New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-19

appointed TO !nquire what additional duties could
G er p ths aed upon those articles the" duaoe
~ IN" next meeting Il the society that com
petition Which va DTered m be presented to the
LEGISLATURE Of New-York. II must not be forgotten
this state was liked ~ the e Legislature Of The
State. The society then Instituted correspondence
with other similar societies in this state quote
the exact words from the record, OF the petition
For the purpose of united effort to further
system OF encouragement to the manufacturing ana
mechanical interests Of the country in the enact
ment OF such duties as would restrain the importa-
ton OF articles made In the United States.
PETITION TO CONGRESS.
During that year the Constitution OF the United
States prepared and submitted to the various
States FOR their approval Under that Constitution
the levyins Of duties devoved entirely upon the
American Congress. This society then united with
others and petluonei Congress upon the same sun.
words: Your petitioners expect derive that capi-
tai al and assistance which alone can dsslpa ,s
hope OF success in the future. by imposing on all
foreign articles which can be made In America such
iaborsrs and thsreby discontinue the trade which
tends so materially TO injure them ana fnpoVer's"
l aware that soon afterward, in March. i7Ss
the society resolved 20 hereafter take no part ~
their former acton in favor Of protective tartd
aadced .iind nowhere any @ord IN me such
The committee first appointed did report and the
society adopted petition to the New-York LeSiss-
ure setting forth with precision what legislation us
duties transferred from the Legislatures OF ne
states to Congress; then this society loiheu VIII
OF the United states Their action was complete
and their position clearly defined .,,ou
Of all here present is this At least one hundred and
tbsr raics knnTedre and rare good sense
forth the Kind Of duties that should be levied IN or
posing all foreign articles which can be made IN
cnce TO American laborers" After one hundred
and eight years OF study and experience the entire
philosophy q protection can be expressed no De''er
than by that one short. terse sentence.
FULLY UNDERSTOOD THE QUESTION.
II IS surprising that those men fully understood
this question one need not wonder that Hamil-
ton so early formulated bill "for the purpose OF
fostering American industries" No wonder that the
George Washington. as President OF the United
States signed ne same TIE whole way , haa a mem
Versary We celebrate here tonight ,,
The whole protective system rests upon i sSpa
benefit OF American laborers upon articles. the ike
OF when can be- produced in this country Those
founders evidently believed In the doctrine that the
first duty OF American citizens IS to take care OF
themselves. Their motto has been, our country
frst: the rest Of the world later on" ,..,,.,.
the oraniz1iSn u Of MS sSc5iy tsi In accordance
with that fundamental doctrine they PROVIDED LOT
the care Of tho widows and orphaned children OF
their own members before they gave assistance to
duty to taem was the more sacred For precisely
the same reason every good man Will provide ior
and take q his own wife before he does Of any
other mans wife.
Perhaps I should apologize for contnlns my .r re,
marks 50 closely 20 the sentiment given me as tnere
seems to be sort OF unwritteii law which forbids
person at banquet from saving ANYTHING about
only apology for doiag so Is this When discov-
cred mat the founders of this institution had taught
m 80 he
have been teaching and preaching, the good society
in which / found myself pleased much that
could not withstand the temptation 70 come here
and tell yOu about IT. The man does not I'VE VINO
does not like sometimes to be caught in good com
Il rleases me to believe that the present members
It's society SIN cherish and believe the pure doc;
r.ue taught by those early founders and the cordial
notions here tonight warrant me IN assuming that
such IS the case.
EDUCATIONAL FEATURES.
"The Sociefy's Educational Features. the School
and Lecture" was the theme OF the next SPEAKER
the Rev Samuel \. Eliot. Speaking on this SUBJ
jrct he said The educational features of the society
were among its most admirable objects. There was
nothing more valuable. he added in the work Of
the society than the help It gave to the ambitious
young man through its scholarships. TO Improve
his condition In life. Continuing. he said:
l. 70 that at the present day We have
tne Young people 10 manual labor. The majority OF
our young men nowadays seem desirous OF TURN
have seemingly no wish for manual labor. Ihey
sock fortunes through speculation rather than nom
est work / am afraid that there is existent in our
land sort Of pernclous conceit which seems to de
cry the responsibility Of the manual arts. But It
l. prejudice without foundation and with no rea-
son whatever. II j. unworthy of our democracy.
do not know ything about the coming woman Dut
| prophecy that this cOnceit Of which have spoken
viii decline ana that the coming man IS going to
be- man OF labor.
APPLAUSE FOR ANDREW CARNEGIE.
Andrew Carnegie was greeted with loud applause
uron his rising TO reply 10 the toast Of The So
cioty'~ Refining Influences Through Its Library" In
par; he said:
think the library is the best 10 which
mans surplus fortune can be- devoted. For tnls
great reasOn-that II gives nothing for nothing. II
fa!tn in that indiscrminate giving which generally
passes FOR the name OF charity II m.re often IN
the very evils that II Is supposed 10 avert
while the library does nothing for nothing
When Mr.. Carnegie had finished and the applause
had sufficiently subsidized. the postmaster intro
duced Edward II. Kendall. OF the American 1nst-
tutc OF Architects The toast assigned 10 him on the
list The Relation Of the Architect to the Societys
Work." was changed by the speaker, ana ne tdlktI
the Members OF the Society to His own Work as
an Architect" His remarks were highly natterlnS
20 many members of the society.
The next speaker was the Rev Dr. Aoraham .
Palmer whose theme was THE Societys Patriotism
and Public Spirit" The main idea embodied In ms
remarks was that the hero Of the ."ty was
the man who always I'd his duty for duty sake
Slas - butcher he last speaker OF the even
civ Of BROOKLYN" lie only spoke Tor a Few mo-
mones as the hour was already late
TUF trDTENCE NOBBED THE ACTORS.