The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-05
MAKES PLEA FOR
FAIR competition
PRESIDENT n. N. cARRiNGTON
CALLS FOR CLEAN METHODS
IN TOBACCO TRADE.
FAvORS TARIFF BOARD
IN SPEECH BEFORE TOBACCO A~sO-
CITATION RICHMOND MAN URGES
@CONsERv ALIVE TARIFF
ACTION.

Especial to The Richmond Nirginian.)
NEWPORT NEWS, VA. July A.
After adopting several resolutions.
principal among which was the piac-
ing the association on record as OPP
posing the present loose fsaf tobacco
bill now pending before congress. the
Tobacco Association or the United
States closed its eleventh annual con
vention at Old Point at noon to-day.
The greater portion or the conven-
ton was taken up with the reading
OF reports and the eiectIon or officers.
the new officers being as follows:
President. L. NJ Darlington, Rich
mond, Va: vice president. w. l., Pet
T.. Lexington Ky. X. b. Watson.
Wilson, n. G.. T. E. Kobinson, Chass
City. Va. Board OF directors; w. T.
Reid J. l.. Wingo Richmond, Va,
StRh Boiling, Petersburg Va; f r.
Clarke, Bedford City, Va: Il. +. Egg
gleston. brakes Branch. Va; +. Il.
Ficklen-GreeaAii4+ e g. r. lewis.
Henderson, y, e.. g. s. Nortieet. Win
ston- Salem, n. C.. T. Il. Darlington,
DanSilie, Va: j. Is. Williamson. Dan
vile. Va. W r. Anon Cincinnati,
O.. q 4 Patton, Darlington. S. c.,
W f. Edwards, Oxforc. n. e.
The selection Of Il secretary and
treasurer and the place of the next
meeting WAS left to the board Of di-
reCtors.
During the afternoon the delegates
took a steamer trip over Hampton
Roads and this evening the annual
dinner was held in the HoIel Cham
berlain
In his annual address President
Darlington said;
President Carringtonrs Address.
Mr. Darlington said In part:
The hand OF time has again
brought the days on which TO hold
the eleventh annual convention OF the
Tobacco Association OF the United
States. and we now have the privi-
lege Of again meeting old friends and
ma king new ones, which means SO
much TO those OF Us who have not,
from year to year and may it mean
equally as much to those who meet
with us the first time. These meet
ings are diversed Tor the time from
the hard lines of bargain and sale,
possessing every tendency for the
good OF the whole. above and beyond
the IDEAS of direct personal gain,
striving together TO bring higher and
better methods into our daily bust
ness lie, and must be II we take
proper advantage of them, very help
full in the solution of. the many COM
pick questions that are forever arising
In our trade.
We came together in a spirit OF
helpfulness and unselfishness TO carry
out the feelings generated By these
conventions We will Gevefop the de-
sire and that capacity TO recognizes
that marked line between open. above
board, fair and just competition that
exists on one side; on the other by
acts under the cover or secrecy, that
fail 10 accord that consideration to
our business associates that fairness
and Justice ever demands Between
| unfair and underhand competition
and that OF the healthy open and fair
business rivalry there exists the great
est difference. and the tesI that gen
orally can he supplied Is that any
thing that Is open. above-poard and
stands In the light OF fun knowledge
Is right. The dark and secret ways
( OF trade are what Lead TO confusion.
Place Wealth on High Pinnacle.
The high pinnacle on which the
general public has placed the posses
sor of great wealth and the Difference
paid by the average man makes It a
great temptation to weak human ma :
| ture 10 acquire ii at all hazards To
attain supreme leadership In wealth
and power, the game has been played
fierce,y. and there has not peen time
| to consider the serious consequences
| to others liz accomplishing .fke, aims
OF business supremacy-attainin
power with no responsibility to any
! one--fear.ss-e neither man nor God.
| The business methods and private
lives OF many Of our business giants
nave all been reprekrnsible in the
greatest degree.
The only permanent cure must
| be in everyone doing all in their
/ power. personally. socially and in
business. to discountenance the meth
! DDS inherent and patent in their un-
I fairness
! Business BASED on Confidence.
! In our calling, where the manner
| OF doing business is so necessa rily
I based on confidence. there should be
/ every effort to continue the good
1 work OF only recognizing in our
business life those who are worthy.
/ especially as We have so many with
whom we have trade who merit our
/ confidence. There is no reason to
/ encourage those otherwise constitute
ed who often bait buyer and gem
/ orally to his sorrow.
There never was time In the
| history of our trade that needed a
clearer vision and proper conception
| or proportions and mature consid-
| erations. One great wheel of the
tobacco trade has for a time become
fnterlocked with those of the gov
eminent. but there should be full con-
i ndence that the same minds that
brought about the great organization
with all its intricacies. can also find
a way OF unlocking this wheel be-
] fore many months. and many nor
NAL conditions instead OF one normal
condition win exist. and the great
| tobacco trade will again pursue the
over uneven tenor az itsc way, With
| the laws moro clearly defined and
| a better understanding. there should
| be better days ahead In every hne
/ and with the same energt es and
brain applied to whatever may come
Of the regeneration. with the great
growth OF our country. success may
be In store for component ports In
~ full q measure OF success as It
has been to the whole.
| The general outlook for the whole
manufacturing interests should give
/ encouragement for our country Ii
ever growing. both naturally and by
| continued and ever Increasing I'm
migration. the latter lands on this
continent consumer Of tobacco. and
1 the former. II II II : boy. Is not long
!! delayed from HIS cigarette.
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