What caused the collapse of the Crown Mill Village paternalism system in Dalton, Georgia?

What caused the collapse of the Crown Mill Village paternalism system in Dalton, Georgia?

Introduction

The main purpose of this paper is to make an analysis on the causes of the collapse of Crown Mill Village paternalism system in Dalton, Georgia. The Southern textile industry has received an enormous attention of scholars because of the huge growth which it has received. Just like the increased growth, the demise and the collapse of the textile industry has also gained the interest of the scholars. The textile industry in Southern Area has experienced a downturn after the post-war era. These literatures have contributed a lot towards increasing the knowledge about the textile industry's growth and its demise. These literatures have also helped in gaining the knowledge about the political and social changes which helped in accompanying the transition out of village paternalism. Different researches have been conducted in past and present; therefore, these researchers have identified different reasons of the demise of the textile industry. These reasons are mainly the cheap automobile, New deal wage and hour legislation, labor strife of the era and labor surpluses following the depression. Just like the total southern industry, the Crown Mill village in Dalton, Georgia has also experienced the downturn. This paper helps in increasing the knowledge and information about the ways through which the Crown Mill Village in Dalton, Georgia has experienced the failure and collapsed. The paper discusses the collapse of the Crown Mill Village by making and examination of the history. There were many reasons of the change and the collapse of the Crown Mill village and one of the main reasons was the divestment of the villages. The social control in the region was also in the danger; therefore, the mill has experienced the collapse in Dalton, Georgia. Such broader changes proved to be the main reason behind the demise of the village system. These broader changes are the examples of understanding the ways that lead towards the gaining the understanding about the ways through which the mill owners and the workers in Crown Mill village have experienced the restructuring of the relationships between home and work in the mid of the century.

The main reliance of the Southern Mill owners was on the water power; therefore, they used it for the purpose of building the villages in the 19th century. It was necessary for the companies and the mill owners to provide the desired facilities like housing facilities for the people so that the stable work force can be maintained. The mill owners also tried to avoid the municipal taxes from the communities in which the workers were living. The Southern mill has experienced to exercise in the town buildings even after the replacement of water by steam and electricity and the construction of the villages have continued to be rising by 1920s. According to the different conducted studies in 1934, there were almost 126 companies out of ...