The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-08-17
pleasure for us to have Won with us

P1odouI0 1ol uo W HdN6 you With U.s.
The old adage which says Blow your
own horn or the same will not be
| blown is not without things to recon-
mend it. We who are of Kenosha take
pardonable pride in our city. Some
| of you may recall Kenosha as a city
of six or seven thousand people, but
| I want to disabuse you of your error.
Kenosha is now the fifth city in Wis
consin and it is our pride that it is
growing faster than any other city of
the state. We point with pardonable
pride to its industrial development.
| 1t has some of the largest industrial
concerns in the world. The federal
| census shows that for the first time in
the history of Wisconsin Kenosha
plant had the honor of doing the great
est volume of business of any company
in Wisconsin during the year just clos
ed. Tt is interesting to US, and it may
be interesting to you to know that Ke-
nosha is going to pay out to it's work
ing men this year more than eight mil
| lion dollars in wages and that the per
capita wage of men who work in Keno
sha is second 70 only one city in this
! great United States. Without a spirit
of boasting we want you to know that
Kenosha pays out more wages in a
year than any other two cities in the
state excepting Milwaukee. We are
hopeful that the great plants which are
making Kenosha prosperous and con-
tributing to her happy and contented
body of people, will prove matter of
interest to you during your stay here,
Kenosha like all of your home cities
has her traditions, her faults, and her
virtues. Her antiquity dates back to
| the first settlement of Wisconsin and
earlier. In fact, it is declared that
Before Marquette went to Green Bay
he stopped off at Pike River and pick
ed this as his first choice of all the
! territory on Lake Michigan. The
+, band of Indians up along the north
ern end of the lake were insistent and
that is the only reason that he settled
there rather than in Kenosha. There
is authentic tradition to show that he
tried to get back to Kenosha.
We want you to be charitable and
| overlook the faults Of Kenosha and
| look at her virtues. We want you to
remember that it was Kenosha which
/ fought the battle for the establishment
| of state systems of education in Ke-
nosha and that Kenosha has since that
time been leader in every movement
for the uplift of the state we all love.
As one of you appreciate the great
Importance of your meeting in Keno
sha this week. know that in union
there is strength and that in the as
similation Of ideas is found the only
real way to work out our common prob
lens. The one idea man never got
anyWhere-nO matter whether he was
behind a counter or working a piece
of farm land. 1t is the interchange of
ideas and the working out of the best
of all that makes for permanent i'm
provement in every avenue of life. We
are representatives of a great business
in Wisconsin and it is our duty to act
in united manner that we may best
protect our own interests and at the
same time best serve the people.
want to impress upon you again
that Kenosha feels deeply the honor
of having you with us and trust that
your sessions will be as pleasant as we
can make them and profitable to all. =
Charles J. Petri of Milwaukee,
president of the Milwaukee Retail
Grocer's Association, responded to the
address of the mayor. He declared
that the state merchants had long had
warm place in their heart for pro-
gressive Kenosha and that they felt
that they were just as glad to be
in Kenosha as this city was to have
them as her guests.
State President r. w. Rilegelman
of Racine, then took the chair and the
formal work Of the convention was
opened with the naming of the commit
tees for the convention and routine
announcements.
At the second formal session of the
convention this afternoon there were
reports of the committee on credentials
showing that two hundred and one del
egates were entitled to seats in the
convention. The annual report of
the president, secretary and treasurer
were made. These showed great
progress in the work of the associa-
ton during the past year.
At the afternoon sessions addresses
were made by Prof. A. Fl. Melville of