New-York tribune., 1886-02-12

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORMED.

ACTION AGAINST THE stLLISG or THE sHoDDY
sToCK-THE DINNER JN THE EVENING.
The National Retail Shoe Dealers Conven-
ton Hail reopened yes erduy by
Chairman Lynch. The room well flied with boot
and shoe merchants from every city OF any prominence
this side OF the Mississippi dver Secretary Arkush
said that he already had names of ninety-seven
members on his books, but this number greatly n
creased before meeting adj ,urned. resolution
pressing the regret OF the association at the death Of
General Hancock and coincidence with the dead
soldiers family unanimously adopted
Tn much debate of the solutions
offered by the Committee on Resolutions some of the
menbcrS wished to make 1t stronger by ordering boy
cot AGAINST certain nuiacnrcrS and wholesale deal
ers The report of the committee which was hnally
adopted states that many persona placing before
the public worthless and shoddy shoes and rubbers and
advertis ng these frstclaSs goods, to tho grcnt
injury of legitimate trade ana tho public
generally 1t is the duty OF the association
to do something remcdyiug this evil.
To do this the Executive COMMITTEE To take suoh steps
tney deem best IN regard 10 certain cheap brands
Of shoes III the market. the commttee Ia also 10
make efforts to free country alers from tho unjust
competition to whch many OF tnon subjected.
The other resolutions are substantially as follows:
That all membrrs OF IN" ciaton discontinue the
sale OF g"Ots made In penal nsjituion> tnat the or
prrcatts manufacturers selling goods out
side the re'a trad also sianpln- prices aud i's on
20 ds and advertising ihc wh"cSdie cost 81 boots ana
shoes well aS the Ioworns of nr quality OF rubher
boots ana shoes as now male; that tiere
questions be rel rrrd To commtice consisting
ot one Eember IRON elch STATE represented III
this convention To devise means To protect ana foster
the interests OF cAi iuiatc dealers.
Branches oi the National organization are 10 he formed
Ill "ughout tue country, every piice havinI hVt AI
shoe dealers being allowed u have local association.
Country membrr> who have grievance are invited 10
wrlte 10 the ASSOCIATIONS secretary IN SO "I
her falling business he
the Executive Commit aud II found that he has
failed dIshoursliy, he commit ee VIII tunnl hIs mem
bersp. H. the towns too small for separate branchrs
the dealers to ninlntc with "Itner the Ma
ierr"d with the Executive committee cor the purpose OF
the two organizations INTO one. Thrty of the
most prominent whOeSI shoe hrn@ IT Cnlrdgh sent
Request that tHe meeting Of tue ,s>"citon ne held
tee. VIII ch ha- the power Of calling cunveh0l IN
members Of tins committee are: Dudlcy Kelly ana
CopperSmith. Nrw-JerSry o NJ Crnen :. M"hEhn;
w. X. euitl. IniIiua Il. &. Courrigh PennSylvln "A.
A. NerOne, Rhode Island, and NJ VI. Higgins Mar
ldhd
Tue thanks 6f the commit gwen tn Milton f.
Rchardsun pub Of Roots and shoes, for what he
had done promote the objects of the meetlng, and To
The New-York and Brookyn dealers have already or
gained n local Sucrty ca,rd Branch Num or
TIE entertainment C0mmiitre oi the who"sale shor
aud leather trade mace prrprH' ions Tor chl'rhluE
four hundred guests the dinner III the evening at me
Metropolitan Hotel hut OWING To the rain ana "lhrr
kept Among these latter were
Pres dent Cleveland. Governor Hl, MAYORS Grac" aud
Whitney and host uf other pu lie uilcit> all 0i whom
wrote letters expressive Of their dlsappoin tmrni.
to sts responded 10 "y Colo ,ri David l. Lynch
Brooklyu; j. ~ Bailey. OF The hOr and Leather Re-
po,tcr; James Flynn. J. ". kcogh Henry !askrr
NJ 1. Rich irlsOn ". smith, Ot In ana; John Hibbt
of Phladrlpha W. +. Park an NJ. Burnett
The general Opiniun seemed tu be IA fNur OF Chicago
the place for holding the next annual convention
TINS one and u be callrl by the Yc al the
latter-the National Retail shoe Drarrs Association