The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-16
PIANO DEALERS
ASSEMBLE HERE
Great Music Exhibit Also
Opens at Horse Show
Building
OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN
FOR ENSUING YEAR
Charge is Made in Convention
That Interstate Commerce
is Favorable to
Railroads.

Members of the National Plans
Dealers Association Of america To the
number of nearly 1000 assembled n
ninth annual convention at the Je<~
ferson 1oref Monday morning, Mayor
Richardson extending them q cordfa1
and hearty welcome. The
tion will continue through Wednes.
day.
Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the
great musical exhibit opened At the
Horse Show building. This exhibitions.
which will display pianos and other
musical instruments Of varied and
sunory makes, viii continue through
out the week. 1t promises to be ~
unqualified success.
The. exhibit will be open to the
piano men n their friends from
TO 8 p. NJ. each day. The evenings
will be devoted to the public gsnr
orally. %
Aside from the address Of MayoE
Richardson. the session of the piano
dealers was marked by election o.
officers for the ensuing year, and
repor in which he discussed shtp
subsidy and other topics Of vital tn~
terest to the association. "
Railroads favored.
Chairman Holienberg OF the freight
bureau. which was abolished last
year.. enlivened matters somewhat ~
charging that the association coulA
hope for little from the Interstat0
Commerce Commission n stmtlax
bodies because in many instances Their
seem to be unable to see anything
cept in the light OF the ratlruadA Mx@
Hollenberg urged that the bureaus -
re-estabiished. Consideration OF the
proposition was deferred. -
Mayor Richardson's address, which
teemed with eloauence. was punctuat-
ed with frequent applause. He wae
followed b. President Droop. whose
response was as eloquent a. thu 91
Richmond's chief executive. The hAM
was p~rofuseiy decorated with dAoAs
bunting. the Stars and Stripes m4n0E
ling with Canadian coiors.
whats the matter with IN
major 2" came a voice from the hail
al President Droop concluded
Riehnfond's chief executive atAfted -
leave the platform.
Hes ali right. he's all right rs-
sounded in chorus throughout thu hall
Mayor Richardson Acknowledged the
compliment with a smile and stated
that he would be with the deAlerA
again Monday night. when their
smoker and entertainment WIN pe
held.
Ladies to 30 Theirs.
r., this connection II may be stated
that a high class entertainments Y
promised and that many ladies' w1ik
be present REFRESHMENTS VIII p
served during the
After the dealers had been given =
number OF directions AZ to the Iocatr
ton of the secretary's quarters 80
other matters of this nature. Prestdcnf
proop proceeded to read his annual
report, In which he scored CERTAIN
methods of guessing contests ~
fraudulent advertising.
Situation Appalling.
Coming to the question OF mcfcnant
marine and ocean mail. fTesiosmk
Droop said. In part.
"When you stop to consider tn
matter seriously the ID uui1
appalling.
do you know when our great NO
hundred million -doliar batteship naek
encircled the globe 1t had to depend
almost entirely upon foreign bottoms
to supply 1t with h COMMONLY p
which depends its very e-xissence
coalf
suppose war had beeas decaAxc0
while this fleet was thousands up0ME
thousands OF inil,s away from norna
would II not. because, OF tack -
such Golfers and transports. nave -
at h mercy OF the encayt
You all know that the LAVE Of MAA-
trality would have prevented us If0me
engaging h services OF q co1lssN
or ships sailing under the Ia Of = To-
eign nation. -
do you realize tnat Japan =.
day In he neighborhood Of SIX hum
dred available ships on the Faeanc
coast. and more ON Inc ways. asAsns&
not over eight or ten o. ours!
do you know that bus steen
ship line SAILING unueF the ntAfc An6