Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-11

NEW HAVEN, CONN, October 10.-Soon
after the excursion party returned to the
train last night, in Hartford, the rain began
to fall, and steady down pour lasted until
the cars started for Collinsville at 1880
o'clock this morning. When that place
was reached the rain ceased. The sun made
its appearance, and the quarter OF mile
walk through the fresh country lane run
ming from the station to the works of the
Collins Edge Tool Company was enjoyed
by the party.
AS time pressed it was necessary to make
the visit too short to afford a proper oppor-
tunity for complete understanding of the
complicated processes through which the
steel passes from the ingot to the shining
broad-ax or slender machette, and the South
and Central Americans saw for the first time
how the bush-hooks and machettes with
which they are so familiar are produced,
and learned with surprise that one-half of
the 900 employees engaged in these works
were making Spanish axes and tools for
shipment to South and Central America.
PRESENTED WITH KNIVES.
After the inspection of the works the
visitors were presented with souvenirs con-
sisting of metallic pincushions of oxidized
silver and with murderous-looking bowie
knives. At 10 o'clock the train was again
boarded, and the party started for Meriden,
which was reached at 11;30.
Mayor Wallace, at the head of the Re-
ception Committee, led the party from the
train to the works of the Meriden Britannia
Company, where the evolution of plated
ware from blocks of white metal to the fin
ished product was witnessed. AT the huge
brass mill the party saw the workmen pro-
ducing 1000 hanging lamps per day, and
later were taken to the Meriden Opera
House, where there was display of goods
which had been manufactured in the town.
The range of goods comprised hand coffee
grinders, exquisite onyx and brass goods,
iron vises, bronze clocks, iron screws, har-
ness goods, pianos, cut glass, guns and rugs.
Many of the business interests distributed
price catalogues with trade discounts plainly
printed, and these were eagerly taken by
the delegates from the South.
WELCOME AT NEW HAVEN.
At 1890 o'clock places were resumed on
the train and at P. NJ. New Haven was
reached. Mayor Peck and committee re-
ceived the party. Thirty-eight carriages
conveyed the delegates from the depot out
from the city and up to the top of East
Rock, which is being laid out by New
Haven as park. Here the foreign visitors
saw the finest sweep of American scenery
that has vet greeted them.
Descending again into the city, the Yale
College buildings we're visited. In the old
library hall President Dwight briefly well
that they should be received in that place.
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brotherhood of mankind.
Education and religion made all peoples
one. He welcomed the Southerners as
friends. They were strangers in their coun-
tries. In their language, and, in some de-
gree, in their customs. But the freedom
which embraced the peoples OF the Western
Hemisphere made all men fellows and
brothers in freedom. Each membezof the
party was introduced to President Dwight,
and all were then driven to the train to pre-
pare for the Chamber OF Commerce banquet.
ANOTHER BANQUET.
At the banquet this evening President
Dowell, of the Chamber of Commerce, pre-
sided. After an address of welcome in
Spanish by Prof. Knapp. of Yale, ex-Sena-
tor Henderson responded for the Con-
gressional delegates He strongly urged
that after the Congress should ad-
journ. one of the new wsr ships be
loaded with the goods OF our nation
and sent South to be unloatled among the
merchants there, that they might see the
goods and learn the prices, and be convinced
that reciprocal trade would be well for them
and for US. That would he what Yankee
would call business. and lne (the speaker)
professed to be man Of business. Gap
plause.
President Dwight. of Yale, next spoke
briefly. He dwelt upon the relation OF the
university to the people, and welcomed the
delegates as citizen of Connecticut and a
citizen of the United States. Delegate
Calderon, of Columbia, in Spanish, ex-
pressed the good will Of his people to the
United States, and his hope for closer re-
lations.
The guests were then driven to their train,
which leaves during the night for Spring
field, Mass.