Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-29
In Cotton Industry Noted
By Manufacturers
Al Annual Convention Of the
National Association.
Good Reports and Interesting Ad-
dresses at Meeting In Boston.

Boston, April 2S.-MOre than $350,00O.-
900 in textile interests was represented
today when the National Association
of Cotton Manufacturers opened it's an
nual convention in Mechanics building
| in this city today. The meeting was a
| notable assemblage of textile manu-
! facturers. present from nearly every
state in the Union. This body is one
of the strongest of it's character in
| the world and includes in it's member
ship men affiliated with most of the
| leading textile manufacturing indus
tries of the United States.
The association is more than nation
| al in it's scope, having over 1000 mem
hers distributed through all the cot
| ton manufacturing districts of the
United States and many in foreign
countries. About half its membership
consists of persons primarily engaged
| in the financial side of cotton manu-
| featuring, and the remainder are iden-
tified with the technical end of the bus
mess The mills represented by it's
members operate 100000 spindles,
| 1900 sets Gof wool and worsted cards,
5000 knitting machines and IS printing
| machines.
late in the forenoon and the transac-
ton Of business Immediately begun.
The reports o; the different officers
were then submitted and the associa-
ton medal awarded Gov Eben S.
Draper made an address. welcoming
the delegates to the state and Franklin
w. Hobbs spoke in response.
y, This year for the first time All eXhi-
plies and general textile products is
held as supplementary feature of the
convention.
The association has been invited to
send delegates to the sixth interna-
tional congress of the International
Federation of Master Cotton Spinners
and Manufacturers Association. which
will be held at Milan, Italy, on May
IL and 10.
The hall was well filled when Sac-e-
tary c. J. Woodbury. opened the pro-
ceed;ngs by submitting his annual re-
port.
The association medal for the most
useful contribution to the welfare of
cotton manufacturing during the past
year was awarded to James r. Mac
Call of Providence. treasurer of the
Lorraine Manufacturing Co, for his
services in establishing close relations
with foreign manufacturers. The visit
of Gov Draper. who filled a similar
| mission last year, proved an interesting
| incident.
President Charles II. Plunkett of
Adams. reviewed briefly the business
of the industry during the year, dur
ing which he said there had been a
returning tide of immigration, a great
| cotton crop and Il growth in the in
dustry both in this country and abroad.
President Plunkett also dwelt with
some emphasis upon the necessity of
the preservation of the water power
| on the Atlantic watershed and stated
| that the board of government Of the
association has passed resolution
| urging extensive improvements in
transportation facilities and expressing
the hope that Legislative bodies should
refrain from interfering with the de-
velopmcnt of such improvements.
Two interesting addresses. one by
| Col Albert Clarke, secretary of the
Home Market Club on the 'Importance
Of outside conditions" and the other
by Prof George F. Swain of Boston
| on conservation" closed the morning
| session.
| Tho afternoon session opened with
d paper on Reasonable Legislation
| Affecting Child Labor by Lewis w
Parker of Greenvillc, S. G.
| Others who spoke during the after
noon were William HAYES Of Auburn
| Me: A. Thatcher Holbrook of Bos
ton; Day Baker of Boston and ]. w
Iindau of New York. all four discus
sing phases in the technical work Of
cotton Manufacturing.