La Junta tribune., 1913-11-01
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 1, 1919
sOME PROTECTED INDUSTRIES.
New England Protected At the TX.
pcn>e Of tke south and Vest
SSn,e Plain Facts.

than the people. who have been rep
resented In the United States SEN
ate. \ conspicuous exception Is
Henry French Hollis. New Hamp-
shire lawyer. Harvard graduate
with the highest honors. who was
elected last winter-the first demo-
crat to represent the state since
ils52.
Mr.. Hollis delivered n really nota-
BILE speech in the senate the other
day on the relation of New England
TO the cotton tariff New England
has dominated other tariff bills for
Its own privileged interests. The
Payne-Aldrich Law was New Eng
land measure. But Mr. Hollis does
not believe that the New England
congressman really interpreted the
mind OF their people.
My constituents as whole" he
said. have no sympathy with the
provincial doctrine that New Eng
gland must be coddled or protected
at the expense OF the south and
west. When her public men In
years past have begged for special
tariff privileges at the Nations cap
ital she has been misrcpresent-
ed. She bids me say. Mr.. President,
that what is best for the country at
large Is best for her. She recognix-
es the doctrine that the tariff Is in
deed a national Issue, and the con
gress has no right to tax all the peo-
pie for the benefit Of the few
In one OF the letters from New
England that the Star has been pub
fishing recently. Bob" told OF the
contrast between Lawrence. Mass,
the mill town. and Lawrence. Kan.
typical western community. A.
ter seeing the women and . children
come pouring out OF the textile
mills. Bob" Was glad that Kansas
city was not a textile city. Sena-
tor Hollis takes the same view.
There can be- no doubt" he said.
that the enormous stimulus to the
cotton industry In New England has
resulted In a one-sided development.
The glittering attractions Of the tex
tile cities and larger towns have
drawn thousands Of young men and
women from the farms. who would
have been Of more service TO them
selves and TO the state II they had
ties
And II = subject for anxious
thought whether . state II better
off for possessins many cities OF this
character. In the early days Of the
textile industries the best American
citizens worked In the mills side by
side with the sons and daughters OF
the mill owners. In those days I.o-
well. Mass. boasted Of Lucy Lar
cum. the mill-giri poet. In those
days the owners lived close by the
mills. knew the operatives person
ally and took personal interest In
their welfare.
To-day many Of the operatives
are foreisnsr~. speaking twenty dif-
fer~nt languages. huddled into reek-
INK tenem~nts. with 4 standard OF
living far below the American stand
ard. Instead Of close relations with
their employers. they arc confront.
with lo-foot spiked iron fences TO
keep them away from the mills ou,
Of working hours. The owners of
the mills live In Boston. New York.
London or Paris. while the managers
and superintendents live In an nd.
jscent suburb. away from the often
sive sights. noises snd smells Of the
mill cities themselves"
The s~nstor went on TO describe
conditions. quoting from the rcpor,
of the United States labor commits.
uionsr. G. p. Neil. who said after In
sestiaaiins conditions In lawrence
~ Il Obvious from the figures
Of earnings that the fuii-tims earn.
ings Of = large number Of adult en-.
ploy~~s are. entirely inadequate to
maintain \ family. Thus. the fun.
time earnings of 1878 employers. |
ar about one-third Of the total GOV
cred In this investigation. arc less
than $500 = week. Of tho 7,37b
earning iess than 500 . week. g..
ss+ were 10 years Of age or over.
and ass pr csnt Of the $3.50 were
males. These wases. however. are