Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-01-16

The semi animal session of the Morocco
Manufacturers Rational Association
opened in WebBter's dancing academy,
Eden Hall, on Thursday. Besides the
members representing tho local morocco
establishments, the following were
present:
New York;. NJ. Kerrigan, nj. q. Kerr
sisan, George L. Rose, Frank McDermott,
Martin Dennis, William j. Howard, Ben
iauiin II. Day, William II. Burbanks.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. A. Muir, score
.aiy; John A. 3eltzer, w. 8. FELTON,,
Henry Burke, Henry Holmes, John X.
Evans, Robert X McNeeley, Walter
Pierson, A. A. Guiges, Charles Heiligman,
Charles Finck, o. W. Matthews, d. f.
Shoemaker.
Boston-Fred. Pevear, Noble Roscoe.
Baltimore-M. 3. Atkinson, treasurer.
, Lynn, Mass.-A. B. Morton, FL. A.
: Valerie.
f. W. Eorcrosg, representative OF the
Shoe and Leather Reporter of New York.
y. N. Hang, Shoe and Leather Facts,
philadelphia.
James snodgrass, Shoe and Leather
Reoieso, Chicago.
The Wilmington members and those
invited as their guests were as follows:
j Parke Postlsa, CHARLES Baird, w. s.
Quigley, William Bush, g. Parke PoEtles,
+. J. Ford, W. j. McOlary, L. P. Bush,
Jr., James =. Dobb, William G. Jones,
Charles Il. Jones, W. l.. Ohilds, Robert
Baird, w. X. Croaby, Joseph Pyle, w. V.
Bond, George W. Chambers, l. L. Quig-
Icy, George Buokius, J. Winfield Scott,
James Scott, H. B. Chambers, Frank
Pyle, w. w. Pusey, Robert II. Jones,
Martin Bendenkopf, Charles Beadenkopt,
j. Barton Cheyney, Watson II. Sperry,
John M. Solomon, Il. r. Moody, CHARLES
W. douert, Mayor Austin Harrington.
There were about SO members CT the
association present when President j..
Parke Postles called the meeting to order
st H. As o'clock. Immediately after roll
call the association entered upon an
executive session, which continued until
afternoon.
AT $50 O'Clock. the members and guests
sat down to an elaborate banquet in the
banquet room OF Eden Hall.
The discussion OF the dinner served by
Caterer Graves in Eden Hall banquet
chamber consumed the entire afternoons
session of the semi-annual meeting and
was characterized by the pleasantries OF
repnrtee and informed addresses.
The menu was
Oysters on half shell.
Cream OF celery SOUP.
Gold salmon. Tartar sauce.
Cueumbers.
Hot boned turkey with truhes
Peas. Potato croquettes.
Sweet-bread cotelettes.
Roman punch. Cigarettes.
Larded quails. Dressed celery.
Terrapin. Dressed lettuce.
Roquefort cheese. Fancy Ice creams.
Waters. MRoeroons
Coffee. Cigars.
After the coffee had been served Chair.
men Poatles, president of the assucistion,
who wan seated ut the head OF the table,
and welcomed the party upon ASSEMBLING,
called forth the eloquence OF the ay
He employed some neat incident or RS.
ferred to some past occasion frequently
and brought the several postparandial
speakers 10 their feet in the best mood
FOR their task. Each speaker called was
given tumult OF applause as he aross
and all his catchy utterancea were simi
iarly rewarded.
NJ. s, Kerrigan of New York, one Of
the veterans of the association, was frs.
called. eIe expressed pleasure at aRatt
meeting the manufacturers in Whining
ton, urged every one to do everything il
his power TO further the inteYests and
perpetuate tho association. TO the younE
mon he especially committed this work
He referred to the fullnesa of Whining
toms hospitality and to the cordial wei
come always met with here.
Edwin Barrett of Boston when intro
duoed stated his desire to come TO VII
minRton bad impeiled him to leave a sioh
room where la grippe had held bin
vieim two weeks. lie amusingly likenet
Eden Hal to the Biblical garden, eXeep
that il had no snakes, no banquet ana tn
nrt of cooking terrspin was unknow,
" there. He was glad to see SO many o
N hts brother lambs in business so nea
u Paradise and expressed the belief that /
was the nearest approach many of then
would make this side OF the "Goldei
river" Tracing the antiquity OF tn
business of morocco making he asserte
x tLnt parchments made Oi the skins o
poatB had been found and proven 10 hav
4 asn made A, 200 years before the Chris
= tian era This historical statement CAV
"A rise to succession of Rrcans and exca
nations strongly indicative OF the fac
k that the association was akeptical Of tn
speakers back numbers. Referring I
the trade he asserted thgt il had hold il
own during the past three years aEd til
manufacture Of morocco had been so d(
veloped in this country az to practical!
drive 1ut all foreign competition.
Eidi Ok Bailey OF the Shoe Gha LeGthd
4 Rsp5r 81, took mp the preceding speaker
reference to the Garden of Eden, and in
dnlged the audience with some brigh
raillery. He said he had never met b.
fore any one who could go into the d.
tails of the Garden Of Edan before, br
was glad to be brought face to faoe wit
q man who could relate Of person.
knowledge concerning the piacs. Il
had always understood there we're thEt
people In the garden, and was now COL
n viaced that Barrett was tho third perso
: in that historic orchard. VITA thi
q knowledge at haud lie must other thin
better of the snake faulty or worse I
Barrett. He galiGntly paid a oompiiro1l
to the beauty of Wilmington's daughter
t and was delighted at the apparent OPP
lenGe of the manufacturers which vi
manifest on all siae3.
A. b. Martin OF Lynn, Mass, dive
upon the beauty of that town and ups
its industries, especially .ho branch 7
lRting to the morocco trGdl. 1t oontal,
more soles than Philadelphia ana NJ
York combined, na 1t MAKES 5000 u
" pairs of shoes every year, ead contnt
80 morocco factories The recent ii
had only temporarily crippled tile tow
but there was yet enough leather 81
ahoes obtsinable there to supply all
mRnds.
Joseph Pyle expressed an emphat