. The National Civic Federation review . s a send-off. It was arranged at the HotelAstor, and later they called me on the telephone andsaid, How about this dinner? I said, just as good adinner as the Astor can give. They said, How aboutwines? I said, I want to have everything that goeswith a good dinner, the best of cigars and everythingelse. I was asked whom I was going to invite. I said,everyone, the messenger boy who came in last week—the teamsters, packers, shippers, stenographers,bookkeepers and clerks. So I sent formal invitations,and arranged to have the room decorated in Japanesestyle.
. The National Civic Federation review . s a send-off. It was arranged at the HotelAstor, and later they called me on the telephone andsaid, How about this dinner? I said, just as good adinner as the Astor can give. They said, How aboutwines? I said, I want to have everything that goeswith a good dinner, the best of cigars and everythingelse. I was asked whom I was going to invite. I said,everyone, the messenger boy who came in last week—the teamsters, packers, shippers, stenographers,bookkeepers and clerks. So I sent formal invitations,and arranged to have the room decorated in Japanesestyle. I was curious to see whether men who hadbeen with me as long as they had would abusethe privilege; and I want to say to you gentle-men that out of one hundred and eighty-one menthere was Qot a man or a boy that took one drop ofwine more than he should have, or who took a cigarand put it in his pocket. I never enjoyed a dinner morein my life, nor felt that I had been with a better averagelot of men, nor where there was more enthusiasm. CHARLES A. MOORE. and interest. One of the best toasts of the night wasfrom the head of the teamsters, who said, Heres toMr. Richards. You go to Japan and get the business,and we will haul the goods for you in prompt timeand be back of you solid for the three years you arethere. (Applause.) Now, that spirit seemed to bepresent everywhere. Richards goes to Japan, not asan individual representative of a concern, but he goesthere with the knowledge that all the men he knew inthat organization are solid,—just as a man will go towar and know that everyone at home is ready to backhim up. That is what will result from Welfare Work, andyou will all feel that this work is the best investmentthat one can make. Mr. Moore said that, in all of his experience as amanufacturer, he had always instructed his superin-tendents to hand in their resignations the minute theyrefused to hear a complaint, always going on the theorythat about 75 per cent, of the fault
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