The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-18
GROCERS IN UNITY
PERFECT THE ORGANIZATION OF
A STATE GROCERS' ASSO-
CITATION.
OBJECTS FULLY DEFINED
OFFICERS ELECTED IN WHICH ALI
SECTIONS OF THE STATE ARE
REPRESENTED.
GAVE WAY TO HIS DESPAIR
Charles ". SpiegeI Commits Suicide
on Account of Ill Health-Min-
neapOIis Matters.

The grocers were late in getting to
work yesterday morning, it being near
ly II o'clock when President Hanson
called the meeting to order and intro
duced the first speaker of the morn
Ing, D.. w. Longfellow, Of Minneapolis
His paper was Country Merchants
and Commission Dealers
The committee on constitution and
bylaws sent in word that their re-
port was ready and that they wished
to make it at once. The order was
therefore laid aside and the report was
read. The constitution as read was
adopted entire. It provides that the
name of the organization shall be the
Retail Grocers' and Merchants AS
ISOLATION of the State of Minnesota"
Membership is of two kinds, associate
and individual, and is confined to the
state, removal losing the rights of
membership. The objects of the organ
ization are many, but mainly to op-
pose evils to the retail trade, to cor
rect evils of the credit system and
work for mutual interests.
The real business was gotten down
to in the afternoon when the chair
man announced that the work Of per-
fecting the permanent organization
would be taken UP. All the officers
were elected unanimously and amidst
great enthusiasm. The election re-
suited as follows: P. G. Hanson, Min
neapolis, president; J. A. McConkey,
Fergus Falls, first vice president; T.
]. Anderson, Belgrade, second vice
president; E. w. Mosher, Duluth, third
UiOn nraCi6cnt. U g.
treasurer; G.. L. Dingman, Minneapolis.
secretary.
The constitution was changed from
the first adoption of the morning to
read that the board of directors should
consist of one member from each con-
gressfonal district. The men elected to
the board were as follows: First. F.
P. Mcbride, Austin; Second, F. H.
Benkey, New Ulm; Third, F. S. Sher-
man, Red Wing; Fourth, -. Birming-
ham, St. Paul; Fifth, John Powell, Min
neapolis; Sixth, F. H. Roseboom, Du-
luth: Seventh, T. B. Boyle, Holloway.
A resolution was adopted favoring
the Feig bill to regulate peddlers and
granting the counties Of the state op-
ton in the matter, and a petition
signed by all the members of the as
ISOLATION was ordered forwarded to the
house.
Another resolution was adopted bind
ing all grocers of the association to sell
nothing but pure foods, spice and vine
gars being especially named in the res
olution
The next place Of meeting was a
hard problem to decide, but after some
discussion, Duluth was named as the
city. The next meeting will be held In
February of next year, subject to the
call Of the executive committee.
GROCERS BANQUETTED.
Gay festivities concluded the first an
nual convention of the Minnesota
Grocers' and Merchants association
prepared at the West hotel passed off
most successfully There. was an at
tendance of $50 guests, representing the
leading grocers Of the Twin Cities and
the state Careful consideration was
given the menu card until $50
o'clock, when Al. J. Paris called the
gathering to order and assumed the
role Of postmaster. Addresses were
delivered by Mayor Pratt, F. c. Win
ston, Robert G. Evans, w. H. Eus-
tbs and Adam J. Bede. Humorous
selections were. given by w. 1. Nolan,
the popular entertainer; vocal solos
rendered by Norman Baker, and an
original poem entitled "a Grocer's
Luck was read by Milton o. Nelson
The banquet was one Of the most sue
cessful held at the large hosiery for
some time past.