The morning journal-courier., 1908-08-21
BUTCHERS GATHER
Members of Trade from All Parts of State in Ses.
 sion Here.
F. w. 0RR'S FINE SPEECH
Many Important Matters niscussed-- Llllcy's Efforts Criticised by
 Mir. Hart.

At 6HllnOlllc Hdl ScNleluh9 hll'l' noon was held a special meeting of the State Butchers association to discuss the remedies to prevent further en- croachment on the retail trade. About "a marketmen from all over the stntc attended.
 w. J. O'Keefe was introduced by Chairman George A, Kellogg of Hart ford and he made few remarks in tnr interest of the retail business, C. F, Hart discussed matters vitally Import ant to the nlarketmcn He suggested that Congressman lilley instead of de- voting his time trying ro probe the submarine scandal should have bent his energies toward practical affairs which were of interest to the public at large. He also spoke about the whole sale beef business as disadvantage Go retailers at the present time.
 A discussion then followed relating to the men who are Incapable of run ming a market business, and the lm- portance of 1t, he said, Is not fully realized Following the discussion committee of five was appointed to take care of the interests of the asso- citation and at the next legislature tr sec that laws are passed requiring san Itary conditions.
 Frederick W. Orr was then called up- on and he delivered an interesting ad- dress as follows.
 Mir. Chairman and Members of the Re-
 tail Butchers Association of tho state of Connecticut.
 When your worthy president lnyit- cd me to make a short address to the members of your association 1 formed the impression that it was to he In the nature of an after dinner speech, You can judge of my surprise when l re- ceived the circular stating tho work to be taken up by your convention and the very important subject assigned to 1 myself.
 | Explaining to friend the position was in and asking him what | would do with the subject felt relieved when he said "Orr, butcher it." And with the i permission of you gentlemen I shall try ! to show you how well I learned tho art of butcherlng part of which was taught me by your esteemed president, Mir Boetteger.
 As your circular well states no class of business touches the pulse of the people as does yours for the every day life and health of the people depends upon you, and yet it has often seemed as though your efforts to serve the la. But nevertheless when the final andy
 sis of your work Is taken lt will he
 found that there Is no lnc of business
 that means moro to the various inter- csts of the state and the happiness of
 its people than that in which you gen. tlemen arc engaged
 Fitting 1t is then that you should
 meet even at this late day for the pur- pose of organizing to protect your
 common interests and 10 state in no
 uncertain language to those monsters that have been rilng hardships upon
 hardships into your business life thus
 far shall you go but no further.
 There arc many Issues confronting
 you today, the most important to your association and the people of the east
 1t seems c. me Is the one that will make the eastern farmers realize that
 there Is good margin of profit in
 cattle and poultry raising. II is a , pity for us to think of the numerous , tracks of waste land within the hord- r CTS of our New England states. In almost every direction ono travels va , cant farms and woodland can be seen , lying in a dormant state waiting for , the bralne and hands of enterprise and thrift to have it blossom forth In pro- I ductivc prosperity that you gentlemen , can help to bring about more than any , other class of business men.
 Encourage the farmers to raise more poultry such as ducks. geese, turkeye
 and chickens and It will not hc lone
 before you arc making better profits lyourselves and they will know that
 they will share in those profits while
 both receive tho thanks Of 2 nufferlnc , people. The flavor of home raised
 poultry le just as superior to that o' the embalmed products of the west AS ', are the navors of home raised fruit am vegetables There are but few fam . lies who would not he willing to pay I, better price for home raised poultry :, than for the miserable stuff that ha been kept in fec for months where. ltt :. sweetness is absorbed and It's nutrti n ous qualities greatly lessened.
 . Connecticut furnishes but vor, i small proportion of the cattle and poul ; try coneumed by Its people. still there q is enough of idle land here to suppl, U tho most of if if the market men of th' state would but give united and In V telligent support to the producer, = Don't be afraid of the low w-pricet d competitor, First class goods are [, !, a measure like first class men alway 1 offset the greed of tho large packing e houses of the west Is to let them knoy
 that we. of tho cast can 10 our owi
 raising, our own eating and our owl - buying Tell them that if they at t tempt to add any more burdens upo you that an enraged but inteligen 2 people have decided to make the Nev q England farms what they were pefor ', the development of the west and wha :. they should be today with the suppor a they merit from the consumer. < You may say this is too difficult " matter to accomplish In reply let m - call your attention to some of the diff . flcult tasks you accomplished when tn 1 gigantic trusts were compelling you [ 4 fight by day and think by night, in or R der to exist. Take as examples the ic
 situation you had a short time ago an
 that of your waste products you foun
 a way to overcome both successful
 and profitably and with the same de