The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-25
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Southern Manufacturers Protest
Strongly Against Congress
sional Interference. H
IAelTlAToRs. WANTED Al, 1 4 p.
}ssh45 5SS rs u n s2 IN 81 s{sE
One Manufacturer Says Only
Such People Are After S5s
Proposed Law s
tBy8 Associated Press


4 3si {By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON -. <. b March q The
protests 81 Southern cotton nan an ia.
fturers against Interference OF Congress : -
iii regulating labor contracts was \ the y
feature to-day ID the hearing on the
Seight-hour Bill before the Senate Com.
nittee Tn Education ard La Dor. Jack
j. spnlding, Of Atlanta. Ga.,s asserted rtt7
that the South does not need the help Of
Congress when that help consists Of Of en- m
barrnssmer,t and disbursement to the
manufacturers In their Efforts to obtain 'l \,
percentag &c Of the foreign trade, hans
satrirzin Z VI them and setting barriers In
the wa OF their progress IN the Inter est
fof LAB orr gitators and against the n In
5terest OF the worklngman and woman ,'' AZ \
Chairman Nc Comas asked u II ia tot
{ aBfact that Sthe Southern manufacturer
are d unit In protesting against legisl
tion 81 any kiEd. Mr.. Spa ding said that ~
the n1anufacturers had yoluntarily dopt'-,t
ed reg uIations more sever @ Il han any leg
islation that had eyar been proposed IN
Georgia. and that 80 X FAR as child labor
was concerned, the young boys and girls
that are EN- ployed are mindirg machines
where t hey ca pl ay4 hal q the time.
He declared also that Il sevent y-fiYe per
gent of5Ethe mills main tanned schools
and free books equal to the State SCHOOLS,
and that i was a part of he rel Via 7: tons
that the boys and girls should III attend 1T "a
the schools a certa IN mum ber@ o. q 1l
each year. 81 @ #
SPDoPLE ARE SATISFIED.
3.sWn w., said 4 Mr.. spalding M v mill
|ats5 In B the town where Pre- sident. Roose-E
svelt's father and Their We're married.
This mIllahas5 been running slx tya yea rs, Il
|3with&thes exception OF a short time q fters
|FShermp n came thro 9Th arr acc identally5
dropped some fire in the mill and the.
social distinctions are less there 7 hansin
almost any town Il In the country. The
people are satlsfled. The m manufacturers
are citing along well, III he tlaborlng class;
does not war + this egislation and 81 In
fact 3lt the agitators are the only ones
that d want it.is's Eg2 n s$& 5sgss 3ss
n SB. G ordon " Of Columb us.8 Ga, lied:
attention to the fact that the chairman
|5of the commit tee had sa Id tina all pro-
ducts OF the cotton mills were exempt
from application 81 the Gig ht-hourS bill.
He said that there were factories III
Georgia which manufactured particu-
ISlarly heavy duck, which was used only
| blythe government ard not being sold
/ an the opel market, would not be- sex-3
empt. He introduced r. 1. z: S EFT Ca loway,
Iaof Ia Grange, Ca, who mad e a state
ment in regard to this product. After;
1.-THE tement The chairma n sisted that
the product would be exempt under the
provision making excep Ions Of govern
sment supplies. whether featured ac-
$cording to particular spec ifl cati Ions 9
mo-. SsSSt 85 VI
under TT this bilaa Nj. Galloway asked s7S5
SPECIFIC STATEMENT. AZ 81
81 Chairman A Nc Comas said that In the
hearing in the last three years he had
concluded "a that tile only things which
were not exempt were government vessels.
large marine gines 81 & cranes and
heavy ca rriages "a used s8 IN N government
manafac such as bolts. rope. sails
and all material OF that charac ter. was
mot included Sundertthe bill. VS.
Mr.. Galloway said If It were known
they should be. specified in the BILL. In
order to avoid the general confusion that
Inow exists. He asked why this had not
been done. 2
fcation of that character would be un-
| constitutional ~
Are 4 you sure" asked Mr.: Galloway.
that the Supreme Court T. would " construe
s"Of course. i cannot be sure what any
other man or m en- would do. 81 said 4 sena.
I9tort icCOmas, i but ] am sure tia under
|ithis bill no Intelligent lawyer would say
that the duck you manufacture was not
exempted ~ s; b liz
Ct don't know about that said Mr..
Galloway. II have seen things drawn a
heap. tighter than this Z bill seems to be
Land yet the lawyers have twisted them
|gabout so as to make almost anything
they wanted out of them. I think you
|Sblll. 1 may be- exempt, but prefer to
|sbe on the safe side and get my b record
lin, SO e that * Il the courts do not agree
With you, my ntentlons vii he on file.''