Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-19
Hotel Gordon,
10th and 1 SITS.
American and European Plans.
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LISTENS TO ADDRESSES.
Concluding Session of Association of
Cotton Manufacturers.

The Cotton Manufacturers Association OF
New England, which had been in session in
this city for three days, concluded its BUSH
ness last evening with session at the Ar
lington Hotel. Among those who delivered
addresses were Rear Admiral George w.
Melville of the navy, who spoke of the de-
velopment of engineering and Its relation to
the cotton industry, and Prof. Paul SchuIze,
director of the Royal Textile Museum at
Crefeld, Germany, whose subject was De-
velopment of Textile Patterns in Former
Centuries" President ID. Nj. Thompson de-
livered the closing address, referring TO the
pleasant features and success OF the meet
ing. Resolutions were adopted extending
the thanks of the association TO Rear Al
miral George W. Melville, DR.. Waiter Ill.
Evans, Lyster H. Dewey, DIR. J. II. Weber.
Commissioner Carroll ID. Wright, K. ii. Ed
monds of Baltimore, George X. Smith or
Ossett England; Prof. Pau Schulze or Gre
field Germany; Secretary Lyman }. Gage,
Secretary John d. Long and Secretary
James Wilson for their instructive and en-
couraging addresses during the convention,
and to the Southern Railway Company FOR
its offer to give special train to convey
the members and Their guests to the cotton
manufacturing districts upon the line OF
its railway and which was accepted by
party of thirty-five members.
AT a meeting held in the afternoon adj
dresses were delivered as follows: MIR. u.
A. Tompkns of Charlotte. N. c., Markets
for American Goods" Mr.. Daniel Moore
Bates, jr. of Wilmington, Del, our Cotton
Export Trade With China Mr.. Richard II.
Hill of Boston, Mass, Friction Clutches.
Mr.. w. G. McCarroll of Boston, Mass,
New Methods of Comb!ng Cotton"
The next of the semi-annuaI meetings OF
the association VIII be held in Boston.
April. 1901.
The following were elected to active men,
bership: Franklin Allen Lowell, Mass:
Dickerson G. Baker Willimantic. Conn:
Henry D. Bourne Manchester, n. H.; Jonn
w. Chaffee. Augusta, Ca; George f. Far
rell. Utica, N. Y; John w. Fries, Winston
Salem. N. c.; f. G. Fletcher, Providence.
r. l.; Walter l.. Holt, Fayetteville, N. e.:
Amos G. Maddox, Lnwood Mass; 4. II.
Rennie, Graniteville, s. C.: Edwin A. Rob-
inson. Lowell, Mass; w. II. Rose. Co4um-
bia, S. c.; Edward II. Sanborn, Philadei-
phla, Pa; Theodore c. Search, Philadelphia,
o. Thompson, New Bedford. Mass: w. y.
Todd, Providence, r. L.; Philip 5. Tuley,
Louisville. KY; w. r. r. Whittier, Chatta-
hoochee, Ca; N. Whittier, Lowell, Mass;
B. E. Willingham, Macon, Ga; Oscar w.
Wood, Philadelphia, Pa, and Samuel Ii.
Patterson. Colchester, Nd.
Associate members were elected FOL.
lows: S. B. Alexander, Charlotte, N. e.;
f. c. Andres. Boston, Mass; w. l.. Draper,
Atlanta, Ga; Arthur f. Gray, Boston.
Mass; Alfred K. Hobbs, Manchester N. H.;
McGaw, Atlanta, Ga; John X. Mitchell,
Maiden. Mass; E. A. Rusden, Warren, XII;
]. A. Shepherd, Boston, Mass; Ii. Il. STAT
ford, Providence, r. L.: John Sykes J. p,
Huddersfeld, England: James T. Thornton,
Providence, r. L.; Rienzi w. Thurston,
Fall River, Mass, and George f. Thing
hast, Providence, R. 1.