The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, March 24, 1905, Image 4
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UNION, S. C., MARCH 24, 1905.
THF TFN HOI IP SYSTEM.
Our highly esteemed contemporary.
the (.ireenville Daily News,
has worked itself into a perfect
frenzy and heaping fury of denunciations
over the inauguration of 10
hours as the maximum of a day's
work in the cotton mills, of which
Col. Thos. C. Duncan is president.
Not content with giving it as a news
item, the News indulged in quite a
lengthy, sensational and would-he
alarming editorial, in which the attempt
is made to attach serious results,
such as crippling the industry,
reducing the operatives earnings ten
per cent, unsettling the settled and
harmonious working of all the mills
in this state and prohahly of all in
the south. The far reaching influence
with a disastrous effect upon
the mill industry depicted hy the
News is only in the imagination of
the wild, reckless writer, who says
that the "wild and reckless scheme''
of Mr. Duncan will not he supported
hy other mills. If this Ik; sok then
why rave over the course Mr. Dimcan
is pursuing, since such a move
can only effect the mills of which
lie is presuicin. ?... ...... ,,v.
that "Mr. Duncan ought to have
common sense enough to realize
that lie is making a dangerous
move." Wo say that it is Mr.
Duncan's common sense and nrae
tieal knowledge of the mill business.
that has enabled him to manage
so successfully the mills under
his control The News says that
Mr. Duncan made the move "without
any consultation with other
men engaged in the manufacturing
business, and that Mr. Duncan
started at such a critical time."
How this can he a more critical
time than formerly or at a later
date, and why Mr. Duncan should
consult others engaged in the manufacturing
business we fail to hcc.
Of one thing we are sure, that if
Mr. Duncan or any other business
man must of necessity consult every
one engaged in a similar business
before making a change in his busi........
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he would l?o unworthy r>f the position
ho holds and should give it up
to some one more capable. Evidently
the News is hut the mouth
piece of some alarmist,or deep schemer
in the cotton mill business, as no
other paper in this state has taken the
trouble to ventilate the scheme or
predict disaster, or even attach any
very great importance to the move
since it is local in effect. The facts
i arc that the move was not an arbitrary
one on the part of Colonel
Duncan, as he consulted only his
operatives in giving them the opportunity
to express their willingness
or preference in working 11 or
in hours with certain conditions
and assurances 011 the part of the
company, and further kind and
beneficial considerations for the
young help. To drag a child out
from home at > o'clock in the morning
and put it to work in a sleepy,
listless feeling, no good work can
be accomplished by it. I'pon the
spinners depend the ljest output of
the mill and nearly every operative
in the spinning room is a child
from 13 years of age up. There is
practically no reduction of wages
for the simple reason that the operatives
who work fen hours are in a
better condition nhysically and cai^
_ j? uochfet*
therefore do more and better work,
when not overtaxed. The operatives
have more time at the dinner
hour, when the day is divided
properly, and they are at their machines
when the wheel begins to
turn and they are not lagging l>ohind
or waiting for the last whistle,
really they feci more like work.
The operatives are not machines
and should not be so regarded.
Any body will do bettor work when
not driven beyond their strength.
As a matter of fact the cotton mills
of which Col. Duncan is presideut
are not short of help, and since the
adoption of the ten hour system,
no more operatives have left than
ordinarily do from time to time,
from every cotton mill in operation,
north or south. Col. Duncan's
project is humane and sensible, by
which he expects to realize liettcr
results from every point of view.
It is an easy matter for the unprejudiced
to see and appreciate the
benchts to be derived from the
lu>inn itliruimil liv ( \ >1 1Uim_
can in reducing the time from 11
to 10 hours work per day. In the
first plaee it is as wc say above a
humane move actuated by a kindly
consideration for the operatives,
which will unquestionably prove
conducive to their general health
and efficiency. We repeat it, to
drag a child from bed at such an
hour in tin; morning and put to
work before daylight having to work
by electric lights, and again to work
by electric lights before the hour
for closing is a strain and a drag
upon the operative from the time
of entering the mill and with a few
minutes to swallow a few mouth
fulls of dinner, frequently having
done without breakfast, as the child
doubtless so often has no appetite
so early in the morning. All of
this is telling and trying upon the
mental and physical condition of
the operative, therefore is perceptible
in the result of their lal>or.
While on the other hand the operative
is not called to work until 7
o'clock which is after sun up in the
summer time, and after daylight in !
the winfj?r In neither *?*?!? is
the child called out to work before
the light of day or required to work
after dark, and under such conditions
the operative can and will do
as much work and l>ctter work and
get. lietter pay, because the company
can better afford to pay for good
work, then it is that the 10 hour
system is decidedly the best for all
parties concerned. The News would
make it appear that Col. Duncan
in making this move is only anticipating
the law, if so, it is well to
have a cotton mill president whose
prophetic foresight leads him to
adopt a plan into which he would
be forced in the near future by
operation of law.
The Confederate soldier was the
most unique personage known to
modern history. Taken from a
home of comfort and luxury and
placed in camp though entirely
new and somewhat novel to him,
he nevertheless adapted himself at
once to his surroundings, deprivations
and inconveniences of a camp
life. Tie was resourceful, and never
seemed to lack for an idea by which
to meet and supply the immediate
wants of the hour and occasion.
He truly exemplified the truth of
the assertion that "necessity is the
mother of invention," and accommodates
himself to the peculiar
surroundings. Brave, valiant and
unflinching in the performance of
duty as a soldier. He does not
glory in a fight, but is ever ready
and willing to do whatever is necessary
along the firing line, lie
is not fool hardy, rash or indiscreet,
yet he is ln>ld and daring where
and when necessity calls for such
action. He is not afraid to die, but
does not seek death. He is willing
and ready to make any sacrifice for
country, cause or principle. His
powers of endurance, <?f privations,
hunger and fatigue are most astonishing.
Ho is peace loving,
Jiome loving and lil>erty loving and
fights to win.
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DANIEL J. SULLY
And the Cotton Market Question
Again, Says He Will be
a Bull for Two Years.
I Daniel J. .Sully is again a verit*
[able cotton bull at the New York
Cotton Exchange. Upon the resuming
of his cotton buying on the
{exchange in the New York market,
the price advanced 25 points?The
farmers lift their hats and smile
when told that Dan Sully is again
in the market. Mr. Sully is now
hacked by millions of dollars and
wc venture the assertion that the
return of Daniel Sully to the cotton
market as a bull was largely owing
to the organization of the Southern
Cotton Growers Association and its
most decided stand in the matter of
holding cotton and reduction of
acreage. We would now and here
advise the farmers not to put their
rights on cotton prices too high, liecause
Sully is again in the market
because our prediction is that cotton
will not reach a higher price
than ten cents anymore, unless there
j should lie a very short crop made.
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The Confederate Monument on
the Capitol grounds in Columbia is
one of the most interesting sights to
be seen in that l>cautiful city. It
was unveiled May 18th, 1878. The
legislature appropriated $6o0.00
toward putting the monument in
place, and each meml>er of the general
assembly gave one day's pay to
the monument fund. Thirty-three
counties contributed to it, Union
county gave 8808.(X), and ranks
7th on the list of contributors,
Richland county leading off with a
contribution of 8809/).00.
The inscription given ImjIow, was
written by Win. Henry I'rescott, a
South Carolinian and a distinguished
diplomat. It is said to he "a
gem among literary compositions"
and is copied into the note lxniks of
hundreds of northern tourists who
visit Columbia. They not only admire
it for its literary excellence,
but "are moved by the grandeur of
its sentiment?no denunciations, no
wailing, but a manly appeal for
just judgment of the cause that was
lost.''
north sidk.
This Monument
Perpetuates the Memory
Of those who.
True to tin' instincts of their birth.
1 rtiuin" ?. *?anjiiiur?f thejr fj?*hyrs
Constant in their Tovc for the Htato,
Died in the performance of iheirdutv;
Who
Have glorified a fallen cause
lty the simple manhood of their lives,
The patient endurance of sufTerimr.
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And the heroism of death,
And who,
In the dark hours of imprisonment
In the hopelessness of the hospital.
In the short, sharp agony of the field,
Found support and consolation
In the belief
That at home they would not bo forgotten.
SOUTH S1DK.
Let the Stranger,
Who may in the future times
Read this inscription,
Recognize that these were men
Whom power could not corrupt,
Whom death could not terrify.
Whom defeat could not dishonor.
And let their virtues plead
For just judgment,
Of the cause in which they perished,
Let the South Carolinian
Of another generation
Remember
That the State taught them
How to live and how to die,
And that from her broken fortunes
I She has preserved for her children
The priceless treasure of their memories.
Teaching all who may claim
The same birthright
That truth,courage aed patriotism
Fndure forever.
AN CXAMINATIONPOR CADETSHIP.
Tit Iho llnit?<l Ki 1
n? 11iv. uiinvu jmicd navai
Academy to be Held in Spartanburg
March 31 and April
I.
Congressman Johnson announces
that a competitive examination to
fill the vacancy existing in the
fourth congressional district at the
United States Naval Academy will
Ik; held in Spartanburg March 81
ami April 1st at one of the graded
school buildings.
This is a rare chance for some
bright ambitious young Carolinian
to secure a splendid educational advancement
in life.
Applicants should l>car in mind
that the physical examination is
very rigid and searching, and none
should apply who are not practically
iK'rfeot physically and in sound
health.
Other qualifications are that the
applicant shall have l>ecn for at
least two years immediately preceding
appointment an actual bona
fide resident of the 4th congressional
district. The age limit is lietwecn i
sixteen and twenty years at the
time of the entrance examination
at Annapolis.
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into the Academy shall lie examined
according to such regulations and at
such stated times as the secretary
of the Navy may prescribe. Candidates
rejected at such examinations
shall not have the privilege of
another examination for admission
to the same class unless recommended
by the Board of Examiners."
Candidates will tie examined mentally
in punctuation, spelling,
arithmetic, geography, English
grammar, United States history,
world's history, algebra through
quadratic equations, and plane
geometry (five books of Chauvcnet's
Geometry or an equivalent). Deficiency
in any one of these subjects
may l>e sufficient to insure the rejection
of the candidate.
Chanae of Date of Election.
We mil attention of the freeholders
of the town to the changes under
the head "Notice of Election"
in another column.
The rate of interest is changed so
as to read not exceeding the rate of
4 1-2 per cent instead formerly <>
per cent and the date changed from
March 28 to that of April 11, 1905.
Many parties seem to he under the
impression that this election is for
the purpose, of voting for the issuing
of lx>nds to raise money to l>e
spent as the town council sees fit.
The impression is wrong, the money
has already been spent and the towrt
is now pitying the local Imnks 8
per cent interest on the money.
The question is, shall we continue
paying 8 per cent interest or issue
bonds which shall Itear interest at
4 1-2 per cent. The latter seems
the only feasible plan.
THE SNOWS
Of winter have passed away. Nol>ody
is sorry. Everybody is glad.
The coal bill, the meat bill, the
light bills, and the heavy clothing
bills are ending with the ending of
winter. Now ? ?1?'1
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in first class drug stores. We
strive after purity, wholcsomenees
and faithfulness. Call and try us.
Besides, we use the purest drugs at
reasonable prices. Try us, and be
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The Times and Metropolitan
Magazine one year for $1.80.
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