Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-09-09
mANUFACTUKERS AND MECHAN-
les IN COUNCIL.
a Permanent organization Sug-
gcsted.
Move in the Right Direction.


At an informal meeting of a number of
our manufacturers and mechanics several
days ago, the following resolution was
adopted:
Resolved, That before further action is
taken in organizing an association OF
manufacturers, the Chairman and Secre-
tary are instructed to select suitable
place and invite the attendance OF all man
ufacturers in Nashville"
In pursuance with the above resolution,
the second story of Wands warehouse, No.
"a South College street, was secured and
fitted up for the purpose, and meeting
called at o'clock yesterday evening, which
was responded 10 by representatives from
nearly the entire manufacturing and me-
chanical interest of the city. The meeting
was large and enthusiastic
]. @. Wand was called to the chair, and
10 E. Brennan appointed Secretary.
Upon taking the chair Mr.. Wand read a
paper which he had prepared, setting forth
in detail the object Of the organization.
He referred to the interests of manufactur
ers and mechanics generally, and gave
some interesting statistics regarding the
amount of capital employed in carrying on
the different departments of business. He
said that oyer 100000 was expended
weekly among employees and for different
purposes, that the deposits in the different
banks by manufacturers amounted to up
wards of 100000, and in the item of ex-
change, the banks made a profit of from
So, 900 to S., 900 per week by the business
of the manufacturing public. That
out of the four thousand votes cast, three
thousand of that number were mechanics
and those employed by this manufacturing
public. He then proceeded to show that
1t was nearly next to impossible for the
manufacturer to receive the bank accom-
modations that were necessary in order to
successfully carry on business-in short that
the appeals of the manufacturer had been
ignored in this respect, while the mercan-
tile community received the exclusive
benefit of such accommodation. He advo~
Gated the necessity of presenting a bold
front, with view of correcting these evils,
and suggested that a committee should
wait on the different banking institutions,
and the one that was willing to extend as
sistance to the branch of industry repre-
sented in the meeting to receive the BUSH
ness and deposits of every member of the
association which it is proposed to organ
iZe.
John ]. McCann then took the floor, and
IN lengthy speech, endorsed the views of
the President, and advocated the propriety
of organizing bank in the interests of the
manufacturers and mechanics.
Remarks were afterward made by I. Il.
Jones, Robert Thompson and others, ap-
proving the object of the meeting.
The following committee on permanent
organization were appointed to wit: T..
H. Jones, j. L. Weskley, ]. j. Mccain,
Fred Harsh and Charles Rich.
After which the meeting adjourned until
this evening at o'clock to hear the re-
port of the committee.
There was great unanimity of feeling
among those present, and when fully Or
ganized the united strength of our work
ing men will be power in the land. There
is another question not discussed at the
meeting yesterday, which will sooner OF
later come up for consideration. We re-
fer to the PenitentiAry. The fact that con-
Wet labor comes in competition with the
enterprise of our Woodworking, honest
son of toll is wrong in principle, and
cannot remain in force beyond given
time. Let the working men here and else
where demand change in our prison la
Dor, and the powers that be will be COM
PEELED to yield to the request.