The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-25
'BLAMES AGITAT|ON
F0R.SMALLDEMAND
Address Of President Fosburgh,
Of North Carolina Pine
Association.
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ELECTION !: OF NEW Off c ERs
Alfred 2. Thorn s.spcech
at Annual Ban
quct.
ELECTION OF NEW oFFIC ERs

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Especial to The Times Dispatchl 4
Norfolk, Va. March s4.-The annua,
convention OF the North Carolina pine
Association opened this morning n
tWenty-hrst annual session and fra
I feature consisted OF the address of
r,es p. g: Fosburgh and the an
. nn =, reports OF Secretary r. II. Morris
an IN h bis ann,,., W y ?: Roper.
bursh ascribed the failure to secure = :,
increased demand for lumber and con.
sequent stronger prices to the apita.
n ion IN Washington that hampered ana
OF uncertainty. 'As ~ =
IN IN part Mr.. Fosburgh said:
excepting steel, no other Industry
~ this country Is so largely depend
p par upon the e. railroads for It's pros
ne ne \, az added that the shrinkage in the
railway consumption Of lumber dur
ing :, the past two and a half years has
peer, neen equal to 12h per cent Of the
the United States. Mr.. Fosbureh
pointed to- the fact that the lye1iom
pine r OUTPUTS have averaged 80 per cen
tbs f s .nan mel, In ~, normal capacity with
applicable to every lumber PRODUCING
sectlon OF the country Secretary Nor
rs reported shipments by the mills Of
me me North ! Carolina Pine Association
sU"otyVUsVUUs 4Get, OF about so
Carolina pine TERRITORY through VIZ
gina and the carolinas !,
49, The Annual Danauet.
Ahe annual banquet was held tn |
night at the Monticello Hotel. and WAS
largely attended. A. P. Thorn was the
guest OF honor and the principal speak
e n,,4, his theme was the "Government:s
Tu,y 10 = BUSINESS and Business Men"
d ,a12 3. Ivey. OF Fayetteville. N. ii,
covered ne,, an address on "a Forest |
Pollcy Tor the South Atlantic States"
at the afternoon session.
Address by Mr.. Thorn.
/ .5Aloderatlon and conservatism should /
pe used by the government in It's ef-
iorts to regulate the Business OF Tho
CO. country. In the opinion of Alfred =.
er np Ra hsnsra ao,lnsel Of the South
the principal address at the bananet
OF the North Carolina Pine Association.
ned me-. IN this city. Mr. Thorn smoke on
!, me IN. Duty OF Government to Bust
ness and 10 Business Men"
!. The temptation to-day. lie declared
IS to overrcgulation. 1t Is easy to
excite popular prejudice against iron.
sr.y T and against sain business. he said
some Of the problems which confront ,r
90 the nation in the earlier days OF /.
Us existence. declared that with the
- ap or settlement of these
I ,ava problems; commercial questions
nave arrested the attention OF the peo
ssues. oAa4
We. as a people" he continued.
nave ma entered ~ upon an ear In which
y regulation OF business. In other
words, the politician has taken hold Y
y the business life or the people,. IL
e, =, rs 4 TO deal successfully with the
md bring to Its solution spirit of
conservatism and high con-
'ccration. He must be controlled by K
~ Inl J., sense OF justice, by willing
ifice his Office In order to do right.
$ 1t possible in democracy TO and
!; ornament protection at the hands Of
saine WIZ These So the ma5ority
Shibit q spirit OF moderation. conser-
atlsm and Justice as yet unparalleled =
history. They must demand of their.
e epresentatlves In public life that poll
business questions. or into the tix- z
1g OF governmental policies in re- &c
pect to business" N
While Mr.. Thorn held that s"the wis AZ
as come to be universally recognized. y
lie method and the extent OF IL are y
ALTERS OF vital Importance, and are q
~ ~ Wlthin the region Of difference =
AIRED. has the moral right 10 attempt 2
place Its artificial power athwart s.
e pathway OF the orderly operation
universal economic law. and thai
e effort to do so must end in failure
not disaster. He said that mo sys.s
m OF government can be permanent,
satisfactory which destroys tye
numerical capacity 81 Its people or
~ =
viii anybody contend" he asked O,
hat America can successfully sus- C,
It'll all the rest OF the world Without Eli
andoning the old system Of mere be
and INSTRUMENTATION in
siness,i and adopting the principle | ri
organization In business and avail M
& itself of the power OF large aggrc- IL
lions Of ca pital y He acknowledged el
at these great 8aggregations Of capt. De
II, and that the cupidlty Of man, an
clsed by adequate power and withElvi
strirtef9 license, is full of menace to sn
cicty. But the remedy is not to de- re
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