The clothmaker. [volume] (Clinton, South Carolina) 1952-1984, April 15, 1958, Page 8, Image 9

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8 - CAN \ 1. FREDDIE ATTAWAY. Cli causing a wet floor, it is best report it to your supervisor at with a piece of cloth? I 1 w I 1 i SKj! ;a 3. VESTA EUBANKS, Clintc scratch, would it be wise to ( or (C) Wrap in a handkerchie Foreign Tei Increasing exports of cottc mills of countries scattered arc and growing threat to the futi plants in the United States, ac ery. Jr. of Spartan Mills, Spar World-wide trend towards establishment of modern and highly efficient cotton textile plants, especially in the thickly populated areas of Africa and Asia, was a point of special attention by Mr. Montgomery in his report on his year-long tour of textile industries of four continents. These thickly populated areas of Africa and Asia, he pointed out, formerly were very heavy consumers of cotton cloth manufactured in the old-established European textile industry. T_ i N l In \^?CH3^hI nton Mills, Asks: When an over to (A) Wipe up or cover with Sp once, (B) Walk around the watt IPS'M H i >n Mills, Asks: When you get a A) Forget about it, (B) Get prorr f? (tile Competiti c in cloth from the modern new aind the globe pose a dangerous ire regular operations of textile cording to Walter S. Montgomtanburg, S. C. Threat To Europe With mills in the African and Asian countries producing more and more of their own textile needs, he said that it raises a threat that the older European mills will seek more actively to have their products exported to the American market ? which is already hard hit bv Japanese imports. If imports of Europeanmade goods, produced much more cheaply than cloth can HE CLOTHMAKER WER THE Wl* ' head leak is 2. CHARLIE Ji eedi-Dri, and a load that is bu ?i\ (C) Cover age on the floor, IP small cut or 4. ROY BLACh lpt First Aid move from a Ca to interfere with Card, shut off pi >n Continues To be woven in this country, are rr allowed in any sizable quan- c< tities. Mr. Montgomery said U that the effects would be felt throughout the American tex- p tile industry, including the o: many major plants located in cl Spartanburg County. g1 Altogether. Mr. Monteom erv visited more than 200 cot- al ton mills and finishing plants SJ during his world-wide tour, u which included stops in conn- o tries of Europe, Africa, Asia u and Australia. Generally speaking, he said c< that ho found these mills to h be modern and well-equipped, ii and that they follow the latest a and best manufacturing meth- U ods. In most cases, he said p that they operate at a tre- o g^g^.J^n- ^fj ^'^.^y; w-*{, . ny. *-* (JuH I . -ft W.M. . .,?. *\\ . iH* : _ \.PART, Clinton Mills, Asks: Iky or too heavy for one to m< (B) Get help, (C) Leave for s CWELL. Clinton Mills. Asks: rd, is it best (A) To do so \vh i production, (B) Leave this j< ower, allow cylinder to stop i Increase lendous advantage over the )tton textile plants of the nited States. Such advantages, he exla ined, come about because r catmrnl T1 I I .IV VLKII KaiVM.l. 1 I U N IIIludc direct support from the overnments of their counies: "realistic" depreciation nd tax policies ? which he lid were found almost everywhere?and cotton which can e bought anywhere in the world market. The sole factor of buying >tton on the world market, e pointed out, gives the mills i overseas countries a big dvantage over plants in the fnited States, where cotton rices are 25 to 20 per cent ver the world market. APRIL, 1958 :lers? I I Jb faer*."* * .??.. ?,. . m I -I When it is necessary to move >ve. should you (A) Push packomeone else to move? Pv x. When you have a choke to reile card is in motion so as not >h for tho novt shift l(^\ Stmi ind then remove choke? Two Famous Wrong Guesses A 6-vear-old lad came home one day with a note from his teacher, in which it was suggested that he be taken out of school, as he was "too stupid to learn." The boy's name was Thomas A. Edison. Benjamin Franklin's mother-in-law hesitated at letting her daughter marry a printer. There were already two printing offices in the United States, and she feared that the country might not be able to support a third. ANSWERS TO PUZZLERS 1. A 3. B 2. B 4. C