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This article focuses on the socio-political issues. The sweeping concessions made to China by the Peking conference would seem to indicate that, in spite of the foreigners in China who look with disfavor on any "softening" on the part of the foreign Powers, those Powers are beginning to see a light. On June 26, 1925 the International Tailoring Company, one of the largest and most powerful of clothing manufacturers, locked out the Amalgamated Clothing Workers in its New York and Chicago shops. The company declared for the open shop and proceeded to hire non-union operators. The union declared a state of war, and proceeded to do everything in its power to frustrate the new arrangement. |
