La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-03-05
ASSEMBLY OF norAsLEs.
National Association OF Manufacturers II
Annual Convention.

ASSEMBLY OF NCTABIES.
National Association Of Manufacturers u
Annual Convention.
The moral strength, financial force
and intellectual caliber of great busi-
ness organization were conspicuously
In evidence at the third annual con-
vention of the National Association OF
Manufacturers in New York, Jan. 20,
26. 27. No strictly business gathering
has ever attracted wider or more nat
tering attention. Alike in the high
order of ability displayed in the
speeches and reports of the convcn-
tion's regular sessions and In the brill
liant addresses delivered at the annual
banquet in response to the sentiments
underlined for that occasion. the u.s.
sembly OF the representative manufac-
turers OF the United States passes into
history as an event of exceptional In
terest.
1t has been remarked with much
satisfaction by some Of the free trade
editors that little or nothing was said
at either of the sessions that bore d.
rectly upon the protective tariff policy
of the present federal administration.
These gentlemen are cordially welcome
to such comfort as they shall be able
to derive from the fact that the tarin.
as such, was little mentioned. 1t is
undeniably true that the thought OF
the convention was mainly occupied
with such kindred topics as reciproci-
ty and the establishment of the Ameri-
~ r,I,, yCt n
the tariff. it might be said.
Yet there was one allusion to the
tariff which sounded the keynote OF
the conventions sentiment on that
question. 1t was when Mr.. McDougaH
OF Ohio referred to the tarih as an ac-
complished fact, a matter that had
been settled once for all, and one not
to be meddled with for years to come.
The emphatic approval with which this
statement was received by the con-
vention showed how completely 1t was
In accord with the general view. 1t
also serves to explain why the tarif
was seldom mentioned and never dis
cussed. Why should 1t be?
The interesting episodes OF the con-
vention were the admirable annual re-
port OF President Search and his de-
served reelection by unanimous vote;
the visit to and luncheon on board the
American line steamship St. Louis. of u
large body of delegates as the guests
of President Griscom of the Interna-
tional Navigation company; the adop-
tion OF resolutions favoring the uni
versal adoption Of laws prohibiting the
importation and sale OF goods that are
not branded with the country OF ORR
gin, favoring the establishment OF the
proposed international bank, indorsing
the second Pan-American congress to
be held in Washington two years
hence, and urging the encouragement
and maintenance OF American lines of
steamships as an Indispensable requi-
site in the extension of American COM
merce; the special visit OF the Presl-
dent Of the United States for the 1rdr-
pose of attending the annual banquet
at the Astoria, with speeches by Presi-.
dent Mckinley, Theodore C. Search,
Senator Frye OF Maine. Charles Emory
Smith and others, and the annual cleo
tion OF officers of the association.
In all 1t was a grand program grand
ly carried out. as well by the members
OF the association as by the liberal.
and public spirited business men of
New York, who were the hosts of the
occasion. 1t was in many ways an as
sembly of notables. for among the men
who have figured actively in the de-
velopment OF American industry and
trade to their splendid proportions OF
today. none can be named who are of
right more notable than the members
OF the National Association of Manu-
facturers.