The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-22
UNE L-OYMENT
GAINS; SPEED
UP PREVAILS
Bosses Cheat Weavers
Out of Pay
(By a Worker Correspondent

conditions IN EaSton and Phllllpsburg,
New Jersey, which are very bad.
Here are some Of the mills, and some
Of the conditions in each one.
The r. H. Simon Silk Co, runs only
in the day time Uusually it employs
1900 workers, but now it employs
not more than 700 This company had
a mill in Union Hill, N. J. where they
employed hundreds of workers. There
was a union, so the company closed
it's mill in Union Hill and moved to
Easton. They claim that labor in
Easton is cheaper. They weave silk,
ribbons, velvet and iakars. They take
learners, but the latter don't stay
long for the wages are very low,
Easton Silk Winding Co. Formerly
employed 100 workers, now only so.
Runs day and night.
Haytock Cronemeyer Silk Co. En-
ployed about 300 workers, now only
100 workers. Previously had two
shifts, day and night, now only runs
in day time.
Laros Silk Co, Employs about so
workers, has two shifts.
Nanpareil Silk Co. Owns two mills.
Day and night shifts with about $50
workers.
Rubins Silk Manufacturing Co.
Two shifts with about so workers.
Morris Co. Two shifts with rs
workers.
South EastOn.
Stewart Silk Co. One shift About
500 workers. Nearly all Pennsylvania
Dutch workers and very conservative
and fanatical. They class themselves
as 100 per cent American and are bit
terly against the foreign born
workers.
Alltshuler Bors Co. Two shifts.
Formerly employed about 120 work.
ers. now only so.
Cunning Silk Co. Two shifts. Pre-
viously employed $50 workers, now
only about 80 This company tries
to find various plans and schemes to
exploit its workers in every way pos
sible. Not long ago they had installed
the 4-loom system, cutting one cent
on yard, but only workers accepted
the company's plan. The great
ma ;ority of workers refused to work
on 4 looms. The company then cut
the wages i. e. one cent on yard and
let the workers choose either to work
on three or four looms.
Smith Bros. Two shifts. Formerly
employed so workers, now 30.
Martin Silk Co. Two shifts, about
IS workers.
Phillipsburg.
Standard Silk Co. Formerly 1000
workers, now 1900. Runs day-shift
only In this mill every worker is
exploited.
Tirell Bros. Silk Corporation. Two
shifts. Formerly about 120 workers,
now only so or so.
Reynolds, Silk Co. Two shifts, day
and night. Formerly 140 workers,
now only 60.
Stilton Co Two shifts, about 70
workers.
Wallace Silk Co. Before 12O work
ers, now 70.
lirrell pros. Silk Corp. milford
N. j.. Two shifts day and night,
about so workers. They pay less
than in Phillipsburg. The town is
Small and has only 600 inhabitants.
There is no other industry. Workers
are half farmers; they own small
farms or gardens. They do not fight
with the company for fear of losing
their jobs. The company tells them:
eff you don't want to work for what
you get, Wen move away from town."
Weygandt Mills Inc, MARTINS
Greek Pa, about miles from Eas-
toni. Two shifts. About 80 workers.
Exploitation of the workers is at
its peak. They even steal what the
workers make. When the weavers
finish two weeks work, they are
given wages A statement is put on
the bulletin board telling how many
yards each made during that period.
For instance: j. Dawes 600 yards, or
d. Storm $40 yards and so on. But
really ]. Dawes made more than 700
yards, yet the company is right"
Future Struggles.
Il iOIi lIlEEC StdGGiHGilJN IL ID NiGdl
that unemployment exists in the sill
industry. Prosperity is gone. Work
is Stacking. That means that the EN-
>ployers are preparing for new attacks.
They have conference after conference
in making plans.
We, the workers, also must get
ready. We must get together in order
to Withstand the attacks. We must
rely upon the Workers (Communist(
Party of America and it's organs. We
must organize shop committees, and
thru them organize silk workers
union. That's our future problem. Get
prepared to answer the call. Only
through organization and through
struggles will we be able to defend
our rights and better our conditions
and free ourselves from the capitalist
yoke.
Il.