The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-16
WARMING ToOPERATIvEs
..,nctive Revision OF the
Textile Schedules Proposed
nv Democratic House

10 cotton thouS'y toi "i
1.-THE Effects Of Uaderwocd's
Pill would lie Even More Serious
"A the Ootto. Farmers Are Hit
GEE, Ecfore the Pinch Comes To
tAe operatives
The Textile Manufacturers Jour
-, n is issue of November 4, prints
Earning TO those engaged in the
...,on Industry 1t cites the dlsas-
..o,s eject OF the Wilson-Gorman /
.rlg bill warns the people that the
..rt.ioa OF the cotton schedules pro- /
.o.ed by Democratic House Leader
r,Ierwood is even more dangerous |,
-. Textile Manufacturers Journal |
4. ,ot a political paper. II takes no
.,ork in partisan politics, but views
,bJs question from tbs standpoint OF
,as millions Of persons employed In
n. mills throughout the country.
Tn. Journal under the heading, "A
warning 10 Textile Operatives"
nys:
In Massachusetts and Rhode
Island the State campaigns have
reached that stage in which irrefuta-
bic facts are met by evasion and mis-
representation. To paraphrase an
old saying, all is fair in politics and
va:
The tariff, and particularly the
menace Of destructive revision OF the
textile schedules proposed by Demo
cratic House l. aeredUend
cratic Leader Underwood, is the most
vital issue in both Of these textile
States Within the memory OF all
bat the youngest voters a much more
moderate piece of Democratic legis-
lati0n, the Wilson-Gorman tariff,
Frustrated the textile industry for
many years, caused large losses to
manufacturers, and radically reduced
wages, bringing untold suffering to
mill operatives and to those depend
ent upon them. This is history and
inc0ntrovertible fact. 1t is true that
the financial panic of 1898 accentu-
ated the industrial depression, but
the combination of this and the Will
son bill could hardly have equalled in
the destructive influence the effect
that must follow the passage Of pro-
posed Democratic tariff bills.
And because the Republican
leaders in these States strive tt
awaken the public to a complete
realization of the effect of this as
sault upon New England's Creates
industry, the Democratic demagogue.
raise the cry of intimidation. Party
fealty and political greed blind Eos!
and his cohorts to the fact that The
most wholly directed at New Eng
land, and for the paltry price of po
litical success they have willingl.
jeopardized the wages, prosperity ant
lives of thousands of textile opera
tiVes and of their dependents. Nei
their they nor Democratic Congress
men from New England have dare'
to rise superior to party and protes
against the sectional assaults upol
the industries and the constituent
they represent.
But when textile manufacturer
protest against the Underwood bi
and warn their operatives that
must inevitably force lower wage!
these demagOgues cry intimidation
They are aware that the cry will il
Huence many uniformed men, an
they prefer to appeal to prejudic
and passion rather than to reason
Were the cry impelled by honest col
Vietion they could meet the Repul
hcan warning with something mol
effective. Mr.. Foss, who is pres
dent and the largest stakeholder
the Maverick Cotton Mills, could pa
tally prove the sincerity OF his asse
ions by guaranteeing his Operative
against lower wages, and by depos1
ing sufficient bond to secure tn
guarantee; this bargain to be Deepen
ent upon the passage Of propose
Democratic tariff legislation and
Continue during the life OF the latte
Meanwhile, it is the sacred du
=. Of textile manufacturers in the
States, and Of all men who appre'
ate the serious nature OF the tar
assaults on their principal indust
TO aequaint mill operatives and the
dependents OF the fact that she
tine and lower wages cannot fail
follow the enactment OF Democrat
tariff legislation OF the Underwo
rpe. The Textile Manufacture
Journal wishes to solemnly assn
New England voters that it is
honest conviction that the eonditi
Of the textile industry and its ope1
dves under such a bill Will be
more serious than it was under t
Wilson German bill. This is q wal
nag and cannot be construed as