The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-10
Salts Strikers Issue Statement of Protest;
 Allege Shop Tyranny
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 tunate now on strike at Salts.
 A communicatton from DeVer 1T. Warner. head of the big Warmer Bros Go the first to grant demands of the women workers. addressed to Mrs Scuiiy toft the "A. .F.a@of sEs requesting to be furnished with 100 more girl workers was read at the meeting and the Salts girls were told to apply. for work at that factory The ma 'joFity of the men who left the Salts mills are now said to be working at the Renington plants.
 Today's meeting Of the strikers was remarka ble from many points of. view. Leaders claim that never in the history Of the textile industry has harmony exists among so many races of people. Six or more nationa1ities. are well represented in the present. difficulty. It brought forth host of workers who testified that their aver age wage was not nearly so large as represented by the company's state ments and workers who had been enn- p1oyed in the Lyons, France. mill of the company said that the conditions there were far superior to that of the mill employees in this country
 The Salts founders were accused of removing the mills from Bradford, England, in 1891 because of the tar-E if in this country that gave them greater profit in the sale of goods. Likewise, the entire trouble in the mills here was thrown upon the shoul- ders of Harry Tolson, called pspeed-. er-up', who was saidF to have intro duced schemes whereby the employees were compelled to do a much larger percentage of work than before at attempt made by this official to have him work on white silk at a scale that would have paid him 16 cents wage in a day and half. When the company they charitably gave the ern- ploye a bonus of $6 per week .'as gift
 Statements made by the company that the officials would be willing to meet their employees with a view to- wards a settlement. were refuted. It was reported that committee had waited upon the company's officials and were told that they were ststrik- ers and would not be met. As all the employees formerly working in the mills are now strikers and will not be met the published statements o1 ahe Salts Mills are branded as is- aued with an intent to mfslead the public.
 Tn analyzing She company..s state nlents it was shown that a 50 per cent duty protects the local silk mills
 
 that satin velour was sold in France for s1.50 and s2 per yard while in this country 1t commanded from $2.5 0 to $3 per yard. Tn Lyons, France the Salts people make a weaver <<work only on one loom. Here they are forcing them to attend to two, one of which is ro1 always operative. In France they pay 19 cents per yard with a daily production per capita of about nine yards daily, sor a wage of $1.71. Tn this country the average yardage of two looms is only l yards at an average of 27 cents, Tor $3.78. It was shown by intelligent appear ing and white haired workers from 1 France who came upon the platform eanat in France a silk worker is con- a.dered high above the average arti- san and that he must live according 1 1y. Based on such living it was 1 shown that in France they paid $4 l per month rent and about 50 cents per day for no-rfshrncnf for family having four children. Against these figures those of Bridgeport were Iquoted as SIT for a rent with from $1 to S2 per day living expenses. Based on these figures and the tariff on silks and veivets it was shown tfae company benef16ed about 75 per cent. by having mills in Bridge port.
 The two-1oon system was severely criticised because of the waiting on