The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-01
THE GRocERs' CONVENTION.



Messrs. J. NJ. Dixon, l. b. Teideman and
c. N. Gilbert returned yesterday from the
meeting of the Wholesale Grocers' Asso-
citation Of the southern states, which was
recently held in Atlanta They were well
satisfied with the results of the convention
and believe that much good will result
from il.
Mr. Dixon said there were 900 wholesale
grocery firms of the $40 in the south rep
resented al the convention. The sessions
We're held in the Young Mems Christian
Association hall, and were all well attend
ed. The general idea of the convention,
Mr. Dixon said. WAS for the wholesale
grocers to get together and protect them
selves against those manufacturers who
are inclined to sell to the retailers.
Almost every prominent manufacture
ing firm from which we purchase Mr..
Dixon said, had a representative in at
tendance. Before the convention had con-
cluded its session we had no doubt but
that all were IN line and would stand by
US. There has been little or no trouble
with the manufacturers, with the eXcep-
ton of some of the pork packers, and one
of the main objects of the convention was
to get the pork packers in line. Fourteen of
the most prominent packers in the United
States, through their representatives,
signed the agreement with us. This in
cludes practically all OF them. with the ex-
ception of Armour, who does a business
with the retailers in some sections of the
country, but before we left we had reason
line.
Another matter of much interest to us
was that of differentials on freights. For
instance. we may pay IS cents a barrel on
flour from St. Louis to Savannah in car
load lots. Another man can come along
and order five barrels, and get ii here at
the same rate. What we want to do is to
have a higher rate charged on small lots
which has to be transferred several times
from car to car. This means is desired in
order to shut out the small buyer from
getting the same advantages as those who
do a large business The only road which
objects 10 making the concession asked
for, is the Louisville and Nashville. A
committee was appointed to confer with
the executive committee of the Southern
Railway and Steamship Association with
a view TO seeing what can be done toward
accomplishing the end desired
The convention, Mr. Dixon said, was
very satisfactory throughout and the dele
gates. as rule, were well looked after.
During the session a paper was read
showing the exports and imports from all
the southern ports from Wilmington to
Galveston each year. but ii seemed that
it's author considered Savannah an unim-
portant factor and said nothing about its
commerce.
Mr. Dixon, on account of the fact that
this information is to be published in the
vention, insisted on having Savannah ex-
ports and imports mentioned. He asked
for tWenty-four hours in which to get the
figures. He wired the cotton exchange and
Mr.. Teideman wired the board of trade
The figures sent cOrresponded exactly. and
the business for 1894 showed a handsome
increase over that of the year previous
In fact, Savannah ranked about third or
fourth on the list, and they saw that 1t
was given proper recognition.