Evening journal., 1917-10-11
MANUFACTURERS IN
annual Meeting
Hear Report Of President
GARRISON at Hotel
Banquet
PRO MINENT MEN
AMONG GUESTS


In tn Rose Room of the Ho,el du-
Point last night, member OF the
Malufac urers' Association he'd their
annual meeting and banquet. Il was
largely at ended and proved to be
one of the most notable functions OF
the kind held at the hoe for some
time. Mayor John W. Lawson well
coined the guests.
The speakers OF the evening were:
Clarence +. Whitney, president OF
the EMPLOYERS A ISOLATION of Hart
fosd County. Hartford Conn; II. A.
Ellis, president of he Manufacturers
Association Of Delaware County Pa;
Earl Constantine national field secre-
tary National Council for Industr al
Defense New York Ciiyi Richard ].
Beamish directing editor Of the Phila-
deiphia and Philip II. Rice president
. of the Chamber Of Commerce OF Santa
Barbara Cal.
c. d. Garretson was the presiding
officer az the business meeting at
which he subm tied his second annual
report which was as follows
"Gentlemen: In presenting this
second annual report OF this associa-
ito want to say by way Of eXplana-
ton that as Il has been decided that
the report I render shall be made
public / want TO digress somewhat
and not only speak regarding our
accomplishments but also give brief
outline Of the work which the asso-
citation Is doing and the ends which
II hopes to attain.
I'm July. 1915, a small group OF
Wilmington manufacturers were
threatened that unless they acceded
70 the demands Of a certain union
organization. their plants would be
struck
"The representatives Of plants in
question held a meeting for the pur-
pose OF discussing the matter, and
later held several other meetings TO
which number Of the cher manufac-
furers OF Wilmington and vicinity
were invited, az which time the de-
mands made upon them were aid be-
fore the manufacturers Present, and
the opinions and advice OF all were
expressed and carefully digested.
From this small nucleus in Au-
gust, 1915, the Manufacturers Assoc
citation of Wilmington was formed.
The total membership being sixteen
} 16), which members employed APP
prox' mately four thousand seven
hundred (4700) members.
1T affords me great pleasure to an
nounce that today we have mem
bership of fourty-four OF the repre-
sentative manufacturers OF Whining
ton and vicinity employing about
twenty-five thousand employing.
This association was organized, no.
for the purpose of keeping down
wages or IN any way hindering the bet
terment Of shop or living conditions
but instead TO oppose, as an organized
body, the un-American principles ol
class distinction, that Is, embodied III
the demands OF organized labor
namely. that only union men shall be
employed: that the trade unlonists
shall control, through their shop COM
mittees, the mana&nent Of our plants
IN which. such parties have no inan-
cial liability whatsoever Further TO
oppose then, as they do now, the Ill
timed and uneconomic elght-hour day.
"The members Of this association
agreed at the birth or the organization,
and has since steadfastly maintained,
10 pay the highest hourly rate OF
wages paid for Ike work in their same
trade that is paid in any part Of the
country
Il wish TO call your special attention
90 one particular fact that occurred
within the past month. One firm oper-
ating under closed shop conditions, and
IN consequence, not a member OF our
association, had demands made upon
them for an increase in wages, based
on the fact that men In their same
trade working in the open shops OF
members OF our association, were re-
celvlng a greater compensation thai
they in the closed shop.
"This association has always stood
for and continues to maintain that
they will not discriminate against
union or non-union men, but demand
fair days work for a fair days wage
and the absolute control OF the man
agement Of the plants which they have
created.
u feel that the manufacturers have
TOO long sat quietly by and allowed the
propogandist and agitator TO inname
the minds and distract the vision or
the public against them
I'VE must be alert and make the
public realize that the manufacturers
are Just as important 90 the success of
the working man and the community
es IS the working man and the commu
nifty TO the manufacturers. This Is es.
pecially true in Wilmington
do the public realize that there 4
nothing produced in this city that {
found here IN the raw slater tn
enormous volume of business goin
out Of this city, every ounce OF the ra'
material is brought here and fabr
Gated, thereby giving employment
the working men Of Wilmington al
vicinity.
Further. not one per cent. OF Il
amount OF goods manufactured here
consumed In this city.
1T is necessary for us 20 send Of
Representatives to solicit the emil
world in order TO secure sufilcie
business to keep our workmen occ
pied.
"The only apparent difference
tween any of our large country tow
and the city of Wilmington, is III
the latter has manufacturing &C
Germs and the former has none. a
while we appreciate the fact :
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