The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-03-26
PALDING TALKS
ON LABOR BILL
-
Georgia Man Strongly OPP
poses Eight-H0ur
Law
AND ALSO CHILD LABOR
Mr.. spRsdlnS says Southern Manufac.
sveTs obIeca to 5eIns Embar
saAHsd SY conoreos-Made a
sSeony Talk.

washington. Narch 25.-Jack ].
Spalding, Of Atlanta, and Fuller Cal
laway. Of LaGrange, appeared before
the senate committee on labor yes
Iterday and pSesentsd arguments on be-
half OF the millmen of the south
Iagainst the proposed @ght-hour bill
There is little change of the bill be
ling reported at this session of con
gress.
Mr.. Spalding asserted that the SOU
thern manufacturer does not need the
help of congreis when that helm con.
'sists df embarrassment and discour.
Iagement 10 tho manufacturers in their
effort TO obtain a percentage Of the
foreign trade hamestrlnging them and
setting barriers in the way of prog.
ress in the interest of labor agitators
.and against the interest of the work
.ingmen and women.
Chairman McComas asked If IL is
not q TACT that the southern manu-
Iiacturedv are a uKit in protesting
Iagainst Legislation of amy kind. Mr..
Spaldtng said the manufacturers had
voluntarily adopted regulations more
severe than any legislation that had
even been proposed in Georgia, and
that, so far rs child labor was con
cerned, the young boys aud girls that
are employed are minding machines
where they can play half the time.
He declared also that rs per cent of
the mills maintain schools and free
books equal to the state schools. and
that II was part of the regulations
that the boys and girls should attend
schools certain number of months
each year
Why" said Mr.. Spalding, "a mill
is in the town where President Roose
velt's mother and father were married.
This mill has been running sixty years
with the exception OF a short time
after Sherman came through and ac.
cidently dropped some fire in the mill
and the social distinctions are less
there than in almost any town in the
country The people are satisfied.
The manufacturers are getting along
well. tho laboring class does not want
this legislation and, in fact, the agi-
tators are the only ones that do want
it."
f. b Gordon, of Columbus, Ga,
called attention to the fact that the
chairman of the committee had said
that all products of the cotton mills
were exempt from application of the
eight-hour bill. He said that there we're
factories in Georgia which manufact.
ured particularly heavy duck which
was used only by the government and
not being sold in the open market
would not be exempt. He introduced
L. 10. Galway. OF LAGRANGE, Ga,
who made statement in regard to
this product. After the statement the
chairman insisted that tho product
would be exempt, under the provision
making exceptions of tho government
supplies, whether manufactured ac-
cording 20 particular specifications or
not
Then you cen tell me what is in
cluded undr this bill?" Mr.. Gala
way asked.
Chairman AoComns said that in the
hearing in tho last three years he had
concluded that the only things which
We're not exempt were government yes.
sels. large marine engines, big cranes
and heavy carriages used in govern
mont work. He said that the supplies
for such manufacture, such as bolts,
rope. sails and all material Of the
character were not included under the
bill.