Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-17
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high degree OF workmanship which
accompanies It. tho New England
B cotton manufacturer would be lost
in hopeless competition with the
/ southern manufacturers.
| Education of Laborers.
! The New England mill man real
/ ICES that his former assets-capital
and water power-are almost worth
less. He. therefore. IL endeavor!uR
to capitalize the third asset-labor
by a system OF intensive education.
hoping. thereby, to produce n quality
OF goods which cannot be eaualled
| oN workmen In any other part OF
the country.
Nevertheless, the Northern manu-
facturer is seemingly pessinistlc
This pcsslmism. however, is more
apparent than real, and one wonders
whether o. not II is not spread with
the hope that IL Will induce the en-
pioyes 10 be more reasonable in their
demands and the State Legislatures
less 'pcrnicious" in their rcSula-
tions. II pessimistic announcements
VIII cause their competitors to h..
less active Il is an added arguincu,
Tor the policy or gloom. Some New
England manufacturers have been
predicting ruin ever since the first
southern mill appeared. and are stilr
h"pihE ana perhaps praying that the
southern manufacturers will con-
;inue 10 be handicapped by the lack
OF competent and efficient workers.
The S"uth's Manifest Advantages.
In speaking OF the advantages OF,
the south a. a c,Etou manufacture
1,
writes as follows
beginning IN the '1os. the South.
in four decades. has attained the
cotton yarn production that New
England struggled almost four times
as long 10 achieve. New England
ers look at the South with incrcas-
ing dread. The Southern mills are
In the midst OF or near TO tho cot
ton fields. Coal can be delivered at
the Southern mill boiler room at
total cost that it no more than the
New EnSlander pays In coal freight
charges. The taxes in the South are
lower than In New England. and the
Southern Legislatures have not Yet
learned to pry into business Since
the mill buildings are new they in
corporate the latest ccns,ruction-cn
ginccrinE experience. and likewise
the machinery is uniformly modern.
cheap hydro electric power in addi-
ton 20 the cheap coal is another adj
NantaE" in the Southern plants. III
ually and nOtOriously. food. clothing
and shelter ar. all ohtaiuahle az low
prir"s-sn labor is cheap. !, is also
huudant, and contplaccntly accept
ant Of working day whose short;
"st hours are one hour longer than
tile standard day IN New England
the fact that this labor Is born OF
Colonial American families. i tract
able and knows nothing of the siren
vote" 81 the labor leader"
Although these advantages are i'm
Dortaut in themselves and contribute
largely 10 the success Of cotton man /
utacturinE in III" south, Yet the
South suffers from other factors
which ar" not generally known. "x-
c"p;. perhaps. among mill men. Even
when mill IS inausurat-d with .cf-
ncient management and competent
labor, Il is exceedingly difficult 10
maintain the high standards No
single isolated mill can. for any
length Of time. preserve standards
that arc far in advncc of the stan
drds OF the group from which the
mills personnel is drawn To set
and keep q high standard OF WORN.
manship In whole community takes
generations OF effort. The cotton
manufacturing centers OF New Eng
land enjoy this boon: tn" youthful
Southern villages conspicuously lacn
IL. !. is an arduous task for a hand
ful az iHccllent workmcn to raise
the standards OF an undisc!plined
group. New England's problem Is
one 81 maintaining standard. Ia"
3, tn - -
standards AS result Of the lack
OF standards, the problem OF super
vision IS more burdcnsomc and cx-
p"nslV. In the South than In tho
North. ana probably viii b. until the
Southern communities develop stan