Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-10-05
A WONDERFUL DISPLAY
BY the Charitable Me-
ChaniCS Association.
FORMALLY OPENED TODAY.
MANY Special Features of Interest to
Progressive Women.

BosToS, Oct. 5.-The eighteenth trien-
nial exhibition Of the Massachusetts,
Charitable Mechanics association was
opened with appropriate ceremony this
noon. Addresses were made by President
o. NJ. Wentworth Of the association, Rev.
DR.. Lorimer, Governor Russell, repre-
sentative of the city government OF Bos-
ton and other distinguished guests.
Governor Russel's remarks were brief.
Mayor Matthews was unable to attend,
owing to other engagements, but he sent
representative Governor d. Russell
Brown of Rhode Island is the only other
representative of the New England Quin-
tet who is present. He is accompanied by
Brigadier General Dyer. Colonel II. Mar
his staff Following is
President wentworth's Address;
II is to me pleasure as well as an honor 10
we, ONE the official representatives OF our be-
loved commonwealth and this goodly CON-
pany of citizens on the opening Of this, the
eighteenth exhibition Of the Massachusetts,
Charitable Mechanic association. In the olden
times. wnen 10 fight was the principal busi-
ness Of the world. and when men exchanged
blows rs we do dollars, special gatherings were
held where chiefs and knights exhibited their
skill at arms for the Joy Of success, and espe-
cially for the approval Of the ladies. These
tournaments OF the middle ages frequently oc-
currod, and their record fills many q page OF
history. II must have been an imposing sight
10 see the champions clad in Furnished steel,
attended by page and squire, entering the
lists, admired of all beholders. What excite
ment must have been felt by the spectators
when the battle was Joined, and when horses
and men met in the fierce shock of conflict!
But my tongue 10 not eloquent enough TO
adequately portray such a scene, and l refer
10 il only as furnishing an instructive back
ground and perspective TO the
Happier Example OF Competition
naugurated here this afternoon. As war
peld its festivals, during which il illustrated
Is resources and its genuis,so peace has its cell
ebre tons when il collects in friendly rivalry
and generous emulation the achievements
II Skill energy and invention. Such the great
Worlds fairs have been, such the Column
Dian commemoration will be in Chicago;
and such is the exhibit opened in these
hslls this afternoon: and who shall
say that these contests are not more glorious
and more full Of hope 10 the world than all the
splendid chivalry of mimic battle? Here we
show how steel and iron can be better used
than for killing men; and how life can be
rendered more tolerable 10 the million, not
how il can most effectually be destroyed.
Here we have a foregleam Of the coming age
when "spears shall be beaten into plough
shares and swords into pruning hooks" and
when battle ships shall be melted down and
broken, that the material may be used for the
building Of railroads and the construction Of
useful machinery. To this arena we gladly
welcome the competitors, and on their work
we invoke the candid Judgment, not alone Of
men, but also Of the women, whom with the
q Il - f..ss n n
the lists may be permitted 10 give as our
common battle cry, revised version of Bri-
laip's: "St George and England"-"St. In
luftry and Massachusetts,, and God defend
the right"
II is in no spirit Of vain glorying that ex-
press the opinion that the present exhibit sur
passes any Of previous years held under the
auspices of this association. To the manage
mcnt does not belong the credit, or at the
best. only a very small portion of It. Were IL
otherwise, IL would signify our dear old COM
monwealth was tagging behind in the march
of civilization. II our manufactures and arts
have kept progress with the advancement
)f our times, then this exhibit ought 20
present
Tangible Evidence of the Fact.
Should the public discern no marks Of inn
provement In our productions II we have not
perCeptibly gained on predecessors, degen-
crate craftsmen are we indeed, and the out
ook for our city and state must be- discour-
aging.
am quite sure, though, no such disappoint-
ncnt awaits our friends of industry. Move up
and down these stately halls; scrutinize, study,
md predict you will be astonished and graf
fed at the strides made by mechanical genius
md by honest toll, and confidently | expect
he testimony that Massachu husetts still holds
.he foremost rank among the governments for
originality and persevering and intelligent
labor.
am not going this afternoon TO refer in any
offensive manner to the relations that exist
between masters and men in the domain OF
.oil. Discordant notes are not for this jubilant
occasion. IL is not unnatural, being human,
that misunderstanding should arise between
employers and employed; but while there are
,ome difficulties, there is much of good will
md generous sentiment uniting them. They
ire not at war, but are more closely allied
han. possibly they suppose. There are two
hands in the work Of building up the country.
let them not destroy each other. We who,
through frugality and industry, have become
employers, desire the public, in studying this
exhibit, 20 remember not only the inventor
md the master mechanic, but the artisan
through whose plodding, monotonous toll,
shape has been given to ideas. plead for
Due and Proper Recognition
" the part played by the humblest child OF
oil in producing what shall delight your eyes.
And may not, In conclusion, he permitted
% say that those who have been successful did
iot rise 20 any positions Of prominence and
,ffiuence by any other means than those still
ivailable TO the mass Of working people. They
we're poor and had To eat the crust, and toll
,hro ugh many weary years. BY this memory
et them be consderate of those who are now
iependent on them, and by their exemple let
,very laborer take heart of courage. and be-
ieve that by sobriety, frugality and virtue, he
700 may become as they; and let all our fellow
,itzens Join heart and hand In honoring arts
md manufactures on which the glory and
prosperity of our commonwealth 80 largely
eepend.
The huge building has been put in
thorough repair and many improvements
will be noticed. A special feature, which
,as cost the association about $4,000, is
he
New Electrical Piant.
The entire basement has been relaid
With three-inch cement-concrete flooring
and a mammoth Buckeye engine, three
1ew dynamos and the largest upright
steel boiler in the city erected along the
north side. Switchboards make IL possi-
Die 70 light each department % the build.
ng separately. Sixteen hundred incan-
descent lights and 22j arc lights are now
n use by means Of the extensive electric
plant.
An interesting exhibit arrived from