The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-26
Meeting of Kansas and Missouri
Lumber Dealers
Held at Kansas City-A Hun
dred KanSans
PARTICIPATE IN 1T.
Jonathan Thomas of Topeka, on
Programme Committee.
Other Kansas News of General
Interest.

Kansas City, Jan. 26.-Four hundred
Kansas and Missouri lumber dealers are
in session here. It is the tenth annual
meeting of the Missouri and Kansas As
ISOLATION of Lumber Dealers.
Nearly every seat in Lyceum hall was
filed when the convention was called to
order by President H. c. Taylor. After
the formal opening statement of the pres
ident, the report of Secretary H. a. Cor
such was read and the formal commit
tees for the convention were appointed, as
follows:
CONSTITUTIONAL. A. White, Kansas City:
Milo r. Harris, Ottawa, kan; R. J. VIVA
ley. Albany, Mo.
Programme-M. r. Smith, Council Grove.
Kan; Jonathan Thomas. Topeka; B. W.
Zimmerman, Sedalia-
Resolutions-E. M. Adams. Mound City,
Kan; Harry Davis. Richmond, Mo; E.
s. Minor, Richmond, Mo-; H. B. BulIen,
Saltwater, o. T.
Auditing-B. w. Crawford, Girard, Kan;
w. A. Pickering, Springfield, Mo; r. J.
Hurley, Kansas City.
The following is the declaration of prin-
ciples adopted by the association:
I'VE seek to establish the equitable
principle that the retailer shall not be
subjected to competition with the parties
from whom he buys; that a fair oppor-
tunity shall be offered the man who in
vests his time and money in the retail
business and assumes the risk which such
business inevitably involves, to earn
adequate remuneration for his labor and
the use of his capital. We seek also to
promote that spirit of harmony in the
trade which shall prompt every retail
dealer to maintain friendly relations with
his competitors at home, and his brother
retailers everywhere
President H. Q. Taylor read his annual
address. He said the membership of the
association was now S57, which was so per
cent increase over last year. This was
very substantial, and he was proud to
make such a report at the tenth annual
meeting. The association had expended
over 800 last year in looking after legis-
Iatfon, and he was pleased to say no
prejudiciaI legislation was enacted. The
associa ton had a cash balance of over
s., 500 at the present time. He advanced
a system of visitation by the president
among the members during the coming
year. He advocated proper compensation
for officers during said visitations.
He called especial attention to the in
surance plan of the association, which
had been pushed hard during the past
year and which was now, he said, firmly
established and wholly worthy the sup
port of all dealers. He said the old line
insurance people had worked the dealers
very hard IN the past and mad harvested
the good things for all the opportunity
was worth. The reliability of the two mu>
tual companies was now beyond question,
and he hoped to find all members soon
enrolled as sharers in the profits of the
association.
He advocated the establishment of a
transportation bureau to look after de-
layed shipments and adjust all differences
that may arise. Until that may be done,
he advocated that all complaints be re-
ferred by dealers to the association for
adjustment. Few charges against mem
bers had been filed during the past year,
and nearly all had been satisfactorily adj
justed. Four charges of unfair freight
rates had been taken up and settled
Short speeches on delayed shipments
were made by Mr.. Rorabaugh of Wells
vile and L. NJ. Alexander of Everest.
Kansas, who moved that a transportation
bureau be formed. No second was OBJ
tanned and the matter went to the COM
nittee on resolutions. J. w. Berry of
Jewell, Kan, said he had much trouble
with mill men. They claimed they could