The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-02-09

felt disposed to entertain any such prop
osition, or if they cared to make any
to us. TO these letters we had a few
replies. Some did not make any answer,
and we came to the conclusion that we
could make the best deal with the Rose.
brough Monument Company of st. Lou
is, and an agreement was made with
them whereby they assumed the expense
Of preparing the space, OF setting up the
work, distributing our booklets in a ju-
dieious manner, and of properly looking
after the exhibit during the time the
Fair lasted. They agreed to pay us
Sc, ,125.00 for the work, while we agreed
TO give them the right and privilege
of showing their designs and photo
graphs, and Of distributing their business
cards. We also agreed to deliver the
work on cars at the Fair grounds, to
bear half the expense Of switching
charges to the space and also half the
insurance
We believe the Rosebrough Monument
Company have lived up to their agree
ment to the fun extent. Some Of your
directors have seen the exhibition at the
Exposition, and are willing to testify
that it has been well handled and prop-
erly cared for. We know we have re-
ceived some criticism in the methods
we have taken in managing this ex-
hibit, but If we had followed the sug-
gestions offered we are persuaded there
would have been Just reason for criti-
cism, and we fully believe such course
would prevent lis from securing sub
scribers should we ever contemplate
making another exhibit at some future
date On October "a, we received notice
that our exhibit had been awarded the
Grand Prize, the highest award we could
get, which was pleasing to all Of us.
But only a short time after, we had
our attention called to letter in the
Monumental News, criticising our meth
DDS, written by retail dealer, who evi-
IDENTIFY did not understand the situation.
And in justice to Messrs. Rosebrough
and ourselves, we think we should say
word in rebuttal. In the first place,
Mr.. Rosebrough was given positive in
structions not to tell who cut this or
that monument, or whose stock the
different pieces were made Of. AS this
exhibit was not gotten up to advertise
any individual, or any firm, but Barre
granite only. The reason for this is
obvious. There is no justice in allowing
one man to advertise his business at
the expense of another. We all put
money into this company, but we could
not all have gotten a single stone to
furnish, even if we had split up the
work and tried To divide d portion to
each subscriber who is in the granite
business. So, to do justice to an, we
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be advertised through the medium Of
this exhibit, and that whatever benefit
might be derived should be shared equal
" BY the whole community.
As to the other phase of making our
exhibit more extensive and sending a
man from Barre to care for it, some peo-
pie must think the citizens OF Barre
have lots OF money to spare. Had we
followed this course, it would not only
have cost us much more money here,
but the expense at st. Louis would have
been heavy, and the chances arc that
we would have been liable to have had
the whole output on our hands at the
close of the Fair, and been at the mercy
of the retail dealers to relieve us Of
our work at their own price. For, if
we had tried to sell to any one who was
not retail dealer during the time the
Fair lasted, we would have received
severe censure from the retail men.
Notwithstanding, one Of our esteemed
daily papers has seen fit to publish an
editorial decrying the way the exhibit
has been handled, and pronouncing it
an utter failure. We fail to see how
we could improve on our methods il we
had to start anew. Every detail was
considered carefully, SO that we would
not give any cause for friction likely
to arise from exhibits of this kind. At
the same time no pains were spared
to make the exhibit attractive, and to
show the merits of Barre granite to
their best advantage. We feel that we
have secured our purpose and earnestly
hope that good results may be realized
in the days that are to come.
The Report Of the Treasurer.
The report Of Treasurer +. G. Rowland
the company received;
Sale Of 427 shares, 60 per cent
of face value, ...... s6,405.00
Barre Railroad, &...... 10000
Booklets Sold s.t.. 1928
Total. ........ So, $50. .2s
Expended for exhibits, trans
portation, booklets, etc, s6,7s5.s1
Or, S235.0s more than receipts
At the close Of the exposition, the
exhibit was sold 10 the Rosebrough
Monument Co., for SGd25, to be paid
part in April and the balance in July.
When this is received, and the S235.03
IS paid, there will be a balance TO divide
among the stockholders, amounting to
between IS and 30 per cent OF the
amount each paid in on stock.
Both reports were accepted, and d
vote of thanks was extended to the
directors for tile able manner in which
they conducted the exhibit for the share
holders,
When this Ind been voted President
Barclay addressed the stockholders
present, suggesting that it would be a
good idea 10 donate percentage of
the money to proposed soldiers monu-
ment, but the suggestion did not meet
with much favor and was dropped.
The Subscribers to the Exhibit.
The list Of stockholders who subscrib-
ed and paid so percent Of their sub
seription are: Moore & Owens, Jas. S.
Mckay, John Gallagher, +. i. Langley,
b. w. Hooker 4 CO., }. Henry Jackson,
Frank McWhorter, Smith Bros. CT. Co.,
Yeaie & Knight, Morse & jackson, Fred
King, Rickert q Wells J.. w. Dillon,