The clothmaker. [volume] (Clinton, South Carolina) 1952-1984, October 15, 1960, Page 2, Image 2
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Member of South _
Atlantic Council of lions
Industrial Kdltors
Calvin Cooper
E. C. Huffstetler
Truman Owens
The publishers of The
items of interest from
to your department
person
A Day to b<
November 8?election day
those days history will long
milestone in the effort of th*
mocracy in the world.
Democracy lives only wh'
nourishing it with their inte
States will continue to be gre;
willing to take an active part
otherwise expressing themseh
do the best job.
Voting has been called a pt
a service. It is all of these thii
of stewardship to humanity.
Make certain YOU arc ar
November 8.
lint DaiI
ivii nvu pi vanau
If you have a youngster a
make the sacrifices necessar
college education, then sugg<
advice of Labor Secretary Mil
Secretary Mitchell lecent
high school to earn money en<
making a $60,000 mistake.
He said the lifetime earn:
are estimated to average $1
$243,000 and a college gradual
"This means the value of
grade school education in a
and that of a college educatioi
$100,000," Mr. Mitchell said.
"The practicality of drop]
enough money to buy a hotfinancial
miscalculation in th
Good W
Why should any of us, all <
manship? Is the reason prim,
on our jobs that we turn ou
because we have a certain ai
us to carry on comparably w
it the knowing that if we do
degree to the requirements (
lose our jobs?
All three of the above re
extent. But surely none or
reason why we are intcrestet
in the plants, in the offices, <
leisure hours away from the j
the three reasons listed abo
motive forces behind our dai
the real joy of work.
For the real joy of work c
in#, from a feeling, that we
that we have given something
work we have done during
our own inner worth, that \
character on the task at hanc
work in a spirit of this kind,
and just something we have
physical bodies- their necess
Not many of us are privil
results of which will endure
time. Only such craftsmen
sculptors can hope to see the
ravages of time. And yet all
the same spirit as these great
then we can find an amen in (
to good workmanship:
"There is a touch of imi
workmanship. The man who
die, but his work lives on to 1
wno nave ine ^'iii 01 aiscernrr
man writes his own epitaph
his work endures, he is rem(
gotten. Perfection is the aim <
less suffices."
onthly by and r
es of Clinton f
Cotton Mills, L^rJfjCa^T'
C., under the
f Claude A.
dustrial Relat-?:
Member of American
Director. Association of
Industrial Kdltors
Editor
Staff Artist
Photographer
Clothmaker will welcome
its readers. Turn them in
tal rpnnrtors nr tn thp
nel office.
e Remembered
?already appears to be one of
remember. It will be a giant
e? United States to preserve deen
the people are interested in
rest and attention. The United
at only as long as her people are
in the government by voting and
,'es for the men they believe will
ivilege, an obligation, a duty and
igs and more. It is an expression
nong those who are counted on
ile?Price $60,000
it home who seems unwilling to
y to obtain a high school or a
?st to him that he consider the
tchell.
Iv stated that a boy who quits
nigh to buy a hot-rod car may be
ings of a grade school graduate
.79,000. a high school graduate
:e $343,000.
a high school education over a
lifetime is estimated at $64,000,
ri over a high school education at
ping out of high school to earn
rod, say, can be called a major
e neighborhood of $60,000."
orkmanship
3f us, be interested in good workarilv
because it is expected of us
t good work? Is another reason
nount of self-respect that causes
ell at our Anrl finolKr ic?
not measure up in a reasonable
)f the job load, we are liable to
asons may be valid to a certain
all of them comprise the main
1 in good workmanship, whether
or in our own homes during our
obs. Or, let us put it this way: if
ve, any or all of them are the
ly efforts,?then we are missing
omes from within?from a knowhave
put our best into the job,
j of ourselves to the job. that the
the day represents something of
Ve have left the imnrint of our
I. Unless we enter into the clay's
the job is liable to be drudgery,
to do to earn a living for our
ities and their desires,
leged to be engaged in work the
for any considerable length of
as the musicians, the poets, the
fruit of their work withstand the
of us are privileged to work in
ones of the ages. If we so work,
>ur hearts to the following tribute
mortality about a piece of good
makes a lovely thing must surely
)e praised and cherished bv those
icnt and appreciation. The craftson
everything he touches. While
?mbered even if his name is forof
the good workman and nothing
THE CLOTHMAKER
Pride in the Job
Let's talk about something
that, off hand, might not
seem to have much to do with
safety.
It's about the pride each of
us should take in his workplace
in his job. in the tools
and equipment he uses on
the job. We'll try to show
you why a little sound pride
in these things helps your
safety, helps keep you from
getting hurt.
In the first place, no one
can take pride in anything
that isn't pretty good. If it
isn't good, he's more or less
asnameu 01 11. II it s just fair,
he may figure he can get by
with it but he won't be proud
of it.
It's good to have something
to be proud of ? justifiably
proud, we mean, about something
we know is class, something
we're willing to tell the
world about. It's good for our
health. It's good for our state
of mind. That makes it good
for safety, too.
Can one be proud of anything
he is responsible for
that isn't as safe as he can
make it? Not if he cares anything
about his own wellbeing
and that of others. And,
of course, all of us do. We
want things right and we
want them safe. If they aren't
safe they aren't right.
We feel snrrv f<ir anv fal_
low who doesn't take pride in
anything. He'd have to he a
pretty poor fish. Certainly
none of us is like that. We are
proud of the company, proud
of our job. proud of the work
we turn out, proud of our
safety record, /^nd when any
of us goofs on something, it
hurts our pride.
If you stop and think about
it, we think you'll agree that a
reasonable amount of pride
is necessary foi one's own self
respect. That doesn't mean
that one should overdo it. If
you talk up something of
yours too much, it's bragging.
No one likes a "big mouth."
No one respects a man that
lacks some pride, either. So
let's not be either one.
Some fellows seem to use
up their whole supply of pride
on things outside their jobs?
their homes, the wife and
kids, their bowling game, and
so on. It's good to have plenty
to be proud of in one's life
outside of his work.
But if one isn't interested
enough in his work to want to
be really good at it, he isn't
likely to be able to hold his
job long. More important,
still, he will probably get hurt
because he won't be good at
safety, either.
This is a good company,
way better than most. The
management gives us good
equipment to work with. They
try in every way to make it
safe for us to do our work.
They try very hard to keep us
from getting hurt. So there
is plenty to be proud of.
loot's make a list of the
things around here that are
good enough so that we can
take pride in them.
It seems to me that it all
boils down to the fact that the
way a man does his work, the
quality of the work he turns
out, the way he keeps the
Cotton CI
MILLIONS OF
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200I
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^ 1&*1 1963 ' ?&* ' ??65
t??0 AMMOAL RATE
source: u*. oept. or corAMEK.CE
Importing Textil
People who try to poohpooh
the menace of foreign
competition to American jobs
sometimes make the claim
that foreign wage costs are
catching up with American
wages and, in addition, that
American technology is so far
ahead of foreign technology
that it outweighs the great
wage-cost differential.
Unfortunately, both these
assumptions are false.
European Labor Costs Down
As to wages, we now have
startling new figures, worked
up bv the United Nations
Economic Commission for Europe
in their survey for 1959.
This commission finds that
labor costs of European manufacturers
have steadily declined
in relation to those of
their U. S. competitors in the
past 20 years.
Since 1927, hourly earnings
in manufacturing have decreased
relative to these in the
U. S. by about 15 per cent in
France, 50 per cent in Germany.
25 per cent in Switzerland
and 20 per cent in Britain.
European Technology Up
When it comes to technol/y
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tools he works with, show
what kind of a fellow he is.
A skilled worker wants good
tools and good equipment. He
won't work in a sloppy joint
or with bum tools a minute
longer han he can help.
Safety is a built-in part of
OCTOBER. 1960
lW5fc (MPORTG
SQUARE "YARDS
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I
\9*>6 ?0?6 WOO
e Unemployment
ogy, foreign manufacturing
plants are often equal to,
sometimes better than, American
plants in the same industry.
Recently an American
company imported Italian machinery
and production techniques
for use in the U. S. in
the manufacture of nylon, a
product which was invented
in the U. S. Italian engineers
are coming over to see that
the new plant gets into proper
operation.
Competition Gets Tougher
With their labor costs falling.
in relation to the U. S.,
and their technology reaching
new high levels, European
competitors of American companies
are posing an ever
greater threat to U. S. companies
not only in world markets
but also in the U. S. marL
i*i
Japanese competition is a
story in itself, especially to
employees of Clinton-Lvdia
Mills. *
American employees generally,
have a big stake in the
success of efforts being made
by their employers to hold
down production costs.
Their jobs depend on it.
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good equipment, good tools,
good work. Be proud of the
things that are good about
your job and your work. It
anything isn't very good, take
pride in making it better. It
pays in self satisfaction. It
pays in safety.