New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-06
Tur r1r1oRg xATIoNAI EXCHANGE.
MAYOR GRANT DELIVERS AN ADDRESS OF
WELCOME.

,,AvoR GRANT DELIVERS AN Address OF
WELCOME.
e.. ON pv,ne and precise enbodfments Of tho
,..st fashion mates assembled In tbe Commanoery
Poems of Masonic Temple yesterday morihs 10 ue
hate with each other various questions pearlhs upon
the nroblem of masculine attlre' III was tne .niu
-. oorvsnt,on OF the Merchant Taors National
=, ~. United states, and those present were
,..aS tor tIventy4two different American cities,
extending from Boston to San fraucisco
At 10 O'Clock President Andrew Patterson OF new
vorL alI.d tbe convention to order and introduced
MAYOR Hugh j. Grant, who delivered an ADDRESS Oh
welcome to the delegates. He said;
Tailoring has como to be Lsry man vaiERg
on the Strand in London, or on the bouiovnru IN
Paris You instantly res9sela finish h q bis attire TIE
r+ 20 tbe Tailor has made wonderfully rapid strides
during the last few ysaTSs has u altogether disappeared
{gns are prcsneroIs win the tailor. He can 90 to
Europe every year No and he dresses IN style
bsi would nut solomon Of CID to the blash am glad
70 these signs Of RTo'Pe N ne name Of the CITY, 81
New-York bid your convention nearly welcome
The MAYORS remarks were received with enthusl-
aato aplause and before he loft the han no received
moro than ono offer l.. repienished wardrobe as a
recognition OF his courtesy. President Patterson @on
made his opening address he s@h mat 'no oo'o0' ..
the National Exchange was to unite the members on
s craft throughout the country, and to provide means
for creating better feeling between employers and
employees. He deplored the fact that worKmen IN the
tnorne business IN the United states did not get that
experience IN their youth which the increasing al
vancement of the trado demanded thus making neces-
sarv the employment Of foreign skilled labor. HOW
ever. the Exchange was endeagoTfng TO overcome MS
dtfaoulty he said by establishing trade"schoois In
which Young men could be instructed in all branches
~ the business Mr. Patterson said that the present
c5,t svsteu was tho chief bane Of tho entire business
ana Suggested that talors should follow tho example
s,t nv other trades and send out their bills regularly
once a month
Tho charmen oi the delegations made repo'ss CON
CORNING the condition Of elr local exchanges THESE
rcntlemen .yInced remarkable Hing for tho humor'
ous dn of life and Kept the convention in continuous
ianphter with their references 70 those sueetoorner
tns 1rbnse cbief aim in life was to wear good
clothes at tie expense OF some unhappy tailor Inc
SIcago fave said that IN his exchange tho
members report the OF these peacedes troIers
e. zach meeting and the then posted IN Toe
evcbanoe rooms The Pittsburg exchange adyTtses
snch Accounts for sale the first Of the year. and II no
body else buys Il the exchange buys II N and enVor
tisos n again on the following year.
These reports showed all Of the local exohanges 70
n. On honr5shnQ condition. with increase In total
n recess was taken and luncheon was served The
SESSION will be continued today with discuss ons on
trade schools the tariff. foreign affairs. and labor
ro-nirbt Inc members and their friends VII attnd q
usrfofmance OF The Old Homestead At Tho Academy
Of Music IN body.