Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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o mm I 0 oi i* TfJf.! * LLiivi IJW % Plants - Clint v Published monthly i Clauc'e A. Crocker, (inc! Employee Ituln? c<;c a AAn ??r\M o a in -? * IN LOCAL rAXfS /f \ / f V w v V \ - - -. ^' J OVER $7M \\ 'UN ! Where Deer A surwy of Ton I :!o !: *. ihistrv spending i''.:r:nn AnuTiean Ton ' i '? Mom 11 farturers Tnst ' ti'.?', shows tlu* industry pair. on ostimatoi! total tax bii! of <71! 17.". PIT. Of this tola!, $571-nvlhon was paid in federal \r;, :v!0 in stale faxes, and , !!{() in ! o c a. ! taxes. l.ast year V a \ I atuifacf urini? Company paid ?0-!7.7 !7.Ll(? in taxes ' ? local, state and federal i-pv rumen's. ATM' polled .70-1 companies in !0 states in. i's survey and received * eplies - a response of nun e t Man -10 ; >er ccnl. The survey also shows 'J'.i companies d u r i n e, ' !":t' spent I?11an avr;a;o of oaf:;, 'o huild or modify treatment systems to prevent water pollution. Twenty - !' i v o other companies reported they plan sue!; construe!ion durinr the next three years. Sixty - two compamos, more than at) per cent ? '' 'hose responding, said 'hoy have no plants which p->'!ute water. Kxperaliture for research and development in 1!)'<7 wi!! be, neeordinij to -l V companies answering ' ? / JjJifM to tlx I: Ptfiton.., {I ? / Turning out tin interesting and informative Company publication is no easy assignment. It takes a he of time and hard work, coupled with a sincere interest m a!! employees and '.heir families. We are constantly seek in if news about he Company's 1,7(10 employees. We often wonder how > i m 1' c 'r- *Wjtv !?." "'.m fin. 2?lyi!!#?Hci'sy ime'er 'lie direction of L^iri't'or of Community OMS. ^b-1 A MILLION PAID / ' SrATE TAXEb / l-GN'MA!!") J I " A 'J 'M ' AXES !N '966 "o .'/onoy Go? Si If) 0^:^ :m n\?iki* < ! S-!')5,277 each. 's to charity reported 1 ?y M' companies totalled :2,*2''M,lor an average Spending for educational s?'s took three foi'nis: 'is educational institut?Ms scholarship programs, and '"ans for education. S*xty-five companies reypits to schools totalin?.' Sl'.-I'iik.kfiO. an average of Thirty-four o'li" ?in!os reported snend m or scholarship pro: '."is 'otalinc; $227,'MM, an aver ceo program of 89,9-1?. !":! ' y-t wo of these .'M companies sponsor a total of !! 7 scholarships. 'vcli' companies reported loans for education total it " sv:! l.'jno att average of Information compiled by S. Department of ('ii'i'ttici'CO shows textile ndustry spending for now o'.-'M's and equipment thump ""IP to have been '!!'! '.)[){) A'l'A" estimates waives attd salaries paid by the inlustry to its ' 05! ,000 emI'lnvirs darini* l!wi'i to have boon up from . t cmi tM.(\ nun >. ' wha' :s wanted in words ;<!'.?! pictures? Too little or '"< much? Maybe someone d isaercos with sotnelhinn we've said . . . ,'t has boon iit', ' I i | |ll| II MM | M|' | jo c linos soiiiooiio lias had a persona! experience which 11 lie hi jo of interest to all our readers. The truth of the matter is for the most part we are opera'ine, ?n a vacuum. Unless you ft-!! us what's new and what's news. So, what to do? Contact the employee reporter in your department or call or THE CLOTHMAK5R i% <% f n ^ y . cxL iics i EDtTOK'S NOTE: Followin</ is a reprint of on article l>!l Tli a nna n Sensing of the Southern States Industrial Council entitled, "Textiles A re n't Expendable." ? o? The idea that certain basic American industries are expendable as part of the nation's effort to arrange world trade policies ... ...... iii.. ..* . ? .....i wri? w, . : n ^11 (Ul^Udl ill Ki most d'sUsrbini* phenomena m the Kxecutive Branch of the government. '!' ? sarrifice any industry in oui* country should bo unt!: inl: aide. Government dot >artn;ents are not created to spawn ideas for the ruction of American enterprise. Yet, in instances, they have been dome hist this for a number of years. Industry Is Victim 0'n? of the first viet i mc selec'od is the American textile industry, which plays such an important in the economic life of several Southern states ? a re on which lias been penalized in the past and which cannot afford to lose any its new found pros; ?eritv. Several years ago, the tex'ile industry was in severe trouble because of our government's approval of a two-nrice system for cotton, which favored foreign i ompetitors. More recently, the textile industry has been doine much hotter . result of defense orders M?r materials. Moreover, t ho textile industry, in a ?ro;:'s Have Purpose improve business, en rait* steady employment, ami provide increased job opooi '.unities in the everv. idenim' employment mar < ( ? J,# '"o provide better products and services and stimulate *!)? development of ??? >v ?/t u i -i v. iii ii; 11 u W II ICt! I (>< Is. increase productivity, e r c ;t t ? new industries !:: 11 in 'mi ii \vi!l lead In ;i betlei standard of living. 'I'm provide the incentive to save and invest by rewardhie, risk takers who invest in a productive enterprise. '"o preserve the ri^ht of freedom of choice so that an individual can work where he wants, buy what he wan'.s. do what he wants without beinp dependent V r e N o t E x major effort to modernize its production facilities, has invested vast sums in new plants and in renovation of existing installations. Yet all this progress is threatened again. U. S. Senator Ernest F. Mo! lings (D.-S.C.), who represents a key textile manufacturing state in the South, recently warned of !he danger to the Southern economy which lies ahead because of the Johnson administration's policy on textiles. "The President," said Senator llollings, "has not I'.ivcn adequate attention to this matter and has allowed tin? industry to be used as a bar^aininjj pawn in our trade policy. This has been done in such a way as to treat the domestic tex tile industry as expendaI ! '? hie. Prime Deficiency One of the prime deficiencies in existing law and policy is that import quotas were not implemented for man-made libers and little attention was given to the menace of mass imports of woolens. Sen. Mailings has reported that "in the past two years the market has been flooded with cotton goods because of failure to adhere !?> the quota system" which does exist, lie point ed out that in the past six years cotton imports have risen "from 7'JO million square yards to 1.11 billion square yards." Imports of man-made fibers have increased m this same period from la! to 7D8 million square yards. Woolen imports have none up from H5 to 11)1 million square yards. Understandably, this dangerous import situation has QCAMCPj , For June Coni/ntt nlntions to the ft ct'iiiltj rcceiretl their Clinton 20 Y1 Melvin K. Creswcll . Juaiiitii K. Leopard . 15 Y1 Helen J Btuhain . VI art ha VI. Samples 10 Y1 Kloi.se IV l)amels C'ltarle.s Campbell . . Kalph !!. Tumblin Patricia J. Tucker 5 Y1 Lvlliann V. Snow Marbara M. Woodward ... . Kichai d L. Clark SEPTEMBER, 1967 ;pendable" affected the nation's balance of trade. It is noteworthy that the trade deficit of the U. S. last year amounted to $1.5 billion, and $920 million of this was in textile goods. Situation Worsens The situation is worsening all the time. Last December, for example, the Tariff Commission recommended that the tariff on typewriter ribbon cloth be abolished. It is obvious that if this tariff is removed, 1 U(\rt !/?? ?if i I 1 Liiv-ii i iii ^uaivi ii idling will Hood the United States with this kind of material. Plants geared to the manufacture of typewriter ribbons will be shut down, and unemployment will spread in the South. Government officials can no longer say the U. S. textile industry is failing to modernize. Textile plant investment is tremendous, and should be protected by the law of the land. No matter how modern the equipment in U. S. textile plains, mese lactones cannot compete with Asian manufacturers who rely on cheap labor. In Japan, the textile worker is paid 36 cents an hour. Hong Kong textile plants pay only 25 cents an hour. Prepared To Compete American textile companies are prepared to compete fair and square when it comes to skills and equipment, but they can't engage in wage competition with the sweat shops of Asia. Thus they properly deserve a measure of oroteciion under the country's tariff laws and other regulations. Auwidi and July illoiviny employees who reMills' service awards: :ar Clinton No. 1 IJoffer . Clinton No. 2 Spinner lAR Clinton No. 2 Spooler Tender Clinton No. 2 Spooler Tender EAR Clinton No. 1 Spinner Clinton No. 2 Overlinnler Clinton No. 2 Loom Fixer Lydiu Plant Office EAR Clinton No. 1 Cloth Grader Clinton No. 2 Spooler Tender Clinton No. 2 Doffer