The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-06
The New Manager of the
Scale Company Tells
of the Growth of the
Business at Other
Plants
ELOQUENT ADDRESS
BY JUDGE STAFFORD
One Hundred Business and
Professional Men of st.
Johnsbury Cheer
the Speakers

tIfC OpCdhcfS
The Commercial Club went over
the top Thursday night at a compli-
mentary banquet rendered P. c..
Brooks, the new manager of E. & T.
Fairbanks & Co., and had the pleas
ure not only of hearing him but OF
listening with the greatest interest
to a patriotic address by Judge Wen
dell P. Stafford and of hearing the
voice of a former resident, I. n.
Shufelt of Boston.
The banquet was well served by
Landlord Palmer at the Avenue
Hotel where 100 covers were laid.
President Cosgrove presided, and in
opening the postprandial exercises
said that the Commercial Club was
still in existence, though hampered
by war conditions, and that it could
point with just pride to many activ-
tiles in the war. He then presented
to the audience the new manager of
the scale works, Mr.. Brooks.
Mr.. Brooks at the outset said ii
was a great pleasure to have this op-
portunity to meet his new associates
in st. Johnsbury. He said that the
corporation he was now connected
with had d reputation that was an
inspiration to greater achievements
and their name had become interna-
tional. He had heard since coming
here that rumors were in circulation
that the factory might be moved
elsewhere. He said that while not
located geographically to the best
advantage if some of the heavy work
left the st. Johnsbury factory it
would be replaced by other work,
Fairbanks, Morse & Co. have come
here to stay" he said, an announce
ment which elected hearty applause.
The chairman of the board of direct
ors is a native of this community and
there is a great deal of sentiment for
st. Johnsbury in the mind of Chas. H.
Morse. The president of our cor
poration, MIR Fuller, is a native o1
st. Johnsbury and one of the most
energetic. and far-visioned youne
men in this country.
|. Mr.. Brooks then briefly referred ato
the other factories owned by Fair
banks, Morse & Co. at .Beloit, Three
Rivers, aBltimore and Indianapolis,
saying that the factories owned by
/ the Chicago corporation made more
scales of their kind than all the pro
duct Of their competitors put togeth
er.
Touching upon munition work h
said that the Canadian factories were
now producing weekly 100000 Is mil
limeter shells which was more than
the total production of these shell:
in the United States today. Of thi
splendid total one-fourth was pro
duced at the Toronto plant Of Fair
banks, Morse & Company. He made
the gratifying announcement tha
the directors of the st. Johnsbur,
plant were seriously considering tn
manufacture of munitions to hell
America in her production to VIII
the war.
In closing he said that the ST
| Johnsbury corporation had an annua
! payroll of approximately $1,250,00(
and the new management expected
to develop the plant as they had al
others they had secured, and that h
wanted the cooperation and goodwill
! of everyone in town to accomplish
this.
President Cosgrove took occasion
to remind those present that nov
was an excellent time to join tn
Commercial Club and appointed {
, E. Peck, J.~Clark Amey, J. H. Brooks
Harry w. Writer'S, A. E. Ashcraft
G. E. Woods and A. B. Noyes
committee to serve with the secretar
and treasurer in a special member
ship committee.
T. N Shufelt, Of Boston, former
st. Johnsbury boy, then favored tn
audience with two solos which wer
enthusiastically received, A. E. Drou
in presiding at the piano.
The last speaker Of the evening
was Judge Wendell P. Stafford VIII
repeated his address given at tn
| Woman's Club Monday afternoon er
titled ga Look Ahead" This is fa
and away the most eloquent an
convincing patriotic address that ha
yet been given in st. Johnsbury an
the universal verdict was that thou;
ands instead of hundred migf
hear it. The applause was almo!
continuous when he reached that po
ton of address in which he referre
to German autocracy and the mach
nations of the Potsdam gang, an
when he said that the President ougf
! to have declared war when the Ii