THE F.W.R.A. AUTUMNAL DINNER
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J'ELD at the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, on November 16, the autumnal dinner of the Furniture Warehousemen and Removers' Association was attended by members from many, parts of the country.
Proposing the toast of the ASSOCiation, the Lord Mayor of Liverpool regretted that, although the organization had been formed in 1900, this was the first occasion on which it had met in Liverpool. Not only did the Association provide trade protection, but that membership of it formed a virtual guarantee of satisfaction to prospective customers, he said.
Responding, Mr. F. C. Skinner, the president of the Association, expressed the belief that, when business conditions improved, Liverpool will be one of the first cities to benefit, and that, therefore, members of the West Lancashire Centre of the Association would also be in a fortunate position. The Salter Report threatened them all with crushing taxation, and although he thought its adoption by Parliament was doubtful, they must be prepared for
every emergency and must work for a fair basis of competition.
Proposing the toast of the West Lancashire Centre, Mr. F. W. H. Winwood, the immediate past-president of the Association, referred to the original removal from the Garden of Eden, and suggested that the serpent is still here, tempting them with rail containers and cheap passenger tickets.
The chairman of the centre, Mr. F. Purser, referred to the excellent work of the centre secretary, Mr. J. P. Hoare.
Replying to the toast of the guests, Mr. E. C. Marston, the chairman of the Road Haulage Association, said that one or two previous speakers had referred to the enormous loads, untransportable by rail, carried by his concern.
Co-operation amongst all road users was particularly necessary, and had there been more of it a few months ago he felt that the Salter Conference would not have been unanimons in its conclusions. He wished to warn them against too readily assuming that the Salter Report would not become law.