Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-14
UTAH SENATOR TAKES FLING AT
 MANUFACTURERS OF HIS STATE

States Department of Labor, which shows | that illiteracy in this state Is shameful, | and this is the state. little that we are in i. !. square miles, that Senators Mclean and, Brandegee wish to convey the information that matters are all serene up here.
 During the latter part of the year 1921 the city of New Britain, Conn, had to make an appropriation out of the municipal funds to send back to Spain and Portugal large numbers of cheap foreign laborers that they had brought in there refer to the nanufacture rersl and who were living in such filthy condi- tions that the city authorities of New Britain thought the best thing to do was to send them out of the city.
 Your stateme<ft on Page 1878,
 Speaking of the Record
 relative to this state having industrial
 disturbances is as true as any words coming from the mouth of man, do hope that. on account of the position in the life of the community thateI hold that you will not feel that am entirely biased in my claims, for I have plenty of letters in my office from employers of labor. large and small, in this state thanking the writer for the fairness that I have entertained at all times e But can not Sit idly by and have conditions go lonsss they are without 1 protesting from time to time against them, and Twas eiated when I read of l your indictment against Senator Mclean and his constituepts-I refer to the man
 ufacturers of SConnecticut. sHs : ,ss If the proposed tarin bill goes through they will again reap the harvest that they l have for years. and smile when read of the claims that German-made watches
 are being sold sso cheaply in the United I E big and influential concert as the New
 Haven Clock Co, in my home city, is toe 1 day paying wages 50 low. that they le1 I CT would be accepted only that men are forced to take them to- earn a. few dol l lars for their families the wages are ev-
 en lower than before the.wars
 l Then he said :s '
 I In order to have you feel that the spe- cific information is coming from person that knows, I wish to state that, the writ
 CT is product of the state of Connec-
 ticut, born in the city of New Haven I Conn.,. and know full well of the condi.
 tions whereof write. and if either one oi
 the senators from Connecticut will deny a any of the statements that I have writer
 about l will gladly furnish them to you in affidavit form to back them up. MT. President I repeat the bill is in the Interest of certain protected manufactur
 
 ing concerns. and in order to pass it ans , to maintain these extortionate rates rep
 resentatives of the farmers, or the farn
 bloc, have given their support to the bill and the farmers, at least some of them : have been madeato believe that the bil { is in their interest. It is not. It pena lizes the farmers and places additiona
 burden up them They will be the one |, upon whom the burden will fall the mos 3 severely when the bill shall be enacte 5 in to law and when opportunity shall hay I been given for the. full effect of 1t to b l realized by the. American people. MT. President, the rate in item unde consideration as recommended by the sen n ate committee, if any rate at, all is re q quired is adequate, and I hope the actio
 just indicated by the chairman of tn e committee will not receive the approval ( d the senate.