Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-02-12
A BANQUET.
Held Last Night By
GRANITE m1n
Nearly Two Hundred Partook
Of The Feast
(Special to Telegram J

tSpeCldl W AtleRIatu.)
Montpeli r, Feb. II The ninth
annual banquet OF the Barre Granite
Manufacturers Association was held
last night at the Pavilion and was the
most successful Of all that have been
b ID by the association. It's coming at
time when the New England Asso-
eiation Is ir session at Barre. there
were many visitors present and they
were all royalty entertained Among
the delegates present from the New
England Association were President
w. H. Mitchell Of the Mitchell
Granite Co.,, Quincy, G Har
ey Rogers and G II. Towle OF the
Rock port Granite Co., Mr.. Milton Of
the Pigeon Hill Granne Co., Mr..
Scripture Of Milford, J w. Booth OF
New London. Conn, A. W, krumm
If Norcross Bros, Milford, J. w. Bur
dell, Burli g on, Secretary j. W.
Frost of Somerville, Mass, and S W.
ard Jones Of Boston
The officers Of the Barre, Associa
tion are VIM. Alexander, president;
John A. Cross, H. J. NJ. Jones, vice
presidents: James c mpbell, secre
lary: John K. Smith, treasurer: exccu-
tive committee, Wn. Alex .nder, }.
A. Cr ,ss, Fl j NJ. Jones, IS. Camp
bell. J NJ. Boutwell, A. J. Young.
Alex Nj -, James MacKay.
Afte,f9ll iiAstice had been dnne to
the excellent repast the preside mt OF
the Barre Grar ite Manufacturers As.
ISOLATION, Will m Alexander, called
the part, to order aud cordially wei.
coined the guests from various parts of
New Eugland and introduced as the
to., tmaster Of the evening, Senator
j. A. DeBoer Of Montpelier. Mr.. De-
Boer is an eloquent speaker ana he
bore the honors With great ability.
The first speaker introduced was
May or scph Brown OF Montpelier.
He heartily welcomed the visitors to
the Capitol Cit and spoke of his re-
cent connection with the granite bust
ness. Confidence in each other is a
thin5 that is greatly needed amongst
the manufacturers.
William H. Mitchell Of Quincy,
Mass, the pre- ,ident Of the Ne~ Eng.
land Granite Manufacturer, Associa-
tion was the next speaker. His re.
marks were short but tended towards
a further confidence and unity among
st the association of which he is chief
"Our Guest, was the toast that Jas
NJ acKay of Barre responded to. His ad-
ress was in keeping with the liberality
of the man. He paid tribute to the
granite industry of other points
New England and wished taem sue
cess. Every individual granite indus
try rep esented at thls,time is depend
ent upon each other and should te in
confidence together.
Miss Julia Cross delighted the au-
dience with song.
Hoo. A. j. Sibey told what the
banks can do for the granite industry
The industry in question has built up
Barre and Montpelier in financial and
commercial ways The bank deposits
increased in the two cities more than
seven or eight times by it.
| E.L.Smith spoke on the modern and
primitive methods Of quarrying. His
remarks were largely of reminiscent
nature referring to the conditions In
In 1865 when there wer only six or
eight men working on the quarries
and bringing the matter up to the
present when Barre enjoys the best
; facilities in the world.
"Sound business principles was
the subject given to f. G. Rowland.
He stronglysadvocated the taking OF
business on paying basis and warned
. all manufacturers against taking work
. where the money is not forth COM
} ing.'
Eugene Sullivan was introduced a.
( an expert on carving. Mr. Sullivan s
talk was very practical pointing toward
, the teachings OF a manual education
"The benefits of the granite ex-
change" was the subject of Hon. John
IL. Senter. He made strong argu
uent In favor Of the practicablity Of
: exchange. II [years ago the total de-
posits in Barre and Montpelier banks
was $50, 900. Today 1t is So, 900, 600
1t Is thus Of great Importance tina,
with all the business that is being
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