Harris Group Reports Low Southern Wages Lure Textile Industry

Lower Southern textile wage rates account for the migration of New England textile industry to the South, a special governors' committee headed by Seymour Harris '20, professor of Economics, reported yesterday.

The committee, made up of a member from each of the six New England states, reported after a year's study "it is imperative for New England to keep its textile industry."

Harris, in explaining the committee's report, stated that it felt "one great weakness in the industry is the lack of a single big trade union operating both in North and South."

He explained that the committee report, stated that if felt "one great weakness in the industry is the lack of a single big trade union operating both in North and South."

The committee's report went on to discuss 11 problems facing. New England industry and offered detailed solutions. The report will be published in book form by the state of Connecticut, but will not be out for two months.