The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-29
STAMFORD
BOARD OF TRADE BANQUET
 BRINGS GOOD SPEAKERS.
GuiIe1ess Feast of Reason and Other Things Without Intoxicating Ac-
 ceSsOrieS.
fsneciaI to The Farmer


 Stratford. March 29-About 100 sat down to the tables at the second an> nual banquet of the Stratford Board of Trade, last night in Redmen's hall. President Fl Peck was toastmaster. He first introduced Mayor Clifford B. Wilson of Bridgeport, who made a short address full of humor. He re. ferred to ''hill boards evidently talk ing q shot at the much maligned board of the Bridgeport Board of Trade erected on Stratford avenue much 10 the disgust of the body of which the mayor was the guest last night. As the speaker is himself a member or the Bridgeport board he indicated that his hands were tied and that he could not make much comment.
 He said he favored the annexation of Stratford to Bridgeport and ex. pected that it would be accomplished when the permission of Dave Rhoades could be obtained. MT. Rhoades sat close by and was the target of some good natured railery. Those who had expected a dissertation on how to run a town government were disappointed. There were many present who believ- ed that the mayor could give the town of Stratford some points on this sub- tect had he been so inclined. PreSi- dent Peck in introducing Attorney w. C. Wilder stated that he just return ed from the Democratic convention in New York state. MT. Wilder is a summer resident of the town and an- nounced that when he retired from his law business in New York he would make a permanent residence in the town.
 He intended to be a Stratford farm CT as he believed that it was a profit able business judging from his own experience for he had been taxed an extra two cents a quart for milk and Ho6 ,no i'm price for his benefit and he proposed to follow the same course with later arrivals from New York who might be regarded as legitimate prey. His comments on the convention were in. teresting. The ballots furnished were f4 feet long and five minutes were all lowed the delegates to make their se- lection. An interesting part of his address concerned Woodrow Wilson, a possible candidate for president of the United States on the Democratic tic- ket.
 MT. Wilder was a classmate and also roommate of Governor Wilson during the four years he attended Prince. ton college. MT. Wilder believes he knows Governor Wilson through and through and he also believes that ii nominated he will be elected President and that he will give the country the most satisfactory administration il has had since Grover Cleveland His estimate is based on a personal knowledge of the character of the subject of his remarks gained through daily association wilh him at a time when it is not usual for young men tc conceal any of their peculiar charac- teristics Mir. Wilder had a word tc say concerning the salvation of the trees which made Stratford famou: in the past and urged every prop erty owner to take a personal inter. est in them and take care of them Ht predicted that in 20 years the towT would be the most attractive in the country if his advice was followed. IT searching the records of MOrrisanis recently Attorney Wilder ran acros: the will of the late Governor Morris signer of the Declaration of Indepen, dence.
 In the document the testator pro vided for the most liberal educatiO possible for his son but stipulated that he was not to be allowed to gt school in New England. 1t will prob ably be news to MT. Wilder to heal shat a descendant of the signer oi the Declaration attended the Park avenue institute in Bridgeport some thing more than 30 years ago.
 There was no orchestra but Mrs Wade Cook presided at the piano ant