New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-26
Association, with 5,032
Members. Plans to Pro
tect City Trade.
O'GORMAN URGES
COMPULSORY SERVICE
Says u. s. Must Prepare IL II Is
10 Make Protests Heard and
Save Commerce.

One thousand. six hundred ard forty
new members have been placed on the
rolls of the Merchants Association,
bringing the total membership up to
5.0So As President William Fellowes
Morgan proudly announced this last
night AZ the annual meeting OF the
association, a. the Hotel Aston. he was
received with cheers. I'm commenting
on the triumphant close Of the recently
inauGurated campaign, Mr. Morgan sara
that IL demonstrated the falsity OF the
assertion that New York business men
he'd no local pride or spirit.
Mr.. Morgan said the enlargement Of
the association would enable II 20 ex-
tend its services 20 these fOur lines.
Establishing q foreign trade bureau
and the active resumption o. iadustt.ai
work.
Estab'ishing a legislative service
bureau to protect the trade ard com
morco O. the city.
EnIarg:aG the publicity work Of the
association.
Establishing bureau % investigate
the worthinoss Of charities solicita-
tioEs. advertising. etc.
Merchants Power IN Nation.
Edward i. Trez. representing the
Chamber Of Comme>ca Of the United
States, speaker OF the evening, said:
Speaking about the influence Of
business men at Washington, the Mer-
chants Association OF New York IS
more 10 be rccaoncd with in the United
States Senate than any other organiza-
~ 10 ~ n
States. according 10 Senator from
the West
Now if that is your power. gentle
men, then it is a singular fact that
you have so long held yourselves from
eXerting the influence and control that
you should have exercised
III there is anything radically wrong
IN this country, If there is anything to
be preserved in the future of the n1-
ton, | hold that the wrong and the
right Of II lies entirely at the door Of
the business men Of the United States
Ten-Talent Men Win.
"For forty years the wealth Of this
nation has increased at the rate Of
S260,000 an hour, or $40 az every clock
tick. We perform one-third of the
worlds manufacturing. we are one-six-
teenth of the worlds population and
practically perform one-third Of the
worlds mining.
To-day the machine power Of the
United States is one-half that Of the
entire world, and that machine power,
properly modified, systematized and
well directed, would settle every quar-
rel between the nations.
"All over this country the education
of the masses has been one way, abso-
lutely against the fundamental princi-
pies OF the Constitution and the earliest
doctrine Of the nation-equality Of oD-
portunity.
"Now, il is for the business men OF
the United States to teach. 10 give the
counter instruction, to teach men that
wheTesoever the avenues lead 70 fame
or power or wealth, you will always find
there that the ten-talent men are preva-
lent"
O'GOrman Urges Fair Deal.
Among the other speakers was SEN
ator James A. O'Gorman, who insisted
that New York should demand fair
treatment, II not liberal treatment,
from Congress, despite the assertions
Of the South and West that their dis
tricts made New York.
Twenty-Five per cent Of all the
Federal expenditures are borne BY the
State Of New York" said Mr. O'Gor-
man, "and yet Of the eight or nine hun
dred million dollars spent on river
and harbor Improvement in recent
years New York has received only
per cent"
References TO pref aredness" evoked
prolonged applause fiom his hearers.
"Our own business" he said, "our
own commerce, is being strsngled day
by day, our own mails are being con-