Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-12
PAINTERS ARE
IN CONVENTION
]. F. Tangoaard and Local
DaIes atss- -Asbury Park.

Perth Amboy Is well represented
at the seventh annual convention of
the New Jersey Master Painters and
Decorators Association, in session at
the Ocean Hotel, Asbury Park, from
yesterday until Friday. The dele
gates from the local union are: T.
Ernst and Anders Anderson. J. F.
Tanggaard, also Of this city, is q
member Of the states executive com
mittee and will be in attendance dur
ing the convention, acting in his Of
cial capacity.
Mr.. Tanggaard's term expires this
year, and his successor will be named
at the Friday morning session. The
terms of the following officers also
expire: President, 3. F. Davis, of
Jersey City; yice-president, A. A.
Sippel, of Newark; secretary, Charles
Greenhaigh, of Paterson; treasurer,
H. L. Bartholomew, of New Bruins
wick; state organizer, Charles E. Van
SICKLE, Of Newark. Other local
men at the convention were: F. X.
Urbanski, Robert Hubble, Harry Da-
ger, Fred Weatherbert, Peter West
ergaard, and Harold @. Hendricksen.
Professor Ladd, OF the North Da-
kota experimental station, who Is the
father Of the present national pure
food law, is making q special visit TO
Asbury Park to address the conVen-
ton upon the subject of Paint
Tests" For several years Professor
Ladd has conducted a series Of tests
Of paint applied to a special fence
700 feet long and seven feet high,
erected upon the experimental station
property.
The New Jersey association has en-
tered into the same work, to take
place at the New Jersey Agricultural
College, at New Brunswick, in which
try are giving their cooperation.
These tests will cover a period of
about ten years. Each year reports
will be made to the annual conven-
ton, bringing out the merits Of re
spective products in the paint line.
Opposition to the employers La
bility law was voiced by President
Benjamin F. Davis, of Jersey City, in
his annual address,
The association began its meeting
yesterday afternoon and will con
tinue three days, holding It's sessions
in the morninf, in order that the af-
ternoons and evenings can be given
up to pleasure.
Mr.. Davis said that the association
was in a prosperous condition and
that 1t was working tremendously
along the lines of benefit to the trade.
He declared that the employers liza
bility law, in his opinion, was a bad
measure, saying that its propositions
were too drastic.
The compensation and fellow ser
want clauses, he added, were particu-
larly severe on the employer. Mr..
Davis i~nsinuated that in a short time
the law would have a test in the
courts and he believed that 1t would
be declared unconstitutional.
An instance was cited where a neg
ligent workman could cause injuries
to a fellow-workman and the employ
er would be liable for damages, ewes
though the negligence was not his
fault. Prayer was offered by Rev.
William N. Bailey, after which May
or Appleby welcomed the dalAratrs
TomorregS gaernt25 Charles Green:
halgh, secretary of the associatfoas1
will reach a paper on the ~"Inconsis-
tencies Of Labor Organizations and
the Need of a Uniform Afeement."
Other papers during the conven-
ton will be on Modern Skyscrap-
ers," by P. W. Nelson, and white
Lead" by John NJ. Peters.