The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-07-30
THEY TALKED
THEIR TRADE
Visitors and The Barre
Manufacturers
URGE CLOSER RELATIONS
Interesting and Instructive Meeting
Of Manufacturers Last
Evening.

After visiting the different granite
4 plants in Barre yesterday, the Quincy
granite manufacturers and the Barre man
ufacturers met III the iatter's rooms 10 the
1 Prindle " Averil block last evening and
talked il over.
The earlier part 0f the evening was Civ
en- to social converse, but when all had
gathered In the meeting hail, President
| Alexander called them to order and said,
"a year ago tonight we met and talked
over matters Of interest to both of us at
Quincy. We are glad to see you here this
year and we will try to make it pleasant
for you. We used to have a New Eng
land Association where we met once a
year, but Barre Is the only association left
In it. II we could revive that il would
| help us We had With us last year man
who was only private manufacturer but
this year he is mayor Of Barre, But he
believes In Barre granite mot only for
monuments and for buildings, but also for
streets and everything else.
4 Mayor Barclay said he had always
looked upon Quincy as the pioneer in the
granite industry IN America, and az a
mother to the Barre industry, and as ey-
| cry obedient son, should we mean to do
well BY you. he told how he landed in
! Quincy in 1880 but that place was too
slow for him. The late George Mackie
and James Simpson had come TO Barre
and be soon followed. He found Barre
suited 10 him, but ScOtehmen were curios-
tiles here then. He told how native
young woman expressed the opinion that
She thought Seotchmen were awful homeIy
/ but that was before he arrived. Barre
k
umental work, but the mayor declared wa
were going into the building work. He
| further declared that more work had come
/ into Barre IN the last six weeks than VIE
| can do this Summer unless more wOrkmen
come, AS Chief executive of the city,
Mayor Barclay extended the visitors D
hearty welcome,
/ President Fl. s. Nieoll 0f the Quincy
Association declared in reply that as far
as we have gone, IL has been surprise.
what we have seen In BarEe-we are more
than surprised at the energy and enter
prise shown In your plants. He believed
the Interchange Of meetings good thing,
he believed IN getting together socially,
and Id working together. The trouble
/ with granite manufacturers Is that they
don't realize what good business il, they
i
with fair margin of profit and stick to
! 1t. Quincy Is not In competition with
Barre at all
Fred B. Mudgett said be never should
forget the day we went to Quincy and
then went to retelI some Of the expert
enees Of that trip.
John +. Miller, chairman of the COM
mlttee in charge of the Quincy party, de-
tata Ynk f4tes 4 han
rived in Montpelier was Mayor Barclay
He thought be knew good thing and he
J had stuck to him all day He asked Are
you Barre manufacturers making proper
profit on your Investment We are told
/ YOU are making living, but are you in
business only to make living? The man
who works eight hours day for So Is a
. good deal better off than many of ns-we
work long days and worry how to meet
payday and over other business matters
ana only get living. 1t does seem there
. should be some way to better our cnndi-
tion. The trouble has been we were too
Jealous of each other when we should have
worked hand in hand. Barre and Quincy
produce seyenty-iYe per cent Of the mon
umental work Of the country. Why give
. 1t away He believed small committee
from each association could accomplish
something for good for both associations
III j.. M. Jones oil Jones Bros. believed
1t wonderful benefit to have Quincy pe0-
pie visit as and to 20 to Quincy 10 visit
them. Before, we thought Of them as an
association; now, we know them as indi-
yiduals.
e. Debebough. publisher Of Rock
Products, believed meetings of this kind q
benefit. It created closer business reia-
tlons. He believes not only Ia meetings
of different associations, but in local asso-
: Citations. You are not In business for
your health. The time has come for you
to get closer together, He said there was
no reason why there shouldn't be strong
national manufacturers association
Thomas Mannex was glad to see them
all He did not believe Quincy was dying
I yet She had the best stone In the
5 world and the place to get 1t was out of
! his quarry. President Alexander replied
! that one wouldn't believe ii until be sent
! us sample Of II.
John Mcdonald of Mcdonald & Buch-
al, regretted the lack Of confidence in each
other.
w. 7. Spargo urged getting together on
a closer basis than the two associations
had been for the past two years aud asked
for committee from each to consider the
matter.
I. w. Eagan said he did not begrudge
the man IS day for eight hours If he
earned 1t, and 1t isn't against the unions
I we should organize. but organize to secure
I better and more uniform prices for our
i work
The motion was made by j 1. Miller
that 1t was the sense of this meeting that
: committee Of three be appointed by