New Britain herald., 1917-10-06
Meet With Bankers, Favor
Drive Among Factory En-
plOyes and Will Subscribe
Themselves.

New Britain's captains of industry
have become captains of patriotism.
They will not wear uniforms and they
Will lead no actual charges against
the enemy. But they will be as i'm
portant so far as winning the war is
concerned as the men in the trenches.
This was assured at a meeting of in
dustr1al leaders last evening at the New
Britain National bank when they VOL
unteered for service at the request Of
the committee of bankers which is
handling the sale Of the second INSTALL
ment of Liberty Bonds In this city.
There are going to be days of hard
work ahead but the manufacturers as
sumed the task cheerfully and they
are going into this campaign with vim
and determination to succeed. Those
present at the meeting were President
H. c. M. Thomson and Treasurer I.
d. Russell of the American Hardware
corporation, President F. A. Searle
and Edward F. Hall of the Landers,
Frary e. Clark Mfg. Co., General Man.
ager B. A. Hawley of the Russell &
Erwin Division of the American
Hardware Corp, Assistant Treasurer
Frederick M. Holmes of the North &
Judd Mfg. Co., Secretary George l..
Co., General Manager Charles Glover
Of the Corbin Screw Division of the
American Hardware Corporation Ern-
est w. Pelton of the Stanley Works.
General Manager Carlysle H. Baldwin
of the Corbin Cabinet Lock Division
of the American Hardware Corpora
ton and Vice President Robert N.
Peck of the Stanley Rule and Level
company. Mayor George A. Quigley
and e. Welles Eddy of Richter & Co..
we're also in attendance. Bankers
present were President A. J. Sloper
of the New Britain National bank,
Treasurer John G. Loomis of the Com
| mercial Trust company and President
| William e. Atwood and Secretary
and Treasurer Frank G. Vibberts of
the New Britain Trust company.
No agency for bringing before the
| general public and especially those
| employed in factories, the immediate
| need Of money to finance the war Will
/ be neglected. All the manufacturers
are 100 per cent. in earnest. They be-
! lieve the war is not nearly ended, haV-
! ing become convinced Of this through
channels to which they have access
as manufacturers They are not alarm
| lists but they appreciate the fact that
| the country Is not d"dhoued " d III oP-
| er realization of the situation. There
fore they intend to put their shoulder
to the plow and push with all their
might. Several told of information
| they had received from trustworthy
sources abroad of conditions in the
countries of the Entente Allies and in
| those of the Central Powers. The
pictures they drew were not rosy, to
saw the least There's along row to
hoe yet and they intend to provide the
hoe and encourage others to do like
| wise.
In opening the meeting. President
Sloper said more Intensive efforts
would be necessary to make the sec
ond Liberty Loan a success than was
the case in the campaign for the first
Liberty Loan. He expressed the
opinion that many would be forced to
sacrifice their golf and other pleas
ures and buckle down to hard work
to dispose of the second allotment and
to uphold the honor Of New Britain
as a center of patriotism. After dis
cussing the situation thoroughly it
was decided to ask each factory how