Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-10
GOVERNOR WELCOMES COTTON MEN
Manufactres National Association Meeting Eastern Point
 Must Treat Tariff and Labor Questions Broadly, Says Baldwin President Greene Thinks Radical Socialism Too Remote To Consider

The semi-annual meeting of the Ma tional Association of Cotton Manufac- turers was formally opened Monday evening at the Griswod, Eastern Point. with large number of delegates in attendance. Governor Simeon E. Bald win welcomed the visitors to the state. and Mayor Bryan F. Mahan of New London extended the welcome of the city to the visitors.
 Franklin W. Hobbs of Boston re- sponded for the association.
 Edwin Farnham Greene of Boston, president of the association, delivered his address, in which he discussed in { general way the work of the associa- tion, and new problems that will have to be met.
 Employer. Employe and Politics. He discussed to a great extent the relation of the employer to the em- ploye, and the effect of politics and the tariff on the cotton industry. He said that he believed that conditions are not at all as serious as many of the pres- ent day magazine writers would have us believe.
 Wage System Not Obsolete.
 We have heard much of late to the effect that the wage System is becom-
 
 own the tools and machinery with which they work. personally believe that for practical purposes it is use- less to consider any other system than the wage system. The programme of the radical socialists may some day commend Itself to thinking people, but this Is too remote for practical con- sideration."
 Approves Tariff Board. As to politics and the protective tariff. President Greene feels called upon to discuss them. For the present at least, he said, we are facing an in- evitable tariff revision, which if done wisely can only help the stockholders and operatives alike. He advocated the establishment of permanent tar if board
 Governor Baldwin Speaks. In his address welcoming the dele- gates to the state, Governor Baldwin spoke in part as follows: | note among the subjects you are to consider are the tariff; the existing re- lations between foreign laborers and mill management, and workmen's com pensation laws. These are present day matters. The whole people are talking about them, and will listen with eager ears to what you have to say. They will be disappointed if you do not treat these questions broadly, and go to the bottom of what underlies them all.
 Vital Relation to Whole People. You who represent one class of cap italists of American society will look at these labor problems and tariff problems. You represent more than the capital invested in your mills; more than the thousands of your stockhold- CTS and bondholders. You represent a | greater number of thousands who are your fellow laborers, the wage earn CTS whose pay you provide, and whose 1 interests are in a large measure In lyour keeping. You also have vital re- lations with the whole American peo- pie. You cannot deal with the tariff without thinking of what the nlanu- Efacturer gets out of it, and of those out of whom he gets it. We have tc look at these questions from all sides if we would do justice to the inquiry and in the long run it is justice which will be done.
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