The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-06-21
OPERATIVES ARE STARVING.
oousolI"EN oENoUS0h ATLANTA
COTTON FACTORIES.

mso Brought to Atlanta on "a
,.a.f Good Wages. But Are Not
paid Enough 80 i've oa.
an Atlanta special to the savannah
ovs. Two members OF the At
,nt, city council are dead against Of
,D;na Inducements for cotton factories
'' ,oeate in this city, and upon their
nsna1 opposition there hangs tale.
uD rhov are not only opposed 20 new
..+on factories coming here, but they
.O ~. severe in their criticism OF some of
chose already established
NV rhooo councllmen are Messrs. La
,.+te and Holland, members OF the re-
Gaf committee which las been APP
noint.d to look after the pauperS OF
~. town. The experience OF this
.nhmittee is what has brought them
K the conclusion, as Mr.. Lahatte puts
I that cotton factories are menace
l. manhood and womanhood and ought
to be restricted
These things came out al a meeUlhS
e tho ralipf committee today when an
;rvastigation was INDUCED m to See
What was being done with the city'S
charity funds.
X. Hunter, the city warden, was
called upon for information, and he
threw some interesting light upon the
situation by describing how the cotton
factories induce poor people to come
here upon the promise of good wages.
then when they come pay them such
meagre rates that they are compelled
to get back to the friends whom they
left to keep from starving to death.
Under these circumstances 1t becomes
the duty of the city, the warden said,
to feed these starving people or fur
nish them railroad tickets to get out
Of town with. Here is what Warden
Hunter told the committee, and the
comments of the councilmen upon the
subject. all of which is full of interest
if not significance:
WOMEN ARE STARVING.
Certain Atlanta factories are to
blame for this state of AFFAIRS" said
Warden Hunter. They advertise
that they are paying good wages IN
Atlanta, and they get the city filled
full of paupers, who come here to
work. The people who come to me
Soy that the factories are paying them
starvation wages, and they must get
out of town or starve to death.
"a woman came to my office last month
who had seven children with her. She
SAID she had left her home in Jackson,
Ca, to come here to get work at one of
the big factories. She said the railroad
had given her ticket to come on, but
that when she went to work the factory
people took the price of the ticket out
of her wages, and besides that made
her pay rent for a house on their
premises in advance. She went on to
tell an awful tale about the starvation
wages they paid her. l could not DO
anything but give her ticket to go
home on, for the family was starving.
Not long after that another woman
With baby came into the office and
said she had to get to Rome. The tac>
cory was giving her starvation wages,
she said, after they had induced her to
come here by promising good wages,
md sheju had to get back to her
people to keep from starving"
FACTORIES DECEIVE THEM.
ut is fact" said Councilman HOl-
and, that the factories are advertis-
ng for labor, and then when they get
he operatives here they pay them
Garvatlon w4ges. And it is costing
be city pile of money the way the
lctOries are doing. Talk to me about
avng cotton factories free sites and
&emption from taxes i II see them out
etore III vote for It,
That's right" said Councilman La
mite. The cotton factories are me-
nee to manhood and wOmanhood, and
Hey ought to be restricted. They
ought to be made to hire only negroes
operatives"
Yes" added Warden Hunter, "95
pr cent. of the paupers who want
yanSportation are women and chill
zen who come here to get work and
d themselves stranded. They are a
uad weight on the city, and it IS a
4esClon with me whether it is cheaper
WSend them off or bury them"
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