tor
rent elsewhere iu town. In statements made under
the head Of "A Hgstial Gang" one would think
the mill was n hutbcd oi prostitution. lie g,b
his rformation fr0m n discharged cmpluyc aud
prostitute "whO lives over the hill" ] viii make
statement IN rciCrvncc to thnt our policy hn'
always been to make the mill place when any
respectable girl can work. We never knowingly
takr a woman or girl OF bad character Ia the mil,
and n any III thcm lead an Immoral ot diuvpuiahlc
life while in our employ they are discharged ~
oncu nnd they arr not permitted 20 vntcr TIE MIL
again. The people hc nllndC 10 thg 'srmunE
wumcn) arr lhc lowest Of the low. aud wcrc dis
chargcd from the mill hs soon ns their conduct Wa
reported io the manager, aud have mover lEcn -,
mlttu1 toUucf II since ihayC never hciufr heard ~
any ui the tsscs accused oi their downfall. lWill
further state that whore there u n doubt about q
female applicants character, We have kept mcm
out ~ long ns a month until We could - criain
that they were all right And IN the seven ycnrs
that The MIL has becn running. Win On aNcfnR,
attendance ui eighty persons mostly women AZ and
glfis there has bccn but one Eifl lcNccpt Willie
1isicl that met with a misfortune ~ that Kind
while working IN the mill. and inil % 80 who're
the management u responsible iur That ~ "a
Nc ,iockhollcif LIVING on i logI S ,',,,y ~,
"pI0nrcr mills how much dividend they have
ever dmwu. We have never declared any. lh,
only people who have ever rgnltc1 any pnenl pynenl
frum hc mill have been the honest aud indusirpu'
employee And now, bciuru ! close should liks
D. nsk why The correspondent ui The IHT NrHriif'
AIT.rAL lAudcrsou Il his name, am tlldl scnl
down hrrr a. gct ht the Truth, should publish sucl
" misrepresentation Why, Instead ~ going Z,
honest reliable aud prumiugui citizens, should h'
so o. thnsr cmployCs discharged ifuiu The tuil ~
misauudurt nld wouhlcssurss. a. n house Oi ill
/ fame wh0sr inhabitants arr bcncath The contempt
0 thr other prostitutes ut this place and ifnm theft
foul ifs learn the condition prosperity AMI manage
| mcnt ui the iucuna mills The mill. as you vel
know. lsa ufipk building aud iu winter heated bl
STRAIN aud lighted hy gas and We spin yarn ana maxi
I tais uuiY set this truthful ~ aud accurate cor
/ respondent avs Il T. a twOttop ipmc buildlnl
| and the up-siairs e. used iuf making cloth, 1ha
| / ns true ~ most ut his other statements ~
could easily have found ont that W. ala not WCnN
/ nud that the mlll was brick i Dc had lnguirl q
any u our g1od pcoplc nnd citizens; lhg mn :
pride ~ we'll no pleasure a. show " tp Nsliur 4
! auf town. who invariably UKpr-s surprise NJ N
admirable manner In which Il 4 Conducted. IL
! Secretary nnl Treasurer