Birmingham state herald., 1895-10-25
THE F|FTY-HRST SESSION Of the New England Cotton Man.
 ufacturers. FIRST SESSION ON RECORD That Has Been Held Outside the New England
 States. MUCH GOOD WILL RESULT FROM IT President Collier Made an Excellent Speech, Showing the Great Advantages of tho South for the Manufacture of
 Cotton Goods.
MUCH GOOD WILL RESULT FROM IT

Atlanta, Oct. 24.-Two hundred and fif- ty members of the New England Cotton Manufacturers association met in the auditorium at the exposition this morn ing. This is the fifty-first session and it is the first that has ever been held out side the New England states. The party came in last night in a body. They are being looked after by committee of the exposition directors and the Georgia Manufacturers association. at whose in- stance they came south. After the morn ing session the members saw something of the exposition. Tomorrow afternoon the ladies of the party will be entertained by Mrs Ed Peters and the gentlemen will be dined at the Kimball by the Georgia manufacturers.
 President Goodale presided at the bus mess meeting. He presented Mayor King and President Collier of the exposition. both of whom welcomed the visitors to Atlanta President Collier quoted Ed ward Atkinson, who stated recently that the effects of the first cotton states ex- position held in Atlanta in 1881 had in- fluenced cotton manufacturing through out the whole world. There are today. said he more cotton mills in single southern state than the entire south had
 
 President Collier declared that there is not a we'll managed cotton mill in the south that does not pay good dividend on the money invested. He added that the south has given notice that 1t in- tends to aim for first place in cotton man. ufacturing in the world. We do not ac- cept the dictum which comedies to the south unrivalled advantages for the man. ufacture of the coarser grades of cotton goods, but debars her from competition with New England in the finer grades. We are in this race for every prize that can be won."
 President Goodale responding for his association, said that their reasons for making the trip were several One was to see the south and the products which are distinctively its own.
 Another was to see the magnificent ex- position now in progress and to see the city capable of conceiving and perfecting such an undertaking. But the most inn portant was that we of the northern states might come in contact with the manufacturers of the south
 Mr. Goodale said that the keynote of this meeting would probably be the pres ent methods of ginning and baling cotton and the improvements that are vitally necessary Mill building in the south will be exhaustively treated. In closing MT. Goodale stated that the south's ad- vantages in the manufacture of cotton are numerous, WllH tilc di the doors of the mills and cheap coal among the principal expenses. Labor is abundant. but as yet the south has not , the walking delegate. "Yet we of New England will stay in the business. There is room in the business for both of us and in a closer association of the two sec tions great good may come"
 The Woman's Press Association.
 The Womans National Press assoca- o+; ;,,o hal nf ha 1T,'c building this afternoon. Mrs. H. B. Per ny, the president, was not present, but her paper was read by Mrs. North. the cor responding secretary. Mrs. Marian Long, fellow ODonohue read an ode dedicated to Atlanta. Papers were also read by Miss Pike of Washington, Ruth Ward Kahn of Colorado. Dr. Marbel on "Wom- ans Contribution to Medical Literature, Mrs. Cromwell, Cynthia F. Cleveland on "Press Women and Civil Service Re form" Mrs Hamilton also read paper written by Miss Terrence. The assoca- tion meets again tomorrow.