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 Conditions affecting the ,I--%7 30viP.\NYIS operations under the
 L.uJIES HCTBcG I:UST.LY ,CO3D 1o. 332, adopted arch 14th, 1934.


 Tne following are some of tne handicaps under -hich the ilcek.-r
 Company, Joplin, .,issouri, are operating, due to their isolated position
 in tnis field of manufacturing. Kone of tnese handicaps 'rere given any
 consideration in the formation of tne Code, *;hicn after several months
 of necrlngs and controversies -.as adopted and put into effect in arch,
 193-t.

 ,Al of these h.ndic -ps .-ore cJ.lled to the ctte-tion. of the eastern
 manufacturers for;fulating the Code and thile LL. authorities in ..shi.gton,
 but no cons iCeration -.-as .:eii, .:nd our subseqent protests :ere in nearly
 all cases not even anv --red.

 Joolin, I.iissouri, is located 1400 :ailes from ";et? York Citr. Prac-
 1tically :.11 ladies: .ndbags ..re aJnufeactured by conc.r.-, in :Je- York City
 and thiet iaediate vicinity, -:here there are several nuidred ,.uf.I!-cture-.s,
 large Emnd saall.

 .. Early 100o of the materials used in fabricatinx ladies' i, ndboL-'s,
 Co'is;st1.in. of leather, aetal frL;aes, silks, mirrors, o"'u:r, '..,in' ;, but-
 tpns, bac.ki4;- cloth, cerant, zip-oers, aind a fe: other items, are purchased
 in Te; York City and in the ::.e. i.-n St tes.

 The -.eeker Co.r, in *rci.-i: sach materialss, is 1, .ndic:.i jcd
 in competition with the Te'' Yor-k :,rnufact-arers, in that heavy frei-ht,
 express and oarcel oost char-.s have to be .-id; cha',_es that the 'ev
 SYork linafact.irer does not nave to beer. These ch rrges, in *&aiition to
 travelinE, expenses going to :aarkct, tel-. .T" Th and other e.:>peses, amounted
 to 2.2j of our gross sales for the -e .' 1934, and e -:pense the ". ork
 manufacturer does not have. .e. York, bi: stl cn-t.r, it is neces-
 sary that the i.eeker Cop1an;y send re'resenta.tives to :TeT- York Cit. -nd
 vicinit- frequfentl-r during the year to bu-, materials :nd contact for new
 styles, obse-rve strle c"i. :--es and. ascert. in t-'le trc,-., t3. 1-,b.
I business being a rcpidlr cL-,ngi.ji style proposition.

 The eastern manufactaru.'3 located in -e York City n init,
 '.Uhere there are .*nr factories, have an :. -'i.i ce of skilled laor to
 Sdra7 from. Here in Joliri, aiissuuri, there .re no other n. idb,: a nu-i-
 Ifacturers, mr-ing our labor situation very difficult s there :r peak
 seasons of aaaufacturi.ig at 7hich time, in the ,-soi.ce of tr0;i.d heip,
 '7e are copell to eloy learners -':ho .-no .i atev1r of our line
 ~~~'ie~~~~o -.re- cone-i3.t .l. KoA0iL
 of 'iork L-nd TIIo in aiost cases have had no fccto *'.,ricnce of .-r kid
 whatever.

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