Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-06
IS PER CENT. CUT
In Wages Proposed by Fall
River Cotton Mills.
Though Move Is Not favorably Re
gardcd by the Majority.
The Selling Committee Dissolved. Monday. by
Practically unanimous Vote.

Fan River Mass, Aug. 5.--The Fall
River selling committee was formally
dissolved, today. at meeting of the
si2ners. called to hear the report of Il
subcommittee appointed three weeks
ago. The subcommittee took under
consideration some suggestions that
We're made by DIRECTORS to the system
or the committee.
The report they submitted YVES that
the system might be improved some
what by the more frequent election Of
members Of the advisory committee by
the appointment of selling agents who
should not be treasurers and by the
elimination from membership on the
committee of men whose mills did not
make large proportion of narrow
goods.
This report was accepted and the de-
bate that followed was concerning the
wisdom Of continuing the trial Of the
soil ne experiment in Wow of the four
Withdrawals that have already been
reported. This debate was not very
long but it was made clear that there
were several more mills that were on
the point of Withdrawing.
After the formal acceptance OF the
report and a discussion of the many
details in it. 1t was moved that the
committee be dissolved in accordance
with the terms Of the original agree
n,cnt which said that whenever ma
jority Of the spindles representatives
saw fit to dissolve the agreement they
could do 50 by vote.
The vote was taken and except for
the refusal of two or three corporations
to go on record ard the solitary vote
Of the Weetamoe Mills in favor Of con
tiEuing the agreement in some form.
the decision was unanimous.
The paper TO bc signed by the manu-
facturers OF this city intended to hrina
about reduction of Is per cent. in tho
wages OF print mill operatives, which re-
duction il was proposed TO go into effc,
on Sept ,. Is not being signed. The in
tnntion was to present the papsr to tn.
manufacturers Immediately following the
meeting AZ which the selling committee
or local pool for handling the mill pro-
ductirn, was dissolved
II was the intention Of the promoters
Of the reduction move mcnt to secure some
signatures "a once. but 50 many OF the
manufactures left abruptly after tho
meeting closed that nothing was done
towards requesting the representatives al
the mills to sign Tonight. il was stated
that IN measure those manufacturers
favorin:, Il reduction were greatly disap-
pointed.
As the matter stands. tonight. the paper
is expected To be passed by the executive
committee nf The Manufacturers Assncia-
ton. and there is no means Of knowing
in what wa! the work wi, b carried On
For the moment, the assc rticn is made
ii does not seem possible 70 secure TN Sna
in wage reduction Increment, but en-
this point several DAYS must so hy Ia
bring rc.c'opnrnt@.
The present wage scale. rC3rC SNutci hN
11.N cents Tcr cut is IN" hiSnes in force
for many years and has rrmIincl i'm force
as = nigh wage scale for = ioHS = period
than airy For ~ years. Tie l'apcr IL cir
collation. takes W avinG ~ tho basis az re-
dIctiOn and lowering the present prices
2.S ccrts, the old figure Icing l9.N cent :,
and the proposed new on" being II cent,
per cit. This is 4 reduction Of Il poi
cent.
The men behind thc rcfuc;ion move
M ut arc those vino earlier In III" ycl'
favored such II St"p in conjunction Will
the curtailrsCnt agreement. hat VINO COM
ret rrrS;iI'i" u SlIrii"'"nt Dumh"r Cf r,i.i-
UflCturcrS to a"cCd2 to th"ir WiSl.S.
IT ulsSciUtt0n ct she selling plan on
;irt'v viii bring al1"Tt fT""l this time f. 7
ward the resumption OF the OH form OF
independent selling and independent n'-
tion on the iHr; Of Fan River manuiac-