New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-08
SAYS CITY IS NOT WICKED
Mayor Welcomes the CottOnSeed
CruSherS' Association.
Fifteenth ANNUAL MEETING
DR.. Wiley, Government Food Ex-
pert, Among Speakers Address
ing 500 or More Delegates.

In welcoming the interstate cottonseeo
crushers' fifteenth annual convention yes
terday Mayor Gaynor took occasion 10 say
as he has done publicly several times. tha'
New York was not such a wicked city aIter
all. the press TO the contrary notwith-
standing. lie said:
welcome you all here. and ! VIII try
snd take care Of you--or, At least Try 10
have the police take care or you WnlIe you
are here You have probably read in some
Of the New York newspapers. some Oh
whom love TO dehle the name or thls cltS
what bad lot Of criminals we are mere,
] want you to look around, those or you
who come from other cities, mostly or tn, e
South. believe. and see If there is nlucn
difference between us here and yourselves
at home. ,o,s
that we recently had crime wave mere,
II was a newspaper crime wave As q
were talking about this crime wave GTli .,.
IN this city was below the average. How
ever, little things like that should not ais
turb US.
ple who now live here in this city. and let
me tell you they are the best NoieS we
have here. They have brought with them
the pure political sentiments OF the south
and they know how to vote right every
time in local affairs and put the rasca!s
out.
In discussing the question Of business
combinations the Mayor said the combina-
lions were good things. but assailed the
trusts He talked a little about cotton
seed oil. the subject near the heart Of the
association, and finished his remarks by
saying the good sense Of business men
was needed IN the government of the coun-
Try.
J. G. Cash. chairman Of the commit
tee on arrangements. called the eight hun
dred or more delegates 20 order in the
north ballroom of the Hotel Aston, and
r. L. Hehin. Of Sherman. Tex. vice-presi-
dent Of the association responded TO
Mayor Gaynors welcome P. T. Taylor. Of
Columbia. s. c.. president OF the organiza-
ton. made his annual address
Henry r Towne. president Of the Manu-
facturers' Association, spoke on Indus
trial Management in Organization" some
thing which Mr.. Tovne is said 10 have ad-
vocated long before the DAYS Of Brandeis.
Dr. H. w. Wiley the government food eX-
pert said that cottonseed meal was a
great food for animals. but that he took
no stock in IL as a food for people The
crushers differed with him, many Of them
recalling their dinner last year IN Little
Rock. when almost everything served was
made from the product.
Another speaker was Bradford Knapp.
who is doing farm extension work for the
government in the South. His father. Or.
Seaman A. Knapp. who died short
time ego. was well known in this field
In the afternoon. when the skies had
cleared up bit, the delegates piled into
automobiles and motored TO Coney Island,
going after their sightseeing To Reisen-
weber's, at Brighton Reach. where they
had q shore dinner There viii he another
business session to-day. an organ recital
at Wanamakers at 10 a. m, a reception
end tea on board the Kaiser Wilhelm II
at Hoboken at p. m, and dinner this
evening, at which President Taft, Chaun-
cey NJ. Depew. DR.. John II. Finley. a. Bar
Ton Hepburn and q. 7. Taylor VIII speak.