The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-14
OVER 200 TEXTILE
 MEN GO ON TRIP ID
 ENSLEY STEEL MILL
Southern Textile AssOcia- tion Conyenes at Tutwiler
 for Two Days Session
CONVENTION WILL
 END THIS MORNING
Delegates Entertained Last Night at Smoker-Wives and Daughters Are shown Residential Sections-To
 Go to Football Game Today

| uo to fOotDall Game Today l Despite the indictment weather yester- day afternoon, over 200 of the delegates to the southern Textile association semi annual convention undertook the excur- sion given by the Chamber of Commerce to the steel plant at Ensley. and on the return trip to Fairfield. the model city. Admiration and enthusiasm was expressed on every hand in the lobby of the Tut wiler last night as the delegates discussed their trip through the industrial district of Birmingham.
 Last night in the ballroom of the Tut wiler smoker was held, at which sev- eral speeches were made by the officers of the association and President r. G. Shook of the Chamber of Commerce. Re- treatments were served and the delegates to the convention were thoroughly enter tained by Miss Florence Kelly. the soloist of the Newspaper club. and several vau- deville artists from the Lyric theatre.
 This morning at 10 o'clock there will be several addresses of a technical nature in the ballroom of the Tutwiler and this will be the last meeting of the conference in this city. In the afternoon 1t has been arranged for the majority of the delegates to go to Redwood Field and witness the championship football battle between Au- burn and Vanderbilt Tonight the dele gates who came to Birmingham from all parts of the south will disperse to their homes.
 Delegates Warmly Welcomed
 Impressive addresses of welcome were delivered yesterday morning when Fresi- dent l.. c. Bowen of the association opened the convention at 1o;l5 o'clock Commissioner A. 0. Lane was the first speaker and he said "Gentlemen, 1t gives me genuine pleasure to welcome to our city 0 convention comprised of men who take such an important part in the up- building of our country and who represent an organization that means so much to the prosperity and the progress of the country
 President Psschal c. Shook of the Chamber of Commerce, spoke on behalf of the civic chamber. President Shook stated that the bringing of the textile convention to Birmingham was regarded as one of the greatest achievements of the Chamber of Commerce in the present year.
 Scott Maxwell, president of the Alabama Cotton Manufacturers association. also welcomed the delegates on behalf of the cotton mill men of Alabama. Brendle Responds for Visitors
 The response to all the addresses of well come was made by Joe B. Brendle of Huntsville who reviewed the conditions in the cotton industry of the south.
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 This association represents S,Ooo. 900 spindles and consumes annually s,5oo, GOO bales of cotton. It is thus appropriate that convention representing the leading in- dustry in the country should meet in the leading city of the south"
 In his semi-annual address to the con- vention President Bowen thanked all the members present for having left their homes and business to attend the conven- tion. He impressed on the delegates that good fellowship must be one of the lead. ing principles of the Southern Textile as. sociation.
 The address of President Bowen follow, in part:
 "I am indeed gratified to meet with you. on the occasion of our sixteenth semi-annual convention here in this beau- tiful city of thrift and industry.
 When l look out upon the numerous magnificent buildings which mount sky ward as if in supreme effort to pierce the celestial dome. I am convinced that there is here in Birmingham that spirit of cooperation and solidarity. which have been the potent factors in the rapid growth of the Southern Textile associa- ton.
 And I notice with peculiar interest the fact that as each new building goes up 1t surpasses it's neighbors in grandeur and stateliness, as if to get a broader view of the overwhelming circles of our industrial arena. In this. gentlemen, there is great moral lesson for each one of us. in that we should each strive to sur pass our neighbors and rise to heights of greater efficiency
 Must Forget Self
 q am glad to zee the good fellowship that permeates our membership. If this association Is ever to come into a full realization Of it's mission, good fellow ship must at all times permeate it's ranks and selfishness and littleness must be for ever kept out. We must cooperate, fo no man can stand alone in this day of modern commercial life. Each one must depend to a great extent upon the other It makes no difference in what environ ment fate has placed a man. he has his influences and 1t behooves every man to do his utmost to prick the thorns from the path of his fellow craftsman, remem- bering that the Holy Writ tells us that whatsoever ye SOW, that shall ye also reap
 Nor does our duty stop by serving our ,'ellow craftsmen, nor does 1t cease when ~e have exerted our every energy to serve our employer faithfully and profltably because there have been placed under our charge countless numbers, for the shaping of whose destiny we are largely responsible. and who are looking to us for guidance to greater efficiency.
 Then the question arises: What is the best method to employ to bring about this state of excellency or to build up an efficient organization in our mills? Is t by strict discipline and its ally, force? Here place & question mark. There was time when the most tryrannical rules could be enforced in our mills. but those days are past Men have learned better methods of management and as & general proposition you will find that the man who boasts most of his rigid discipline has less of it than the man who never uses the term.
 ''The progressive superintendents and overseers of today-and those are the ones that constitute our membership-are using diplomacy and a newer ethics where