Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-22


ss.st H.urs m. Cause sf ~. Tryuh,..
vie Operator. COMMITTEES ssv.-P,u..
burg Nine Meeting svuti. q ceaGlst.
Fal River. Mass. Dec. s.-Aftsr an
tnfatmai discussion lasting nearly al
~ the forenoon formal meeting cf
'he manufacturer eommittce was heiI
Yesterday afternoon and tne auFwer O.
the operatives Proposition was srameI.
" tecites the conditions affscgng tn
Industry IN Fdh River ard ths reas5rs
tr the Proposed redurtlrns o.! wasss
The answer says "Thr cottrn nils lr
Fan River fnd u imprrrlie o. eispos.
% their output az ruch.f .ltgs a. VIII
admit a any return whatever cn N.
sar'tai Invested IN. comrctitIoa which
laH River rri'Etave e. rect has he,
Drought about In rart ~ tha rlg1n-
thrupy which The good pecg,e q af.rsa-
chuaetta have ever shown toward those
~ her citizrus Who have aprr1fgI O.
reed her sympathy.
cs-pitiii. ~ eSsrt tteur.
the hours % ttt,r o. ,ftrrrehuae,,,
have been shortened more than lr
teiehhotine states cod more 1an her
tIaruflftufafH can sflrL While ss.b
laws tavs apparently relieved tn
turd'ns 0f TIE operatives N TIE fac
t'fies they have really worked % treIr
financial d'sadvtnt.s. lr.ause surh
laws have indu.cd uniue competition
outside % Massachusetts,. where hours
~ labor are rr-Hr ami where every
hducewrnt is c0ercI capitalists % IN.
vest Tho south has modern mills con.
tainins mHst Improved machinery ani a
very bow cost q h'nr Nassrrhuset's
D. handicapped b. the shortest labor
toura Mills must run nnd carr
dividends Or rtorkboi er-. or there is
~ inducemont Or catlial o. Invest A.
Aiassachusetts cr Ftu lfvcr.
sh"rt ritn~ srt~u,. Not rsv.rr,L
" must be evident o. YOU. as II Is
" TITS comuitt.e .e. that tners Is no mon.
w tor Stockholders urr for erirloyrs
either when The mills are tre cr run
ning short time. rnl that % is uscless
t'r the Fan River nils o. 60 an
the curtaillnc ~ rr.Gu ton. When We
stop our mills every one s'~r runs fun
tn'e. and n N curfHUnrat cf production
l"re brings about better prices q isorly
temporary art erIr'y offers an I~ iucs.
rent for capital Co build more mills. n1f
in Fan River. tut outside ot aIassachu-
sits.
snu'h"rn Cempetiiinn 4 ne rraubte.
Thn facts are that A,assse huretts
mills work Gfty-eirht hours per w.-t
end other states have s,xty-hour laws
t'r labor, TIE southern mills run from
tNty-sN tp 1rvHnfy-two tours We tiv
nnd In romc case ru1 Gay ,ni n.-tt
The cost ~ labor fu ths south is very
much lower thar on New Enala~d. m
they claim adNJr.rr.s In Wafer-pousF.
tiNea cheap trau.Iort1ji.u AMI ,haav
cotton, ~ wsN rf ln iHrEsr hours o.
Ibor. ThCir mills are as -1rf "a ours.
aud the fact silr.s ue in the fr-, that.
they can unlar.u us IN ths mgrka,r
- account ot the lower cost - pro-
dactior
N"w the Strit- O,rsti.n Ce-,e. Tn.
Tho vUmr.ltfss of manufactures
feels that the situation be- such that it
must adhere q its decision that u e..
rhsolutcly recesst.v tl r.tuc, wa-ss IN
Fan River millt ~ ig per cent. stiI ra-
ductlon to rn into s...t On a.. ttlrf
dav ~ January. is.s. aa voted by tta
nanufi .'Urtrs al "a r,.. ttr- hrti on the
eighth lay ~ p.e.u..f. s8f" Ths
s"nt'ni nt ~ tte crI'.y y.s d. sarf a. r.
IN faVur af r.r.rtlnc ths Suction