The earliest towel factory in China, Shanghai Sanyou Industrial Club Towel Factory, was founded in 19 12 by Chen, Shen Jiucheng and Shen Qiyong (according to the data, it was also Shen Jiucheng, Chen and Fang Zhida), and the triangle brand towel produced soon became the first textile factory with large machine production scale in the history of China. "Sanyou Industry has developed from a small workshop, and it is difficult to start a business." Chen Lifang, an old man living on Yangshupu Road, and his brother Chen Liping (who has passed away) are both old workers of Sanyou Industrial Co., Ltd. "My brother worked in Sanyou in the early 1930s, and I entered the factory from 65438 to 0946. Most of our early workers were Chen's fellow villagers, some brought from Ningbo and some recruited from Shanghai. " Chen Lifang, 84, said.
19 17, Sanyou Industrial Co., Ltd. purchased 30 mu of land in Yangshupu Yinxiang Port, and plans to build a large towel factory to compete with Japanese company Donghua Towel Factory. After discussion by the board of directors, the towel was named "triangle" card, and the pattern consisted of a circle and an inner triangle, which meant that the three people shared joys and sorrows. "Triangle" brand trademark is also registered in Beijing Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce. The whole towel factory invested 654.38 million yuan. 19 19 The towel factory set up a factory in Chuansha, adding more than one wood machine 100.
Chen, founder of "Three Friends"
Chen, the head of Sanyou, hired Zheng Zulian, who had just returned from studying in the United States, as the first factory director. They changed the bleaching of the original yarn to the bleaching of the cooked yarn, which improved the water absorption, hand feeling, whiteness and yarn degreasing of the towel to a new level, which was an innovation of bleaching and dyeing process at that time. Then, Sanyou Society continued to carry out the research on towel fancy. They improved the red and blue towels that have been produced for many years, printed the words "good morning" on the white plain cloth with bright red dye, and printed the font size for big customers free of charge. Later, the graduate students of Sanyou Industrial Company produced novel and unique multi-piece woven paperback bath towels.
Pan said: "These three tricks have greatly improved the quality of domestic towels ... Triangle towels are favored by users and even exported to Southeast Asia." Breaking the monopoly of Japanese enterprises on China towel market, the products are sold all over the country and then to foreign markets.
Triangle brand towels sell well all over the country, which makes the Japanese iron anchor brand towel business decline and unwilling to fail. Japanese businessmen use cheap policies to compete for the market again and bring 200 single towel irons. Shirley and towel factory produce iron anchor towels in large quantities with cheap labor between Gaolang Bridge on Huade Road and Lanzhou Road.
Sanyou Industrial Co., Ltd. improves product quality and reduces costs. In the climax of advocating domestic products and boycotting Japanese products, "love to use domestic products" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. In less than three years, the Japanese company Ruihe Towel Factory was forced to close down due to limited sales, and the Japanese brand Iron Anchor Towel completely withdrew from the China market on 1923.
Soon, Sanyou Industrial Co., Ltd. bought Hangzhou Uni-President China Cotton Mill and Ding Xin Weaving Factory and changed them to Sanyou Co., Ltd. Hangzhou Branch. Sanyou Industrial Co., Ltd. won the "Third Gold Medal (Textile)" at the Philadelphia 1926 World Expo.
Triangular towel box
After the "September 18th Incident", the workers in the General Factory of Sanyou Industrial Co., Ltd. established the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Association and organized the Sanyou Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army, with more than 400 participants. Chen personally served as the team leader, and the team members made uniforms at their own expense and practiced before going to work every day. Volunteers also posted a huge poster on the high wall in front of the factory with the title "We must recover the three northeastern provinces", depicting a volunteer soldier aiming at Japanese soldiers with a pike.
"Sanyoushe towel factory is next door to Donghua towel company in Japan. There is a Japanese Marine Corps and a lookout in the factory. Japanese people can see the action of Sanyoushe towel factory every day, and they hate it. Since then, Sanyoushe Towel Factory has been regarded as a thorn in the side. " Chen Lifang said. According to historical records, on the afternoon of 1932 18 18, five Japanese monks, including Tanizaki Qisheng, played drums and bells in front of the towel factory of Sanyou Industrial Society on Mayushan Road (now Shuangyang Road) and threw stones at the factory. His behavior attracted the attention of the volunteers in the factory, and the volunteers followed him. When Tianqi Qisheng and others fled and fled to the vicinity of Zhao's house, they were intercepted and questioned by workers.
At this time, Takaji Tanaka, the head of Japanese secret service, and the thugs hired in advance by the female secret service Yoshiko Kawashima disguised as workers and mixed into the volunteers, slamming Japanese monks with stones, causing one death and two injuries, and framing Sanyou industrial social workers. This is the sensational "Japanese monk incident".
In the early morning of the third day, more than 60 Japanese ronin group "Japan Young Gay Association" led by Japanese gendarmerie captain Chong Jun Qianchun attacked Sanyou Industrial Company, set fire to six factories, damaged 24 looms, killed 1 arrested by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and injured two people.
After the war, Takashi Tanaka said in his confession that he knew Sanyou Industrial Company was "very productive and a base for anti-Japanese activities", so he asked his "trusted woman" Kawashima Yoshiko to "kill the charity monk of Rilianzong in the name of this company" and take the opportunity to "make some tricks".
1on the evening of October 28th 1932 1 1: 30, the Japanese army launched a war and occupied Sanyou Industrial Co., Ltd. the next day. The "Japanese monk incident" became the direct trigger of the "1.28" incident.
Burned "Sanyou" factory building
Soon, the Sino-Japanese War broke out in Songhu, and the general factory of Sanyou Industrial Corporation was destroyed by Japanese artillery fire, with all the equipment destroyed and extremely heavy losses. 1June, 932, Sanyou Industrial Co., Ltd. was forced to stop production. /kloc-War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression broke out in 0/937, and Hangzhou fell in 0/2, and the factory was occupied by the Japanese army. The Japanese asked Chen to be the maintenance president of Hangzhou, but he refused to accept it. He hid in the Yang Meiling cave in the suburbs and sneaked back to Shanghai. 1938, the Japanese side specially sent people to Shanghai to propose the cooperation conditions of "* * * saving * * Rong" to Sanyou Industrial Co., Ltd., but Chen flatly refused. At that time, Shanghai's "Shen Bao" and other newspapers rushed to publish Chen's patriotic behavior.
In order to maintain the life of employees of Sanyou Industrial Company, Chen manufactures and sells Chinese medicine in the concession and sells cotton cloth as an agent for other factories. It didn't last long 194 1 When the Pacific War broke out in February, the Japanese army invaded the concession and imposed economic rule, so Chen had to live at home.
"It was the most difficult time for the employees of Chen and Sanyou Industrial Co., Ltd.," the old worker recalled, but Chen always closely United the workers around him, secretly supported and helped some workers join the army to resist Japan, or supported workers' activists to engage in underground anti-Japanese activities.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Sanyou Industrial Co., Ltd. resumed production. Triangle brand towel is a patriotic anti-Japanese brand with good quality, so it sells well all over the country and enjoys a good reputation in Southeast Asia.
1950 In August, patriotic industrialist Chen lived a rough life in Jinchunli Staff Dormitory, Xinchang Road, Shanghai, at the age of 66.
Sanyou Industrial Co., Ltd. implemented a public-private partnership on 1954 and changed its name to Shanghai Sanyou Industrial Co., Ltd. Factory. 1962 changed to a professional towel factory, which has been producing and manufacturing towels.
"Sanyou" retail department
Chen, also known as Chen Manyun, 1885 was born in a small businessman's family in Cixi, Zhejiang. My father, Chen, travels around Jia Sifang all the year round.
When Chen was a child, he went to a private school in his hometown. /kloc-When he was 0/5 years old, he went to Shanghai with his father to make a living. He first worked as an apprentice in a three-balcony grocery store in the suburbs, and then transferred to Ganxin cigarette and paper shop on Jiaxing Road in Hongkou as an apprentice. Chen, a little boy, is conscientious and willing to use his brains, winning the respect of the shopkeeper and leaving the store as a waiter after finishing his studies.
On the eve of the Revolution of 1911, the ideological trend of "saving the country by industry" surged, and Chen, who was concerned about state affairs, was influenced by it and sprouted the idea of saving the country by industry. After long-term careful observation, Chen finally found a way to start a business. At that time, western powers dumped goods into China, and foreign goods were the only daily products. In 19 10, the import of foreign candles reached one million yuan (one yuan equals 1. 1 14 silver), and foreign candles replaced the old oil lamps and earth candles in China. The wick of Chen Faxian foreign candles has been exclusively distributed by Rizhongtong Foreign Company. Although the asking price is high, the demand exceeds the supply. Chen, who has worked in a cigarette and paper shop for many years, believes that we can start with this project with light cost and simple production process and embark on a career journey.
19 12 In April, he found two partners, one was fellow villager Shen Jiucheng, who was an apprentice in Shanghai Gaoyuxing Candle Shop, and the other was Shen Qiyong, a relative of Chen, who was also working in Ganxinxiang Cigarette Paper Shop at that time. The three of them spent all their money to raise money in 450 yuan, rented five cabins in Dingxingli, Shiqing Road, South of Hengbang Bridge, North Sichuan Road, bought a 10 manual wick car and started to manufacture foreign wick. The small workshop was named "Sanyou Industrial Society", which means "Sanyou Cooperation, Industry Saving the Country".
One year after the factory was opened, Shen Qiyong jumped ship and the split share structure disintegrated. Soon Chen Lvfu, a fellow Chen, contributed 2 100 yuan, which was increased to 2,400 yuan, and the name of the factory was added with the word "Meiji". As soon as the product came out, the wick of "Sanyou" quickly opened the market with the advantages of low price and high quality.
By 19 15, the production scale of "Sanyou" has gradually expanded. At the end of this year, "Sanyou" was reorganized into Sanyou Industrial Co., Ltd., with a capital of 30,000 yuan, and a three-storey factory building was built in the south of Hengbang Bridge, with workers 100. "Three Friends" made its debut in the domestic market.