The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-13
MIttERS DRIN K
T0ASTS TO KING
AND PRESIDENT
ANNUAL CONVENTION OF FLOUR
FOLK WINDS UP WITH JOLLY
BANQUET, WHICH HAS INTER.
NATIONAL FLAVOR.

A banquet Friday evening In the
Hotel Cadillac ended the three days
| convention OF the National Federation
OF Mllers. More than 500 members
and their friends were present. The
topic that came to the foremost
strongly was that OF reciprocal trade
relations with other countries, partic
ularly Canada. number OF speakers
referring TO that subject. In conclu'
sion a toast was drunk TO the health
OF President Roosevelt and King Ed.
| ward.
WRi. f. Castle, president Of the fed.
GRAFTON. declared that the best thing
America produces is men He favor
ed more intimate relations with, our
northern neighbors. Mayor T.. 5.
| Wigle. OF Windsor, spoke on the i'm
provement OF commercial relations
and stated his belief that the appoint
ment OF United States commission
To treat with the authorities in Ottawa
would produce good results.
w c. Maybury paid high compli-
ments To the millers as a body. Mil
ton A. McRae spoke OF opportunities
! lea. Mai John NJ. Carson. OF the fed.
eral bureau OF manufactures. had
| few things to say about the packing
OF goods for foreign shipment
James Schermerhorn. general man
ager OF the Detroit Times. said the
toastmaster's name, Hosea 3. Sparks.
recalled that early milling transaction
of Biblical times when Hosea bought
| back the erring Conner for Is pieces
OF silver and for an homer OF barley
and for an half homer OF barley. The
millers calling was prominent in holy
! wrtt-ana- poetry and fetien,-M Mr.
Schermerhorn cited Phillip OF Ten.
nyHon's Enoch Arden. whose tall
mills whistled on the down." and Rob-
ert Louis Stevenson VIII OF the
| Mil" and the poem, Listen 10 the
Water Mill" Those who fervently
pray. Give US this day our daily
! bread" can now learn where to get 1t
through the miller's slightly advertise
ments In the newspapers, and this
was helping TO spread the gospel OF
| content. The great milling industry
seemed TO be run in keeping with the
highest business standards, for II had
escaped undertaking and fines xor re-
/ batting. In God we trust" came of
the coins for while, but lin thesMil.
/ lers we trust" has remained This
was because they rendered service for
service and did not give themselves
over TO high finance and criminal
mergers. The speaker said II must be
! a happy reflection for the members
OF such calling 10 know that they
miaistered 10 human necessities In a
! wholesome manner and did not deal
! In product that wastes and tears
down the human family Under such
conditions business success was nobly
acquired.
! Other speakers were George n.
Lewis. of Lawrenceburg. Ind John I.
Logan, OF Sheibyville. Ny. and James
r. Bell. OF the Washburn-Crcsby Co.,
Minneapolis.
AT the speakers table were J.
/ Robyns, OF Antwerp, Belgium: Thos.
Wilson. Leith, Scotland. and H. 9.
Reid, OF Glasgow. Scotland, all repre-.
sentatives of large foreign milling
concerns. Representatives OF the
large milling interests of Detroit were
Robert Henkel. OF the Commercial
! Milling Co. and David Stott.
! Most OF the millers left for their
homes Saturday morning, but a few
viii remain TO spend some time in
visiting points OF interest about De-
troit.
The ladies have had an especially
delightful time. with auto and boat
rides, theater parties, etc. The feder.
alton is one OF the most substantial
| bodies of men that ever convened In
this city OF conventions