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THE PULPIT OUTPUT.

Dr. Riddle Tells of the Preachers Turned
Out in Pirtsburg-NTore Than Yale or
T'arvard-His Dream of Municipal I'm
ProveEent.
Rev. Matthew Brown Riddle, who re-
5pondcd to the toast, "The Clergy" was
introduced 'as a gentleman who was born
in Pittsburg, and whose ancestors on both
sides of his house were identified in church
and school with the highest and best tradi-
tons OF Allegheny county and Western
Pennsylvania, and the mention of whose
name could not fail to revive the pleasantest
recollections in the minds of all familiar
with the history of this section" Dr.
Riddle said:
Iron is great and strong, but men are
greater and stronger. So lar as / have n
J. l-ht to be heard tonight it is because
have, through myself and my ancestors,
heen identified with the production of
trained men. 1t is plain from what has al
create wealth and commerci Il prosperity.
aud in developing brains the clergy have
been, certainly in this TeriC I, q most inn
pOrtant factor. 1t is not knoN n to many of
SuU that Allegheny county rms out more
ministers yearly than Harvard or Yale
good IN the raw material, sad l may add,
good ia tie finished product. Not always as
centers oi good influences and civiliza tion
wherever they 20. These men have n COM
IIerclal value; they deve .op brains in their
parishes; they create p market for your
products. They are 2s well educated as
those IN any other profession. And they do
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their work at less cost We turn them out
at less cost than in Eastern schools, though
perhaps that is not to the credit of Pitts
burg. My right to speak is based upon tho
fact that 1 belong here. love this city. L
love to dream of it as beautiful city in the
future. II has every advantage for becom-
ing so. We preachers believe that the way
to the heavenly Jerusalem will he made
easier by making our cities more like the
ideal picture of that distant CITY. Such an
ideal this occasion may help us form Ana
if we here present would honestly purpose
to make our city more like such an IDEAL,
this beautiful region from Highland Park TO
the heights above Brunot's Island might be-
come like the dream of Pittsburg in the tut
ure which 1 love to cherish.
1 would like to see that ugly stretch above
the Exposition building converted into
beautiful park it should be. There are
only two or three property holders stanolng
in the way and they might be induced 70
withdraw their opposition. And then L
would like to see two great, broad ana Deau-
tiful bands of boulevard reaching out either
way from that point, enclrcling our city ana
reaching out to the limits of its confines.
/ am reminded of Heidelburg in the still
alton of Pittsburg. But beautiful as IS
Heideiburg, my dream of Pittsburg is far
more beautiful. My heart is full of Pitts
burg and despise man who don't want to
make it more beautiful and more desirable
Not to make 4 speech, but with all the
earnestness of my affection for my native
place, appeal to you, gentlemen, to stand
shoulder to shoulder in the endeavor to
make our cities, in outward beauty as well
as in material wealth, worthy of our love.
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the position in the branch he has chosen,
and this is generally the case with the man.
ufacturer. The tableware industry is the
riety Of articles made and their frequent
change in style. Our wares find their way
into many of the foreign markets. and it is
the only branch which is not affected more
or less by foreign competition. Two-thirds
of the pressed tableware made in this cOun-
try is controlled by Pittsburg manufactur-
era.
The manufacture of chimneys in Pittsburg
followed the discovery of OIL and the guam
tity and quality of both have increased in
about the same proportion. When we think
of the thousands of lamps that are burning
fitted up with Pittsburg chimneys, VIC have
something to be proud of. The nanufact.
urers are striving for South American and
Australian trade and are meeting with con-
siderable success.
The bottle industry was one of tho first
industries of Pittsburg, and it has always
maintained its reputation for first-class
goods. Tho growing demand for bottles,
which includes fruit Jars, has stimulated
our manufacturers to the building of larger
furnaces, so that now the furnace of few
Considering how early we are taugh the use
of botales is it any wonder that it takes a
large production to supply the demand'
Within few years the manufacture of
window glass has been almost revolution
lied by the introduction of the tank furnace
and its appliances which have not only
increased the production, but improved the
quality. For several years the English man
ufacturers have used the tank with varied
success, and it required considerable nerve
and ability on the part of the gentlemen who
introduced it here. The time is not far dis
tant when the old-fashioned window plant
will be thing of the past. The plate glass
industry in this country has had to fight its
way against the old establishments of
Europe, who were loath to lose the best mar
ket on the face of the globe. There is no
question that they have Il rival now in the
large plants in this vicinity, whose product
will compare favorably with the best French
plate that was ever made.
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THE MISSION OF THE PRESS.
1t Will Do It's Part in the Work of Making
Greater Pittsburs.

aGreater Pittsburg.
T. j. Keenan,, Jr., in talking to the toast
of "The Press" said:
The real mission of the press on this occa-
sion is, take it. to record the proceed dings:
like the bound boy at the husking to make
itself useful rather than conspicuously
loquacious. l hope that it may be its privi-
lege to record many similar proceedings in
years to come, for occasions such as this are
often pleasant means toward practical ends.
AS to the present halcyon occasion, it must
be regarded as something more than q
stereotyped feast of reason and flow of soul,
1t is the first serious effort to lit Pittsburg
out of selfsatisfed lethargy which is
beginning to show itself in the census re-
turns. Pessimists have argued that Pitts
burg is too far from the coast ever TO be-
come q metropolis. Yet how many Of the
great cities OF the earth have been seaports?
True, in most cases, they have been built on
navigable rivers that lead directly to the
sea. As, for instance Rome, London, Paris,
Vienna and Berlin; but has not Pittsburg
her waterway 10 the Gulf of Mexico? The
Ohio may still be full OF distractions for the
navigator, but the work of Improvement is
already begun and will be prosecuted more
vigorously as its importance dawns upon
the Congressional mind.
Pittsburg should not allow the world wide
reputation OF Monongahela whisky to blind
her to the fact that water is, after all, the
best steady beverage for her constitution.
Give her a navigable stage of water to New
Orleans nine months in the year, and let her,
through her proposed canal, tap the vast
commerce of the lakes and Old Smoky will
spread herself until even the Windy City
will grow green with envy, Mckeesport and
Braddock will be downtownand Greensburg
and Beaver Falls will send Councilmanic
representatives to City Hall. With their
combined circulation of almost 200, 0OO the
newspapers of this city reach 1000, 900 read
do TO n,f
Pennsylvania they supply with news vast
district, embracing Eastern Ohio, Western
New York and West Virginia. Combined
they should WELD an almost irresistible in
fluence. In the work of pushing Pittsburg
to the front they will stand shoulder to
shoulder with the Chamber of Commerce.
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GUESTS AT THE BANQUET.

Names of Prominent Pittsburgers Who
Partook OF the Hospitality of the
Chamber of Commerce-Every Seat at
Eight Long Tables Filled.
The list of guests at the banquet contains
the names of the men most prominent in the
business and professional circles of Pitts
burg, as follows:
Table A-President George A. Kelly, Hon.
H. I. Gourley, Hon. W. NJ. Kennedy, Colonel
Thomas P. Roberts, John II. Ricketson, j. j.
Donnell c. E. Speer, Robert Pitcairn, Joseph
d. Weeks, Rev. DR.. NJ. d. Riddle, c. w. Robb,
Thomas S. Bair, A. Z. w. Painter, John NJ.
Chalfant, Captain j. J. Vandergrift, Hon. B.
F. Jones. Hon. Joseph Burlington, Hon. John
Dalzell, Reuben Miller. j. J. Turner James
Means, Hon. Morrison Foster, Thomas j.
Keenan,. Jr, James Laughlin. Jr., w. d.
Charles j. Clarke, H. Sellers Mckee, Calvin
Wells James b. Scott and William j. Lewis
Table BIS. p. HARRISON, c. C. Briggs, John
semple, Jr, HoTaSe @ Lash L. . 5 Moore. J. J..
Henry He Metzser. Thomas Mckee. Hart Nc,
Kee. C,carfielu F. B. Co., ID. NJ. Anderson, J.
T. Fleming Joseph Abel and a. b. Starr
Table C-David McCargo, H. Chal ant, O,
Ricketson, j. Il. Sivcrman, II. Floersheim,
e. Frithman, William Witherow. Theodore
Sproul, Joseph Albree. General w. A. Rob-
inson, A. j. Barr, r. V. Messler, Roland
Gerry, j. D.. Bernd, C. L. Rose, W. j. FRIDAY,
Joseph A. Anderson, p. F. Smith and W. C.
King.
Table D-Hon. John F. Dravo. Colonel
+. j. Allen, Peter Dick, r. H. Boggs, E. P.
DIavo, b. F. Jennings, Sullivan Johnston
DR.. W. J. Radcliffe, Hon. g. II. Anderson,
John Bindley, Ed. Bindley, II. Bull,
mour, D. r. Speer and Bakewell Phillips,
Table E-Colonel A. P Burchfield, D. C.
Ripley, NJ. Atwood, Charles J.. Taylor, NJ.
p. Woodbridge, n. S. Woodbridge. william
NJ. Hersh, Captain c. W. Bachelor, james
Hemphill. W. A. Magee, George H. Welshons,
John 5. Scully, W. H. Berger. H. Samson, C..
c. Scaife and James E. Wilkinson.
Table De. NJ. Bigelow H. $. Paul. ].
Scott Ward, W. A. Kramer, A. NJ. Jenkinson
H. F. Davis, D. +. Collingwood, Albert
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OF GREAT IMPORTANCE.

A. r. Burchfis,d Tells of the Extent of
Pittsburg's Mercantile Interests-Fig-
ures That Tell ths Story-Tho Present
Volume of Trade.
A. P. Burchfeld treated of "Our Mer-
camille Interests" in happy vein. His
address included the following:
The mercantile interests, while secondary
to the great manufacturing industries of
this great and growing city, are of no mean
Importance. On the contrary, when col
lated from the most reliable sources, they
are of such great magnitude that he who
would truthfully present them might be
considered "little OFF, in his calculation,
and be chargeable with an attempt at ex-
aggeration. The first authentic report of
mercantile, as it was then denominated
bartering trade, of which we have informa-
tion is that OF the year OF 1908, when it was
reported as Deing S93, 020.
The first attempt to collate and present in
a full and complete form the commerce of
We consider the figures then given as being
under rather than over estimated, presum-
ing that all other lines were us much under
estimated as were the drygoods interests, of
which l could definitely judge. In this
book the commerce was reported as follows
Mining, manufacturing ana mechanics at
$lSl lUl4,CUO; wholesale ana retail trade. eXClu-
sive of professional service. agricultural
and transportation, also sales at Oil Ex-
change, Real Estate and Stocks, Sl35 3S7, GOO
Turning, therefore, to a new source OF in
formation upon which to base our volume
of trade for 1891, we find the business tax
levied and paid to the city, show the mer-
camille interest to have increased to the sum
of S277 O0S, 400. We arrive at this conclusion
after carefully eliminating from the tax as
sessed, all manufacturing, mining and me-
chanical industries, leaving only her mer-
camille interests as we report. That this is
as near correct as it is possible to present,
will be apparent from the fact that our city
authorities with increased municipal out
laws to he provided for. have assessed the
business tax in n liberal way, leaving it to
the merchant who has been over estimated
the privilege Of having it reduced by MAX
ing affidavit of his actual sales. By these
few statistics we have endeavored to place
be tore Won, the importance and mag nj tude
of the interests that have been allotted me
to represent.
We are all proud to be known as citizens
of this great Republic. With equal pride
we consider it an honor to be Pennsylva-
mans, but as manufacturers, merchants,
members Of the learned professions, or toll
ers of any kind, We may esteem it greater
honor to be part of and sharers in the glory
of this, our native city.
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CLAY AND ITS PRODUCTS

Pennsylvania Clays Noted for Their Ex-
traordinary Resistance to Heat.
"Clay and Its Products" was the subject
that ex-senator George H. Anderson han
died with credit. Here is his speech:
A common use of clay is in making brick,
and have never yet seen the man who re-
sented being called a regular brick" The
business OF working in clay is one of the
most ancient and distinguished among all
the arts The Cain Brothers were the first
of all in the business, which was followed
diligently by the senior member, until in u
quarrel about the lack of excellence in his
work he achieved the distinction of killing
his partner and being known as the first
murderer. Indeed to this day any dispute
among clay workers is aptly termed raising
changed by an ambitious hrm OF brick
makers who thought to challenge the high
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ART AND PITTsBURG.

The Word Should Not Be Used In q Re-
stricted Sense.
Joseph D. Weeks spoke upon cart and
Pittsburg" in a pleasant manner. In the
course of his remarks he said:
When we speak of art, are we not prone to
give the word a restricted meaning? Have
not our friends the sculptors. the painters,
the poets, the musicians, unconsciously per-
hups, assumed that they alone are artists
and the result of their work and that of
similar guilds artf There is a city in New
England that was founded as an industrial
city because the swlft-movin3 and rapid
falling Merrimac could turn its spindles and
move its shuttles. The Lowells, and Law
rences and Appletons, all Captains OF In
dustry," that founded it, gave to it as its
motto, cart is the Handiwork of Human
Good.h Have not our friends who deal with
the fine arts forgotten chat there are such
things as the usefu! arts. and that one is art
Just as truly as the other?
Go into the workshop, the atelier of these
PittsBurg artists, and watch the develop
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| the learning. industry, integrity which
| dignify and honor this community in the

the learning. industry, integrity which
dignity and honor this community in the
person of its Judges.
From study of your bench have learned
much of your people. Such 4 bench is a
credit to itself, but it speaks volumes in
praise of n community that has SO fostcred
and reared it. Asa general rulea community
reveals itself in its judiciary. If read the
lesson Alright it tells me, first OF the wisdom
you display in having chosen competent
Judges. Secondly, when you have found
them to be such men you have displayed
your further good Judgment in retaining
them. And lastly, your selections have been
made without political partisanship or local
prejudice. Your bench is what may fairly
be termed non-partisan. In a county born,
bred and brought up on the principles of
Republicanism, and with an overwhelming
majority two of your Judges were MEM
bers of the minority party. This fact alone
speaks well for the independence of this
community.
1t is i'll this spirit of putting the stamp of
our approval upon the work Of the bench
in the past that we toast 1t to night. 1t has
met and grappled all the questions of the
past, and this is an earnest that it will be
equal to all calls herea ter made upon it by
tho New Pittsburg which 1 believe you
have called into being tonight. toast you
1.-THE bench, faithful and true to its duty to
the Old Pittsburg, it pledges you its faith,
and tonight joins with you heart and hand
in going forward and working out the des-
tiny of the New Pittsburg of the twentieth
century,
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BILLY BOYD TAKES HIS LIFE
Suicide OF q Man Who Once Took an $500
Champagne Bath.

SUICIDE OF u Nlin w ho ObOD @Oc~ --
Champagne Bath.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 21-l Specid. j
Late last night there was brought to the
morgue the dead body of the notorious
"Bjlly y" Boyd, who was the chief figure In
extensive certificate frauds seven years ago.
He had shot himself after career OF dis
sipation that has seldom been paralleied IN
this country. Boyd made himself famous
here by taking bath in imported cham
payne that cost $500. He was customs in
spector when the bill was passed requiring
all the Chinese who departed to secure re-
turn certificates. His observations led hlm
to devise an ingenious system OF issuing
bogus certificates, which were sold here and
in Hongkong. One of his accompllces was
Whalley, who is now engaged in smuggling
opium into port on the swift yacht Hal
cyon.
Bovd spent $780, in less than year,
and when exposure finally came he fled to
Australia. After many months of exile he
came back and turned States evidence
His suicide was due to poverty, as he had
pawned all his valuables.
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Horne, E. F. Normecntt, J. I. Buchanan,
ID. W. English, w. Fl. Keech, a. j. Logan, w.
n. Davis. A. P. Childs Jr., Stewart Johnston,
]. Il. woodwell, Alex. Mcclure and 4. ID.
HOlbrook. ,,-,,,
Table Oh. p Ford. A. NJ Marshall WI
lam Holmes. b. Shea, G. A. Kelly, Jr., c. L.
FIaccus. JOHN Runette. L. F. McElroy, N.
p. Miller. G. Follansbee, J. d. Bailey, VIII
lam Roseburg, James Ccllord. j. torterHela'
T.. DeWolf, William DeWolf, j. X. Muruoch'
A. Murdoch and S. l.. McHenry.
Table III - Joseph Eichbaum, John =.
Haines, John Eaton, p. NJ. shannon, w; NJ.
Granger. H. J. Heinz A. NJ. Murdoch, John
p Ober. ]. N. Pew, George p Ba!man. A. =.
Wigley, D. W. c. Bidwell. J. R. Davis, f. X
Hum, w. C. Lyme, John c. Alrich and t.
Winter.
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practically give our coal and coke the mar
kets of the lake region, and transfer their
ore mines to our furnaces and mills, insurfng
longer continued prosperity. Some interest
has been awakened touching the necessary
equipments for the immediate future, and it
is hoped that hundred-fold greater zeal on
will stir our people rs they were
never stirred before. Hearty thanks are
due 10 Senator Quay and our distinguished
Representatives Hon. john Dalzeu and
Colonel Stone for their able and untiring
efforts to secure for this work Congressional
recognition. Let no petty jealousies divide
or slacken our efforts to secure these pro-
curing agencies of future growth and devel-
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equipment and force to relieve the suffer
ing and getting help to them" And more
than that YOU would have found the Gen.
erai Superintendent of the Pittsburr and
Lake Erie, with his own engine, crew and
construction cars, and Il large force of his
own railroad men, ut the back of our worthy
townsman, Mr.. james b. Scott. doing heroic
work in bringing order out of chaos.
The railroads of Pittsburg do not need to
make promises for the future. They refer
you to the past, which on the same line we
hope to continue, if not improve upon, and
will never rest until we give the city of
Pittsburg the best railway service OF any
city on the globe.
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Judge Jos. Ba1inoton. perhaps no other
member of the bench would. My coming
among them is so recent that I
should scarcely be classed among
their number. The faithfulness of their
work, their position in this commun-
ity. the esteem with which they are
they stand-in all this have had no part or
lot am this free to spe.k since my words
are not those of self praise, but rather the
statement of q quiet observer who comes
among you and tells you what he finds upon
your bench. am glad to have this public
opportunity OF bearing testimony to you of
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SATURDAY.. MAY %. 1922

ment OF some OF their works OF arr Iness
adaptations of things in the natural world
to the uses of man." in which our city
abounds; what genius, what imagination,
what knowledge, what technique are re-
uuired to adopt these natural things to the
uses of man. And when a noble machine
stands finished, what beauty in its proper
tions. what adaptation in its parts, what per-
lection in its relations. when, some morning
the artist stands looking at his crea tion
in all its beauty and its possibilities, and
with turn of his hand sends into it its life.
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Collector John F. Drdro. bilities of water
transportation. Located at the head
waters of some 10000 miles
of possible river navigation with an open
passageway TO the great seas and water
lines reaching more than half of the terri
tory of the Republic, Pittsburg has grown
to be n e reat city, renowned center of in
dustrial activity.
All great commercial and manufacturing
cities are born by water. They line the
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ParasO1s or Umbrellas
For Memorial Day.
Gentlemen's Furnishings.

The largest stocks of Mems Fancy
and Negligee Shirts-more styles
than ever before shown. A special
exhibit of pinks and blues. Prices
81. 50 and upward. Scarfs and Sus-
penders to match, in wash materials.
Mems Washable Neckwear, all
new, 25c, 35c and 4oc each. All
shapes and colors.
Mems Gloves, Hosiery, Handker-
chiefs, Umbrellas and Mackintoshes.
We sell the best White Shirts. All
of the Star makes, from 81 up. Our
own "Stag's Head" Laundered or
Unlaundered White Shirts lead all
ST Shirts.
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ways. ;" He said:
From earliest time
men have been en-
gagged in striving to
utilize the waters of
land and sea as
means for the dis
tribution of the pro-
ducts of the earth,
nor will their efforts
cease until human
ingenuity has ex-
honStnd %hn ~1a,,
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d. G. Ripleju.

Mr.. Ripley's speech was short. but it was
full of encouragement for the future. What
has been done is gooG and more is to be ac-
complished. Mr.. Ripley was well received,
and among other things he said:
Pittsburg is practically the birthplace of
successful glass making in this country, the
early in this century Its products are di-
vided into five classes, namely: Tableware,
chimneys. bottles, window glass and plate
glass. The process of manufacture differs
in the various branches to such an extent
that workman is only competent to fill
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tion of tableware
glass manufacturers,
had been assigned
the subject, " Our
Glass Industries. ;"
He speaks with an
experts knowledge,
as he has been as
sociated with the
glass interests of the
city since boyhood.
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OUR WATERWAYS.

Surveyor of III, Port John F. bravo
Speaks of the Wondrous Possibilities
of the ship Canal-A Potent Factor In
Building Cities.
Hon. John F. bravo, Surveyor of the
Port, responded to the toast "Our Water