Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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2 CLOTHMAK "CLINTON MIL MaoU-HatM Published monthly ui Claude A. Crocker, D and Employee Relati< NEW TEXTILE I What's your image of the textile industry? Given it any thought lately? Tt'n time tn fVlinlr ? ~ w IV vw tuiiirv 1U11^ and hard about Laurens County's basic industry ? textiles. It is also South Carolina's basic industry. It doesn't matter who you are or what you do for a living, you're involved in come way with textiles. Perhaps you're inclined to think textiles includes only the clothes you wear or the spreads on your beds or the draperies decorating your windows. Have we got a surprise for you! Textiles have changed in a big way. The problem facing the industry is making people aware of these facts. A lot of people, from the textile manufacturers to the production employees, are doing what they can. But creating or changing an image can be a long, drawn out affair. For one thing, be proud of the textile industry. It's a basic industry the world could not do without. It is basic to your comfort and well-being, regardless of your occupation. An aura of excitement is prevailing in the textile industry today. New techATMI President- Discu Charles F. Myers, Jr., president of the American Textile Manufacturers Institute, told the Northern Textile Association that the 1970s promise "unprecedented opportunities" for the industry. But he cautioned that the Vietnam war "cannot continue indefinitely without serious long-term damage to all aspects of our economic, social and political institutions." And on a matter of primary concern to the industry ?competition of imported textiles in the domestic market---Mr. Myers said "Congressional action is essential if Japan and others will not cooperate in voluntary agreement. "The vast markets of the '70s will require a tremon ER IS Superior Quality Fabrics Ncl-dintM No. 2-Lyfe?BaNty rider the direction of irector of Community sns. IMAGE IS HERE nolc^y has produced artir _ _ l x -i . - utriai aneries usea in neart transplants. These arteries are textile products. Other new innovations include the antennas used on space vehicles, special wash cloths used by the astronauts to bathe themselves while in space flight, and the suits they wear. The future of new technology in textiles lies not only in space, but here on earth as well. Some day, houses may be constructed of the same synthetics used to make your clothes. Textiles isn't only a basic industry, it's exciting. WE WOULD suggest to parents that they encourage their children to think long and hard about a career in textiles. This is a new age and textiles is a new industry, vastlv different from what it was a few short years ago. The old image of textiles should have disappeared years ago, but it lingers on simply because minds often times fail to grasp the changes that have already occurred. It's time to put the old image away because the new one is here to stay. THIS IS A NEW AGE AND TEXTILES IN A NEW INDUSTRY. sses Industry's Future dous output of textiles and related products." Mr. Myers said. "Real personal income will increase well over 50 percent in the course of the '70s. "Per capita consumption will jump 40 per cent by 1980. the population of young adults will grow twice as fast as the total population, and the college ' (tmi i w uri 11 kn Ik ?.?? !?.V? ^1UU|7 Will UC ?7U pu 1 cent greater. "According to the National Industrial Conference Board, our economy will grow at an annual rate of 4.4 per cent in the '70s, against a 4 per cent average rate since World War II. By 1980 this will add up to a total output of goods and services of 55 per cent in gross national product. CLOTHMAKER ' _ cpj MYSTERY PERSON This person is known to almost everyone associated with Clinton Mills. Anyone who can identify this personality, write his name on a piece of paper and submit it to The Clothmaker. The correct identity will be announced next month.. LA/V tmployees Clinton Mills employees work in one of the safest industries in the nation. And figures show this record of safety is improving each year. These were the findings reported during the annual South Carolina Occupational Safety Conference, held earlier this fall in Columbia. Other statistics from state and federal labor departments confirm the safety record of South Carolina's largest industry, according to the S. C. Textile Manufacturers Association. At the safety conference. 38 textile plants were presented awards by the South Carolina Industrial Commission. Five of these had over two million man-hours without a lost-time accident. In all, 32 textile plants had perfect safety records during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969. Six of them were presented plaques from the textile association. Plant #1 re ceivcd one of these plaques for 1 years safe operation. Of the 153 textile plants surveyed in connection with the safety contest, there was an accident frequency rate of 2.8, an improvement on the previous year's figure of 2.89. The frequency rate shows the number of accidents for each one million man-hours worked. This performance in the field of safety was also noted in the most recent Heaton Sees Boy Scouts As "American Way" Early Heaton's life outside the one lived as an Assistant Overseer in Clinton Mills Plant *1 exemplifies the "double life" services performed by many Clinton Mills employees. Early believes that it "expresses the heart and char acter of our nation" to lead boys at an early age into well regulated, organized recreation such as that provided by scouting. More important than teaching them to participate in organized recreational programs, Early empasizes such basic fundamentals as competition, winning, fitness, team play, and consideration of others. It is Early's feeling that scouting "truly mirrors the American way of life" that keeps him busy as Scoutmaster of Clinton Mills Work in S. C.'s annual vonrvrt c r> t WX Lilt: U. Labor Department. During 1967, the latest year in which figures were compiled by the agency, ti-.e state's textile industry had only 1.257 lost-time accidents and a frequency rate of 4.3. In 1947, the industry had a frequency rate of 15.64 with 3,840 accidents. The labor department's data is collected in accordance to the American Standard Method of Recording and Measuring Work Injury Experiences, as approved by the American Standard Association. Commenting on the 2ft year safety comparison, the department of labor stated, "The accident picture in the textile industry has been phenomenally improved." Listing the major groups of industries in South Carolina, the agency ranked textiles along with electrical machinery as the safest. The top five industries in the state, with their accident frequency rates, were: textile plant products, 4.3; electrical machinery, 4.3; paper and allied products, 4.5; apparel and other finishpH nrnrlnrtQ fi fv anrl chemical and allied products, 5. 7. The frequency rate for all manufacturing plants in South Carolina was 8.0 in 1067. The national average of all industry during 1967 was 14.0. Whereas the state's tex NOVEMBER, 1969 ( fc, r. Iff sponsored Troop 138. He is undoubtedly right in believing that this feeling is at least part of what motivates other Scoutmasters in this most worthwhile activity. Early, who has been with Clinton Mills since 1948, has 24 young boys in Troop 138. Two of them are his own sons. Both are Star scouters. Safest Industry tile industry has become a more accident-free industry, the injury frequency rate in all manufacturing At ihv lw.wl l.?M been increasing in recent years. The U. S. Department of Labor reports that the all manufacturing average of 14.0 was up from 13.6 in 1966 and 11.4 in 1958. Nationally, textiles had an injury frequency rate nearly four times lower than the lumber industry, according to U. S. Department of Labor figures for 1965, the latest by which a comparison can be made. And industries such as lurniture; fabricated metal products; food, and stone, clay and glass products had twice as many accidents for each million employe hours worked as did textiles. In South Carolina, textiles have ranked as the safest major industry for the past three years, according to state labor department statistics.