The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-11

them OF the things we have seen and
then call upon to bear you out. He
who bloweth not his own horn. that
horn shall not be blown There is
truth in that old saying
Mr.. Barnhart told a couple of good
stories IN his characteristic fashion.
which quite won the crowd.
Those two speeches were delivered
between courses and were followed by
the departure of the speakers. The
banquet was then resumed until the
coffee and cigars had been served.
when Mayor Schlieker was called upon
for the welcoming address. He paid
high compliment to the distinguished
guests and spoke of the honor they did
the Commercial club and Indiana Har-
Dor and East Chicago by their attend
ance. He dwelt on the importance of
their visit. which he said was vastly
more to the point than IL President
Taft had visited the region. he only
executing. while the guests there
present, made the laws.
Judge Virgil S Reiter gave good
boost to amalganation OF the cities o:
East Chicago. Indiana Harbor Ham
mond and Whiting. He said he was
| aware that he did not voice the I'M
divided sentiment of Hammond in so
expressing himself. but declared there
was large percentage of the citizen
ship of that city who would be glad to
see these cities united under one
municipality. He spoke OF Hammond's
attitude toward the waterway project
which he referred to as one of the
greatest interest
Beaumont Parks followed Judge
Reiter. He gave some interesting fig
ures as to the vast shipping represent
ed by the business of the Standard OIL
company's intention to locate on the
| canal. saying that by so doing they
could have the benefit OF a protected
harbor and be able to load and unloa l
| in stormy weather, which they could
| not do if they remained in Whiting.
The transfer of the shipping he declar-
cd could be accomplished at no greater
expense than the building of harbor
at Whiting. which otherwise they
would be obliged to do. When Chicago
asked favors. the speaker declared, 1t
gave figures on the amount of shipping
done from its harbors. but those who
made these representations neglected
| to state that any of the shipping
credited to Chicago. was done from In
diana
| C. f. Fowler, introduced as the
original pioneer of Indiana Harbor.
was next called upon. He gave a lis;
| of the big things that had been ac-
complished since the town was or
ganized. He called attention to the
fact that the government hadN been
| forced to recognize the Importance of
the local canal by .naking an. appro-
priation toward its support, contrary
to its usual policy of not taking over
waterways fostered and constructed by
private enterprise. This on account o:
the vast Importance the local harbor
and canal had assumed.
| Then came the great speech of the
evening. that of Senator Shively He
spoke with enthusiasm of the grand
spirit manifested on every hand, that
seemed to pervade the entire com
munity. OF the loyalty of the school
children. of the progressive spirit that
seemed to be the keynote of citizen
ship in the region. He compfmented
the district on its splendid pavements
saying that many an older town OF
larger population than the cities of the
Calumet region, could boast no such
Improvement and enterprise. He said
he had noticed long stretches of side
walks through what appeared to be
|
that the cities here had profited well
by the mistakes of older cities He de-
clared he had been astounded by wha
he had seen. He remembered passing
through this country as a boy when he
was impressed with the barrenness OF
the sand dunes. and the bleakness OF
1t all. At that time he could no:
ina CINE that any good could ever come
of what was>then so apparently worth
less a waste.
The speaker spoke of iron and steel
| as the really precious metals. Gold
and silver the precious metals9" said
he. The real precious metals are the
iron and the steel The world of fash
ion might be embara ssed If all the gold
and silver of the mines was exhausted
But the world would scarcely go or
| without iron and steel" The speake.
seemed to have a fine realization OF
what the canal meant to the iron and
steel industries and asked what could
be better than to help these in reduc-
ing to a minimum the cost of trans
portation of the raw material used n
the iron and steel industries. the
country at large would be helped as il
meant cheaper products in these ma
terials-
packer dated from French Lick was
read, in which the congressman ex-
pressed his regrets al being unable tc
attend the banquet. He said that notn-
ing but sickness could have kept hin
away.
The program of the day preceding
the banquet was carried out as plan
ned, and Is published in THE TIMES
The good work of the Commercial Clui
In working up enthusiasm to fevel
heat. was manifested all along the lin,
traversed by procession of automobiles
which carried the distinguished guest
and the committee in whose care they
had been placed. to the points of in
terest in the various cities. Their,
were fine decorations in honor of tn,
visitors on every hand Several of tn.
schools had been dismissed Ions
enough for the children to come GU