New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-21
manufacturers Told How
Trade Would Benefit
by New System.
povNTS TO POLITICS
THAT RULE SERVICE
,,,,so IIse of Union Label De-
,,ored at Meeting-Anti-
Trust Bill CenSured.

aiming school, to which appointments
., No made in manner similar 10
- west Point and Annapolis and
- u, would be governed by civil service
s,-ements giving the security AFFORDED
Of the army and navy, was the
O'. A. proposed by Curtis Guild former
70, ,.,sador to St. Petersburg and three
AM c.,ornor Of Massachusetts, at the
-, dinner Of the National Associa-
- Of Manufacturers at the WALDORF
=. ue has consulted with Presi-
80. Lowell. Of Harvard, about the sus-
gestion for year -, ,,,s
~ho erstwhile representative OF '''i'
=. Of the Court of ST. Petersburs
.V,,a,.cd the course of the career OF
~ man entering the diplomatic ser
!o-' ,-o,, q clerkship in some South
.-,.on country to the point where he
g halted in HIS ambitions by poiucal,
'. monetary considerations. rms couio
=. ovoided. ne said by a system or arp
,.-,otrc training, which would make
- ~ the men Of the nghting line In
90 90 - ,,esoe" which would be as honor
"a es SECURE as that of the soldier
so,Ior who graduated from the mill
.s roval coIeCes OF the country.
II is not only in the absence OF Ieei-
$40 of fitness alone for the position Wn'ch
tir6ers the expansion Of American ousi-
ass in the diplomatic service SAID MI
cpnd but in the niggardliness OF the ap-
-...,r, bo5ies in not allowing the
80 Denartment sufficient funds for the
.-s,,ssctior Of the same kind Of business
r.r,.b manufacturers and merchants
-, daily. Too often were the ap-
--i,...ss unable even TO read the daily
rswspapers of the country where the!
were stationed. and even when lheE 'OoN
,bs troub,e 10 learn the language ana the
customs OF the nations where they repre-
sorted This country they did not know
,.hs, a change in administration might
cs,ss them 10 lose all they had gained
7, the matter OF appropriations Mr..
Cold Told Of the roundabout way IN
,,.ti,b inportant messages. in cable ana
,inber were transmitted 10 the state De-
,1rtr,ent Instead of sending them Ill
80, while the affair OF which they
treated was alive. they were sent 10
Paris 10 be dec.phered, reciphered ana
sent 10 Washington, while the news value
Of the words grew stale.
The use Of the union label on food
products especially. came in for criticism
as IT was stated that purchasers OF prod
ucts hearing a label often mistakenly
thought the sign implied standard OF
quality. a recent inspection Of bakeries
in this city where the label is used'
committee reported 70 the association de-
ve.oped the allegation that If the state
Officials did their duty three-fourths OF
the small bakeries in the city would be
closed as unsanitary.
The use of the label. it was added was
urged by the unions solely as a negative
boycott TO build up the strength OF the
unions. The association was urged to dis
courage the use Of the label by the manu-
facturers among its members.
A report Of the committee on patents
remarked that one OF the most unlortu-
nate features of the present trademark
law is the constant conflict between users
of similar marks, unaware Of each
others rights. Under proposed legisla-
ton. it was stated. the prospective user
Of "a mark might within short period,
learn whether the mark had previously
been adopted by another or was on file
within the registration limit.
DANGER was seen. according to James
A. Emery. counsel OF the association, in
the proposed Clayton antitrust bill, and
the result Of his denunciation of the
LEGISLATION was that the association went
ON record a. opposed 20 it.
1T is seriously Objectionable he said.
because II threatens the introduction Of
new terms and new standards into the
sherman act. which. after twenty-four
years Of adjudication, approaches definite
terms The intended amendments make
ii unlawful to discriminate in prices
with intent TO wrongfully injure' a com
Detitor, or 10 buy the stock Of other cor
porations when the effect Of such ac-
QUESTION Is to eliminate or lessen COM
reution.' This goes much further than
the Sherman act
These proposals would destroy the
honest. long recognized and honorable
custom of requiring loyalty in trade by
exclusive agencies or conditions OF SALE
the very life blood Of the small manu-
facturerf possessing an established GUS
tom won by the character of the goods
and his own reputation"
OF the limitations placed by law upon
the hours Of labor. Mr.. Emery argued
that the interference with the free con-
tract service Of the employer was tres
passing upon the rights OF all men at
variance with the Constitution. 1t opened
the door. he said, to wage hXins and gov
eminent control of all industry.
The trade relations between Russia and
This country since the abrogation Of the
treaty were deprecated by c. J. Medzi-
khovsky, commercial attache to the i'm
perial Russian Embassy at Washington.
G. MACPHERSON, of the Russian trade d.
vision Of the association. told Of many
opportunities i'm Russia for manufactur-
ans. detailing the demand for automobiles.
road building machinery, agricultural
tools and Industrial supplies.
The directors-at-large Of the ASSOCIATION
were reelected. In the evening the or
annual dinner was held at
the Waldorf-Astoria.