Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-04

New Haven < Hartford Railroad Go. i:
 Rev Oscar Haywood, of the First
 Baptist church; Roger Sherman Wot-
 kyns, of the Waterbury Machine Co.,;
 Congressman George l.. Lilley and
 President A. J. Muzzy, of the State
 Business Mems Association. Rev J..
 J. Curtin, of St Francis Xavier
 church who was down as one of the *speakers, was not present.
 Shortly before eight o'clock the
 procession to the banquet hall
 began. At the guests entered the hall
 choicest strains of Inspiring music
 gave them welcome. As. the guests became seated they had Mtle time to
 listen to the music, to admire the
 tasteful simplicity of the decorations 3 of the hall and to inhale the rich fra zBrance of many pretty buttonhole
 bouquets, which rested by each plate.
 After grace had been offered by the i Rev John N. Lewis, the eating and $drinkingi part of the banquet began. This part was not neglected. An el- aborate spread was served by Hodson Bros, the service being excellent. Charles D. Nye, president of the Business Mems Association, was the toastmaster. He is an adept at tue business.
 All the after-dinner speeches were very Interesting and proved entertain
 ing as well as instructive,
 Mayor Elton was the first speaker of the evening. In introducing him the toastmAster said: "The highest Etype Of American citizenship is the
 man who, engrossed in big enterpris- es and social environments, assumes an. arduous duty. Such a man we have in! John P. Efton." Among. the re- marks made by the mayor were the following: "You, gentlemen, are res ponsfble for putting me in position which I feel daily I am not able to i'll. But while am in it, I will try to f1ll it and whether you like 1t or not, I am going to do 1t anyway. The Ques- tion of sewerage disposal and high water pressure are very serious. They will cost much money but they must be put through. Whatever we do, we shall be censured anyway. We will pitch in and do everything possible and at the end of two years do as every administration, which comes in like ours, retire as gracefully as pos eible.n
 The Rev Oscar Haywood delivered an interesting address on '"The Liber- ties and Limitations of the Unit in
 Society,"" Among other things the speaker said that "the clements for the betterment of society which Is most comprehensive and complex,
 must begin in the individual. It was
 not his purpose, however, to propound
 new theory for the betterment of
 society but to emphasize the need of following those laws, which are nec- essary for true happiness" Some men," the speaker said, "have placed the economic value of man as $2OO q year. In the death of an industrious farmer or an energetic laborer the loss to the community not more than 5000. But if there was an annual death list of GOO men and all were pol iticians then the world would be much better. An industrious farmer or an energetic laborer of any kind is much better than those insects which fly around and are known as politicians"
 At fbis point Mir Haywood took oc-
 casion to remark that MT Elton and MT Lilley were not politicians but business men. He continued: "the
 hrst of all laborers is the sinIess man. Men, who live on money inherited or on money gained by marriage and do not seek to produce more by work, are parasites. They become spendthrifts and addicted to all vices. There is a strong and happy class among the rich and the poor alike and an idle class among them. The many mis- understandings between classes occur
 because the strong and wise of one class are continually watching the foolish of the other class"
 MT Haywood had something inter esting to say about unjust competi- ton and the excessive ambition, and avarfce of men for riches and their violation of the laws of God and man in the pursuit of such.
 Roger Sherman Wotl1yns said that as Waterbury has not much agricul- ture and no natural resources, the proseprity of the merchant depended upon the manufacturing concerns He said that the weekly payrolls of the local factories amounting to $150,O00 went principally to the merchant. Therefore merchants should have the s..