Montana labor news., 1938-11-10
LABOR wins LEGISLATIVE MAJORITY
(URLEE CLOTHING co.
pet OF UNION ENEMIES

ST. LOUIS. - Several members
have written us for information as
to the union or non-union standing
of the Curlee Clothing Co. of St.
Louis, Missouri.
In answer to them and for the
benefit of others who may want the
information, let it be said that the
Curlee Clothing Co. is not a union
3 on the contrary it is a strictly
&union concern.
Shere is in st. Louis about the
S.4anest and most anti-union Cham
Ser of Commerce in the United
%5tates. Since its formation it has
been rabid in its %antagonism, not
only to labor unions, but to any
effort of a humanitarian nature.
During the war and since it has gone
out of its way to lie about railroad
labor and oppose every effort Of
railroad labor to secure decent
wages, shorter hours or legislation
protecting the present and future
condition of railroad labor.
The Curlee Clothing Co, is mi of
the pets of that Chamber of Com
merce and went to the front against
the MIRA, declaring that only as it
could maintain the difference in
wages between the St. Louis and
eastern manufacturers could it exist.
The census of 1927 showed st.
Louis as paying the lowest average
factory wage of the twelve largest
cities in the United States, ten dol
lars per week less than New York
and eleven dollars per week less
than Chicago-and Chicago is not
an eastern city.
For years the Chamber of Com
merce of st. Louis has controlled the
police force of that city and used it
against strikers, and its control Of
other activities has secured for its
members the Right to pay the low
est average wage paid in any of the
twelve largest cities in the United
States.
AS noted, the Curlee Company is
the pet of that sort of a Chamber
of Commerce, so what could be ex-
pected except it be a non-union con-
cern?-(Editorial in The Railroad
T%elegrapher.)
Members and friends of union
labor should refuse to patronize any
clothing merchant handling the I'M
fair Curlee clothes. Please advise
your clothing merchants of the Cur
lees unfairness to the organized
labor movement.
Remember the Curlees' 80 years
warl The Curlee Clothing Company
of St. Louis, Mo-, is unfair to or
ganized labor and has been placed
on the I'VE Don't Patronize' list of
st. Louis Central Trades and Labor
Union, Kansas City Central Labor
Union and Missouri State Federation
of Labor.
The Curlee trademark is "Curlee
Clothes" Members of trade unions
and sympathizers should insist that
clothing merchants in their cities
and towns handle fair products and
refuse to sell the products of the
unfair Curlee corporation.
The Curlee Clothing Co., with a
so-called company union under the
supervision and guidance Of the
Ahner Detective and Strike Break
ing Agency, has been fighting the
trade union movement for the last
thirty years.
The Curlee Clothing Company is
leading among the anti-union cloth
ing manufacturers of the country
and is doing its utmost to break the
power of union labor. Induce you1
merchants to quit doing business
with this unfair Company
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Union of st. Louis.
Please report names and addresses
of all Curlee Clothing dealers tC
lC.C.C. Auxiliary Committee Against
Curlee Clothing Company, 1722-l72l
Washington Avenue, St. Louis, Mis-.
souri,.