Textile Imports Continue To Rise
The textile import record for 1960 has now been written, and the
record shows that there has been no let-up in the sharply rising levels
of textile imports from lands wh0se workers’ wages are at rates illegal
in the United States.
Cotton cloth imports, which totalled 454,898,000 square yards, in
creased 89 per cent over the 1959 total of 240,371,000 square yards.
Cotton yarn imports, totalling 15,141,000 pounds, were 997 times
greater than they were in 1959 and a fantastic 1,713 times greater
than in 1958.
Textile imports as a group increased 11 per cent from 1959 to
1960 .The same trend was evident in almost every category of textile
imports.
The imports figures show that no fiber and no fabric of the U. S.
textile industry is safe from the rising tide of foreign-made imports.
In addition to cotton cloth and yarn, man-made fiber imports and
woven wool cloth imports are caught in the same rising trend.
Since foreign manufacturers hold enormous advantages in raw
material costs and wage costs, the U. S. textile industry has been
placed in an intolerable competitive position. Industry leaders have
pointed out many times that import quotas must be established to
equalize the situation and to give U. S. textiles an equal competitive
position so that more American textile jobs will not be lo'st to foreign
goods.
Recognition Is Given
Top Weavers, Fixers
In order to encourage quality and ef
ficiency in the weave room, the Towel
Mill singles out for recognition each
week the weavers and loomfixers with
the best records.
The names of the “top” weavers and
fixers are posted on the weave room
bulletin board and published in The Mill
Whistle. New names appear on the list
frequently, indicating keen competition
for the quality titles.
The “Weavers of the Week” are those
with the lowest per cent of seconds with
respect to the standards for the various
loom groups.
The “top” loomfixers are determined
through a combination of low seconds
and high loom efficiency on the sections
for which they are responsible.
“Top” quality weavers and loomfix
ers for the most recent periods of re
cord are listed below.
Weavers—W/E March 19
Dobby Terry Edward Stone
Jacquard Terry Douglas Hundley
Tonsie Cruise
Draper & Cam Ruth Hudson
Fixers—W/E March 19
Dobby Terry Albert Joyce
Jacquard Terry Carlton Rakes
Draper & Cam Jess Hopkins
Weavers—W/E March 12
Dobby Terry Joe Lackey
Jacquard Terry Samuel Fulcher
Draper & Cam Frank Carter
Fixers—W/E March 12
Dobby Terry Tommie Joyce
Jacquard Terry Carlton Rakes
Draper & Cam Linwood Williams
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On The Job
At Fieldcrest
William Walker is a floor washer at
the Karastan Rug Mill. Using wooden
“hoes”, he and the other floor washers
wash customers’ rugs returned for
cleanmg after use as well as larger
widths not washed in the continuous-
process machine.
The exclusive process and the skill
of the floor washers bring out the
colorings of the patterns and the beau
tiful lustre of the worsted yarns
member of the depart
ment, William IS described by his associ-
ates as a skillful, dependable employee
who takes pride in doing good work
will be missed when he retires under
the Pension Plan in June of this year
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OTIS MARLOWE
EDITOR
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SERVICE
^NNIVERSA
Fieldcrest Mills extends
tions to the following employ*
since our last, issue, have obser'''
able anniversaries of continuo" ^
ice with the company. >
Forty Years
Cyril H. Hudgins Central ''rjpjsUf'
Clarence C. Voss
Thirty Years
George L. Horsley
Twenty-Five Years
Charles W. Gallaher
Helen L. Mittelstadt
praP*
K3'
T\tenty Years
Mollie E. Brim
Fawny T. Evans
Edna H. Hoover
Irene D. Nichols
Mgar L. Rogers ■
Louie H. Woods
Herbert H. Fulcher
Ruby F. Matthews
Lola B. McGavisk
Fifteen Years
L. Edna Overby
Ethel G. Hundley
Ruth M. Martin
Beaulah C. Gillespie
E. Glenn Bullard
Turner L. Gilbert
Eugene Belton
lantha P. Hailey
Lucy S. Voss
Charlie M. Watkins
Ten Years
■
Helen M. Ferris .... Bedspr®^
VERS*
For every house is
man; but he that built
God. —Hebrews 4:4. _ ri
THE MILL