New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-23
THEY ALL WANT HIGH TARIFF
SILK MANUFACTURERS RESUME HOLD
ING ANNUAL DINNERS

THE FIRST ONE FOR SOME YEARS HELD Last
EVENING IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS BY
CONGRESSMAN JOSEPH L. BARBOUR,
C. A. cADMUs AND OTHERS
After the lapse OF four or five years the MEM
bers Of the Silk Association OF America re-
newed last night. at Delmonico's the holding Oh
their annual dinner. Stagnation in the trace IL
said to have been the cause or the suspe"''o"
OF the festival. and It's resumption last nisn' oe
tokens something OF happy tuture' tha' INC
silk Industry like the silk-worm. Is emerging
from the chrysalis that has enshrouded IL our
ing the last few years. After-dinner speeches
were far from being the rule with the SILK mer-
chants and manufacturers who assembled under
Delmonico's hospitabe roof last night without
exception the theme OF the speakers was tarH-
strict, hard high tariff each one contehueu
was absolutely necessary for the protection ana
prosperity OF the silk and other Industries OF 'he
country. and the hearty applause which these
utterances received last night demonstrated that
the silk producers Of America are as unit on
this question.
With Colonel F. W Cheney the president OF the
association, at the guest table were Congressman
C. A. Cadmus Paterson). Congressman J. +. Stew
art Paterson. the Rev W. W. NOR. General H. I.
King 03rooklyn) Judge Francis Scott Paterson)'
Congressman Joseph L. Barbour (Hartford). Charies
H. Webb Congressman John r. Buck IHartford)
and ID. Richardson. while among the others pfeseh,
were Joseph wadsworh. Henry Doherty, RusseN
Murray. f. J. Becker, John Grimshaw, j. X. Aleu-
d. j. Sheehan J. w. Harding, John h. Hopper
Arthur Pyle Henry C. Knox, J. w. Ferguson. {. r.
Needing, William II. Williams. Alfred Freund, Rapn
Rosenheim. Charles II. Smith. William BARBOUR II.
W. Gedhll. Charles A. Agnew. w. g. Scott ,. j.
Watson o. De Forest. Waiter Bamford, Joseph
Ramford T. Elwood. Kora Arai, Kudasai Morimura,
~ Hagasak. ~ Wakeman. A. B. Strange. H. u.
Cheney A. c. Jennings. William Macfarlaae. "
Arakawa Richard Ericsson. W. c. Kimball' H. j.
Hoguet ~ Norton. VI. Bedding, II. 4. Van liew,
H. NJ Hume T. Holden Smith Arthur warner
william Skinner. jr. Joseph Walker. Max lager
huber Robert Hoguet. G. F. Homer, w. hahan,
Isaac Elseman. George Andrea, T. Fergus Ernest
Greet, r. Arai Doshin Samuel Bumenthal. H.
l. Schaum. D. A. Ihlnger, william h. Raynor,
John Doweu, p. J. Gallagher. Amos Greene, Emil
Greet John r. Curran j. 5. Cheney. K D. Cneney'
ir r. O. Cheney, Jacob Workman. B. Richardson.
r. Hiss r.. 10TH Joseph 10th. j. H. Loe"ensteln.
Joseph Godmark. F.. Grund. II. W. siruss, l..
Neuburgcr F. G. Richardson. Rudolph Weidman.
I " Cheney @. Farley jr, X %. Cheney A.
TIT, G Lambert william Strange, J. c. Read
Frank Frost Ter. VI. Uyend and william "oerts
with the advent Of the coffee ard cigars the
chairman opened the oratorica part OF the evening
| He said:
II is a long time since we have met together In
conviyallty AZ W. are met tonight mink per-
hans we may trace the suspension OF our annual
sshvai 10 he cold wave which hoaed over US and
cbisG ~ a. the marrow afcr the last Presidential
election (AppauscD Put the fact That We are
br,e to.nlshi once more IS evidence that We are
again emerging into sunshin" ana prosperity
After the President Of the United states had been
toasted with musical honors j. r. stewart was
Introduced ny Colonel Cheney to speak To the toast
~ ,'The United States Congress" He devoted him
self exclusively to the subject Of the protective
tariff and said among other things
remember many years ago before the clvll war:
hearing Roher, g Winthrop respond 10 Hn'lhr
~ Ifr whatever
comlng4 II shor'd be- cherished IN our h'Hts anI
defsnici hy our hearts Sow. don, know OF any
better defsncc Tor our country than n protective
,arly II Is AT once a poetic inspiration and philo-
sophie ru,a Some cav wa cs the P instinct Of SELF
preservation that God has gwen VS. 'en,n "a a
cred duty 81 ~ ali to control and keep our own
markets As member 81 the eAt t,o.s' ~ i. wv, x
he nv privlege to carry out the views have eN-
pressed and press the enforcement Of the Monroe
Doctrine FOR the pres,rVat9n %, as the hyons
~ America But those who know paterson KNOW
that has far ,b. a warsn in the World And
"mnhatcally | say the protective tarr ala this.
AMI ns pro,fG H re IS by tSs foreign hands
s STSa' W haSsiY was conaue-Si Npplause)
= 4 cadmus also spoke 10 this toast. and spoke
IN \ ,omewha, similar strain. He also urged that
.,,.,,,,g should be done in the next Congress in
the direction OF the settlement OF the silver ques-
ton.
Colonel j W Conglon. who was received with ap-
plause was extremely fellcous in his remarks IN
respons. to the toast. our Country-ihe Lana OF
the Free"
The two following toasts the state o, New-Jer-
sey and Her silk Industry" and the New England
States the cradle OF the American SIX Trade
were respectively ntrus;ed 70 the care OF Congress-
men J. W Scott and John r. Buck. and both were
emphatic on the necessity OF securing an adequate
protective tarn
Congressman Joseph l.. Barbour likewise confhed
hts utterances on The American System-home
Markets FOR Home Industry" to the subject OF high
tariff. lie concluded
I'VE believe that for every yard OF cloth made IN
n foreign country and brought here u pe sod thete
is yard JESS cloth 10 be made IN this c)Intry; mat
for every dollar which pay for 'oreiSn .aoor We
pay "A io.iar less to orr own wageearners' tnat
II il as plain as that two and two make TOUR that
II under a .ow tariff Europe sends Us slN"o.r|
worth OF goods. and pay for them. We nave the
goods and Europe has the money, H. under n hish
tariff the FOR. IN goods arr kept out ana American
manufacturers make that Sl,oo0o.0o worth OF goods
and pay American wOrklngmen for making them.
and they sod here. We have the goods ana the
money. too" .,
State ard CITY II NewYork" Genera u. C. King;
The SIX Association of America. w. Strange
and d. Richardson, and the Ladies.in Silken
Sheen-Our Best Friends the Rev. W. W. Nor.