The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-30

From out of town there We're present:
Asher Miner. president Wikes-Barre
board of trade; l.. b. Jones, secretary
Willies-Barre board of trade; w. H. Ma
liza, secretary Pittston board of trade;
Benjaming Harding, president Pittston
board of trade; George 3. Smith, presi-
dent and A. d. Blackington chief engi-
neer Erie and Wyoming Valley Railroad
company; John w. Aitken, Carbondale;
j. r. Gardner, New York city, vice-pres-
dent of the Hillside Coal and Iron COM
pany; C. +. Spencer, Honesdale; l.. c.
Holden, New York city, the architect
of the new Board of Trade buiulding; +.
NJ. Kirby, of Wilkes-Barre; John Ban
chette, Italian consul at Scranton.
e. L. Fuller was chairman and f. G.
Coursen, ". c. Won Storch, Charles
Schlager and c. H. Pond, other men,
bers Of the banquet committee, whose
active agent Secretary Atherton has
been. That the committees effort was
seconded by the Hotel Jermyn's able
management was evidenced by the
splendid quality of the MENU served
with great efficiency by an augmented
corps of walters. In point of variety
and general excellence the menu was
the best that has been furnished in re-
cent years in Scranton a q semi public
banquet.
MERCHANT AND MINISTER.
No better choice could have been
made than that of DR.. Giffin to respond
to the toast THE Merchant and the
Minister" That character is some
thing better than cash, was the nub
of his talk. He agreeably disappointed
those who had heard him on two recent
occasions and expected to hear a series
of ripping story lore; he told the sto-
ries, but did not lose the opportunity to
remind the business element that good
ness and gold must go hand in hand.
He was not at all mild in inSinuating
that the business element could be BEN
Gifted by getting acquainted with the
ministry. The wife and preacher can
not guarantee a ticket to paradise, but
a good many men will have a welcome
within the golden gate on the ground
that the applicants wife was known to
the clergy.
THE New Building" was the toast of
Mr.. Sturges. He was brief, but vivid
in his comparison of the little town of
twenty-five years ago with the Scran-
ton of today, In his remarks he por-
trayed in a realistic manner the city's
great StflQeS.
After Mr.. Torrey had finished his in
reduction of Charles Emory Smith,
whose toast was "Reciprocity," Mr..
| Smith arose, but was forced to post
! pone a beginning or account of the
| long applause that greeted him. 1t was
| fully minute before he was allowed
| to proceed. Everyone present, appar-
| emily, recognized in him the most i'm
| portant speaker and showed it by con-
| tinued plaudit. When he had oppor-
| tunlty he began. He said:
| L congratulate you on this brilliant
| occasion. This anniversary marks an
| auspicious epoch in the history of the
| board of trade and of the city of Scran-
| ton. The growth and development of this
| enterprising and thrifty city is one of
| the glories of Pennsylvania. It's vast in
| dustrial establishments, its stately struc-
ures it's varied and progressive enter
priseS constitute q matter of pride to
| every citizen of the commonwealth The
| progress of the city has been the adj
vance of your great organization. The
march of the one has kept pace with the
march of the other. And tonight as you