The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-24
NOT A CORRECTION.
The Sinner in This Instance Refuses "a
A Confess His Guilt.

The Sinner in This Instance Refuses "a
Confess His Guilt.
The Star acknowledges recent of a
letter from the Northwestern Knitting
company which pauses in it's knitting
to say that this newspaper is not in
possession Of the late facts in regard
10 underwear. The charge is based
upon an editorial article print
eo IN these columns in which
sayed of the underwear manufactur-
ers Tor their tyrannical refusal to make.
the arms of undershirts the proper
length. 1t Is well known, of course.
that when the first undershirt was
made and introduced to an astonished
public an error crept into the speci-
Iications and the arms were made too
long. instead OF correcting the meas
urements the temporary expedient OF
folding the sleeves back was resorted
10, and this weak spirited custom has
since prevailed.
The Star called attention to this evil
more in sorrow than in anger. II aid
not, indeed, even point out at the time
lIor the item was a ticklish one inter-
nationality that this habit of going
ABOUT with rolled up sleeves might
De interpreted provocatively abroad.
Nothing was farther from our thourhts
than q purpose to fight. We were not
even considering fighting the under
wear manufacturers, although as ma
ton we had been union nonsuited for
generations.
Considering this humble and generals
~ crushed attitude toward the whole
nopeless SUBJECT, The Star was not pre-
pared Tor the nature Of the testimony
which now comes TO 1t to prove .sthe
progress that has been made in the
manufacture OF underwear in the last
ten or fifteen years." as the letter nuts
It. That testimony is convincing IN
many respects. 1t shows how nnanv
acres OF buildings are now devoted fo
khlttlng, how many thousands of per.
sons are employed in them, how many
millions OF union suits they turn nIIt
annually, and how cheerful and hannv
they are IN doing it. All this is i'm.
presslve. But will it be believed that
In all this powerful showing there is
no single word on the one and oniv
point raised by this newspaper. which
was that the arms OF the underwear
s OF 9 !, Tree people are too long for that
The Star confesses that il. knows no
method by which whole undervveaT.
industry can be indicted. 1t has not ~.
tempted to indict it. Ii did cnmn,e,,t
In its former piece upon the supineneas
With which our ancestors submitted 10
wearing turned back sleeves and ex-
pressed regret that they had not r,sa,,
and smashed the first looms. Rut ana
evil is done now; 1t has taken root
and in all probability 1t would now "a
easier Tor us to grow longer arms thaI1
70 shorten those Of our underwear IN
the Northwestern Knitting COMPANY
had found II In its heart to saw a WORD
OF COMFORT. or even to hint that in the
slow process Of evolution IRE creaf
wrong might be righted. The star
might have stretched point and
stated the number OF acres its BUILDING
covers. But under the OVERWHELMINGLY
the acreage is only an aggravafion ~
the wrong, and this newspaper will not
lend itself to the dissemination ~
statistics which only 20 Is show fbsf
the output Of long -sleeved lnderv,es,.
is on the increase. That is The SEA-
opinion Of the matters, and the MOTH
western emitting company can put Il
on its looms and knit it.-Kansas CIV
Star. .'s