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Show A Mnnufacturen' Protest. Host on Clobi. Vet, after havin jr taxed tho country untold millions for their protection, I he spokesmen of the iiiatiufacturinif intir-est intir-est in the hoii-e rise and declare tint tho (jiving to these poor women and children of one or two additional hours of rest a week would be fatal to the manufacturing interests of Massachusetts. Massachu-setts. And, curiously enoiich, the competition com-petition complained of as following so relentlessly upon the heels of Massachusetts Massa-chusetts industry is not that of the "pauper labor" of Europe, but the cheaper labor of the southern f-tittes. Mr. Wardvvellof Haverhi l, after stating that lSl cotton mills had been .started in the south (luring tin- last six monlhi, went on to say that such competition is becoming more ami more fatal to northern north-ern manufacturers, because coal, iron and other raw material is cheaper in that section. |