The Washington herald., 1909-05-06
SCORES DEFAMATION
OF BUSINESS MEN
Dr.. Cadman Tells LithOg.
rapherS 1t Is Harmful.
ANNUAL BANQUET IS HELD
Ninety-nine Per Cent of American
Business Men Honest, Declares
New York acknowledgements
tive DENLY Speaks in Favor of
Lock CanaI-COnventIOn Closes.


zsiness" brought 70 a white heat IN
song. story. hand-shake. snd stirring ad-
dress. the National Association OF En-
rIoying Lithographers closed its third
annual convention with a banquet in the
Arlington Hotel last evening.
For the nOnce, al thoughts Of the
Eif were thrown aside and fesJivity
REVEALED More than one hundred com
rssrcial brothers. bound together by ties
mutual interests. were assembled in
yesrly communion al the board" from
which shop talk is strictly barred.
The IthOgraphers made the best OF the
occasion. They Cheered themselves en-
'HuSiastically when one speaker called
them the Oldest fraternaI society in the
VsOrld-that which has written the his
tory OF mankind on stone. They present.
d large diamond stones 10 one another
IS q token Of esteem: they recounted their
various virtues and when the honesty
md integrity Of American business meth
OdS were sung. they took il home 20
themselves with a lustiness which left
10 doubt OF q clear conscience.
Claudius II. Chandler. president OF the
association. was tOastmaster. and the
speakers Of the evening were William H
McEiroy. OF New York. who spoke upon
The art OF helping; Rev DR.. S. Parkes
Csdman, Of Brooklyn, whose address was
ca the subject Of Character and com
nerce-" and Representative Edwin Den
BY, OF Detroit, who spoke on The Pan
ana Canal
Decries UnfOunded Charges.
7 stand as a defender Of American
commercial morality" said Dr. Cadnaan
The siUrs cast at our business men are
malicious They come from sources
which are often contemplate. Why
shoCld We listen for moment 10 the
defamaJoTy statements OF q man who has
not the facts to back them uD2 Why
should we allow them 10 perrurb our
Minds / particularly depreCa1e The ten
oency OF public men 70 indulge in indis-
cTlmlnaIe insinuatiOns. This IS unjust
ana II influences the public 70 far
greater extent than most men imagine
II spreads 90 Europe. When I was
preaching in London, last summer. 7 was
constantly assailed with questions re-
Sarding the honesty Of our business men
To these / always replied. nv honest
self-cOmplaiscsnt, snug. self-sarisSed. son
Of Johnny Bull our men Of commerce
are as honest as yours, only more 50
Then they ask about the many SANDERS
which appear in the press tell them
that all ievel-headed Americans know
how 10 take these stories, they believe
nothing which has not the facts TO back
Il Up 1 know the widespread denuncia-
ton Of men in our business life and our
public life has done Us untold harm
a5Toad
Another evil which I inveigh against
with all nay strength is that OF using
doubtful character OF speech, either in
public OF in private I believe profanity
indicates a Limitation OF vocabulary. and
il creates a bad impression which can
only be removed by subsequent acts.
There is no doubt that We are pro-
gressiig TO a new age in business Some
one has said, If the world has come into
existence without such a thing as honesty
being known. Il would have 10 be in
vented for the sake Of carrying on busi-
ness. We all know that SO per cent Of
business men are honest: otherwise busi-
ness could not 90 on
Rev. DT Cadman was greeted with
prolonged outbUrst Of applause when he
resumed his seat His address was dis
tinctly the feature OF the evening
FavOrS Lock Canal
Following him came Representative Ed
win DENLY. Of Detroit. who spoke brief
y ccucerning the progress Of the Panama
Canal Incidently. he emphasized his be
lief in the feasibility Of 2 lock canal
and declared the great project would be
completed before the end Of the second
term OF President Taft"
William H. McElroy. humorist. journal
ist, and noted after-dinner speaker. re-
sponded 20 the toast, The art Of help
ing" He told a number Of his iniuitable
stories. and threw his audience into q
great good humor
Songs were sung throughout the ban
Quet conducive to good fellowship. Among
them we're 1T Looks Like a Big Night
Tonight Honey Boy" ''Harrigan.
and patriotic selections
While the convention officially closed
with the banquet. many members viii
stay over to-day 10 pay more visits to
Senator'S. IN behalf Of the higher rates
in the lithographic schedules, which they
are seeking