The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-07-30
LABOR TROUBLE
is UNKNOWN HERE
Manchester. n. IT,. is Unique
in This Respect.
Nearly One-Third Population Conn
posed of Factory Operatives
Who Are unOrganised.
FAIR TREATMENT FOR BOTH.

Manchester. n. H.. July 30-There
Is remarkable Industrial situation
in Manchester. unlike any that !
have found In the world before. II
is city of 10000 or $4,000 mhabi-
tants. with more ihan 10000 me
chanics and factory hands who are
entirely unOrglnizel There are no
unions. there has never been a strike.
at least not within The prcsent gem
Grafton. or any ether form OF trouble
between the employers and the en-
ployes. The situation. / am to.J, Us "a
striking Illustration Of the consc-
quences of fair aud honorable ueat-
ment ON both sides. Here are corpo-
Iations that are not son.less ami
worklngmen who appreciate ana rec
spond to generous treatment and fair
wages. The corporations own The
greater part Of the town and not on
by rent long blocks of tenements ID
their employs. but look after the
boarding houses, maintain superyi-
sion over them ANA regulate their
management. They require the board
Ing house keepers 10 furnish certain
qualities Of food and limit them On
certain charges. The eorporItionsI
provide amusements. hospitas and
other ueocssaries for th.sm employees
in an enterpris.ns ana generous
manner They increase AM decrease
wages according TO theNhictuauou
IN prices of the goods that are pro-
duced and the employees accept each
change in the scale as q occurs be-
cause OF their confidence IN the hon
esty and Justice Of the directors Of
the mills
% seems 20 De an Industrial Ito.
pa and ] do not know where itsI
Ike can be found elsewhere.
I:c,OOO Hands.
The great corporation here is the
AmCskeaE Cotton Mil. which ISL
probably the largest IN the United
States. employing In the ncighbor-
hood Of 10000 hands under the mani
agemont OF Herman r. Straw who isl
known as The Agent. a title pecu.arl
TO cotton factories Ia New England.
Tie IS general manager of an The i'm !
tcrests of the company subject Go the
supervision ana Instructions of aI
board Of directors who own or CON
troll che stock of the company MI.
StraW's father was agent or manager
of tine mill before him aud must nave
been great man. because he organ
lied the system and conducted the
Affairs which resulted On the Ideal Sol
uatlon which now prevails. lie cstao-
lshod the relations between the COM
pany and its employees and trained his
son to carry out his theories with
equal success. while Herman Straw
the present agent. IS training his son
Ia a Ike manner 10 follow in his
footsteps. and eventually he repre-
seutiug the third generation. Will
take control
ID Is n beautiful ride from Con-
cord 20 Manchester along the banks
of the Merrimack river You can go
by railway train. by trolley. by car
rage or by automobile. as / aid. al
though every one cannot have Ed
ward y. Pearson. secretary OF state
Of New Hampshire. Tor his guide.
The distance Is Is miles. through "a
fine farming country. mostly given mp
10 dair.es. for Manchester and neigh
boring manufacturing towns require
a great deal of milk and butter.
The road rs one Of the best I'm New
England II Is a section of the bou'e-
l..
White Mountains. We pass through
the village OF Pembroke
The village of Bow. the birthplace