The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-06-27
HOME TRADE.
Merchants Organize to Keep
Shoppers in Jersey
City.
MAYOR HOOs's HOT SHOT
His Honor Says Most Of the
Kickers Hats Bear New
York Marks.

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Merchants Protective Association pf
Hudson County to induce the residents
of the county to patronize home industry
received an impetus at last night mass
meeting in the Assembly Chamber of the
City Hall. There was a fair assemDlage
cf merchants and resident property own
ers. They nearly filled the Assembly
Chamber. Large delegations came down
from the top Of the Hill. especially from
the Merchants Protective Association
and from the Hudson City Business
Mems Association. Greenville and La
fayette were represented.
Prominent cergymen, politicians, law
yers, were pronfinent in the throng, and
| We're called upon to make speeches. All
of them were business or professional
men Of well known repute.
The Rev. George S. Bennitt, of Grace
Episcopal Church, whose utterance at
the last graduating exercises of the
trained nurses at Christ Hospital, in AN
arseal to Jersey City residents of Jer-
sey City to stand Loyalty by Jersey City,
even in the matter of securing trained
nurses, was made chairman pro tenn. He
made a speech that met with hearty re-
l sponse from the big assemblage present.
There wera ott,a,. ..1orer.,,,, -, T., +ha a,,7;
ance Tha r,a,, Ta,,,,=
a speech that drew forth applause SEN
| ator Robert Hudspeths late In the pro-
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hearty applause.
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iisie uearahtee ana sIrust company sent
- ~ 'ohn =. alker' OF the Joseph
s' i1iAon Sruclpie WORKS, sent letter re-
| 1919 napiiity eo pe present. Mgr.
! s'1.oii sApiesseo, n q letter MS SYM
pa'ns VIII lhe iuea, pue said that, as he
was ABOUT 70 sever his connection with
- ~ oiey' the winding up Of his af-
ns Aan prevented giving the subject the at
teiition II merlted Other letters were
feao' along with the foregoing, near the
close OF the meeting.
'eseph y. bernstein called the meeting
- oruer. The Rev. George S. Bennitt
was made temporary chairman, and Mr.
Aieih OF the insurance firm of Meyer 8.
hiein was MADE temporary secretary
Mr. bennltt was escorted to the chair
os Messrs- van Anglen and Beach He
iilaue speech, In the course of which ne
| said tnat Il ne had uttered any words
| concerning the loyalty due Jersey City
from lts residents he was glad of it,. He
alludeu to the need of new High School,
Jersey Citys motto, he said, should be-
we want the best of the best
Joseph r. bernstein, John P. Landrine
=. =. van Anglen and James e. Banks
were appointed committee for a perma-
hent organization They retired to a com
| mlttee room. Meanwhile at the call Of
the chairman pro TEN prominent citizens
expressed their views.
/ Wllham ii. Beach was first called unor
| He said he did not come there as mer-
cnant, but as citizen. He endorsed the
remarks of the chairman pro tenn.
Mayor Hoos when called upon was re-
celved with a considerable amount of an-
pause lie said that 1t was certainly
eiicouraslhg 70 seS the clergy take to
suoii an oecasioii' f1e told OF ms expert
ei1oe - . iliercnahl ana toid now ne sent
eoo's .o.4SeWarA twenty years ago. lie
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