Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-18
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paint. WHICH Was agSEsBcnL ~ Ia.sIn-
i,ers 81 the Washington StAzs Grange.
deals ia paF1 VII Ia cla4iss ~ TIE
constitution qr-viding 11al peIl1
1;aaalriaees or partisan Politics may
noi De discussed IN Grange wsa-k.
Hr B0llrk rs SHOWN as the leader
II me Rallira1 e-4enent N The 9lga7-
iEaxsun ana Was me tteaeRled caatt2-
daAs ri U1e fermentation IATgy 1ar
congressman N me Second WISH
iugtern E,ssrsael AZ the ssBectzun an Nav-
= Those bringing tine charges against
MN were announced tonight as 3
" CUr-1ue- Harold J. Blair. 6. a
4 nDe. J. = FaEker ard Ernest Wood
cock. AL mem oeEs Of Pomona Grange
-, TaKarna csalnty Washington They
are represented al me t-1al nv J. ~
Schwartz Of Washington.
Mr. BsElck representatives ar-R J.
r N3ckerson. Master IF he Dsdhazn.
Mass. Grange as s.i1let counsel. a-1c
r c Ca--zll. Of Washington.
The Fan River mills which nor
nRllv Car7 cur upward M S5a 900
plecas al g8oIh each week. ARE nuw
producing harIlv arnre than 30 aBD
pieces while safes IN the goth mar
kef fer st.TaI-Z months ara SAID nor
10 exceed IL tiii' pieces Eeskfv- [ 1der
narIlaI market conditions these sales
amount 70 15a a6A weakly
In New Bedford ne c.en1e. Tf tsat.
GgT1on goods trade where there af'e
Is. roo apsIaz5 y-es Jae present curra1I-
ment IS reported more stringent t14a
1T any 1i-ne since 1867 the production
bt1nE estimated al 3erTeeu 80 ana
~ Per cent 0I rar-Ia1.
THE ma 5psdrv Of T.le mills r New
Bedford are operating on a weekly
schedule # three ar four DAYS gtg
part Of t3le EuacalntH-- sIBITy1F.i- LAST
June New Bedford operatives we're
grained in Increase IN wares al Is
par cent making aa a2nrsx innate at
vance OF LIS p4A cs4nE- OYER me nisA-,
var EaIss- .Nas eEtIAAz sl--is aaTe been
t1Aslsfn % 54le AistLon Manufacturer
ASSOC anon regarding d, elI1 n T.;4-sssS
OF Iae 81, Jub operatives IN Law
renee not more than - per .enL are
working TN tile. 1ssXseil Gptzan mills
employing q. quo and woeiea mills
having %.f'a0 operatives have neHn
running On shor- tzne fnr se4s..aI
weeks The mills N Berkshire COUNTY
are reported 20 have thirty Per cent
OF their machinery Idle a NaUieu
NIL and a carpet mill 4 Hor,es1s.r
are shut down Ter d Week anu others
IN thai clTg ann elsewhere II Wal,c,e,s-
tEsr county ara operating with reduced
forces anu On short tine One 8ur-
o..ster mil has CIT wages Ten Der
ceur. About 1n-ppe workers arc asTecT-
sd by egr-Elrnsnt IN silk. THREAD,
plush anu other mills n E3oi,nh anu
Clnrap+-e.
Rhode Island mills are Operating AZ
rom 50 - 80 Per cent O. capaCi-T
There have been few wage cuts. TIE
GuEEaEifnenT n mills n Maine has been
linn led N mast eases "a three or four
day schedules. none Of the larger Tnllls
c4nslng entirely Produc1auu n Yer
gnuur's textile industry n Burlington
ann VICINITY Is at about gne-4sftrd NOR
ma. ShuTT TINE schedules are II
force n the laIER c3T-un 1nliis n Man
chester and Nashua. \. e. without
wage reductions
In New Bedford The MaaernrI-
W Whitman and Beacon are the onlv
mills which are running on ANYTHING
approaching 4 nur-nal schedule MzIl
tr-saEurtrss rslsf's take d E,tssi Inlsizc
Flew on prospects Of Em pTove.menI-