Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-09-25
II, THOMAS I. MCMAHON
rrrSidcm uniied Textile Workers

President United Textile Workers
The splendid stand taken bs the
American Federation Of Labor through
is mouthnicce. President Green, IN
defence of The rights 81 textile work
cts aud IN condemnation Of the textile
hatons who recently cut the wages Of
their workers 10 per cent, is indeed
very gratifying "a the organized work
cts In the industry. and must also
hiring sunshine aud hope into the
hearts Of those who are outside of the
fold of the great American labor
movement
The TWO letters addressed by presi-
dent Green during the present month
80 the employers Ncre convincing IN
their logic sud eleat in their reason
lng Of the evvats that have taken place
in our industry during the past ~
years, The facts presented and the
figures submitted prove beyond the
question oI doubt that the action ot
the employers who reduced wages was
unlustfrd ana unsAmerlcan.
The American Moolen Company
doubled its capitalization from stock
dividends alone during The last few
years. The Manvillc-1enekes Go. af
Rhode Island and North Carolina not
only made large additions to ita capt.
tai stock hN the stock dividend route,
but within the past two years whom
the two corporations decided 10 ANAL
gamate, the neat sum of approximate.
~ so 900 600 WAS added 10 their al
teady large capitalization L. IN such
corporations a. these that cut wages
when they found that the opportunity
WAS theirs.
The strike at the American Thread
Company mills in Millimanue is
going along smoothly IN SO far a. the
workers aie concerned. hut not on the
company's part, II reports reaching
nae are correct "A President Green
we'll said. this corporation committed
crime against IL employees when m
the face of splendid profta Il reduced
is workers earnings. It Il foreign
corporation doing thread business ln
this country and in the recent tafiH
WA protected out Of all reason AMI
Justice. The cotton and wooden cloth
manufacturers are IN the same boat
a. the thread corporations and the
American people should see 20 Il that
this form of robbery of the general
consuming public j. corrected,
The United Textile Workers Of
America favor fair and equitable
tariff We realize that There ate some
parts of the present tafif on textiles
| tina, could be divided hy two and either
parts that need severe lowering IN
rates 10 make them fair to the con-
sumer aud worker alike. The eonsnna-
ing public would buy two yards where
~ Y pRy 80 ls sss ! -. ks.sss ,.,.,. ~ J,
larceny tariff now In existence, The
workers have been fooled long enough,
They know that with the highest pro-
tectivo tariff on textiles now existing
! that their condition Is worse than ever
| before. We afe told about the large
! imports af textiles dufing the past
year, As a matter of fact the entire
| imports of textiles into the country
| was less than five per cent and over
ane-half Of this amount we could not
| manufacture II We had the orders.
The hand work textiles imported from
| Europe and Asia amounts TO tens OF
millions of dollars,
The present plan OF the WOODEN and
cotton cloth employers ~ very sug-
gestive of an attempt to secure an in
crease Ia the tariff, IL has all the ear.
marks of "A well-deyaied plan TO fool
the public rs well ~ workers, The
employers say We cannot run our
mills because Of foreign impoftatlona
and the Department OF Commerce says
we only imported approximately hve
per cent Of what We are capable OF
producing IN the United States.
We manufacture about six billions
Of yards annually Of eottons and i'm.
port less ,han three hundred millions,
or about five per cent. The per capita
production has been increased nearly
100 per cent. We are without an
equal or nigh 10 II in the matter of
production. and set the unfair enl-
ployor cuts wages and at the same
time demands further government
subsidy in the shape Of tarih The
textile workers are the only workers
on large scale that are being saeri.
feed to the greed and ayariee OF un.
fair employers with the connivance of
high tann politicians and some peo-
uIo bog holding Government positions.