Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-20
ANNUAL REPoKT OF STATE

Association of Connecticut, Inc during
 the past year were reviewed in the an- nual report of President E. Kent Hubbard at the annual meeting of the association
 which was held Tuesday at the Hotel Taft in New Haven. number of east
 ern Connecticut manufacturers were present at the meeting. In part President Hu5bard's report was as follows:
 From the appalling multitude of rnr-
 tinent things on which YOU expect me
 to report, find t rathe- GiGicut 70 select those which will give the most | concise idea of the activities Of the as- 1 sociation during the past year.
 When I speak od organization I would ] like to have You visualize someth in=
 more than the office in Hartford win
 many. and the influence of tho associa- i tion is felt from coast 10 coast ! l make this statement with due de- ; liberation and in the files of the asso- i ciation you will find evidence which 1 will support it. Reports on industrial 1 conditions. legislation and transpo-,a- i ton are received weekly from every i'm i 2ortant trade center in the country. Our i Washington representatives advise us l daily of every legislative and executive
 action. The association is, therefore l ! lively when occasion arises.
 Naturally. contact is most intensified within the state. In my successive an
 nual reports, I have spoken of the ever increasing usefulness and effectiveness
 Of the Connecticut Industrial Council
 The association has promoted organiza-
 tions in the various districts of the
 state. It has nourished those organi-
 zatSons and has lent them every possi-
 bEe aid because it realizes that c state
 association cannot live unto itself. Ii
 recognizes that mediums for exchange of ideas and information must exist
 An analysis of the membership fig
 ures discloses the fact that 2s5 Of our
 members maintain plants with one to 50
 employees. There are 125 concerns with
 50 to 100 employees. 153 with 100 to 25o
 employees, "A with 25o to 500 employees {: g with 800 to 75o employees; IS with
 750 to 1000 employees; IS with 1000 70 2oo0 employees; Is with 2000 to 5000 employees and with 5000 to T5O0 en- l pboyes. These figures do not include branches.
 During the past year the association , has successfully served members in 75O traffic cases, 472 legislative cases, 2E6 } employment cases. 243 fuel cases. ZIG labor cases, 200 sales exchange cases. : IF foreign trade cases, I0S taxation l cases, 24 technical cases and general cases, total of 2.4s9 separate and dis
 tinot benefits to individual members an average of 50 per week. I VII ask you to note that these are absolutely direct appeals for aid and are in addi- ] tion to all general services performed This is not only conclusive proof that members need the association. but that they do use 1t.
 " Compare this figure of 2,4s9 distinc;
 services which were given in 1922 with
 past years. In 1915 the total number of :, requests for aid were 2oo.in 1916, 216; iz 1 1917. 320; in 1918. $40; in,1s19 125O
 in 1920. 1850; and in 1921, 2.24s
 As evidence that our efforts and ths
 efforts of others have been rewarded 1 wish you would note that in 1920 there were s4 industrial disputes in tht
 state of Connecticut in which 2o75l = workers were involved. The estimated f loss in production was S14,51s.761.1z The estimated loss to workers in wagei !, was $4,354,11S.2s and 745,546 workin: h days were lost In 1921 the number O
 disputes was reduced to 27. The mum - Der of workers involved was 2so4, tn, e estimated loss in production s1.5s5. .45t l. and the estimated loss in wages ;4s3. r PA. The total number of working day l. lost were 122,S5o.
 d During the past year, 1922, we hav l. had to contend with only 12 industria e disputes. The number of workers in
 volved was 1,221. estimated loss in pro d duction s724.ooo. estmated loss i T wages $166,250, and the total workint r, days lost only 43,167.
 e These facts are well worth noting q y an indication that Connecticut Is pro e gressing steadily toward a sound solu IS tion of the so-called labor problem.
 In addition to the industrial strikes l. however, we were harassed by two o l. the most bitter controversies in history e the coal strike and the shopmen' g strike. Of our part in the coal situa tion shall speak later, but in passing a should like to have you recall tfa the shopmen's strike began on July l 1922, and continued until October 2I A Z far as Connecticut Is concerned, the 3. 01o workers who were involved lost $2. Il 952.62s in wages.
 . The recurring coal and ral strike ]; have been constant source of annoy Y ance to the consumers of fuel in Con 2 necticut. The scarcity and ,uncertatnt v of the coal supply has brought home t Ss us most forcIbly the fact that the rr r- ing center Is dependent upon the availa ,S bility of power independent of coal. l. With this thought in mind, your assc a ciation has made a study of a nu1noe ,f of power projects, chief of which is tn Is Great Lakes-St Lawrence proposal. Tn D. work of the special committee on thi l. problem is most interesting and wi of form an important part of the final ar d nual report.
 r. Although have spoken briefly of th i- contact with various ofAnizations, l. want to mention specihcaiiy the rels
 tionship of the association with the as D. ricuhural interests of the state. ed You will recall that in 1920 many ( 6 you sent exhibits of your products 1 or the agricultural and industrial expos u- ton held by the association in eooperl ve ton with the. agricultural organization k of the state.
 nt It was. however. the feeling o1 u of board of directors that in view of tf ve rather uncertain business conditions an d. the great amount of time required |
 make the industrial section worthil
 represent the manufacturers of ii
 state. that our participation this ye: 'a should Involve only a money contrIbl " 0PP- find ,A.. n -rn Ss impos.,s. Id attempt in any way to recount even IS. rArt of the most important aecomplsl as ments of the work of the associate t. during the past yer. I shall ther he fore, call to your attention but oi
 more important activity.
 .: Through the trafir committee the a co sodation has been zSle to be ot ines, nd malble service to members. In IT SD C. cific instances they have been able .s- secure direct through car service
 northern. southern and western poin m- where no service betore exssted Tn, Iai have secured reduced rates and ha- ne on innumerable oueasfons repreeent, hn1 the menibershir at ,urJbfto bearlnrs a,