The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-09

had got 30 far advanced in the business
that my employers allowed me TO sell
corned beef, and last, but not least, j knew
that the Butchers and Marketmen's AS
ISOLATION was lover OF good government,
and as long as am Mayor OF the flourish
Ing city Of Providence. / shall do all
that l can to assist IT, and in fact any
organization OF n similar character"
G. w. Powers OF Morris Bro. s Beet Co.,
was the next speaker, and said that, DUR
ing the year 1894, As, 9i7 beef carcasses had
OF Providence. lie figured 1t out that
2222 cars were used TO do this and IL tho
cars were in a single line they would
cover 100 miles OF track. The value OF
the beef was q, $50, 900.
The same gentleman said that about
1876, 900 carcasses of mutton had been re-
ceived and distributed, which showed that
about every person in Rhode Island ate
ebout one lamb or sheep q year. and
statistics showed tEat each citizen OF
Rhode Island consumed about 302 pounds
of beef and lamb year.
w. w. whipple said that but few per-
sons knew much about eggs, for, said he
in this country six hundred million doz-
ems of eggs are hsndled each year, which,
il laid end to emo, would reach 40, 45a
miles. This vast mum ber Of eggs is worth
$500. 600, more than the entire wheat crop
OF the country. Mr.. Whipple knows
thing or two about butter, for he said
that there were from three to five car loads
received in this city each week. Hens
and chickens, he said, cut quite a figure
in this State. He advised ell to sell at
small profit so that small dealers in the
smaller cities would come to Providence
for their supply OF these commodities.
Andrew Comstock, president Of the
Hammond Beet Company of Chicago,
gave the rising generation of marketmen
and butchers a little sound advice. He
told them TO be honest and not bother
about the number OF hours that they were
obliged to put in. William L. Knight.
president of the Rhode Island Buinesss
Mems Association, said a little about
-four, gave all OF the members OF the
Butchers and Marketmen's Association a
the association that he represented, and
said that with the united effort of every
dealer in the city PROVIDENCE could be
made one OF the greatest distributing
ports in the world.
Then for change Attorney General f.
Z. Dubois was called upon. His speech
was timely ana brimming over with wit
and humor.
The next speaker was Mr.. Charles
X i'm bali OF the firm OF Kimbsll & Colwell.
His subject was pork. -Four concerns in
Providence handled all Of the pork,
which was $1,000, ,0Oc pounds, or $50 car
loads, and the value was about 2, 900, 900.
William T.. Smith, the last speaker,
told how many barrels of potatoes, apples,
onions. turnips, etc, came into the city,
the total value OF ell being 81, $50, 250
annually.
The banquet hail was then deserted for
the dancing parlors, where the young
and the old made merry until well into
the morning.
During the banquet Reeves Orchestra
was stationed close ny and rendered de-
lightful concert of six numbers, ard the
same orchestra furnished music for dane
ing. The gentlemen who were in charge
last evening are as follows: A. g. Baker,
u. A. Sayles, W. Il. Wall, &. W. Powers
and G. III. Peltee. The reception commit
tee were George c. Leonard, Charles W.
Powers, Joseph l.. Holmcs, II. b. 1.
DimmiclS and James 8. Tourtellot. W. T..
Wall was in charge of the dancing, and
had for his assistants T. 5. Delano, j. l..
Holmes, c. W. Randall I. c. Glsdding
and William L. Cloudman.
The officers for the association are as
follows: President, II. X. Clark; vice
president, W. W. Whipple; secretary, Il.
). Delano; treasurer, Edwin Tetlow;
chief MARSHAL. George G. Leonard.
Among the invited guests of the even
ing were f, a. Twitchell, president, and
Walter ID. Harris, secretary, OF the Busi-
ness Mems Association OF Olneyville; A.
{. Doves, editor OF The New England
Merchant, and A. #. Carpenter, president
of the Butchers and Marketmens Asso-
citation of Boston. All in all il was the
most festive occasion and one that was
thoroughly enioyed by all.