New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-01
HARTMAN SPEAKS OUT
Continued from f1rst page.

speeches
| ACCIDENTALLY commercially legally. financially
and artstically The speakers were Paul Nor
| ton president of the Equitable Life Assurance
| Society. who talked on THE General Outlook" =;
| Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Column
hia University. whose subject was Conditions
| Necessary to Prosperity; Cyrus H. Mccormick,
| president of the international Harvester Com
pany who discussed The Prosperity Of the
| Farmer" and Augustus Thomas, the playwright,
| who talked of High Tariff Prosperity. All
| agreed that the outlook was encouraging. and
| the Hear. hearst" and applause of the seven
hundred and fifty indicated their approval Of
| that view.
| Dr. Butler spoke OF equality of justice as a
forerunner of prosperity, and warned against
| wastefulness. Mr.. Morton said that in this
| country the general outlook was always good,
| and that it was only necessary to have clear
! vision. AS for the condition of the farmer, Mr..
I Mccormick quoted a Kansas newspaper as say
! ing that all Kansas smells fresh paint" Then
| he summarized the general agricultural situa-
ton by paraphrasing this statement TO read
that to-day the agricultural Of the whole
United States Smells fresh paint" Even MI
Thomas. after his campaign in the interests OF
William Jennings Bryan, optimistic.
Francis Lynde Stetson, vice president of the
club, who presided, in his opening remarks said:
Last winter I had the pleasure Of presiding at
Rere T1eei u cssyA h,Srav T,srnasie VicfoT
Morawetz and the other speaker Mr.. Bryan.
some Of the speakers by only a brook and from
This evening we are TO have another most inter
esting list Of speakers. The brook has become
We are all embarked.
He then introduced Mr. Morton, who said that
he knew of no better index to the future than
the record of the past. He traced the economic
situation back far as 1857, and told of the
difficulties of those years. Speaking Of the 1907
panic he said:
It started with the Of bad fl financial
raking and half-baked currency laws.
Quoting the words of Lord Bacon that that
country is the greatest which has fertile fields,
busy workshops and easy conveyance for men and
goods from place to place" Mr. Morton added:
This has been most marvellousy illustrated by
e 0 Ea G 5. and no 9ther section Of the world
respect than our own, We have the fertile fieids
we know how 70 farm them: we have great diver
cultural implements With Witch to IN the the soil soil
r or long time We have been the granary OF the
its people
We nave the workshops. We have the raw ma
teg1I We have the best skilled labor We have
5ne Inse u we have the mental and manual in
our own country, and we are ambitious to become
nltshed it wifi follow that We will lead all our
competitors in finance.
Inc president Of the Equitable said that more
reason should he displayed in regard to the stti-
tude Of the people generally toward corporations
They are as necessary prosperity. he said as
are freight cars. Continuing on this subject he
said:
The so-called and much-abused trusts under
which the consolidation Of great enterprises under
the intelligent control of a few makes II much
easier in times OF panic to diminish production and
important part during the last year in minimizing
our trlbulatlon Personally. I thoroughly con-
nal 10 h{no-
tons are much better for the welfare our PEG
mind what might have happened during the
last year in the steel industry alone II it had not
been for the influence of the intelligent manage
ment of the United States Steel Corporation
More attention should be given to American ship
ping, Mr. Morton said, and while not an advocate
Of unnecessary subsidies he expressed n strong
conviction for active. up to date merchant
marine service.
DR. Butler docried the idea that prosperity could
he justly represented figure Of ego surrounded
by money bags and personal belongings. saying:
fa f9speF HAT m9t is St5s Of possgqns but
porous whose eves are o. s 5f can ever be pros
which these real things are amassed Sai ''i'ss lot
IN tnls country there be- no lasting mos
there is cutlery against any condition or "a am II
= f9i4s that is unjust that cry should be Ii>eded
f,easo l bly, Alexander Hamilton said Justice is
sts 4er and g6eq 16os question as to ona
grained is the idss one f OF shecla privilege SO in
t3st maDy people FegaEd e highest attainment
When there is talk OF revision Of the Sherman
an, TRUST law we are told that the easiest vIa M
and G nris 80 @Hciade from its operations A. B
We must be just if We would have lasting nros
@Ndct, Justice; the just reward OF hts Ia bor Iis
ihougnt: MS effectiveness. Equal. trenchant itis
# should den9unce the preaching of the eosp.
all classes '' '''"S between
MI hc' ormck in telling Of the condition Of the
armer' said that merchants may appear and dis
appear. banks may succeed or fall. corporations
nay advance or retrograde. but the farmer steadily
seems more prosperous. About ten years ago he
'aid' the farmers were paying for their inpIem.nts
with one-third cash and two-thirds notes Now, bA !
aid they are paying two-thirds in cash and ono
hird In notes He also paid tribute to the worth
f the Agricultural Department
In speaking Of the panic last fall Mr. NcCorr,,.,
aid: '''IA
1t is to the everlasting credit Of the small conn
~ banks and bankers. who were close to The
sLIileIS, mat during those DAYS which tried mems
ouls they Weathered the storm. they stood the |
runt OF the stringency. patiently without corn I
liant ana without friend at court in the large
lures 70 tdKe care OF their interests az time
'hen Clearing House certificates were being freai |
East The prosperity Of the faFneT S,seS OF the
Vark which held these country banks stesdv and |
yclone had passed
Before the speechmaking It was announced that
ne present board Of officers had been renorinste5
nd reelected, follows: President A Barton q
hepburn; vice-presidents. Francis Iynde Stetson a
nd Edwin r. A. segman; secretary Robert Frs
Inc Ely; treasurer. Joseph French Johnson.
INSPECTED OF PIERREPoNT BURGLARY.
A clew picked up by detectives Of the Central OF $
. working on the burglary committed some nights II
90 in the apartment OF Mrs Anna I, Collins in | f.
q Perrepont Hotel I'm acd street. near Fifth ave