The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-17
Second Annual Affair is
Grand Success with a Most
Enjoyable Program.

Tin Plate Company tS being neld at
Norwood park this afternoon with
large crowd In attendance and the
athletic events are being hotiy con
tested.
slightly altered on account of the
heavy rains Saturday morning and
the big street parade, which was 70
take place at IL o'clock was post
poned until O'Clock. when It was
held. The city police force. mounted,
headed the parade and the large num-
Der of men in line and riding In au-
tomobile and the bands made fine
showing.
After the parade all boarded cars
and went to the park to enjoy the
speaking and athletic events.
The bands in the parade were Greg
ory,s First regiment band and the
Clarksburg Italian Marine band, both
OF which made a fine showing and
played splendid music.
Speeches were made by e. T. Weir
and John G. Williams. of the tin
plate company, and Senator A. X.
Thorn. Senator Thorn was the main
speaker. Senator Thorn said:
am glad to be accorded the priv
minutes on this, the occasion OF your
annual picnic.
/ congratulate and felicitate you
upon being identified with such a
great and Important industry as the
Phillips Sheet and Tin Plate Com
pany. On Wednesday morning Pc
tween the hours of 10 and IL o'clock
I was permitted to enjoy the great
privilege of visiting the magnificent
plant located in our city. Mr.. Burg
ham. your genial and courteous SUI
perintendent, personally conducted
me through the mills, where was
permitted to see the steel bar fifty
feet long by eight inches wide ana
ranging in thickness from dve-s1x-
teenths OF an inch to flve-eights of an
inch. start on its way to thee utter
thence to the furnace; from the tur-
mace to the roll, coming out In
beautiful sheet of steel, after having
been washed in the acid solution ana
then timed, giving the eye OF the
beholder a beautiful object Of nm
fshed tin sheet; then on through the
Department where the women en-
ployes of your magnificent establish
ment were counting, inspecting anu
preparing the sheets for packing IN
boxes to ship to the furthermose
ends of the world.
1 could not help but be remark
ably Impressed with, what the French
interpreted, means fine spirit, sym
patlay. enthusiasm in the task IN
which all of you at that time were en-
gagged.
modest about his own accomplish
ments and knowledge of the business,
but by questioning, found him TO pc
from "Merrie old England. where
he started as a youth working In the
MY
the tin plate business. He tells me
that thirty years ago 1t required
twelve hours to produce forty boxes
Of tin plate; that today by virtue OF
machinery OF excellent workmanship
YOU can produce at your plant from
100 to lis boxes of tin plate in eight
hours. This SHOWS advancement IN
Inventive genius. and exhibits to tne
world you are in a position to fur-
nish material for cooking utensils
and tin cans in which the Individual
or family can prepare food. and pre-
serve the same, for the long arctic
winter of the North as well as Tor
the lonely vigils Of the prolonged
night of the Antarctic
want to impress upon you, lau1esl
and gentlemen of the tin plate indus
try, how interdependent are all OF;
the occupations and vocations OF lire
Upon the sacred pages of the Good
Book there Is recorded sentence
which reads mo man liveth by him.
self" We are dependent upon tho
farmer and the gardner for the fooa
with which to nourish body ana
brain. The farmer and the gardener
are dependent upon the artisan, man.
ufacturer and merchant for agr1cul-
ture. machinery. clothing and other
necessities In the development ana
harvesting of crops. They are de-
pendent upon this great industry that
Won represent. as It enables them to
can the products OF the Towering
gardens, the grains of the prairies OF
the West, the plateaus of South
America as well as the fruitage OF
thousands upon thousands OF orcn-
ards of this and other countries.
I like to talk to the toilers OF this
country OF ours, for without them
government would cease ana nte
would become extinct on this sphere.
recall very distinctly converse,
ton I had with a coal miner who mad
just emerged from q days WORK -. -
a mine near the city, busted and De-
grimed by his toll among the black
diamonds in these West Virginia
mills. and while walking along the
street he told me more In fifteen min
11tes conversation on the formation
Of what is known as the Pittsbure
vein of coal than could have learned
in nv library In six months; ana
say unto you, that IL could nave mao
the opportunity and time, snouio
have loved TO have stood by the sloe
of one OF your workers at the hurnace
whore you anneal the steel sneet
gaining additional information along
the lines of your industry; the TO
hoya cIarnad hands with the doublers,