The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-06
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
South American Visitors Inspect the Big
Workshops Of Massachusetts,.
They Are Pleased and Surprised at the In
genuOus ~IAbOr-Saying Machinery Used
in Making shoes-Banquet at Boston.

BosToN. Oct. 5.-The delegates IN
the Administers congress. arrived IN
Fall River BY the steamer Puritan al $50
o'clock this morning. On the steamer they
were cared Tor under the direction of chief
steward George Rice. The aft end of the
great dining-saloon was reserved for
their use, and privacy was obtained
by stretching W immense Amer
lean flags across the room The decora-
tion in the saloon consisted of flags
OF Al S0utn american nations, draped
at Z o'clock, and arose two Iours later.
some time was spent in speech-making.
Most of the addresses were made in the
native languages Of the delegates, Spanish
pelns snt thi more common tongue. At 7:9O
Boston on special cars. attached to the reg
rlar 7:30 train. There were no re-nresenta-
tives from the municipal government
presens az sne wharf to welcome the dele
gates 20 this city. Considerable feeling
has been aroused among the local manu-
fsct1rers on account of the apparent slight
by those In charge, of allowing the dele
gates 70 pass the greatest cotton-manu-
factuains poins on this continent without
three cottOn-mi1ls Ia il
At 300 o'clock this morning the
party arrived at the station in Boston.
wnere tnsy We're welcomed by Mayor Hart
ana ME- Cooiiuge, ono of the American del
egates, who win direct the city's entertain
menf OF the delegates. Carriages were pro-
yided to convey the members to the Hotel
venqolne. Inc party was roomed at the
tepdome, ana then sun their car
riages, headed by a squad of mounted police
and escorted by, the Mayor and delegate
Coolidge, started on their day of inspec-
ton. The first stop was at the Central
1oss Welcomes I1.nusdn1 DO for boys. tn visitors
the school Board, and escorted throughout
the vast building. The day was a holiday,
but In anticipation of theIcoming of the
~snngulsned foreigners, many of the pupils
what Is perhaps, the finest school in the
United states was seen to great advantage.
The inspection concluded, the party board
ed 2 tram, via the Fitchburg railroad. for
The delegates, who had breakfasted at
Gas O'Clock on board the Puritan, were nun
cry when they got off the train at Waltham,
wnere the watch factory is. Superintend-
ent Robbins led the party at once to a col
iasion spread within the Office parlors,
while outside, upon the smoothly-cut grass
OF the lawn, a band played Central and
South American airs. The music drew al
most the entire delegation to the pen win
players busy; and when the visitors were
informed that the members of the band
were employees of the company whose
Euests they were their astonishment was
lowed lunch, and the establishment was
carefully examined. The Brazilians were
particularly interested in O completed
watch whose rim and cases. indeed, the en-
tire piece save the metal movement, was of
Brazilian pebble-stOne. The cost of the
watch is $500. the cost of working the
mora than hinty crystal constituting the
chief expense. Edward Everett Hale was
of the party at Waltham.
After the watch-works the visitors went
to South birmingham, where the works of
the Para Rubber Company were inspected.
AT birmingham all the population of the
town, outside of the factory-workers, ap-
peared to- have turned out. The school
children. dressed in their holiday clothes.
were drawn up in q double line, and as the
delegates passed between the lines little
girls stepped forward and pinned a bouquet
on -eyery lapel, while the boys cheered
their handkerchiefs- These marks of at
tention visibly affected the foreign visitors.
and the feeling deepened as Walter Adams.
the chairman of the town selectmen,
olutions, handsomely engrossed in Spanish,
Portuguese and English. The resolutions
cordially welcomed the delegates to South
Birmingham, and expressed the belief that
the best interests of the respective govern
menrs would be promoted by the interna-
tional congress. After this Su-
perintendent Thomas took the party in
charge and showed them how the rubber
which came from their own countries in
great tough knots was metamorphosed into
I. Again the tIain was boarded, and in q
short time Ashland was reached. Here are
located the leather, boot and shoe-works of
Houghton, Coolidge 81 Co. Superintend-
through the works, and showed them the
marvelously rapid and accurate ma
ch.nery by which 5000 pairs of shoes are
turned out daily. q pair being made In
ful machines was one which seizes a piece
of wood. makee its own pegs and puts them
In a double row around q sole IN fourteen
seconds.
Boston was reached at .6:12 o'clock, and
the party returned to the hotel.
The Commercial Club CAV the visitors a
banquent tonight at the Parker House.
Among those present as guests of the club
We're Lieutenant governor iBrackett. Mayor
Hart, enator Hoar, Congressman Russell,
Der of Commerce; I'll. b. Goodwin, of the
Boston Executive Associations; Rev.
Edward Everett Hale, Ex-Governor Rice.
and many others: Speeches were made by
delegate Zegarra. of Peru: Mayor Hart,
Observation-Disclosures Bracket. John Hen
derson, ofSt. Louis; Bolet Peraza. of Vene-
zuela;: y. 3. Goodwin. and others
DS S0lc LCkdIlds - Stas oPpnC WaIully
of the generous reception accorded his con-
freres In the United States, saying that he
had entirely forgotten they were strangers.
No experience of his life would be dearer
to his memory than the recollection of the
sincere cordiality and friendship with
which the South Americans had been re-
ceived in the United States.
Delegate Boleta Pereza, of Venezuela,
humorously recited the wonders of the
journey of his confreres in the past three
days. They had seen and experienced
more in that period than they could have
seen at home in q year. One of the strik-
ing things to the visitors was the study of
the simple system of government at Wash
ing and of the Constitution-that marvel
of democratic institutions subject
wholly new TO most of the sojourners. Re-
ferring to what they observed at West Point
the speaker said he hoped no young man
who was trained there would ever turn his
sword against the Goddess of Liberty. He
said that specifically the idea of the con-
ference seemed to arise from the human
mind. but in reality was a conception of the
spirit of progress. Other speeches were
made by II. x. Goodwin, Fernando Cruz, OF
Guatemala Ia delegated and members of the
club. The banquet was not over until a
late hour.