S;.c.ikii ~ to a reporter for the New
! Yoil; Tin. ... ,i man com.* te.i with the
'?Mile industry complain"'! that his
bi; in. w is .lis. rlminat. d against by
| ci>on:- who thouuht it was a mark of
???ml itif< rioi it y to be called a "mill
! I and." lie point-Mi out that in New
! land towns, where there are I irge
i '? xmo i! ills, ti l ' v. >rl for ii'uch les?
i >le a w I'i'k as cbrks and stenog
raphers i a ther than ? i, f ?? t- the mil! and
? in much more I'he ".mil hand.-,"
w < ri\ emlit hour.-' a da ' i'i .-uriolllld
i. ;? that have been made sanitary and
.i plrasaut as possible, in :*n effort
to incrcas. product ion, wages have
(teen advanced until a skilled weaver
an maki .5::;' a week, ami main can
? a. 11y make * I a d 1 > Hut this has
laib'd to increase the output. The
mill hand." according to this author
It v. Is sorry for himself. lie looks
down on his job and the thought that
be would be better off !n soino other
occupation i|e, teases his efficiency and
lowers his wages. The whole trouble ,
; oos back to the social .significance of
the expression, "mill hand."
Nnother large employer, engaged in
tho clothing business, said that there '
? l ined io ie- a conspiracy on the part I
"t bright. young college in"n to avoid j
the clothing business. In an *? ft#ii-1 to ?
:ind a credit clerk with a .apacltv fori
? ?pid advancement, he talked to several
out! - college men. Son ?> of them
"'I t<> till I ho bill, but they h-sl
'?1 about going into the .'..thing
" ? ?"e attributed tin- hesitancy
a decile to go into the piofesslons
1 ? banking business. Wall Street, or
? !? other line which. In a.idltlon to
its linancial Inducements, offered cer
; ?"? social advantage- J v| tVit
in t>1 ?? clothing line this (.r. !ud|.-e had
worked a positive harm, loth to the
rade and to the > outig mei .At,,, frown
' : !l " ""I to the prdrit where
> oung met, who bra v. it,, opinion of
heir friends and. titer the clothing
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