Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-13
DANELs0N

of killingly and in towns hereabouts will | at an early date announce 3 reduction in | the scale of wages from the pinnacle point l touched. few months ago, when the high ! est rates ever paid to cotton mill opera | tives anywhere were put in force. It was ] also indicated Sunday that the reduction 1 is likely to be approximately 22 1-2 per cent. &
 A. prominent manufacturer who was in- terviewed by The Bulletin representative Sunday with a view to getting a state ment of what is to be expected in the way 1 of reduction of the wages of cotton mill workers in the immediate future de- clined to make any definite statement. as to just what the manufacturers have planned to do. but pointed out that re- duction in wages is one of the inevitable perquisitess to getting the industry; stabll- ized so that advantage may be taken duT- ing the next few weeks and months of the opportunity that is now unfolding for do- ing business on readjusted basis. This cannot be accomplished, either, he pointed out, until losses have been taken all along the line of those engaged in either the
 manufacture or sale of cotton textiles.
 Manufacturers began taking their losses,
 very serious ones fh most cases, several months ago. Their commission houses and many wholesalers also have taken
 heavy losses on manufactured goods. AS
 rapidly as these goods ofSreduced price find their way out to the trade through the retail stores, where the final slashing of values must take place. the stage will be set for a resumption of manufacturing on a. tulI=yolumes scale but this new mar ufacturing must be cone on the read justed
 basis. so the mill operatives, like all
 others in the textile Industry, either as
 nanuf a,turers. ernDloyes. or. on the selling end. must sacrifice something to bring about-a very desirable, end. >., Clearing up of accnmulated retail stocks is the chief barrier now standing between stagnation in the cotton manu- featuring industry and ah active resump-
 tion of operations, it vas pointed out, for with the passing into the hands of the
 ultimate consumer of stocks now on the
 shelves new orders for new goods made
 on a new lower priced basis are sure ito
 come down along the line from the retail
 CT. to the manufactureri and new. orders
 mean work, and work means prosperity. 1 It was thought here on Sunday that 1,o- 1 tices Of the coming s. reduction in wages, effective near the end of the year or about i the first of the new. year, may. be posted l at any time, possibly as early. as today
 though the giving of notice may be ; de-
 ferred for brief time. t,99s l While a s2zs 1-2 per cent. cut in wages i will seem severe to the great majority of OptIdl II VIII sLllt s1S4Ne IreIn lWttn dn earning capacity far above what was pos
 sible prior to 1914, since when, accord ing
 to The Bulletins informant, the average advance in wages in New England cotton mills manufacturing fine or ;rnediuin grades of cotton fabrics has been f1ss per
 cent,-. while.s in coarse fabric mills ad-
 vances in excess of 2o0% percent. have
 been made in some instances. A loss of 22 .1-2 per cent in earning power will.
 iao %.,.
 siderable margin of increase over the old
 low wage scales, which no one ever gex-
 poets to see in force in New Engla
 again r
 Several thousand operatives in mills
 along the Quinebaugs valley will be affeat- ed by the decrease in wages. Which brings with it. however, on the word of excellent
 authority, the promise of a resumption of business by many mills in January and . i booming spring season. ,,s = =. When ''Piil" Mati,ieu trotted out with the Holy Cross All Stars" that lined ur against the Connecticut Mills basketball
 team at the town, hall Saturday night one enthusiastic old timer who remember ed Pin from the days, 2e years age , of professional basketball here and tfe
 heyday of the Webster players glory or ] the court, called out in raucous voice te
 inquire Have you. .a son in college 7, r ' That admittedly was a little rough or
 such a great old warhorse as Mathieu ? but it had little to do with the defeat. S4(
 to 23 of the alleged college boys from UT the line. The whele5 situation was ex. 1 plained satisfactorily to the crowd. how.
 lever, by Manager Robert Pellerin of the \ Connecticut Mills team, ke arInounctirie hat Gagnon, the star; halfback. of HaiS Cross. who was to have played with Con.
 aectfcut Mills, held out for so. riticf 1 nore money than he originally agreed ts s piay here for. that the mana agenent sim.
 ply could not afford to give him his price 1 and when Gagron slipped out the Hol, Cross All Star tearn slipped with. him. Al of which demonstrates conclusivelys thaj a college athlete. assumed to be. tK, / purest of pure amateurs. in some. in. r stances doesn't 'tacare a blessed thing abou , money.
 , Being stacked up against this kind oi a situation at the last minute, there wal . nothing left for Manager Pelierin to tit
 but provide as good & team. as possible or
 short notice. and this he did through the
 kindly assistance of good old Pin; Mathieu the man whom: some fans believe invented the game, and really at one time {one oi the greatest players in the country-and
 not7at all bad right now Elliott, Reddy, Knowles waidrcn and
 Marland made up the c. M. team which won easily in 9 contest that lacked rri,cI of the dash to which local fans have be. come accustomed. e- -- '-'~ IT Upwards cfe zoe danced at the. state
 armory Saturday evening when the Black
 and White orchestrasala for another oj series of dances that have proved eS. ceedingly popular The jazziest of the jazz bands provided an unusual amount
 of breezy entertainmefity along with tn,
 dance music, which made. a very decidSt
 hit with the young people who made l,r the throng of dancers sa S> The funeral of Themaa CaRli15 of Cen
 traf Village, who died at hospital i4 Norwich, was held at All Hallows churci k in Moosup Saturday morning. Rev. ]. P
 Mccarthy being celebrant of the higi
 mass of requiem Burial was in All Hal E lows, cemetery. The bearers were Feli, J. Wakeley,- P. H. Flaherty, Leon Bibe
 ault, James Mondor,, Terreanee Corcora,
 and Joseph P Smith, L. E. Kennedy va
 the funeral director. f | At St. James' chureh Saturday nsrnin \ Rev. Fr. Deschaud, NJ S.. was celebran
 of requiem mass the funeral of vii \ fred Desjardins, who died in Sherbrooks P. Q. The service was attended by man \ relatives and friends of the young nnaY ' who lived here for about nine years be
 fore going to Sherbrooks. The bearer