New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-04
SEM TOR VESTS WooLLEN HARANG UE'
HIS INSTRUMENTS ABOUT THE AhLi
MILLS ANSWERED.

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Boston. Aug. 2 Cspecan-The righteousness VI
Democratic statements made for campaign purp se' -
shown BY the utterances Of senator vest III oo'"
the Senate Monday, relative to the "'i'' =,
Arlington Mills. william Whitman the - ,t..
the corporation, YESTERDAY, made the ioio"'"H
ment IL,
senator Vest In speech delivered In june tnauo
coro,n stoomont. in reference 10 the business OF the
Arlington Mills. which absolutely i"i'e an
lime Is wrote the following letter TO senator ALI
son 49,. .oxvord
1T seems to me to be very unjust 'o"",s
manufacturing establishment pursuiNs .,,od
Ultimate business to have such """ .h
statements made upon the "O0. ,.rad,ct,on
senate, where no opportunity for coh''"'"''O
is afforded and had It not been for the ihteres. VI ~
acquaintance in the matter | would nave A"o" -
nothing about It. Permit me 10 state; f"9'' ~
absolutely false that the Arlington MINIS w. -,
n dividend Of 80 per cent In 1901. Inc u'"'"N
that year per cent. 1t has r"reP t 80
this rate. Second, II IS absolutely Iaise '"". ~.
Arlington Mills In any way connected WIN ""
am not aware OF the existence OF any trust III INC
wool manufacturing business and do not expect suo
- combination to be made under any conoiuo"s' i"e
conditions Of wool manufacturing III TINS county, "
uch as Ia make trusts Impossible. Third, the Arihs
mills have never used pound OF shodoy' ~ "''
tbe language OF senator Vest, They nave always o0o"
I'm the legitimate wool manufacturer Fourth -Ihc'e
date There has been no cutdown In wages S'''o
the passage OF the Mckinley law. on the coh'raN'
these mills are paying higher wages To-Day 'Hn ''S
have ever paid before, and there piOoaDy aoeS "''
oI.t in thr United states a corporation of the same
m,ystude which since its organization, has enIoyed
more amcable relations with It's employees
81 adhere TO that letter. 1t Is absolutely 'r"c'
and | do not think there are many men III MUSES."
chusctts who would question my trutlhlneSs OF d"
c,racv Yesterday Senator Vest renewed his original
charge I'm a different form and added others, al tnc
same time accusing Of making fasc sti"iieh.
Yet while doing this he admitted that his orglha'
charge was false.
ain his last attack Senator Vest stated that tile
srAts OF the Arlington Mills for 1891 were TooZ'oo'
that the mills had declared dividend OF per cent
and then put 300 900 Into their surplus In that year
these statements are false and malicious According
to the pres, reports he makes reference whatever
10 NV denial Of the charge that the Arlington Mills
used shoddy He Iclterates hls charge Win Nereu''
o ril.-. and seeks TO corroborate 1t by dispatches
| in The Boston Herald and other papers. But 'heh
| u l. , common custom with Democratic orators to
| magnify any little differences between employers ano
employees with regard to wages into strike lheft
| b, n.ver been a strike Of any importance In The
| Arlington Mills since their organization In 1850
From the pres, reports II yesterdays debate IL appear
that senator Vest claimed that the average eafihhs'
Of the Arlington Mills during the past twenty years
| have been eos per cent on the capital, lnpplhe
that the net profit, edunl t. this But senator
Vest confilscs earnings With ret profits when every
! business man knows are n wholly different thing
| .N Now what are the facts The Arlington NILS
INCORPORATED In lo65 encountered vicssiiudes which
| compelled It's reorganization In 1862 when It's stock
| holders paid into it, treasury sum e}nal 10 we
uhne amonrt OF rs capital stock, S240 900. to make
! /, rood II p,id the ilr& dividend IN 1877, eleven
vars after its organization, and is average DIVIDENDS
Zinc. lave been Dewren Is and per celh certalni!
not an extfavalnt return for those willing TO rish
their slpita IN Industry 50 pfccarious III fs cor
never ben abe 10 account for the BLOODHOUND ferodty
| with which Of the tariff re1ormers hunt oV"t
vy,lleu nlu whenever they chance 10 1nd one whicl
| has ,lrcred,f In demonstrating that captai may "
'oyc.t.d I'M tic manufacture with fair promise Of re,
Na,d equal 10 that which might 5s ic'"haoN eAP'o'e'
| thor