The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-03-31
CAPITAL AND
LABOR At
BANQUET
Hands Across the Festive
Board at Gary Last Night
Arbitration, Annexation
and Amalgamation the
Brainfood.

| Capital and labor last night enjoyed
the unusual privilege of feasting to-
gether with their feet under the same
| boards. The occasion was the ban
quet Of the Employers. Builders and
Material Mems Association of Gary,
| which was held at the Washington
skating rink
| The affair was attended by 500 con-
| tractors. workmen and other guests in
terested in prospecting Gary, many of
them from various parts of the county,
and was the biggest thing in point Of
attendance that has ever been held in
| the county.
Although there We're hundreds of big
hungry men to feed and the food had
| to be cooked some distance away from
where it was served, the service on the
whole was excellent, and every one soon
had his appetite adequately appeased.
TIL menu was elaborate and we'll pre-
pared and thoroughly enjoyed by those
present, to whom it seemed more like
camping out" style than a stiff and
formal banquet
Everything Big Scale.
The skating rink, which proved to be
the only building in the city large
enough to hold all of the throng which
was to be invited to this love feast was
appropriately decorated with flags and
various kinds Of bunting Sixteen long
tables were placed side by side, form
ing an arch about the speakers tables
all of which could have seated 1000
persons had that many been present
It reminded one of some big convention
hall where the delegates were winding
up their session with the biggest event
| of the year.
| Much OF the success of the banquet
was due to the persistent work of c.
~. Cough, Ingwald Moe and A. S. Hess,
| the committee in charge. 1t seemed
that there was not feature which they
had overlooked in making the prepara-
tions such a big scale.
Toasts Voiced Harmony.
The toasts made on the part Of the
employees and workmen were signifi-
| can't, IN that they both voiced the
sentiment of harmony. They disap-
proved Of the idea of controversy ana
wrangie which most times features tho
attitude of the employer and the en-
ployes towards each other. The un-
| ions were represented by William HI.
Kliver of Gary and James Nedjl of
Whiting. Both men declared that the
outlook for peace between labor and
that such affair as this served to
bring them to a better understanding
| of each other. 1t is an unusual event.
they said for capital to invite labor to
| put their feet under the same table
with them. M. L Maxon, in speaking
| for the employers, stated that the af-
| fair was held primarily for the pur-
pose of getting together The lack of
| getting together, he claimed was re-
! sponsible for two-thrds Of the labor
disputes of the country
All Tested At 1t.
| With the exception of one or two
speakers. there was not a man on the
| program that did not seize the oppor-
| tunity to jest about the annexation
] tribulations of the cities of Lake
county. None of them argued the mat
| ter pro or con. with the exception of
| Senator A. ]. Bowser who favored It,
but merely made the matter a subject
/ of jest.
| Some of them spoke about the mar
| velous events OF all times, and stated
| that the remarkable growth of East
Chicago from 10000 to $4,000 inhabi-
| tants was certainly wonderful But
when Gary grew from 10000 to 10000
| in fifteen minutes. 1T was an unparal-
leled feat in history. Citizens of
northern Lake county were referred
to men of East Gary or West Gary.
according to the city in which they
might have lived
| After the toasts had been delivered
the vaudeville artists entertained the
crowd for some time. There were five
| good artists and the personal remarks
which they made about certain guests
| particularly appealed to the crowd
| Ri he
| furnished the music In a most salts
| factory manner.
| 1t was noticeable that every candi-
date for an office in the county was
extremely busy circulating among the
| crowd The representatives from d.
vers parts of the county and the big
| crowds from Gary offered an enticing
| field to the political workers to get in
some good ticks. Among those pres
ent We're: Ernest Shortridge, candi-
| date for clerk; Thomas Grant. candi-
| date for sheriff; Gully Swanson and
| w. A Hill. candidates for county
| treasurer: DR. Frank A Smith. can
didate for county coroner; Ray seeley.
candidate for surveyor; Willard B.
Van Horne. c. NJ. Renollet and H E
Granger. candidates for joint repre-
sentative; Matt Brown. candidate for
commissioner. and Jp5ge Harry B..
Tuthill. candidate for Judge OF the ap-
pellate court
| Keynotes of the Speeches."
! Cary usually gets what she goes
/ after We now have a superior court.
| 1t took forty years TO build King Solo
mons temple. Gary was built in a
day, It were."-Toastmaste H. F.
/ McCracken.
| This banquet tonight represents the
/ object of the Employers, Builders and
Material Mems Association. Nine
tenths of the labor trouble In the past
| could have been amicably settled If the
/ employers and employees would have
gotten together in a harmonious man