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EDITORIAL: Are Apparel, 1 Imports j In apparel and textile im( bargain? Do imported textile appa for consumers? The question is addre Clothmaker. This issue is or imports. We will detail the loss in imports and give estimates tl output of 400,000 domestic e 1976, employment in the U.S. percent. Imported women's man-made fiber shirts, and amount to more than half of t While domestic industry percent a year, an internal participating countries, called (or MFA), permits an imports also asks for cutbacks in imp already have an "unreasonabl the conclusion of bilateral agr not now in the MFA, and the textile tariffs. In the interest of Clinton consumers, the Clothmaker imports beginning this month About Tl Margaret Meadows dropped her packages on the hall table and peeled off her coat as she stepped toward the living room. "Hi, Dear. Shopping all done?" came the greeting from her husband. "Yes, and I am exhausted. " "Did vou find me a sweat erf" "Yes, and got the other things, too. Go take a look and HI be with you m a minute." Moments later, George Meadows sat beside his wife, a puzzled look on his face. "How'd you do all the traveling end get back so soon?" he asked. "What do you meanf I k v<:; V MM 'fls vVIK >fl ^nfli Personnel Director Calv electrical maintenance progn Electricity Class during a re Textile f A Bargain? torts, are you really getting a rel really represent a bargain ssed in this issue of the te of a three part series on American jobs as a result of lat current imnorts emml the mployees. Between 1965 and . apparel industry declined 24 and girls' sweaters, knitted woven cotton blouses each otal domestic consumption. f grows at less than three bional arrangement between I the Multifiber Arrangement growth rate of six percent. It orts of some products which le" share of the U.S. market, eements with some countries maintenance of present U.S. Mills employees, who are also is printing these articles on hose Lab //ny only went downtown." "Look," George pointed to the label in his new sweater. "This came from Hong Kong. And this shirt, made in Taiwan. The label m the wt LJfc m K< HQtgt 1 in Cooper, right, explained in c ram to Clinton Mills to the C cent visit to the Bailey Plant. The Differe When American shoppers t< purchase sweaters made in 1! Taiwan, shirts from Korea, o or raincoats made in Hong ii Kong, they are probably not d aw cue uuii icauic anu apparel imports presently e equal the output of about ii 400,000 American workers. a Such imports have in- tl creased sharply over the last a two decades. Twenty years U ago, four imported garments were sold for every 100 gar- o: ments made here. In 1976, d about 25 imported garments si made here and some esti- e mates go as high as 35. In e some types of garments, such as women's and child- c ren's sweaters, 111 were im- j< ported for every 100 pro- e duced in this country. tl The sharp increase in im- v, ports of textiles and apparel c has been accompanied by a \* decline in employment in tl t< els raincoat says it was made ! in Korea." < Margaret laughed. "Ok, as long as you tike them, j what's the difference where they're made f r F t s a t F I '' 1'' i'7> letail the importance of a good 'linton High School Vocational nee Is Jobs extiles. Between 1965 and h 976, despite strong growth tl f the economy, employment c 1 the U.S. apparel industry o eclined 24 percent. g The increase in imports a ontinues (up by 34 percent e i 1976 compared to 1975) nd poses a serious threat to v tie jobs of thousands of b dditional workers in the q United States. p Certainly, as more imports o f textile and apparel pro- T ucts are sold in American ti tores, we can expect that ven fewer American work- A rs will be employed. ii The American economy a annot afford to lose more u ibs to nations overseas, ii specially when many of s lose jobs are held by people o rhn urmiM Koito + AlCCl 2. UU ?!UU1U 1WIVC ^ICdl unit- IJ ulty finding work else- s here. About 17 percent of p le people employed in U.S. s ;xtile and apparel manu- t acturing plants are mem- v iers of minority groups and v 6 percent of the jobs are p j Mm |S9 President Receivei Cubmaster Riley Gilmer b ecently presented President lobert M. Vance with the y roops bicentennial Charter p o it could be included a mong the Company's his- s orical documents. Riley also presented the r Resident with the pack's J Latter To The Edlh CHS Teacher A| Electricity Clas I would like to acknowedge my appreciation for he fine tour you gave my econd year Electricity class n March 6, 1978. Your Bailey Plant is certainly one of the cleanest and best laid out plants that I*ve had the opportunity to visit. Our trip proved to be both educational and informative. I feel sure that the students now have a better idea of how the raw material is developed into a finished < A 411 1 (u 19lTV? eld by women. Many of lese people are employed in ommunities where textiles r apparel represent the larest employment sector, and re not mobile to seek jobs lsewhere. These are the individuals 'hose jobs are in jeopardy ecause of the increasing uantities of textile and aparel imports. People with ill jods do not pay taxes, hey must be supported by nose who do nave jobs. Inescapably, if we put jnericans out of work by nporting too many textile nd aparel products, we end p paying far more for our nports than the price tags how. We pay more by way f lost production, lost earnigs, lost tax revenue, lost elf-esteem, lost purchasing ower as well as the cost of upporting power as well as he cost of supporting former workers and their families rho have lost their jobs to ersons in a distant land p% m * ^3H1 n a i Packs' Charter icentennial ribbon. Clinton Mills has for many ears provided financial supiort, institutional leaders, md other support to the couting progam in the area. Pack 194 is comprised of lumerous sons of Clinton dills employees. >r: ppreciates s Tour r\*?swl? ? - _L.1 ? pivuuwt auu wc were suit? to observe some actual motor control operations that I've only been able to simulate in the classroom. Thanks again for the brochure and nice handerkerchiefs you furnished my students and me. 1 over heard two of them say this was the best tour we've taken. ,ti Sincerely yfjgjcft, Tom Miller Clinton High School Electricity Instructor