Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-12-30
WILL BE NO STRIKE
Hooker, Corser & Mitchell Co. S
Schedule Satisfactory to All
America Says That There Are But Few
Matters to Adjust.

y letter sent from Tile Phoenix Office to
b. A. Larger, general secretary of the
United Garment Workers of America,
brought from him the following response,
dated at New York, Dec. 2S:
Your letter of December 27th to hand.
and In reply will state that it is the first
intimation that l have had of any trouble
with the firm of Hooker, Corscr & Mitch
ell, and it seems TO me as though the
press was making a mountain out of a
mole hill. 1t is "A matter, in my opinion,
that should have never reached the papers
at the present time. 1t has not only done
the firm an injustice but it has also done
the Garment Workers an injustice. Miss
Fredericks was sent through the New
England states TO look after the inter-
ests of the overall workers to see that the
national schedule of wages was being
paid by the manufacturers. As no two
firms manufacture exactly the same kind
of garments it is necessary that a differ
ent price be paid by the firms using the
same style of machins. In adjusting
prices where work is done by the piece
occasionally the representative arranging
the prices may make some mistakes.
Many of the factories in your neighbor-
hood and also i'm PENNSYLVANIA have not
been paying the national scale of wages.
1t was an injustice to manufacturers who
are paying the national schedule, and it,
therefore, became necessary to have a
readjustment of the prices. We are only
asking higher wages from the firms who
have never paid our national schedule of
prices If at the meeting of the manu-
facturers association, which takes place
in New York city in January, they decide
to stop using the label they are at lib
erty to do so. Where firms refuse to pay
the national scale we simply withdraw
the label This does not mean a strike
nor does ii mean any further trouble than
that we refuse to send any more labels
to the firm until such time as they pay
our scale of wages that is being paid in
all the western cities and many of the
eastern cities. We are ready and willing
at all times to meet the manufacturers
and discuss prices and conditions.
Since receiving your letter l have had
a visit from Mr.. Corser. Mr.. Daniels and
Mr.. Long. We have gone over the sched-
ule and made some necessary corrections
without any conflict of opinion whatever.
The prices arranged were given to Mr.
Corser and he expressed his satisfaction
with them. l assure you that we have
met few with whom we have had more
pleasant dealings than we have had with
Mr.. Corser today In the case of Hooker.
Corser & Mitchell there were very few
matters to adjust
The matter of presenting a schedule by
a representative on the road can always
be referred to this office and the manu-
facturer may be assured Of receiving fair
trea tment whether he decides to continue
to use the label or whether he decides to
give it up. In case, however he decides
to continue to use the label we require
him to pay the same scale of wages for
the same amount of work as other manu-
facturers are doing.
There was at no time. in my opinion,
any danger of a strike nor any necessi-
ty for going into the public press and
making a statement of Messrs. Hooker,
Corser & Mitchell's side nor that of the
Garment Workers. 1t is unnecessarily
working up the feelings of the employees
of the above firm and does not at any
time have a good effect on the members
of our organization. as such articles only