Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-07
A DAY OF BUSINESS.
PROCEEDINGS OF SOUTHERN HARD.
WARE JOB5ERS' ASSOCIATION.
Many Conference. Held-Isports OF the
Several Cominittees-A Trip Down
the River.

The Southern Hardware Jobbers' As
ISOLATION put in a good days work yes
terday.
They got down 10 business early, and
the morning was consumed In conferences
between the committees and the manufac-
turors The object OF these conferences
was to arrange prices with the manu-
facturers on certain articles, some Of
which the jobbers claim they have been
compelled to handle at loss. In the
afternoon the association held general
session, and received the reports OF the
committees. The committees on Planters
Eye-Hoes and Handled Hoes reported
first. but the contents of their reports
were not made public.
The Committee on Barbed and Smooth
Wire recommended that no jobber should
buy from n manufacturer who sold to
the retail trade. The report was adopted.
4 STANDARD MEASURE.
The recommendation Of the Committee
on Chains and Hames that standard
measure should be adopted by the east
ern and western manufacturers was areed
TO- IL was urged that the two standards
Of measurement now in use, the English
and American. were productive or con
fusion, and the manufacturers should
take one or the other. The secretary was
instructed 20 communicate with the
manufacturers on the subject
The report OF the Committee on Am
munition requests manufacturers not TO
ship less than 5000 loaded shells TO any
dealer. but TO turn orders for smaller
number over TO the nearest jobber to
the point from which the order Is received.
The report was agreed 10.
\ telegram Of coincidence was sent TO
Mr.. W. 4. Grigg, Of Atlanta, Ga, VINO
has Just lost his mother.
The reports OF several other commit
tees were presented and discussed. and
the meeting adjourned until this morning.
GIVEN \ DINNER.
Tuesday afternoon Mr. T.. II. Garcin en-
tertancd Il number Of the members OF
the association and others at dinner.
Mr.. Irby Bennett acted as POSTMASTER.
and others present were Mcssrs. G. ii. Ire
land. Greensboro. n. C.: Armin Palmer
Of Savannah, Ga; Henry Workman,
Macon. Ga: Ashton Starke Richmond;
w S. Bransford. Nashville; H. G. Lips
comb, Nashville; Levin Joynes, Richmond;
Albert Baldwin. Jr.. New Orleans; j.
II. Anderson, Richmond; l.. +. Green's
wood. Richmond: Smith Tennison, Nash
villc John II. Wallace, Withers Clark,
Lynchburg; a. r. Miller, Lynchburg; W.
4. Chenawith, birmingham: John Clarke,
Atlanta: Charles W Watkins. Richmond;
W. II. Kettg. Birmingham: Charles
Thomas, birmingham; -. y. Wake. Bal
timore; J. J. Mapp, New York; II. NJ.
Dudley, Nashville, H. W. Forde, Nash
Vile; G. b. Hobson. Richmond; Tom
Ellis. New York; j. II. Yerkes, Jack
sonville; T. H. Gossett, New York; o. G.
Meade, New York; Il. VI. Brown Char
lotte, n. G.; Major Cranberry and Cap
tain Piedmont.
Several members of the association ar
rived late Tuesday, as follows: From
Lynchburg. Va. y. y. Barker. J. y.
Christian. W. +. Clark; from Norfolk,
Va. \. \. Martin. J. II. Waters, and r.
T. Meade. Petersburg. Va.
Late yesterday afternoon the members
Of the association took a trip down the
river as the guests Of the Tredegar
Company.