Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-28
EASTERN CONNECTICUT
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Meets Wfth panislson Business ken,s Anaociatiun Practical Addresses by ". !. BalIards Chester E. Child and Evsrstt s. Brown.

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 Aasoeiatlcn Practical Addresses by
 ". !. BulIard, Chester E. Child and
 Evsrvtt E. Brown.
 Representatives of chambers Of | commerce fin Norwich. New London l Willimantic and Putnam were here on | Tuesday for the June meeting Of the i Eastern Connecticut Development | scommittee. At 17.45 the visitors join- l Business Mems association in laneh- 1 ing at the Danielson Inn, about 40 be- ing in attendance.
 The business session was opened in the Orpheum theatre at o'clock. President Joseph T. Cruttenden of Norwich and Crescent Beach. presid-
 Welcomed by W. I. EuIIard.
 The address of welcome was by ". Irving Bullard of Danielson, who spoke as follows:
 I extend hearty welcome to you in behalf of the executive of our bor- ough, Hon. Harry B. Back. who is de- prived of this privilege of meeting you on account of the urgent neces- sity of his closest attention to that important work that he is now en- gagged in-the revision of the statutes of the state.
 Judge Back wishes me to assure you of his deepest interest in the work that you are engaged in and he pledges you that he is anxious to coz operate in every measure possible that will contribute to the development and the expansion of this section of our grand old state.
 This welcome that I extend to you today is spelled with nnonstrous let ! ters, brilliantly illuminated by the, rays of friendship and gratitude that emenate from our hearts for you all. l You are engaged in q mission of pub I ic-spiritedness and patriotism-and l that Is why We welcome you to our borough and extend to you our deep est thanks for selecting Daniels9n as
 your meeting place.
 know ycu will be interested to learn that our borough, although
 scarcely 4,0e0 in population, has all l of the civic Improvements of the large l cities where you gentlemen live. We | have ain extensive water system with reservoirs of sufficient capacity to fur. 1 nish a population of 10000 to 50.000 people; wo have thoroughly modern
 electric lighting plant with low cost electric service for mechanical and manufacturing purposes: we have a ] complete system Of sewerage disposal and have made provisions for the f1- turc by tl1e purchase of 2 large farm on tho oufetzirts of pantelson where we have no@* located GUT sewer beds.
 We hsye q fire dep1rt foc9't that is sec
 ond to -one; our poiica department is
 very efficient; our baHkinE facilities are adequate, oiir schools un5urpassed ' and our churches q treat power for good. Wa e1l believe Daniaisori is des-
 tined to become q great fnanufactur- Ing city, cs time rocs OF.
 The record cf tho last meeting was
 read by Secretary c. ". Pearson o1 T Norwich. The report was accepted. I ! A reel Of comedy pictures wqs then run off, the business men adding g running fire of comedy remarks re1a-
 tive to scenes on the screen. . Address by Chester E. Child.
 Chester E. Child, president of the Child Lumber corporation of Putnam addressed the meeting relative to the lumber industry in eastern Connecti- cut. His interesting and instructive talk was illustrated with slides show ling forest scenes. loaned by the Con- lnecticut Forestry association. MT. Child said that more acres ir Windhem county are now given over
 to lumber and woodland than was the i feet of lumber are cut in Windhan , county every year, this having g stumpage value of about S125,0O0 1 which sum added to others incident tc the industry ,~ake the business tota between $400, ,0UU and $500, 900 annually in this county. There are 12 portablE . mills, giving, directly and indirectly , employment to about 400 men. Mir. Child told of the chestnut bligh
 and white pine rust as things that art
 injuring trees in this section, talked about the damage done by forest fire. : and pointed out many things tha might be done to aid in building UT
 the timber growing industry for tht
 benefit of the county.
 Il Connecticut We'll Prepared.
 MT. Bu1lard addressed the meetins on Cooperating With the Manufac : turers, saying. in the course of his ad . dress:
 For two months or more Wa hay, s been preparing for just such a condi tion as seems to be developing. Z
 committee of patriotic citizens wer . delegated by the navy department a < Washington to make an inventory 0
 every manufacturing plant in tn
 country. This work is nearly com
 pleted and am pleased to state as e member of the Connecticut committe : that we received most hearty coopera ton from our manufactories in pre- o pairing this list.
 One Great Arsenal. ell Gentlemen, if we have an active wa e 1 with Mexico or any other country, tn s state of Connecticut will be one grea n arsenal, fortified and protected at ev n cry point on it's borders from invasio
 by land or sea- There is no state i Il the Union that manufactures the di F YSfS1ty ana quantity Of munitions a a | Connecticut. From the New York bor e der to the Rhode Island boundary ou t industries are working night and da n to manufacture munitions of wa e Bridgeport with its great Remingto E Arms plant; New Haven with it's gres
 Winchester plant, Waterbury with il
 great Scovill plant, Hartford with ii
 great Colts plant, New London wit
 It's submarine plant and naval base fc
 submarines; Norwich with its gres
 Hopkins 6 Alien plant and KiIlingl h with its great absorbent cotton plan
 tire fabric mills making products fc
 war purposes, woolen mills makin g fabric for uniforms-all of these gres l. cities will form one great arsenal fC Iy the United States.
 .sz Urgency Of Cooperation. ,r And, gentlemen, this is the reasc .e why there should be intense coopers le ton between merchants and manufa' = tllrers-for patriotic reasons the
 should be cooperation.
 s. For business and economic reasol ie there should be cooperation for doesr f the manufacturer convert raw mate ,r lals into a finished product by the al F dition of skilled and unsl1il1ed labo IS This means pay rolls for you me ii. chants.
 ae without the manufacturing plan