Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-30

that "a hours of work in the week
thine hours day. cannot posslpiy
do anyone an injury-even most boys
and girls of IA and Is years of age
and certainly this weekly schedule OF
hours allows a good deal of time for
other worthy pursuits. Any further
curtailment in hours must inevitably
stand in the way of an increase or
weekly wages. and the textile workers
themselves and New England as a
whole would be better off to work at
least 81 hours q week. and when con-
ditions warrant, secure an increase IN
wages rather than work for the same
weekly wages and shorter hours. The
present schedule of wages should be
maintained, but if the government
seeks to impose Unjust and unfair bur-
dens, labor must bear its fair share or
the load
With this declaration. President F.
F. Greene, treasurer of the Paciflc
mills of Lawrence. greeted the menu
bers of the National Association OF
Cotton Manufacturers at their seth
annual meeting today. The prospects
of the cotton industry were embarrass-
ed to some extent by the new tariff,
but even more by sweeping proposals
of labor legislation, he said.
Secretary's Report
Announcement that the Massachu-
sets Institute of Technology had
agreed to cooperate with the manu-
facturers in establishing a laboratory
for the testing of textile fbers, goods.
and supplies, was the most important
feature of the report of the secretary,
c. ]. H. Woodbury..
The proposed laboratory, in the new
Technology buildings at Cambridge, is
to deal with all textiles. but the re-
port pointed out the possibility for
saving to the cotton industry in the
fact that over s19,000,000 was paid for
excess water in the cotton crop of
1913.
Other subjects discussed by the sec
rotary were the arrangement for joint
census returns next year under the
Massachusetts and Federal authorities,
so that only one blank would have to
be filed out by manufacturers; the
creation of the Textile bureau, which
praisers in preventing under-valuation
Of imported textiles; and cooperation
with the committee of the wooden and
worsted manufacturers to suppress
improper trade practices in the sale
of mill supplies.
The association silver medal, given
for the greatest contribution to the
cotton textile art during the preceding
year, was awarded to Arthur Tisdale
Bradlee of Chestnut Hill, Mass, a
graduate of the Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology in 1888 and now OF
the William Wiseman Co., for his work
on the effect of moisture in testing
cotton yarns and fabrics and the es-
tablishing of a standard content OF
moisture which tends to prevent the
fraudulent weighing of cotton with
excess water. This has in late years
been a serious difficulty with cottor
cargUes purchased abroad.
Student Medals
Student medals were awarded t.
Edward Webb Clark, Boston, a grad
uate of the New Bedford Textile
School; to Kenneth Bartlett Cook
Concord, Mass, of the Lowell school
to Hugo D. Heidord, New York, o.
the Philadelphia school and t.
Cherries Clifton Muir, Taunton, of tn,
Bradford Durfee school,
| Governor Walsh made an address o.
| welcome to the members of the as
| ISOLATION, following the opening rou
| tine business: and the response to tn,
| Governors address was made by r
! j. Miller, Jr., of Charlotte, N. G.
| At the afternoon session, the ex
| port side of the American cotton in
| d,lstry was discussed in two of TIN
most important papers presented.
That American cotton exports t.
Africa have increased In greater pro
portion than any other branch of GU
1 cotton export trade and that a stead.
and large increase of the present Afri
| can trade is within reach was the ar
| gument of Ralph M. Odell, Unitet
States commercial agent, who has re
! Gently returned from 10month
study OF the cotton markets in differ
ent parts of Africa.
Need of larger foreign markets TO
American cottons was pointed out b,
1 Former Mayor John F. Fitzgerald o
Boston, who spoke as chairman o
the foreign trade committee of tn
| Boston Chamber of Commerce. TIL
increase in domestic spindles, he said
had given this country a producing
| capacity about one-third greater thai
the demands of the domestic market
| 1t followed from this condition tina
the cotton industry could not prospe
as a whole until it had developed for
I osr> Sx-a1 30, q n
busy a larger part of the dolnesti
4 plant. He referred particularly to tn
success Of the Italians in the Afri
can trade in which, by better sellinl
methods than ours. they dispose of
much larger volume OF goods. gener
ally OF Inferior grades. He reinforce'
! hat