The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-23
BUSINESS MEN IN CONFERENCE Dep1ore Seeming Lack of Interest Tn Most Import
 ant Movement Every Citizen Is. vita1ly Tn terested Tn Improving Rivers and Harbors- Congress Next Month.
 

Desiring that Connecticut contrib
 uate an enterprising part to the Ma
 tionaI Rivers and Harbors Congress which will meet in Washington,f D.
 C., the 4th. 9th and 9th of next
 month. delegates who will represent
 the State Business Mems Association
 conferred with Romeo W. Miller, one
 the State, last night, to devise some
 plan of arousingl interest in the forth coming congress. Mir. Miller is di-
 rector in this State for the congress
 and has likewise been appointed by Governor Baldwin to represent Com
 necticut at this important congress. 4 President Samuel E. Vincent of the
 State Business Mems Association, has appointed three delegates to represent that association. Two of these, F. H. Johnstone Sof New Britain, and F. s. Vincent. conferred with MT. Miller at the Algonquin club.s last night. A.
 w. Brurritt of this city is the third delegate from the State Business { The object Of the conference was to plan means for bringing the coming convention to the attention of every individual in the State who is inter- that as large a. delegation as possible can be secured to attend the congress. ton and it's various branches in the different cities and towns of the State: the Boards of Trade the Manu- lecturers Associations, and other mer- arouse sufficient interest to send at least 40 delegates from this State to the congress.
 It isn't generally understood that any one interested in transportation projects, in the industrial life and well fare of the State and in the mercan- tile advancement. is invited to attend ing in the interests of the movement desire it to become generally known that any one is invited to attend the convention and will be given full de-. tails as to it's purpose if they will communicate with MT. Vincent, MT Miller or any of the other gentlemen whose names are mentioned above
 There have been about 30 to signify their intention of attending the con- gross thus far. and there is every req In order that Connecticut may be properly represented at the congress it is necessary for some financial backing. and this phase Of the. sftua- last night and plans made for raising funds for that purpose. Every other State in the Union will send delegates will have extensive parts in the con- yention, spending considerable money for that purpose. Whatever appro- come from subscriptions from the diff ferent organizations that are vttally interested and concerned in the con- gress.
 MT. Johnstone in discussing the Na- tional Congress said: "It is sor- rowfu1 thing to say that Connecticut Is far behind other states in tranS- portation matters and the quicker this state gets caught up, the better it will be for it's manufacturing, mer- chantile and industrial interests We are all tied up in a double knot here m this state so far as transportation matters are concerned and this is keep ing back the development of manufac- turing plants. especially those not ad- lacent to shore fronts. This Nation Il Rivers and Harbors Congress is a very important Congress. It concerrS every manufacturer in the country and every individual in the coun- ry We know that if there are better transportation facilities there are be- er industrial and manufacturing cor litions and with better industrial and manufacturing conditions there are l