New Britain herald., 1923-11-22
Head of State Manufactur- ers' Association Points
 Out Methods for Enabling Us to Meet Competition.
Especial to The Rersldl.

New Haven. Nov. Speaking al
 the annual meeting Of the Man nufac-
 turers' association Of Connecticut here , today. President F. Kent Hubbard ex- pressed confidence In the industrial
 future of New England but sounded q
 hote of warning against over opu- 1 misn that is not backed up by inten- siVe effort.
 Analyzlng the New England situa-
 ton. he said that;
 l The Dillingham; immigration law is i one Of the greatest barriers to the
 progress of this part of the country. Manufacturers must study and de l yelop hydro electric power on large l scale.
 The result ot hearings on the con-
 iition of railroads was to show the woeful hack of knowledge and of in- terest displayed by the people of New England in a subject of such vital i interest to them"
 The short sighted, excessive taxa ton policies Of legislatures imposes a
 burden on New England industries. Laws limiting the hours of labor give over sections an advantage over New England.
 Mr. Hubbard's address in part fol-
 lows
 ''I may begin by saying that we do not agree with those who feel that
 New England is doomed as a manr-
 facturing center, We are not alarm
 ists We are not p"sFImlsts. "' know how firmly our institutions have
 been built
 We knew that wa could not ro-
 tain absolute supremacy in all lines as no given section can assume such supremacy in a country as rich in natural resources and as great in eS- tent as Is the United States. We do know, however, that New England will retain her importance industrial ly.
 However fear that many of us feel so self sufficient and complacent that we are apt to discount complete ly the movement of industry to other sections of the country. We may say that we are New Englaniers by the Grace Of God and through the dis crimination of our ancestors, We may boast Of our past supremacy but un- less ~e heed the warning signals which have been get before lis we cannot meet the competition which has developed. And when l say we mean labor, the investor. the in- dustriai executive, the legislator and the state executlt te--the latter two by no means the least important for it is they in whose hands lies a great meas ure Of direct responsibility.
 Not through choice nor studied decision did our forefnthers select New England as the ideal place in which to start Hfe in the uew world. it was rather through chanrr-but, with that iadominable spirit which characterized them and th"lr descsn- darts they ovrrcame obstacles and made New England the work shop CT the country Yer. of the world. They were self sufficient ss we cannot be today
 Tt was not so very inng ago that there was no capital outside of New England. Only compa ratiteiy few years ago did New England capital
 
 men, and go tp the south and west to establish manufacturing. it flowed Into the middle Atlantic stntss. tirucs ! westward and more recently snnth- ward. With it, in many cases. went the skilled workmen and inc young 1 managerial brains. One may sec to- 1 Hay evidence of New England origin 1 in the cotton teNtiip mills uf the south | and in the southwest, in the woolen | textils mills of the middle and far I west. in the shoe factories. meta I plants and paper mills of the mii1le I vest. One Nill find in tiese spC;iotis ] of ths country New Eng E.snd man ! a aEement sub ma naEement and Cssft<- men.
 ''Tt is time therefore. for rs to , 2 nalyzp our position and to dnfnn tine results Of the actual and intended ac- iions o' our legislators or the existing relations between labor and manage menf and to take stock of our gco- grs phical. geological snI economic resources and faciii-iss
 New England No Longer SIprrine.
 Only quarter Of century rgo Now England VAS suprf ne. priu riiF. 5eca usc of tr" E3pariorify ir 15ana Ee- ncnt. Workmansfip and methods! Today snT enjoys no such adran'a zee. Tre fnt~Dduc'iur of aBs otnctir Irs- .Hi1err has appreciated to sn-ue eS- .ent. Inc wcrk of tae sEilleI crafts man. Just sE tho irdnr' -i. r0voiu- ior IssganHB thn sTert .D1ass and t1s yopularitr eI the apr~etttcash 9 sys- en CT has th" introd9oticn o' aa- .ornat3c machinery tended to ds-