OFFICERS NATIONAL METAL TRADES ASSOCIATION 1911-1912 President-F. C. CALDWELL, H. W. Caldwell & Son Co., Chicago, Ill. First Vice-President-HENRY D. SHARPE, Second Vice-President-W. A. LAYMAN, Treasurer--HOWARD P. EELLS, Bucyrus Company, Cleveland, Ohio. Commissioner-ROBERT WUEST, Cleveland, Ohio. A MONTHLY PUBLICATION BY THE NATIONAL FOUNDERS' ASSOCIATION AND National METAL TRADES ASSOCIATION IN THE INTEREST OF MEMBERS AND THEIR WORKMEN. NATIONAL METAL TRADES ASSOCIATION. Subjects Discussed at Convention Present Wide Scope. Decisions Reached Tend to Strengthen Position of Association and its Membership. As set forth in the April issue of THE REVIEW, members of the National Metal Trades Association gathered at the Hotel Astor, New York, April 12th and 13th, for what turned out to be one of the most important Conventions this organization had ever held. The attendance at the Convention was far in excess of that at any previous meeting and the vital topics presented by specialists in all lines affecting the conduct of the machine shop or manufacturing enterprise were handled in an intensely instructive and entertaining manner. President Schwacke, in his annual report, drew attention to the advantage which the Association and its membership had taken of the absence of the necessity of devoting such exhaustive consideration to the question of unionism; the Association now, said Mr. Schwacke, is in a position to devote more of its time to the consideration of plans looking to the welfare of the employe. The entire morning session of the second day was devoted to consideration of the subject of the Liability of Employers for Industrial Accidents and a great variety of views presented. REPORT OF PRESIDENT SCHWACKE. Absence of Strikes Provides Opportunity for Discussion of Measures Looking to Welfare of Employe. To Members of the National Metal Trades Association. Gentlemen : I congratulate the membership upon the comparative freedom during the past year from seriously disturbing incidents between ourselves and our workmen. In our earlier years such disturbances were so common, so widespread, and frequently so commanding, as to absorb practically all of our activities, while now we can devote a large portion of our time to the consideration of questions of further reaching importance not only to ourselves and to our workmen but to the general good. I shall leave for your information all matters connected with the routine and ordinary work of the Association, to the report of our Commissioner, and after touching briefly upon a few general subjects I will confine my remarks to certain questions which have assumed or are assuming paramount importance, and the solution of which demands the greatest care. There were several matters referred to your Officers and the Council by the Convention of last year. Industrial Education. The subject of Industrial Education has grown apace since our last meeting. It is becoming, if it has not already become, a very live question in all our industrial centres, and it is being taken up in a practical way by bodies entirely distinct from our school systems or from collegiate or university activities, as, for instance, the |