Evening star., 1900-10-17

Pres Idcnt ID. VI. lIhoTN >SOn
country had peace at home; that the prob
lens and struggles of the past few years
practically had PASSED away, and that the
future gave promise of continued peace.
You are to be congra tula ted the Secre-
tary continued. that the standard of
money is fixed and established probably
on an enduring foundation. You can make
contracts with people at n me, with people
abroad, both parties 10 the contract know
ing what the terms of money mean in
which those contracts must al lat be set
lied"
Secretary Long Extends Welcome.
Secretary Long. in his welcoming speech,
said in part:
You ieure. ent onc Of the great govern
ing forces Of the country, not you alone
but you and the great body Of capital and
of labor which is associated with you.
You represent h,r,. Understand. not only
s51n.HJoob of capital, bat you represent an
Infinite amount II Iapur--Dt inc artisan
skill Of men EhO work with their hands; !;
who make the grea. body pG!t.c which de-
termines our economics and when Ge err
mines what IaWs shall b fashioned for the
interests Of the people. y gu represent not
only your own accumuia tiun, but the dccu-
mutations which, through your hands and
paid out by you. pass into the hands of
the great body of labor which you employ
and from tnem INTO the community which
furnishes them their supplies. This vast
amount Of money and labor which you rep
resent, not only in your Investments, but
in what you pay for labor, finds its invest
ment again in the bonds and securities
which our government advanced and Tor
the stability Of which the avs Of the coun-
try are responsible. SO this gathering OF
intelligent progressive men IS representa-
tive of some hing more than their own arts
and their own lire Of business. IL is repre-
sentative of the best progress OF our peo-
pie 1t represents capital, labor, invention,
skill, thrift, saving and the securities of
country.
Commissioner Wright in his paper on
'"rhc Factory as Element In Social
Life" asserted that factory life rather than
being a degrading influence was an upiift-
ing one. He said that ii had taken the New
England and English farming girls, the
Irish immigrant the French-Canadian and
the Swedc successively, and had lifted
each class up to a higher standard OF nv
ing, the operative in each case leaving the
factory for something better. In the south
il was doing the same thing Tor the poor
or classes of white citizens
President ThOmpson's Address.
President Thompson made lengthy ad-
dress After outlining the object Of the
meeting he emphasized the necessity OF
business men taking full cOgniZance OF the
vital issues which are to be settled in the
pending campaign. Upon this subject ne
spoke, in part, follows:
Il cannot conceive the full measure OF
advantage 10 the silver mine owner IN MS
proposition Of a parity OF silver TO god IN
the ratio of IL to /. | cannot comprehend
the action of the millions of thCSe who
yield their consent to the acceptance OF
deprecated currency in payment or lhelf
services at the rate OF 81 cents upon the
dollar. Success, If II were possible upon
this line, must inevitably result IN the
degradation Of labor paralysis OF busi-
ness a financial disaster, unparalleled IN
the history of our country.
Second only TO silver iS the charge or
imDerialiSm, which seems to our opponents
as possessing the charm of a beWtIdering
dream, with which they may conJure upon
the imaginations of a people. Its hypnotic
influence is deemed by them factor sutt1-
cient to compel alieg ance to Bryanist!c dog
mas. Can you imagine q more vain and
foolish illusion? 1t suggests the legend.
Whom the gods destroy they first make
mad
The modern democracy, composed OF
populsm, anii-imperialism and socialism.
is a wonderful production. 1t is u political
phenomena Of ignorance, hypocrisy and de-
ceit such as has been hitherto unknown
among American political organizations.
The founding and subsequent growth OF
the important textile industries represented
by this association, as also the iron, steel,
coal and the infinite variety in miscela-
neous vocations and departments in useful
works, wherein the millions of our people
are employed, are the product of American
genius, and their achievement has been at
tained through the agency of a protective
tariff"
Mr.. Thompson concluded with an appeal
for the reelection of President Mckinley
During the session letters and mesSa ges
of regret We're read from Postmaster Gen
eral Emory Smith, ex-Postmaster General
Gary of Maryland, Secretary Root and Sec
retary Wilson.
Technical Papers.
The association met again in session
shortly before o'clock this afternoon to
hear papers as follows: The Cotton Plant
br Walter H. Evans. Department of Agri-
culture; "American-grown Egyptian Cot
| ton," by Lyster H. Dewey, Department OF
Agriculture: "Americas Textile Industry
"A Southern View" r. H. Edmonds, BaItl-
more Nd: '"rhe Possibility of Cotton Man
ufacturing in the United States and k,spe-
| cially in the South by r. NJ. Miller OF
| Charlotte, N. &.
| The program for tonight's meeting is as
| follows: The Use of Stationary Cells in
| Place of Rotating Cylinders in the Drying
| Of Textile Fabrics, by Charles II. Fish
| Dover, N. H; Uses of Cotton Waste" by
Edward w. Thomas. Lowell, Mass. Put
| ting Up Of Yarns for Use and for Market"
/ by F. III. Bishop Boston, Mass: Yarn
| Testing and Testing Machines by George
4 r. Smith, Ossett, near Leeds, England.
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