Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-01-28

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good over that, she thought she would
ask me question when she heard
was going to the Business Mems BAN
quet. What is the Business Mems as.
OciatiOn? he asked. You know how
difficult it is to answer questions of
this kind and make the answers clear
! to children. / told her that it was an
! organization of business men and then
she wanted to know what are business
men. They are the men in business,
| the men who own the stores, man
age the shops, and sell things, your
dolls and teddy bears, and who fix
your drain pipes. oh, they are the
ones who take our money then, she
replied. | agreed with her. / have
often lOnged to be a business man,
would insert large persuasive adver-
tisements in the papers making the
public believe that | was comforting Il
I favor by disposing of articles at $2.9S
each that might have cost me So Il
dozen.
But speaking more seriously, the
Business Mems association is much
different than few years ago when
we took dinner in the old Franklin
house And | think if | remember
rightly that | sat as POSTMASTER at
one Of those dinners. This is a re-
petition of the Offense. But since the
fire of 1902 it is the business to
whom is due chiefly the credit Of
erecting the beautiful buildings. the
enlarged stores, and the general build
ing up of the city. We are all selfish
ana perhaps we do many things
through these motives. That is why
l would like to be business man. so
/ could put into play the unused fac
ulty in me-"
He then referred to a paper, an ex-
change which he receives from the
south, and as he scans it-what n
difference in the advertisements and
those printed in the Waterbury pa
pers. 1T is the advertisements, he
continued, that enlighten the public.
And the merchants of Waterbury evil
IDENTITY know how to do it.
Il recall an incident" the speaker
went of, 'of clergyman in town
who was rounding up his Sunday
school class. who is the greatest
man in the country? he asked
Roosevelt, came the reply in unison
Now whom does he turn to for advice
he continued. They all sat dumb
founded. At length hand went up.
the boy arose and answered, George
Lllley'" Mr. Chaplin concluded by
pralsing highly the Business Mems as
soclation for the excellent speakers
that are annually brought to this CITY.
The Hon Henry Towne Bannon. re-
preventative in congress from Ohio,
was then introduced by the toastmas.
ter He spoke on Brass Band Re-
forms" Congressman Bannon is bv
no means forceful speaker, he at
times uses a slow drawl, but never
theless he is fairly convincing. The
western congressman seems to think
that If the Legislators were honest in
their convictions and weighed every
before passing it. there
would be no panics, He declared IL
was not sufficient for legislators SIM
ply to refuse brides Until they re-
solve to stand up for the rights of
their constituents there was sure to
be trouble. Attacks on corporations
and business houses, indiscriminate at
tacks, in the opinion of the speaker,
had much to do with the last panic.
And the other speakers Of the even
ing seemed to agree with him in this
point. His paragraphs on this point
follows
This condition of affairs obtained
not only against swollen fortunes and
predatory wealth but against the
small corporation and the financial
institutions of limited capital; noL
only against the big fellow but
against the little fellow; not only
against the dishonest man and cor
poration, but. in some instances, |
against the honest one also. And
this was only natural. The man who
worked in the small factory or who
had his investments In q small insti- !
tuition read sweeping accounts OF
corporate dishonesty and mismanage- |
ment, and instead OF applying the
statement he read to some corporatin!. |
Tar removed from him he applied
hem to the corporation that was
nearest him, and this was the one
ly which he was employed or in !
which he had his investments.
Too much publicity mas been Civ
m TO the prosecution OF trusts: and |
mean by this that there has beeh
entirely too much agitation before, |
turing and after there prosecutions. |
We read in the public press that GER /
ain great corporations are under in
Testigation. After the public mind is /
igitated with that for awhile we mex;
lear that big game is in sight and /
hat soon the batteries o. The authori- 4
les will be turned upon them AZ.
er that has made its impression We
earn that the case has been submit
ed 20 the grand jury. and shortly AZ
er that an indictment is found. ThT.i
: followed by the trial and the e
ults Of il. and in this manner a sim
lie prosecution Of a corporation is
gitated and maRnTfed far beyon I I
what it should be"
The elimination Of unfai~ Ierisls-
ion and the courageous lawmakers
would do much TO remedy the evils I'm
his country. The country is aIsl
lulling away from the fundamental
principles on which IL was founded
which in itself is had DOlicy. Ills
paragraph was as follows.
And thus I plead tonight for a
eturn not only by congress but BY
he legislatures Of the various states
o the well-beaten paths Il our faith
rs, along which they pursued their
ray with fidelity to themselves ami
afety to the commonwealth. Let
onfidenoe be again restored in the
usiness world Let the demazcrues