Washington sentinel., 1901-06-15

Ofhcers Give Account of theii
Stewardship.
The iorty-6rst Brewers Conven
ton which opened its session a
Buffalo, June S, will be memorable
in the history OF the organization
for the volume and importance o
the business transacted.
There were between 500 and 4oc
delegates in the hall when PTesi-
dent Brand called the convention
to order. His opening address
was listened to with closest atten
ton and his references TO the vari
Gus matters which had occupied
the officers and committees during
the past year were appreciatively
received.
The tenor of his remarks was
optimistic in a high decree and
gave much encouragement to the
members for the future. They
were in striking contrast, Mr..
Brand himself said, with the dark
and forbidding outlook for the
trade when last he addressed an
annual convention one year ago
The changed aspect was due to the
painstaking labors OF the officers
and committees, whose successful
efforts deserve the heartiest COM
mendations the brewing indus.
try.
Mr.. Brand did not forget in a
few we'll chosen words to compli-
ment the able Secretary of the
Association, Mr.. Gallus Thomann,
for the invaluable services which
his thorough knowledge and COM
plete mastery OF the smallest detail
OF brewers affairs had made it pos
sible tor him to render the Associ-
alton. The complimentary refer
ences 10 Mr.. Thomann were
warmly applauded and evidenced
the sVIr pathy of the audience with
the President in his tribute t. de
serving and popular officer.
Mr.. Brand spoke in lull as fol-
lows:
Gentlemen oI the COnvention--The
four annual reports OF your board and
committees, supplemented by the usual
statistical tables and your treasurer s
financial exhibit, will be presented to
YOU TODAY, thus enabling you to form
your own opinion OF tue manner in
which your behests and wishes have
been carried out by the various bodies
and officers whom you have honored
with your confidence by entrusting to
them the difficult task of safeguarding
the interests of our industry, To the
superabundance of interesting details
recorded in these reports really cannot
add anything Of weight, either as to past
endeavors or future requirements; nor
would make any attempt to do so, did
not time honored custom demand that
your president deliver an opening
address at eVeiy convention Years ago,
one OF my honored predecessors in office
told me in one Of his reminiscent moods
that he used to lie awake at nights
iacking his brain TO find something tc
talk about that these thorough going
committees Of yours had not already
covered aud completely exhausted.
laughed at him then, l sympathize with
him now, and share his wish tha
opening addre resses, in the face OF sucE
exhaustive reports, were relegated tC
the realm of discarded practices.
In the present instance a departur,
from this old custom would appear al
the more excusable on account OF M
intimate personal connections with th,
very work which at this moment mus
be uDpermost in your minds and il
regard to which your trustees repor
leaves absolutely nothing to be recorde,
except, perhaps, protest on the part G
AnG OOAuhhAAASS VI lAGNs VI WHICH Qa
the honor to be chairman, against a
excess Of praise bestowed upon us
Gentlemen of the convention, we OF th
committee feel that we have don
neither more nor less than our bounde
duty, We should have welcomed wit
delight any opportunity to work NOR
or TO work harder; to devote, II nee
be, all our time and energy to our task
ifthereby we could but have secured {
49, cause a larger measure of success.
said before, the Committee OF Three
l should have said the Committee.
Four, and / cannot let this opportunit
slip by without mentioning the invalu
able services rendered by our local an
able secretary Mr., Gallus Thomanl
The valuable statistics gathered by hii
in the course OF time, his thOroue