The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-27

now more difficult for the employees to turn out as much material as they ai8
 under former conditions. This fs nof. ably true in the Fremont ana susgo.k MILLS. It Is even said that in sorne af the mills the clocks have been doctor
 Wages in general here have been practically stationary for the 6sst thre~ or four years The cotton rnfIIe havs Deen earning largo dividends. but ne snare Of the extra profits have c,s,,~ 70 the workers. The Operatives have felt that this was unjust. ThereSnrs last Spring strike was institute6 hy some. i7.o00 hands for ten DOT cent. increase Tn wages. The strikes. how evsr, were forced to capituiate within Few weeks and resume work ak fhn old figures. But they are stili unhap- py and restive The Hon. William L. Douglas. who is now running for Governor upon fha Democratic ticket in this State. poi,1f- ed out In his speech accepting the noTni. nation that although the cotton nanu- lecturers may now be earning largo dividends. If they were not forced to pay high tarin tax on yarns, cheusi- calls dye stuffs, coal, and other mafer- iais and supplies. they would be able very easiy to add 10 or IS per cent. e the wages of their employees without increasing the cost of their product. This fact is being impressed upon tho minds of the workers here and there are very few of them who are not wear ing Douglas button upon the lapels Cost of Living Not ssatfonary. Michael DuEgan, who is at the head of the Trades and Labor Council and the Lowell Textile Council, stated to your correspondent that although wages had remained at about the same figure for the last several years. the cost of living had been going up by leaps and bounds.
 cent. more for their meats, 25 per cent. more for flour, and 10 or IS per cent. more for their cothing than they did In 1900" said Mir. Duggan. Our peo- pc work for very small wages. and when they find their wages femaining at the same figure and yet the things which they must buy in order to keep alive. going constantly upward, they feel very much discouraged.s
 one result of the long protracted per- iod of lack of empioyement which sev- eral thousands of the mill hands have been forced to go through within the last few months. is the fact that many of the storekeepers here are in very straitened condition. They have been ElNluX GEGuALa 6o AUN& G8 po8n1DAG ana say that if the Boott Mills do not start up very soon their condition would be most critical. It is believed by actuts observers here that it is partly to avoid embarrassment to any of thess firms that the Republican party IS bringing it's influence to bear to have the mills all in operation before the election.
 Havard University Suffers.
 Ina going between here and Boston one finds very interesting result of the present industrial conditions. at Harvard The enrollment this year has fallen off in all departments. the total loss being about 10 per cent. of the usual registration of the institution. Attempts are being made to hush up the real explanation. but the talk one hears most prevalent in Cambridge is that the cause of the slump is "busi- ness depression"
 This Is further evident form the racs that the banks in Cambridge state thar the average accounts opened by the students for the new year are mater iaIly smaller than they have been m previous years. The students of Har- ward come from all parts of the United states, and such a condition as they present at this time is certainly most significant.