The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-08
Brought Back by Secretary
Charles H. WiShart
AFTER TOUR OF A MONTH
He Exhibited Barre Granite at Des
Moines, Iowa, and Lincoln, Ne
braska and 1t Was veu
Received.

Encouraging reports concerning the
granite trade prospects Were brought
back to-day by Secretary Charles n.
Wishart of the Barre Granite Manufac-
turers association, who has been on
months tour of the middle West III the
interests OF the association and exhibit
ing also the display Of finished Barre
granite which was shown at the Roch-
ester, n. ", convention. He comes back
convinced, 700, that the advertising of
Barre's great product in this way will
provo OF great benefit to the industry
in general.
lie found some skepticism that Barre
granite could be finished into the spec-
mems Of work local people are so fa-
miliar with. However, the exhibit of
finished work was all that was necessary
to convince the skeptieal of their error.
In fact, the monument dealers associa
tion in Iowa and Nebraska were enthusi-
astic over the exhibit and were very
much pleased that the Barre association
should have taken the trouble to send
the specimens SO great a distance as
Des Moines and Lincoln. The delegates
to the two stated conventions, the Iowa
Granite and Marble Dealers and the Ne
braska association of the same name.
inspected the work thoroughly and ques-
toned the Barre representative closely
regarding it,
Barre granite" says Secretary Wish
art, "has Il good reputation through the
middle West; but ! find that there are
other GRANTEES which are pretty strong
ly intrenched out there This display
which the Barre association sent on was
just what was needed to back up and
increase the reputation of the Barre
stone"
The Des Moines convention was held
on January l9, 20 and 81 and while
he was there Secretary Wishart received
an invitation to take the exhibit to Lin
coin for the Nebraska convention.
Therefore, he changed his plans some
what and went to Lincoln instead Of
to Pittsburg, where the Pennsylvania .
state association was to hold its con-
vention at about the same time. He
sent on to Pittsburg, however, state
ment Of what the Barre association pro-
poses to do; and that statement was
read at the convention there. The ex-
hibit, after the close of the Lincoln con.
vention, was boxed up and is now being
kept at that city until plans are COM
pleted regarding its disposal
As to the business outlook Secretary
Wishart found it to be fairly encour-
aging and he comes back with the ex-
peetation that spring business in the
Barre district will be good, although per
haps not rushing. He visited dealers in
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, AIiehi-
gan, Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska, and
among them he found, generally, a good
tone to business Most of the dealers
declared that orders were coming in well
for this time Of the year.
Some complaint was run against re-
garding rather inferior work which had
come from Barre sometimes; and Sec
retary Wishart informed those who
found fault that Barre granite is capable
Of being finished the finest of any gran
ite at fair price The trouble was,
he told them, that dealers were too apt
to buy cheap work. and they got Just
what they bought. He would like to
encourage Barre manufacturers to send
out the best work possible in order to
keep mp the reputation OF Barre stone.
Other Delegates Return.
James T Marion Of Barre aud ]. S.
Haley OF Montpelier returned last night
from Boston, where they went to at
end the meeting OF the Granite Indus
.ries National association as delegates
rom Barre Granite Manufacturers esso-
,iation.