Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-24
COTTON MANUFACTURERS
Continue Talks on Subjects of Interest
to Their Trade.

Boston. April 23.-Secretary Woodbury.
of the New England Cotton Manufactnr-
days convention in Chapman hall. Ire
mont Temple. today. read two long pa
pers, submitted by men who were unable
to be present. The first was by Walter
NJ. Hastings of Lawrence, on Textile
Education" 1t said:
1.-The fine resident textile schools al
ready in opera ton have proved a great
value to the textile trade. as instanced by
the fact that the demand for technically
educated textile men is greater than the
supply. and, although doing a wonderful
work, today. will be far greater power
in the textile trade 10 years from now"
The second paper was by T. M. Young
Of Manchester, Eng, on AN English Tex
Albert A. Carey of New York city. and
Thomas H. Smith of jamestown, N. Y,
read papers
Fish made a brief but very pointed refer
ence to the report of the State Board OF
Arbitration regarding the Lowell mill
strike strike Mr.; F,ish.s remarks were ,appar-
emily endorsed by theg audience, but no
further official action was taken.
Il have no doubt you were all plea sed
at the good news, this morning" said Mr.
Iish, I'm reference to the legislative body
which has been investigating the corpora
tons in Lowell. | don't mean to imply
that it is good news that the corporations
right and proper that the findings of that
legislative body should be in accordance
with the statements of the officials of
not help the situation if the findings Of
this commission or committee had been
different. Just what it's effect will be is.
l suppose, problematical." n
The convention elected the following Of
hcers for the ensuing year: President,
Herbert E. Warmsley, New Bedford; vice
presidents James r. MacColl. Pawtucket.
r. l., and VIM. d. Hartshorne. Lawrence;
directors for three years. George r. Grant,
Jr.; Fitchburg, and Philip A. Mathewson
of Fall River.
At the afternoon session, Edward n
Vose of New York, read a very. interesting
paper on export markets for American
goods. He said that a fatal defect of vir-
tually all the published information re-
garding foreign markets for American
cOttonS is that it is prepared by men who
possess little or no knowledge of the man
ufacture or selling of cotton goods. He
SAID:
MANY of you may have failed to notice
the remarkable fact that during the past
few years an advancing market for cot
ton goods has been always coincdent with
business with China or following close af-
ter It. This condition, gentlemen. is not
safe one. Too many of our eggs are in
one basket 1t is highly important there
fore, that We should set ourselves to dis
cover if we can find new foreign markets
for our cotton goods, so that in a wider
distribution and a greater variety of goods
exported we may secure that consistency of
demand which is so desirable in export
trade.
The total cotton manufacturers of the
world that entered into International COM
merce in the year 1901 We're valued at
about $62o 600. or probably not far from
one-third of the total production.
There is a reasonable likelihood that by
devoting yourselves to the problems pre-.
scented in the foreign field you can, before
ESu', increase our exports to Asia by at
least $lO,000.000 to Africa by S2.000,0O0, to
Central and South America by S. 600, 600
and to the American colonies and Cuba by
at least $1,000, 000.'
The closing papers of the meeting were
one on Factory Tenements' by Arthur
II. .Gulliver of Waltham; Cotton and
Cotton Goods at the Louisiana Purchase
EXposition.' Native Spindle Whorls of
North America and Adjacent Territories"
by Miss II. Newell Wardle Of hiladelnhla