[Pennsylvania County Histories]

> 3 rc. u V. ±7 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from This project is made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries https://archive.org/details/pennsylvaniacoun47unse m 4 \ Page B Page B Page C C y D E I S Page Page r T UV W W w XYZ W. Luce,tM. B. Barrett, E. It. Hurley, Henry Bella, jr.,' Oapt. A. E. Hunt, (Pittsburg) Wil¬ THEIR IMt DINNER, \ liam Biume, VV. A. Hollister, (Avooa) H. W. Dony, J. 0. Moffat, (Duuoiore) Siuiou ltice, George Keller, M. J. Ncury, THE SCBANTON' BOAltD OF TRADE . William Walker, (MnyUold), J. it. Walton, E. G. Coarsen, Dr. u. L. Frey, Elmer H. Hawaii, BANQUETS AT THE WYOMING. E. G. Kinsley, Dr. Logan, Frank <J. Piatt, W. X. Smith, Fred. Wilder, (Vermont), Xhos. H. Watts, John W. Howarth, Cupt. vY. A. May, A REPRESENTATIVE GATHERING. W. L. Connell, John Beuoro, 0. VV. Freeman, Sam Saunter, Morris Levy, Joseph Levy, Dr. Gates, J. B. Owens, Luther Keller, J. L. Speeches Grave and Gay—tetters From . Stoile, M. Brown, George Sanderson, Victor Prominent Tradesmen of Other Cities Kocb, Reese G. Brooks, Conrad Bchroedor, — The Toasts and Who Made Joseph H. Guiisior, Col. Sehoonmuker, 0. M. Harris, Dr. Hand and C. P. Davidson, F. Them—Names of Those D. Watts, F. L. Phillips, F. L. Crane, Frad Present. Connell, J. Cordoan, E. X. Sweet, J. S. uor- i ton, Dr. G. E. Hill, A. J. Oasey, X. J. Kelly, M. J, Wightman, If. Berghoitz.dames O’Con¬ Tile Sorantcm Board of Trade held the nor, Truth; X. P. Daily, Times, and J. E. most successful of the four annual banquets Kern, Republican. There wero 109 in all. that it has given, in the Wyoming dining THE CALL TO ORDER. parlors last evening. It was a notable event At 11:20 o’clock President Kemmerer for'several reasons, principally on account rapped to order and made a brief address in of the large number of representative busi¬ Ydhich he recited the history of the Scranton Board of Trade, its progress and its accomp¬ ness men it called together. The dining lishments. He paid a warm compliment to hall was crowded with well-known people, Secretary Fisher and gave him credit for dozens ol whom wero in evening dress. largely increasing the membership. A re¬ Perhaps, Mine Host White had never at¬ mark of his that the Board of Trade should have a building of its own in a good location tempted more elaborate decorations. The and a Duildiug which would rival any others arrangement of tne tables was in'the old in town was warmly applauded. What familiar order; however, few wero prepared he would like to ascertain, ho said, was for the rioh floral display when the doors of how ..many < members^ of the Soranton the banquet hall rolled back to admit the Board of Trade would favor a new building costing anywhere irom $150,000 to $1100,000. guests. Hydrengea blossoms were the note¬ He wanted a rising vote he said. At that, worthy flowers of the night and they were nearly every member rose. Mr. Kemmeror everywhere, enriching the beauty of the expressed his gratification and then intro¬ tableware, pleasing the eye and lending a duced the toastmaster, John P. Albro, esq., who made a witiy introductory, speech look of tropioal splendor to the gay scene. Potted plants, rare and beautiful, also orna- which he pleasantly spiced with anecdotes. mated every table. He expressed his regrot that he had been Bauer’s orchestra furnished musie while called upon to act in such an important ca¬ the menu was being discussed. The deli¬ pacity, but he thought that before he had cacies upon which the guests feasted were finished it the audience would be as great a blue points on the shell, consomme soup, sufferer as he was. The banqueters laughed broiled Delaware 6kad, Popommes Paris- immoderately while Mr. Albro was speaking ienue, cucumbers, celery, radishes, spring and warmiy appiauded him when he con¬ lamb, mint sauce, Bermuda potatoes, green cluded. peas, asparagus, Punch a la Wyoming, sweet Secretary Fisher read the following letter oread patties, red head ducks, currant [rom Mr. Sidney H. Maxwell, superintendent jelly, celery salad, French dressing, ice of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce ; cream, assorted cakes, strawberries, salted MR. MAXWELL’S LETTER. confectionery, fruit, .Roquefort cheese, Cincinnati, April 6, 1891. crackers and cafe noir. J. If. Fisher, Secretary of the Board of Trade, WHO WERE PRESENT. Scranton, Pa. My dear sir. lam. vorv grateful to you and Those present wore the following : J. M. the association you have the honor to represent, Kemmeror, N. A. Hulbert, J. R. B. Bean and for the generous invitation to bo present at J, L. Devlnnoy (McKeesport), C. H. Pont, J. your annual dinner on the 9th iust., supple¬ M. Everhart, A. C. Spalding, W. D. Ken¬ mented as It has been by the complimontary nedy, George A. Jessup, W. H. Jessup, and urgent request of Colonel Price to talk to you M. C. :Sullivau (Electrical Engineer, on the subject of commercial organization, audl eay I very greatly regret that because of a , Now York), W. E. Thayer, E. Williams, Wil¬ recent illness It has not been regarded best that ; liam Aicuave, Col. F. L. Hltohcook, S. P. 1 should take the hazards ol a visit at this time. , Hull, P. E. Loomis, P. P. Smith, Richard It is a source to me of greater sorrow because it ! O’Brien, W. P. Barliett (Philadelphia), J. H. is tho second time I have been compelled to ! Pisher, A. E. Nicholson (Providence, R, I.), send to you my regrets on such an occasion. J. B. Ford, A. C. Nettletou, Wm. H. Taylor, In my observation concei'ning mercantile John P. Albro, Everett Warren, ex-Judge bodies there is no one feature that has more deeply impressed itself upon me than the im¬ Kuapp, Frank Walter, J. A. Lansing, Col. portance of-ihu relation which the merchants of (Joursen, E.J. Goodwin, C. Comegys, Charles the country sustain to society, and the duty of R. Fuller, G. H. Cobb, Prof. Wood, C. S. San¬ business men to assert themselves in public ad¬ derson, Cyrus Jones. H. E. Pain«, S. G. ministration, whether of municipalities, States Kerr, Jno. T. • Pm-ter, William H. or the nation, in the future, ns they have not Pack, C. S. Woolwortb. L. J, Williams, done in the past. The country has suffered, j L. X. Mattes, Chas. L. Connell, Albert N. and municipalities especially have suffered for the want of business methods. While the mer¬ Kramer, Richard Matthews, J. W. Peck, J. H. chants and manufacturers or tile country have I Steell, L F. Megargel. George ii. iiuss, K. managed their business with great sagacity, ] and have gone forward until, in many re- 2 # spouts, mey occupy chief places among the Tracts? 16' neglect the weaker ones have wording forces of the world, while in enterprise, eneouragod the multiplication of Inde¬ inventive skill, the discovery of economical pro¬ pendent associations. Thus frequently in¬ cesses and vigorous administration, they have stead of having one grand organization challenged the admiration o£ the nations of the which would faithfully represent the whole earth, they have been willing to permit publio business of a locality, the influence is either dl- affairs to largely take care o£ themselves. It miuisned or absolutely frittered away by the may be safely stated that if the same inatten¬ multiplication of small associations, too weak to tion which has been exhibited by them concern¬ wield wide influence in themselves and yet each ing public matters had marked the con¬ strong enough, through the instrumentality of i' duct of their private affairs, business men jealousy and the ambition to act independently I generally ere this would have been in a of all others, to become a source of friction and state of bankruptcy. For this delinquency to relatively impair the strength of the other ! all are now suffering, and will continue bodies, thus weakening the power of the whole. to suffer until it is corrected. This condition It is like an army undertaking to fight the bat¬ or things may be changed. When there is car¬ tles of a country under a dozen separate com¬ ried into the management of puolic business manders, each one having his own organized the same methods that mark the successful force subject to hi3 exclusive control. There is conduct of private enterprises, We shall And a such a thing as wastefulness in the use of influ¬ way out of a state of affairs which has neither ence. It should be just as natural for business l been good for the citizen nor creditable to our men prosecuting widely different occupations to institutions. come together for a common purpose, as it is : It is apparent to every observing person that for business men engaged in like pursuits to ! we have entered upon a period in which the unite their forces under common administra¬ best thought ot the country will be needed to be tion. , exorcised in public matters. The great contest To whatever cause this tendency may be I between capilaljjund^ labor; the jealousy with traceable, a remedy would be found in the which the poorer classes are disposed to look adoption of the federal idea in association, so as , upon the rapidly accumulating lortunes of the to utilize all the benefits of looal organization few; the solidifying of the transportation inter¬ and yet have every individual member of every ests of the country and their steadily increas- trade a member of tbe common body, which I fng strength; the unrest of the agricultural and would be equal to taking care of the whole, giving other industrial classes; the demand that the to the weakest member the sanctions of all the government being a creature of the people for business forces of the community.

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