New-York tribune., 1901-02-07
dinner OF THE CLOTHIERS
4 PLAN To SEND SWEATSHOP WORK
Frs TO COUNTRY ANNOUNCED.
GOVERNOR TELLS OF THE NECESSITY FOR
A BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN THE
sTATE-THE OTHER SPEAKERS.

Not clothiers all who with us sit
Our tovial feast to share; .
That each one clothes must I've wear ro.t
And though each wears sooer coat
or cut that suits him best
IT'S not the coat that makes the man.
From 'The Psalm of the CIothier."
1t was jolly crowd of keen business men that
filed the big ballroom OF Sherry's last night
when the New-York Clothiers' Association gave
a dinner for the delegates to the convention of
the National CIothiers' Association. That their
philanthropy and generosity keep pace with
their prosperity was proved by the fact that the
loudest applause of the evening greeted the an
nouncement Of their president, Marcus NJ Marks,
: that a movement had recently been set afoot
by some of the members to influence and aid
contracting tailors to their factories and
workshops and workmen and workwomen. with
their families out OF the overcrowded tene-
ment houses and into the country. where they
may eventually buy homes for themselves amid
heathful surroundings.
The principal guest at the feast was Governor
Odell, who responded to the toast. The state
Of New-York" He was introduced by Mr..
Marks the business man who Is our Gov
! ernor.' and he said in part:
Your business. as 1 understand it, is one of the
largest industries in the country. l hope legsla-
manufacturing in tenement houses. In your line.
as in others America leads the commercial nations
your brains and only secondari rily 10 your natural
acumen Should not be applied to the administration
of the affairs OF State. II is the aim Of the
abuses and extravagances which have grown up
equally to blame We must get down 70 business
principles and II is not only by the curtaiment OF
viii succeed I Equabe TAXATION is one Of the best
ways to increase our revenues, and SUCH taxation
which confront us The burden OF taxation mas
have about reached the limit this direction and
are now obliged 10 look for other sources No one
perous man in tho state viii be called upon TO pay
his just share OF the taxes and no more than his
men in this cause and for one am willing to bear
my personal share Of this just taxation
THE GOVERNOR APPLAUDED.
The Governor was loudly applauded and
cheered He returned to Albany after the din
ner The words in which Mr.. Marks spoke Of
the phianthropic scheme already referred to
these
Let me now tell you of somethins whi,h has not
movement among our members to influence con-
homes out OF the crowded tenement districts into
the suburbs. SO far The experiments bid fair 10 he
bers Of this association now have their shops In
different buildings from tneir homes sun by NOV NOV
crowdlng of the lower East Side district. The root
overcrowding when four ana six and ten. and,
a 7 hear. fifteen, people sleep IN one room
modesty cannot be maintained and virtue soon
departs Let all 30 our share TO help this move
Of five and nfteen will find their duties much
simprhed
Mr.. Marks was asked after his speech was
ended TO say something more about this plan.
hut he replied that he did not care to until the
details had been perfected. In the earlier part
of his speech Mr. Marks said;
offer hearty welcome to our distinguished
business / say unfortunately because not being
bers os the Clothie-s. Association. You may say
that not modest in placing such high
value on membership in our association, but can
assure you that sinca the time OF Adam and Eve.
when the feeling OF mOdesty inspired the hTst
strongest trait OF the clothing manufacturer.
olive and hg leave shades stH prevail in the
spring. and when the leaves turn In the fall brown
stnl affect the fashion OF mems garments, and all
our SKIN in aging patterns T has not reduced the
Captain F. Norton Goddard spoke to the
toast The relation Of politics to business" and
took a fling at Richard Croker and vice. when
he said:
WOULD GIVE YOUNG GIRLS \ CHANCE.
am grateful every day Of my life that am ,aa an
alluded to the fact that besides being a worker in
business am also worker in politics. Especially
est and most successful politicians were men whose
lives one long superb inspiration to patriotism.
community last fan with the Gry of Give the
with the cry OF Give the young girls chance"
The other speakers and their toasts We're:
The Wholesale and Retail Clothing Industry"
Samuel Rosenthal, ir.; The City OF New-York."
samuel s sia9sr oTsanzaSion % Edward faue2 Srs1r
King. and Ideal Credits" a. H. Watson.
The usually grave Mr.. Guggenheimer made
the company laugh heartily when he said in his
speech:
ciohieTs Association Of Tew-York I !, that that it's
members sufficiently proud OF their in
huence. You should be like the Irishman who. a
few ago, St, Patrick's Day drowned his
ing down Wa-st. AS he went along he turned
from time to time with drunken gravity TO the
iandr' II happened that he discharged this pa
triotic exclamation into the face of a Wall Street
and was consequently full OF friendly feelings to
all the world "Hurrah for h. srl' said the
piled the Irishman. That's all right: every man
for his own country.
In the afternoon the National Association of
Clothiers held iss annual convention Delegates
present from this city. Philadelphia, Balti-
more. Buffalo. Rochester. Syracuse. and Utica
Trade generally declared TO be in a salts
factory condition. and the outlook bright The
Executive Committee was empowered to formu-
late amendments to the present bankruptcy law
to afford better protection from dishonest
debtors. and directed to appoint a delega-
tion TO be prepared 10 attend any legislative
hearing on the law which may be granted. The
following officers were elected: President Marcus
NJ Marks OF this city; first vice-president FL r
Blumenthal, of Philadelphia; second vice-presi-
dent, Philip Hamburger. of Baltimore: treasurer
Samuel Fleischman. Of this city The associa-
tiOn represents invested capital OF over S10o-