The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-08-08

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thoroughly impressed by what he told us.
We all would like, l am sure, to go across
tonight and meet the Hun in person and
help to drive him to hell (ApplauseJ
am glad to be called on tonight, proud
of the opportunity to look about me and
see this magnificent crowd and to be con-
scious of the fact that was in measure
instrumental in bringing about the de-
velopment of this organization. l feel it
is just cause for satisfaction and pride.
am glad to be here tonight and to be
able to sit at the same table with my fel
low townsman, Mr.. Larned, (Applause),
if for no other reason than to show you
that we have some big people in Detroit
besides Mr.. Henry Ford and Ty Cobb.
daughter and applause.)
am glad to be here tonight to greet
our president. We are proud of his work.
(Applause.) When it comes to doing
things we must hand it to him. And,
my friend, Mr.. Miller, the members of
this association have selected me to hand
a memento to you. | have been chosen
to perform a duty that you performed
about five years ago. The sentiment
that you at that time sought to convey
to me want to convey to you, only in
more intensified form.
| would ask Mr.. Ross, representative
Of the American Red Cross, to step for
ward Mr.. Ross in behalf of the Nation
al Association of Garment Manufacturers
and in honor of our worthy president,
will present you with this plate and ask
you to place it upon an ambulance-kitch-
en- to be taken across the seas to cheer
and aid our boys. Also, let it be symbol
ical of the unselishness and untiring
efforts of our worthy president and the
patriotism and loyalty of the garment
manufacturers of this country. Gap
plause)
Mr.. Ross: When Mr.. Marcus Eaton,
chairman of the Chicago chapter of the
Red Cross, late this afternoon told me to
come here and on behalf of the Red Cross
to accept this plate it was an honor that
felt that would long cherish, and hav-
ing heard this magnificent address to-
night | am going away with thought of
the importance of the work of the Red
Cross that / never could forget.
| was to bring this message to you,
from our Red Cross, that it is the pa
triotism, loyalty and national devotion of
just such organizations as yours through
our common country that is going to win
us the war. Those of you who heard
Major Simmonds last week, on his way
home from the French trenches, tell his
experience, will not find this story new
but it is a story | think l can bring to
this meeting here appropriately. He
said that little over a month ago he was
standing on a little hill with an English
general and the English general pointed
down to the plains below where the am
balances were carrying the wounded
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general said: "Major, do you know how
many men are wounded in the plain be-
low?" And the Major said: 'No, don't.
Are there as many as 100000" And the
English general said: ''There are 10000
English wounded soldiers in those plains. "
And that brings me back a little less
than 60 years ago to the battle of South
Fredal, when a young man from SwitZer-
land came down on the plains and saw
40, 600 men wounded, crying and suffering,
with no ambulances or doctors or nurses
to give aid to them. 1t shows the pro-
gress that we have made in the last sixty
years. 1t is with great satisfaction that
we can feel what progress we have made
and it is most desirable for us to realize
that it is only through this progress that
our boys over there are going to be pro-
tected.
Mr.. Cohen, and Mr.. Toastmaster, / &C
cept on behalf of the American Red
Cross and of our common country, this
tablet to be placed upon a rolling field
kitchen to go to the French trenches. 1t
is with great honor that l have the priv
ilege of being here to accept this and on
behalf of the American Red Cross to &C
cept this splendid offering and to thank
your organization for what they have
done on behalf of our common country,
but words fail me. Iwish could xpress
to you the thanks and the gratitude of
the boys over there whose lives are going
to be saved by this kitchen and it is only
with the greatest effort can say that on
their behalf as well as on behalf of the
American Red Cross, | thank you. Gap
plause)
Mr.. Miller: Fellow members, l really
don't know what to say. | have been
talking a great deal since coming to Chi
cago l did not think that was going to
be stumped at this convention but am
stumped now. / never felt as proud be-
fore, and | don't know how to tell you,
so-but there isn't anything that any of
you could have do e, any thought that
you could have had that would make me
feel more proud, and, at the same time,
luOIC uuWOIL 1 nave LllCu W ludhC
this association realize that we had
wonderful opportunity. l think that or
Ranized industry, not for any purpose of
squeezing or doing anything except good,
is the salvation of the United States to-
day. think that every industry has got
to stand one for the other and the other
for the one, and until we get that idea
firmly in our minds we are not going to
be the nation that we all hope to be.
The common cause has brought us in
together stronger than ever before and
believe that this is just the beginning of
wonderful growth, when every part of
the needle trades and the textile industry
will be nodded together, into one COM
pact, strong organization for the glory
and the good of the United States. ZAP
plause)
am going to let Mr.. Larned finish.
Mr.. Larned: Well, am about finished.
Uaughter) l suggest that we all stand
up and sing America. l wish that you
could ali have come back with me on the
ST. Paul-which was sunk just shortly
after she reached her dock. The boat |
went over on was sunk and the boat
came back on was sunk. That is one
hundred per cent. dLaughter) But when
saw the lights of Coney Island twink
ling out into the ocean, tell you it was
wonderful thing. France is great and
wonderful country but / want to do my