The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-10
TENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION
NATIONIL ASSOCIATION OF RETAIL
 BUTCHERS IN SESSION HERE.

Western Leagues win be Formed Considerable Business to be Trans- acted,
 The tenth annual convention of the National Retail Butchers association morning in room IA of the Insurance building. c. E, Hart, chairman of the local committee, welcomed the dele gates in the name of the local butchers. The Rev. George Foster Prentiss offer ed prayer. Mayor r. B. Farnsworth, who was then introduced, made short address of welcome. He said that the fact that the butchers had selected New Haven showed their very good sense. and he welcomed them cordially. He referred to New Haven's history and said that 1t was the refuge of the first butchers who crossed the Seas-the Regtcides. He made a most pleasant reference to the convention and was applauded warmly.
 Adam Sattig, president of the state and local associations, welcomed the delegates in the name of those organ izations, saying that the Connecticut meat men were always ready to show their town to their western friends.
 The first vice president, Joseph Cal 1anan, of Springfield, Mass, in the ab- sence of President James Franklin of Buffalo, responded in behalf of the as- sociation and accepted the welcome. All the officers were present except In- side Guard Joseph Simons of Buffalo, and Outside Guard Eckert Gottscham- CT of St. Louis. As all the sessions of the association are held in secret 1t was then voted that the meeting go into executive session, and Charles H. Steele of Springfield, Mass, was ap- pointed guard. The rules of order of the last convention were adopted. About il o'clock President Franklin arrived and the reading of his annual report was the next in order. This consumed about an hour and was full of matters of interest to butchers. Ad- journment was taken at 12 o'clock.
 The afternoon session was called to order at o'clock. After the appoint ment of several committees several hours were consumed in discussing grievances. Department stores, trading stamps and other matters which have had tendency to injure the business of the butchers were the subject of the speeches.
 The committees appointed were: Gre dentials, E. S. Adams of Norwalk, Joseph F. Callahan of Springfield, To Co,,,ocfoyeI of pnohaSter John H. Schofield of St. Louis F. J. Wallace of Meriden; policy, James C.. Milleman of Brooklyn, George F. Kel- logg of Hartford, E. s. Adams of Nor walk, James Comerford of Rochester, and Charles H. Steele of Springfield, Mass; auditing, w. S. Magee of New York city James F. Callahan of Spring field, Mass, c. F. Hart of New Ha ven; special committee on grievances, H. J. Haley of New York, James Com erford of Rochester, Joseph K. Callahan of Springfield. Ira w. Stillman of Danbury and Lewis P. Zent of Buffalo.
 The committees will report at the ses- sion to be held this morning commence ing at o'clock. The special committee on grievances is to report some method whereby some of the things which the butchers consider detrimental can be disposed of.
 Last night about sixty of the dele gates of the local organization took a trolley ride to Savin Rock, where they enjoyed a light luncheon served at Stewards.
 To-day there will probably be three sessions, one at 8, a. second at and the Ioc Iaop ,.i, he, reports of the committees appointed yesterday the advisability of forming an eastern and western league will be the principal topic for discussion. It is more than probable that the move < will be made and that the eastern league will comprise the dealers in the eastern and part of the middle states, while all others will be in the western league. Until this matter is definitely disposed of officers of the national as- sociation cannot be elected. If two leagues are formed a supreme council, to be composed of representatives of both leagues, will be organized. This division is sought by many more from an economical standpoint than from any other, as the expense of holding a national convention is much greater than many suppose.
 According to the prospectus the ob- feet of this association is to unite in one brotherhood all retail butchers in fresh, salted, cured or smoked meats, within the states and territories of the Tinted States of America for the fol- flowing purposes, to wit:
 First-To protect their common in 4arests as retail butchers and those of 4he general public in the matter Of deal ing in, slaughtering, handling and sell ing meats designed for human food. md to see that such stock be so slaughtered and the flesh so handled as to serve the highest sanitary condition thereof for human food.
 Second.-To oppose by the whole mower and influence of this association fbe policy and action of those-whole- sale meat dealers-that are infringing 7non the retail butchers trade, by re- 4ailing to hotels, restaurants, boarding boarding houses or directly to the con- sumner.
 Third-To elevate the retail butchers business to a. standard commensurate with it's importance to the general pub lie. ...