The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-28
M'KINLEY TO MANUFACTURERS.
PRESIDENT EXPRESSES CONFL-
DENCE IN THE FUTURE.

nGnI INN Laws DAAN CC'---
merce Dependent for Its Upbuiid-
ing on the People Themselves.
Must Reach out to Secure Trade
with Foreign NatiOns-Gold Stands
ard Must be Maintained.
New York, Jan. 27.-The third annual
banquet of the National Association OF
Manufacturers of the United Statess
which took place tonight at the Waldorf
Astoria Hotel, was one of the largest and
most elaborate affairs of the kind ever
given in the city. one thousand guests
were seated at the tables.
The fact that President Mckinley would
be present caused a rush for tickets.
President Mckinley was driven from the
Windsor Hotel and was received at the
Waldorf-Astoria at $3.50 o'clock by the
committee of merchants, and at once
taken to the royal chambers" Hair an
hour later he appeared in the receptions
room, where he held a levee for more
than an hour.
The banquet han was magnilcently
decorated, the tiers of boxes being drapcd
with silken banners. The Presidents
flag was suspended over the head Of ths
hles were deliberately decorated with fiow-
ers and potted plants. The dais where
the President and other guests sat was
also adorned with many flowers. From
The reception room up the broad stair
ways to the banquet room were lines OF
palms and ferns.
President Mckinley, with the commit
Tee OF thlrtyrsx, marched into the han,
the band played Hail to the Chief"
Among those who occupied seats OF
honor on the raised dais were President
Mckinley, M. lf. ingalls,, Attorney Gen.
eral John w. Griggs. Lieut.. Gov. Timo-
thy l.. Woodruff, Senator William p.
Frye, Charles Emory Smith, Warner Mil
ler President Theodore c. Zarch, ex-May-
or William l.. Strong, William c. Whit
ney and Coils Z. Huntington.
The menu cards were very elaborate.
At 1870 o'clock Warner Miller raped
for order. He referred to the youth of
the association and said the meeting would
be productive of more good than any that
has been held in this country for some
time. He said there was nothing politi-
cal in the organization. The chief end OF
the organization, he declared, was 90 ex-
tend the commerce of the United States
abroad. This association" he sald
would advocate another department an
The cabinet, namely Secretary of COM
merce."
MIR. Miller then introduced Theodore Q.
Zarch, president OF the association. who
spoke briefly.
The widest enthusiasm prevailed when
President Mckinley was introduced. Men
stood in their seats; women In the boxes
waved their handkerchief and the up
roar drowned the speakers voice. The
cheering and clapplng OF hands were re-
doubled when a toast was drunk to the
President.
President Mckinley spoke slowly, and
was plainly heard In every portion of the
hall. HIS reference to the cold day In Gin
cinnati, Jan. 22 1895, was received with
laughter, which broadened into a perfect
roar when he spoke of the extension OF
business instead of notes.
President Mckinley said:
Mr.. Toastmaster, Members of the Man
ufacturers Association and Guests: For
the cordial character of this greeting I
return my thanks. The genuineness of
your welcome is full compensation for hav-
ing left Washington at an unusually busy
season In order to participate In this in
teresting meeting.
II scarcely need remind you that we do
not meet as strangers. Neither your busi-
ness organization nor your social reunions
are altogether unfamiliar to me. / have
been wssh you before not as a guest as
now, out rather In the capacity of host.
l recall that as Governor of the state of
Ohio It was my pleasure to welcome you
TO the city of Cincinnati on Jan %, 1895,
at the initial convention of The Manufac-
tuTtTS Association. i Wen remember tn6
occasion. It was a cold day. You had
lost everything but your pluck, or thought
you had. Courage was the only friend
your grief could call its own. ] note with
satisfaction your improved appearance
now. You are more cheerful in counte-
nance more buoyant in spirit, more hope
full in manner and more confident In pur-
pose. Then, too, there are more of you
here than there were at your first meet
ing. Distances are, of course, the same,
but travelling has been resumed. Your
speeches and resolutions at that first con-
vention were directed mainly to the ques-
ton of how TO regain what you had lost
in the previous years, or, II that was found
impossible, then how 10 stop further loss.
But your object now, as l gather il, is 10
go out and possess what you have never
had before. You want to extend not your
notes, but your business. / sympathized
with your purpose then; am in full ac-
cord with your intentions now
II ventured to say at the gathering re-
| ferred TO, as reported in your published
proceedings, speaking both for your en-
| couragement and from a profound convic-
| tion: This great country cannot be perni-
| anently kept in a state of relapse. l be-
| lleve we viii reoccupy the field temporarily
lost to us,.and go out to the peaceful con-
| quest Of new and greater fields of trade
| and commerce. The recovery win come
slowly, perhaps, but 1t will come, and
when 1t does we will be steadier and bet
ter know how to avoid exposure hereaf-
] ter
II have abated none Of the faith / then
| expressed, and you seem TO have regained
/ yours. National policies can encourage in
| dustry and commerce, but II remains for
| the people to project and carry them on.
1 IL these policies stimulate Industrial devel-
/ opment and energy, the people can be
| safely trusted to do the rest. The govern
ment, however, Is restricted in its power
| to promote industry. II can aid COM
merce, but not create 1t. 1t
can widen and deepen its rivers,
| improve its harbors and develop Its great
| national waterways. but the ships to sail
| and the traffic to carry the people must
| supply. The government can raise reve-
nues by taxation In such a way as win
| discriminate In favor of domestic enter
| prises, but II cannot establish them. 1t
| can make commercial treaties. opening to
| our manufacturers and agrlculturists the
1 ports of other nations. 1t can enter into
/ reciprocal arrangements to exchange our
| products with those of other countries. 1t
can aid our merchant marine by encour-
/ aging our people to build ships OF COM