The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-22
THE BOOM.
1t Is on All Over the
City.
CORSET MPANIES
Will Increase Their Forces
More Than 0ne-Half.

Again the oroal<ers are deceived.
Those who foretold that worcester's
corset industry was on the wane and
that the local concerns, after being
swallowed UP in a gigantic trust. would
suspend or reduce production, were
false prophets. The rumor about this
trust was exploded several days ago.
Now, following after the other report.
comes the news that Worcester's corset
factories will this year be bigger pro-
ducers than ever before.
More workmen will be employed.
More machines will be put in. Every
thing possible will be done needful to
fill the largely increased orders rapidly
pouring in with the big boom OF pros
perity that has set in, after a. successful
war and two years OF republican rule
at Washington.
The Spy man yesterday interviewed
the managers OF the Worcester and
Globe corset factories on the business
outlook. Both concerns have been adj
veruslng OF late for additional help,
and that business Is booming with them
is evident to the most casual observer
or the manufacturing outlook in Woy-
cester.
The officials of the Globe Corset Com
pany are wildly enthusiastic over the
business outlook.
we could use 1000 worlImen today
If we had them and facilities for using
them to advantage" said one OF the
hrm. I'VE desire to increase our OUT
put and our facilities so per cent and
1t IS almost certain we shall do So We
are now running a force of 500 en-
DIOXepg la
Der 90 per cent, taking in new en-
ployees just as fast as they come. OF
course, we desire to get skilled opera
| tlNes, but necessity compels us to take
much inexperienced labor. We are
advertising all the time and constantly
taking on new help. OF course, we can
! only take ON a limited number of green
hands at time, But as fast as they
| get educated we take on others in their
1 places.
We shall also put in many addl-
tional machines. Last year our in
creased business necessitated our put
ting In $50 new machines. This year,
TO supply the demand, we shall put In
double that number Of new machines.
We are overwhelmed with orders
They come from all sections OF the
country. We can assign no apparent
reason for this state of things other
than to the fact that there is a great
revival OF business prosperity.
At the office OF the Worcester Corset
Company the talk was more conserve
tive, but enough was said to show that
the same general prosperity was
shared Orders are coming in faster
than they can be filed, and the factory
will be run with its full force Of 800
operatives. The factory has facilities
for 1400 operatives in case OF necessity,
and 1t may be needful to increase the
working force considerably over what
has hitherto been considered the max
imum.
Regarding the trust, one Of the Off
GERS OF the company yesterday stated
that no proposition of any kind had
ever been made the Worcester Corset
Company relative to entering a trust.
and that the business would be run In
the future as in the past. giving Wor-
cester people the full benefit Of the
firms expansion and prosperity.
Coming after the favorable reports
regarding the increased activity of the
Washburn q Moen plants in this city.
the news of the Increase in business OF
the corset manufacturers Is full of Sig
nificanee. IL two of the leading indus
tries have felt the effects Of prosperity
so markedly, others cannot help but
feel the return of good times in the
very near future, and prosperity of her
manufacturing interests means the
prosperity of Worcester as n city.