The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-01-17
THE TYPOTHETAE BANQUET
TWELFTH ANNUAL DINNER A
GREAT SUCCESS.

TWELFTH ANNUAL DINNER A
GREAT SUCCESS.
Employer and EmpIoye Together at
| the Same TabIe-Governor Lounsbury
and u Number of Other Distinguished
Speakers and Guests Present Chief
Executive of state Speaks on Trusts
Question Leads to an Exchange OF
Compliments by Two Later Speakers.
The annual banquet of the Connec-
ticut Typothetae, which was held at
Warner hall last evening, proved one
of the most enjoyable affairs of the
kind in the history of the association.
More than one hundred of the master
printers and their guests and employees
sat down to dinner which was serv-
ed at o'clock. 1t was unique spec
tacle and one that is bound to establish
valuable precedent for future ban
quets, to see employer and employe
dining at the same table with every ev-
idence of harmony and good will. The
menu provided was excellent and was
served by Caterer Stewart.
Among the prominent members of the
Typothetae and their invited guests
were the following: Wilson H. Lee,
Governor George E. Lounsbury, Hon.
C. T. Driscoll, Hon. j. j. Little, Fl. o.
Houghton G. S. Morehouse, Henry N.
Sawyer, Rev. w. l.. Phillips. A. p.
Langtray, Colonel ~ G. Osborn, +. S.
Hunt j. Clyde Oswald, Captain Elizur
Cook, Clarence Deming, William H.
Barnard, j. M. Emerson, M. Reardon,
John B. Darlington, George Powning,
e. e. Smith, H. C. MaydweH, John e.
Vincent, w. Fl. Snow, J. III. Turner,
George III. Tuttle, George NJ Adkins,
Jacob S. Warren, Fred b. Dalton, Will
liam p. Bulkeley, William H. Davis,
1t was shortly after s o'clock when
Wilson H. Lee of this city, acting as
toastmaster opened up the speech-mak-
ing by greeting to all present on be-
half of the association. He referred in
a happy manner to the occasion as the
eve of Benjamin Franklin's birthday
He said he was more than glad to see
so many employees present. He said
that their interests and those of the
master printers were certainly in COM
mon and he was glad to see them meet
in common over the dinner table After
referring to the important changes af
fecting the employees which have been
made during the year, the most impor-
tant Of which was the nine-hour sys-
tenn, he read letters of regret at their
inability to be present from Theodore l..
DE Vinney, Amos f. Pettibone, William
II. Woodward and ]. Stearns Cushing
AS the opening speaker of the evening
he then introduced His Excellency Gov
ernor George l.. Lounsbury.
Governor Lounsburys speech was a
very felicitous one. He complimented
the members Of the Typothetae present
upon the success of the national meet
ing which was held in this city in Sep
tember and upon the innovation which
characterized the dinner at which he
had the pleasure to be present He re-
ferred. he said, to the presence of en-
ployer and enploye at the same table. 4
With his listeners in a happy frame of
mind the distinguished speaker then
passed to the discussion Of trusts and
their bearing within the state. ''The
state" he said, "is bound to be hostile
to any trust which aims at wrong OBJ
ject or which is dangerous to Gociety. |
know myself of the formation of few
trusts. With hardly an exception every
one was formed by men whose first OBJ
ject was the making of money rather
than the pursuance of any special pol
Icy of good. One trust, formed with $S,-
100000 capital, issued stock of water to
thousands of unsuspecting' purchasers.
It perpetrated swindle upon the people
and the stockholders. Upon such
wrong, such monopoly, state has no
right to stamp the broad field of its in
The speaker said he did not know
what remedy can be applied by a state
in such a, matter, but he felt that one
must exist. "In the first place." he said,
'let the state ascertain whether there
are honest assets and on the whole ..
business allow the light of popular Gu
riosity to be thrown, Then if any fran
chise be invoked let the value of that
franchise be always exacted When the
state has done this work, and done it |
WELL" he concluded, there will be so
few trusts left in this country that they
will not endanger the people nor dwarf |
the nation.
Following Governor Lounsbuty Mayor |
Driscol was introduced to respond 10
the toast, city of New Haven" He
spoke in part as follows: 1--WE are
proud of the sterling worth, enterprise
and integrity of our business men,
among whom are the publishers and
printers of your number. They turn
out excellent work at a reasonable
price, and we feel that nowhere can we
get better service for the same money
than from them. The Importance of
The part played by you, publishers and
in the affairs of life can hardly
be estimated. Through you we get the
news of what is going on all over the
world. BY reading the books of travel
published by you, we get fair idea of
every part of the globe and what is
going on there. The thoughts of the
pest writers and the sayings of the wis
est men, both of the present and past,
are placed in our hands by you. We
are indebted to you for much that con-
ributes to our happiness in life"
At the close of Mayor Driscolrs re-
marks, Toastmaster Lee introduced the
Hon. Joseph T. Little. chairman of the
executive committee of the United Ty-