The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-08
FOUNORYMEN'S
SESSIONS OPEN
Twelve Hundred Delegates Present
Ask President To Name DR.. Holmes
Head of Mines Bureau.

With about 100 delegates registered
In the Michigan building at the state
fair grounds. which have been con-
verted into a mushroom center OF In.
dustry. with whirring belts. huge,
buzzing machines, and life size toy
foundry In full blast. the associated
opened their convention
Tuesday morning, when they were
warmly welcomed by Mayor Brett
meyer and President Abner Z. Lar
ned, of the Board OF Commerce.
Joseph T. Speer. president OF the
Pittsburg Foundrymen's association.
made a graceful response to the wei
comes, and In the course of his re-
marks struck the most important chord
OF the morning session.
President Arthur T. Waterfall. OF
the American Foundrymen's assocta-
ton, and President William X. Web
ster. OF the American Brass Founders
association. both delivered their presi'
Dental addresses, Tuesday morning.
President Webster discussed the re-
lations of the technical schools and the
and expressed regret that
the theoretical education and the actual
problems are not more closely allied.
He recommended that the schools and
the foundrymen get together for the
purpose of better mutual understand
ing.
Secretary w. M. Corse, of the brass
recommended in his report
that the miners, chemists and founders
standardize their definitions of stock
terms. He declared that each branch
Of the industry of handling the metal.
from its ore state TO the finished
product, had It's own trade terms.
making 1t difficult for one branch to
what the other branch was
referring to.
DR.. Richard Moldenke, secretary
treasurer OF the American Foundry.
mems association. and enc OF the leac-
ing spirits In the wide fellowship OF
the foundrymen, dwelt upon the help
full element of the association, and
urged all members to live up to the
broad motto OF honesty and truth
upon which the association Is found
ed.
Dr.. Moldenke's report to the men
millions brought the
dazed bystander out of a dream OF
dollar signs and eight-fgure numbers.
when the doctor mentioned the hum
BILE sum OF $40.
I'VE now have 753 members, and
the association is In splendid shape"
said Dr. Moldenke II hope that the
recent action of raising the member-
ship TO $40 year will not drive out
any OF the members. II was really
necessary to raise the fee"
II was stern, serious business that
DIR. Moldenke was talking about. but
II sounded odd, reminding one OF the
fact that the billion dollar community
is really composed OF human units and
real $40 bills.
The attendance at the meetings. on
the upper floor of the Michigan build
ing, was very small.
Most or the delegates, like bunch
of kids" on a vacation. preferred to
ramble through the toy machine
shops. with which the administration
building and the main building are
filed.
Upon recommendation OF President
Speer, the foundrymen adopted reso-
linton, requesting President Taft to
appoint DR.. Joseph A. Holmes, Of
Was hington, ID. c., to the head of the
governments newly established
bureau OF mines.
DR.. Holmes. who is So years old. has
given practically his entire lifetime TO
the study of metallurgy and mines.
lie has been one OF the best friends
OF the foundrymen. by virtue OF his
wide researches and knowledge. and
their unanimous recommendation that
he be offered the commissionership
will probably carry sufficient weight
to lard him in the office.
DR.. Holmes has been connected
with the government geological sur
vey. and was in charge OF the metal
lurgy exhibit at the st. Louis worlds
fair.