New-York tribune., 1908-04-17
COTTON MEN MEET.
National Association Of Manufacture
ers IN Session at Boston.

BOSTON Aprl 1s-Cotton manufacturers and PER
sons connected with allied industries from all parts
Of the United States were in attendance to-day ar
the eighty-fourth annual meeting of the National
Association Of Cotton Manufacturers, which con-
v-ened in Huntington Hall, Massachusetts Institute
Of Technology
President William D Hartshorne Of Lawrence.
Mass called the convention to order, and acting
Governor Eben 6 Draper welcomed the members
of the association TO the state. President Harris
horne in his annual address said III part:
The question has been asked. What should be the
attitude of this assoc iatlon TOWARD the seeming
T,oljtcaI or.relate strictly 10 the merchandising
side O. the industry. we cannot. Of course, take
any uait.d action. but even as individuals it may
be worth oar while 10 reflect whether we consider
dftious themselves have been the principal factor
be assumed a. aHion1auc tIsI Wl9nou1 f me eTll @
yaIor must moi be left out 1t is evident that the
people are not incned 10 regard the house cleaning
effots of the socalled dig stick as Responsible for
responsible for great financial undertakings are
disposed to ask the question II m IN dhls enort 10
-jbIe dnst spreading disease and disaster in its
train But regrettablc and dangerous as this dust
may be. has ii not been blown away 6y & tAe moral
awakening Of tne na'lon nc e IiipaTE & Gonaence ]
Has not the knowledge that wrongs exposed land
ReldII Per f17 noHe II the law been great factor in
preventing total collapse OF this confidence now
TRe change Of conditions of business since our
meeting in WASHINGTON Is certainly remarkable.
md while the financial stress appears 20 be over,
its after effects from complete adjustment.
and the efforts maintain marketable conditions
bz cflrtaiIuent OF production and reduction OF
wages seem for the time 10 be unavoidable
The association medal was awarded to Charles
u Fish of Dover y H. for his paper The
General Question of Cotton Mil Fires"
A. the afternoon session committees nomina- =
+5ons and resolutions were appointed, after which
the following papers were presented: The Need
and ADVANTAGES Of a Cotton Exchange in New
England" by James r. MacCon, of Pawtucket.
r / and Egyptian Cotton" by p. y. Caridia OF
r2oston A letter The Improvements in the
Cotton Fibre from Storage Of Seed Cotton was
received from the Department OF Agriculture.
Among the other speakers were Mayor James
Logan OF Worcester, who discussed The Steadying
Power of Consolidat ton: William 3. Weeden, Of
Providence whose subject The Arts OF Weav-
ing and Spinning" and ". Irving Bullard, Of Dam
ielson, Conn. whose paper dealt with Cotton Mill
Stocks as Investments.
The annual dinner held tonight at the Hotel
Brunswick President William .. Hartshorne pre-
sided Harvey \. Shepard OF Boston. discussed
the White Mountain forest reservation project;
William Whitman. OF Boston, president of the Ma
tioual Association of Wool Manufacturers spoke on
The Inviolability of Mercantile Obligations
The Rev DR.. Frederick ". Hamilton president
of Tufts College. and Henry Clews. Of New York.
also spoke.