Evening star., 1923-12-04
TALKS and TALES
" ith ana .4bouf
CAPITALS GUESTS

attractions of Washington bring the
here>-for an annual convention. and
with the delegates comes Charles f.
Goodwin, their secretary. who is stop
ping at the New Willard When
asked what brings the association to
Washington for practically every
convention Mr.. Goodwin threw up his
hands and said: Because we like it.
Can you tell me any one who does
not like this city. | find that every
body likes it, including all us potterS,
and that is why we come back 50
often,' he declared with a wave of
the hand that indicated that was the
only reason necessary.
Some have collected all sorts of
emma and pottery, and many of the
china fans" have gone to much trou-
BILE to get the products of the work
men of England. France and Ger
many. But Mr.. Goodwin is a firm be-
lever in the products of the industry
in the l.. S \.
They are just as good and some
times better. Why not far from
you. in Trenton, y. J.. the finest china
in the world is made, and from that
city the beautiful sets in the White
House are supplied" declared Mr.
Goodwin.
The association of which Mr.. Good
win is official represents 1000
persons who are engaged in the pot
terry industry in this country, and III
speaking OF the associations dealing
with the workmen in the trade Mr..
Goodwin enthusia stically stood up for
"CoilectiNs bargaining. We have
employed this method of dealing with
our labor for nearly thirty years with
great success and We feel that it is
the right way" he declared, pointing
out that there had only been one big
strike in the industry, that in 1924.
and a small one for two months last
year.
Mr.. Goodwin was busy preparing for
the opening sessions this afternoon
of the associations forty-ninth an
uual meeting at the Willard. The
convention will be here for three days
and Mr.. Goodwin is scheduled to ad-
dress the convention on the history of
the association.
j: = :s
The railroads will have To be look
Ing to their laurels as the country s
freight carriers. for if the members
"f the Riyers and Harbors Congress
carry through their intended program
there will he waterway connections
from every village and hamlet
east of the Mississippi river connect
ing them with the large manufacture
ing and Industrial sections OF the
country
Oscar +. Barrett. proprietor OF the
Barrett Lines of river boats plying
from Pittsburgh 10 Cairo. H.. and
head of the Ohio Valley Improvement
Association, is at the Willard Hotel
for the purpose OF attending the
Rivers and Harbors Congress. which
iS to open its sessions tomorrow.
a bright future for The waterways
Of the country is predicted by Mr..
Barrett. who declared that in three
years time it viii be possible for
freight to travel 10y waterway from
New Orleans to Chicago by way of
the Mississippi. Illinois and Des
PLANES river and the Chicago Sdni-
tarY canal.
The waterways will soon be the
carriers of all the heavy freight,
such as coal iron. etc. ii our plans
got through" declared Mr. Barrett.
who stated that the railroads of the
country had not kept pace with the
moving industry of the country. So
enthusiastic is Mr. Barrett over the
prospects that his company is spend
ing several hundred thousand dol
lars in new equipment to handle the
river traffic.
The ohio river and its tributary
system is what Mr. Barrett is chiefly
concerned in. I'i-uder The. plans pro
vided, tifty-two locks are To- be placed
along the ohio river from Pittsburgh
TO Cairo, distance OF l.O00 miles. All
but five locks are completed and il is
the hope of the Rivers and HarborS
congress that appropriations author
iZing the completion OF these locks
viii be granted by the national Con-
srtSS.
THE Ohio river. Green river. Cum
bcrland river. Mississippi river and
The completion of the Muscle Shoals
project, together with the many trIb-
utaries of these rivers VIII open UD
great waterway Ummunication
system. declared Mr.. Barrett.
In speas.n" of the loGal cheSa-
peake and ohio canal. Mr.. Barrett
said that he thought the canal too
small to b. worth the expenditure of
much Improvement. You see. that
canal was built when bargeS We're
towed by mules. Now the" are