London, Nov. 13.
Cotton spinning operatives num. ving 160,000 will be affected by cision of the Cotton Short-Tim organization Committee at a meet ye at Manchester to recommend a duction of working-hours in jon spinning American cotton to jours a week during December ad January, compared with the} rerent 99-1/4 hours and a normal eek of 58 hours, The Committee strongly vecomvend members of the Federation to opport the proposal and point out vat more than the customary maity of 80 per cent. will be reunited. They state that in spite of large cotton crop, and owing sainly to instability' of prices, deand has but little improved' and hat spinners have not been selling reit production of yarns—Reuter.
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