The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-01
NOT REPORTED CORRECTLY.
Says President william MARI Of His Chi.
cago Speech.


William Marr, who returned Yesterday
afternoon from Chicago, where he at
tended the meeting Of the Retail Monu.
mental Dealers National association as
representative Of the Barre granite
manufacturers. takes exceptions 70 the
report in a Chicago paper Of the remarks
that Ne made at the meeting and which
were reprinted in The Times on Monday
Mr.. Marr sattes that As to calling the
mail order houses undesirable citizens
he did not mention the mail order bust
ness IN any way whatever and what he
did say was entirely in regard to the
relations existing between the granite
manufacturers and the retailers,
He said that the retailers and the manu-.
facturers had been working hand II hand
for the mutnal good Of both and that
the manufacturers always considered the
interests Of the two were Identical The
granite manufacturers association, he
said. had never done anything to antaP-
onize the interests 81 the retailers and
that The best Of feeling existed between
them
William Barclay, who Also attended
the meeting az representative of the
quarry owners. saws that he was nsich
surprised when he saw the report Of the
statements attributed to Mr. Marr, and
Ne says they are entirely false As to
Mr., Marr's remarks being pessimistic,
be states that they were just the oppo
site and he is al q loss to know how
these statements were laid to Mr. Mari
unless some retailer made them in a
meeting at which they were not present
and the reporter got the names mixed up.
Besides speaking Of the good relations
existing between the retailers and the
manufacturers. be says that Mr., Marr
urged the two associations 20 increase
their efforts in the movement for better
designs that win make better and more
graceful Monuments and that the manu-
facturers should take steps to keep up
with the times in installing modern ma
chineTv 50 that more and better work
can be produced and The retailers orders
filed more promptly He also told of
the efforts taken bY the manufacturers
towards getting the freight rates re
duced. which WIS direct benefit to the
retailers, ss they paid the freight
On behalf Of the quarry owners, Mr..
Barclay gave tie meeting an account Of
the amount Of business done AZ the Barre
quarries. such as the number of men em-
poyed. the number Of derricks and their
capacity the number Of carloads shipped
in year and the total tonnage Of rough
stock shipped in q year from the quar-
ries BY both cars and team. These fig
ures caused the president of the retailers.
Ross c. Adams to say that although he
was aware that a great amount of busi
ness was done at the Barre quarries,
he was astonished at the enormity OF
It as shown by the statistics given BY
Mr. Barclay
Mr. Barclay also told them as the
quarries were getting deeper, old ma
chinery though far from being worn out,
was becoming useless and new maehin-
cry was being installed to meet the new
requirements. 90 that more stock could
be quarried and the orders filed more
promptly. The quarrYowners assncia-
tion he told them, was doing everything
in its power to elevate the business and
that a better grade Of granite was being
shipped out Of the qnarries now than
ever before
Finally, Mr. Barclay told the retailers
that while Barre had devoted itself ex
elusiyely to the monumental business,
steps are now being taken toward intro
ducing Barre granite IN building work
and that company for that sole pur
pose Is under contemplation. He pointed
out the Printers building in Chicago as
a sample Of the polished granite build
ing work which Barre has done and re-
ferred them to mausoleums to show how
hammered Barre granite would look in
building.
He said that he hoped that Barre
would eventually take its place at the
head Of the building granite trade, even
az Il is now at the head Of the monu-
mental end Of the granite industry He
urged the retailers TO bear this in mind
when they returned to their homes