Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-29
BUSINESS GOOD,
Every Factory In Town
Running Full Time.
All Hands Prosperous and
Outlook Very Bright.
Every Man Who Wants Work Has
1t and Pay Is Good.

| Just at this: time this city, as is tn,
| case all over this great country. is en-.
| joying ii period If great industrial
| prosperity. The man who is not now al
| work isn't able to work or is too law
to earn living. Every department OF
every industrial plant hcreabouts i.
| busy to IL greater or less extent and be.
| comm" more busy every day. Not fol
| many years hay" l1borinE men Of al
crafts and employment received as
good pay as now. Everything indeed
| looks bright for the work ngman.
Last Sunday the Wateryiie Contra
Labor Union WAS thoroughly reor5an-
lied and rc-oiiicercd. \ general organ
zcr of the American I'ctl& ration Of La
Dor is III the city and is making; an at
tempt toward making Wat"rvi!lc a
thoroughly organized city. Al the pres
cnt time Sew l2b"r unions are aifi-
hated with the Central Labor Union Of
Natervllle. The 'r.tfts appear to be
S9ttiuE closer tOSG Their ana To BE- max
ing stride, toward solid pl.ulunx in the
labor World
At SUNDAY aft"r!"uil's meeting Stow
art Reed, tho general organizer re-
ferrcd to, "Doi.s fer many minutes on
the r':"s:irn "f hHtter pay and better
conditions every other way. He men,
toned one trt!t. s.,id to be tho best
paid craft IN this city. Mr. Reed said in
other cities that craft is receiving bet
ter wages by - per da:- and h" asked
for the reason v ny the craft is not bet
ter paid in Waterville. IN this same
connection III. Reed said he had inter-
=
question and the latter had boasted of
tie fact that his trade receives the best
wages in the city. In fact, Mr. Reed
said: the craftsman appeared to be
satisfied with his pay.
Ii is Sad Mr.. Reed dropped Il remark
or two regarding the condition of Ger
tain industri"l plants and promised
that those conditions would be attended
to at once and by national officers
whom he would cause 10 come here to
Investigate. Mr. Reed urge d his hearers
to engage in politics whenever a man
who is known 10 be Il union man or in
favor Of organized labor should ap-
pear unon one ticket or the Other. with
out reGard to h'% political affiliations
in tee past. Upon Ibis subject Mr.. Reed
met with OppO:itiGn from one who mas
for MANY years been known to be an
advocate cf organized labor. Mr.. 4 cd s
opponent declar"'l his political &fi;Iia
tiOE at once and thcn stated that he
Coulu not be md" - believe that his
nearest neiShbnr. Whn * of tn" opposite
political utilization would ever vote for
him if he We're not on the other fell
lows party ticket. Tile sreaker rathc:
cast 4 shadow over Mr.. i.""d'S ,uggeS-
ton and allowed that politics may diff
fer in one stat" and tnoth"r, that what
may be true of Chicago. My. Reeds
home. may not be true Of WatcrYilic
or anywhere in the stat Of Maine.
1t is certainly true that labor men in
this city are being stirred rs they nrv-
or were stirred before. but whether
these piping periods of peace and
prosperity are t" be jostlcd against an
industrial distulhancc in the near flu
ture remains for thai period /" develop.