Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-12-04
NEW ENGLAND ESPECIALLY
FEELS THE PINCH.
so MUCH MANUFACTURING
Wool, Rubber and Shoe Trade in Bad
shape-cotton Industry as Yet Is
Not Much Affeci eddy Goods
Houses Urge Mills to Restrict Pro-
duetion.

hours due TO the scarcity OF currency
and to a falling OF in the demand for
goods. The principal industries affect
ed are the woolen, rubber and shoe
trade. A few of the cotton mills are
Curtailiug production, but as yet the
amount machinery idle is incense.
Guential. Drygoods houses in New
York and elsewhere are urging the
mills to restrict their product, and it
is said a definite plan of curtailment
is under consideration.
The Spencer wooden mills and HUI.
guenot WOODEN mills of North OXFORD
owned by the Thayer WOODEN com
pany, have shut down portions OF
those plants, laying of several humid
red hands. The United States rub
Der company's mills In Woonsocket,
Millville and Maiden were closed
Saturday for a month or more. over
5000 persons are ide. The Et.rick
carpet yarn mills Of Auburn went on
schedule of three days a week. They
employ $50. The Namquit textile mills
of Bristol, Il. l., have reduced the
running time to IS hours weekly, q
reduction Of IL hours. A 40-hour
schedule has been adopted by the
United Shirt Collar companys fac.
tory at Fair Haven, Vt. Fitchburg rail.
ports that the Boston & maine rail.
road has decided to lay of 1000 men,
of whom 400 are employed in the
FItchburg division.
A dispatch from Amesbury states
that the Gray g. Davis company, man
ufacturers OF automobile lamps. the
Atwood manufacturing company aud
many other vehicle manufacturing
concerns have reduced their working
forces.
Colonel Samuel p. Colt, president Of
the Alice rubber company. announced
at Woonsocket, r. l., that the Alice
rubber shoe mill Of that city and the
Millyille rubber boot mill Of Mill.
vile, Mass, both owned by the Woon'
socket rubber company, subsidiary to
the United States company, viii DC
shat down this week until January /.
Colonel Colt said that both OF these
mills had large stocks on hand, and
that, owing to conditions in the coun.
try, the retailers and wholesalers are
not sending in orders Gs fast as
might be desired, and for this reason
the shutdown is necessary. He alsu
stated that the duration of the shut
down would depend upon the weather
that of there should be heavy storms
beteen now and and January /. to
such an extent as 10 deplete the stock
ahead, the company would resume on
erations before that time. The Alice
mills employ about 1900 hands. and
the Millville plant has nearly 1.00C
employees.
Shut-poWns ana Reductions.
The withdrawal of currency from
circulation has hit Rochester, IN. H.
, iudLstrie severely. The Rochester
woo'el, mills have shut down for two
weeks, owing to inability to secure
money far paying the operatives. The
l EAH " llltAt~ EAAuG ittGtDt QHt VA Viz
largest in that part of New Hamp
shire, Is gradually shutting down, tbs
cutters being the first to be let go. A.
soon IT'S the stock in process of manu-
factme Sc worked up the plant will b.
closed indefinitely, It is said. Thu
large concern Of Linscott, wilson
Taylor is sim running. but the firm
expects to be forced to close unles
relief comes Immediately. Alread'
about 900 workers are thrown out o
employment, and II tho IAnscott plan
closes the number out will increase d
100.
The United States printing com
| nanY which has factory with 100
hands at Williamsburg. N. Y, ha
/ closed its plant on account of labo
troubles, and work waiting TO be don
has been shipped TO the factories a
4 Cleveland. Boston. Baltimore an,
Montclair, N. j. An official says tina
the labor unions had so restricted on,
put and multiplied the number o
hands required that It had becom,
| impossible TO compete with German
In the foreign trade.
The money stringeney has affecte
the shoe industry in Dover. N. II. Tn
/ ireland & Grafton plant. one OF tn
two largest In the city, is PRACTICAL
at a standstill, and the firm Of J. =
Hurd & Son which has beer idle fv
weeks. was doing a little Monday
I The only shoe concern not seriousl
affected is the Luddy G. Currier sho
company. which still employs a iarg
force and is at present building a
addition 10 its factory tina. IL VT
double It's capacity. It is estimate
that nearly 500 shoe operatives ar
idle.
The Nashua and Jackson manuals
turing, companies at Nashua. ~ ~
two cotton mills, are beginning TO d.
charge many operatives on account {
! the loss al business caused by the FL
ancial situation. In one mill there al
200 looms idle. and II rs predicte
that before the end Of the wee
others will be stopped,
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