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Show PATERSQN Hill I BYSItOf Stores ?nd Movies Hard Hit, Credit ' Difficult to Get as Factories Idle n 1 .. . :i r f orrcapondonl PATKKSoX. N J- Julv IS. Thej color of this town, in spin- of maio nttempts to look on the bright sitle o ihiiiR.s ls rich d J Indigo. No one is bluer thun the silk mill employes, who have enjoyed flV( or si years of unexampled prosperity. The war cut down the importation if silk In Japan went to pieces. Tin- prices Of raw silk dropped from $1S to $6 fin a pound Tin- market was Hooded and manuf.ict urlnK slumped, from France ami gave Pnterson its chance Wages were higher than ever In 1913 the employes struck unsu cessftilly lor the nine-hour day. Last vear the 44-hour week was tstab-ilihcd tstab-ilihcd Put such days ended about two months ago. when the silk market was flooded ami manufacturing Blu mped. Thr result is that, even according to conservative estimates more than sooo persona are unemployed or working work-ing on part time, while 1 1 000 would proi'aPIv be nearer the true number if you allow five persons t evcrj breadwinner you will see that almost half of Paterson's 135,6fi inhabitants an- in straitened circumstances. At least 80 per cent of the manufacturing manufac-turing in Pateraon Is in the silk Industry Indus-try and allied li.ides. when the silk business ls bad the entire retail trade of the town Is hard hit. I'be clothing stores sa that no one is buying. The shoe and hat stores say the same cigar stores and the bakeries complain com-plain The "movie palaces' along Main Street sa) their patronage has been cut more than SO per cent. Those who want to buy, find It extremely ex-tremely difficult to get credit. Though not many appeals for charity chari-ty have been made so far. the men out of work have had to draw on their savings and to sell Llbertv bonds READY TO FIGHT WAGE OUTS The most serious aspect of the situation situ-ation from the point of lew of the silk workers, Is that some employers are using the present situation to reduce re-duce wages, one manufacturer tried to reopen his shop nt a $3 a il;iv rate whore $35 a week had been the nvrr-age nvrr-age pay for piece work. A strike resulted, re-sulted, others have cut the piece rate 20 per cent, reducing It from 20 to 10 cents a yard. Albert L Wyman, secretary of the Associated Industries of Paterson, derm de-rm s that there is any concerted effort at present to reduce wages, but ho, refuses to make any prophecy Unions are preparing to resist any effort to lower wages. The men out of work find time very heavy on their hands They have no money to spend and can afford no amusements They spend part of tho day at home part at union offices, and part visiting the mills to see If any I Jobs are open. Comparatively few of the men are seeking other work oo |