The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-15

ware Dealers associations and the Minnesota
| Business Mems association and others, 1 be-
| leve we shall accomplish all we set out to
| do We. of course, expected some opposi-
| ton, but defeat never, if every man does his
| duty.
The future work of our state association is
great, and believe we should have secre-
| tary hired by the year. with headquarters
IN either st. Paul or Minneapolis, where
| ne can be reached at all times either in per-
son or by mail or telephone, where he can
| give out any information desired to tho
| members regular information department
| II you please. Such secretary could act
| to greater or less degree pickup man
| or buyer for country merchants.
| Following is a synopsis of the bills
| introduced and those to be introduced,
| to which Mr.. Hanson made references:
First-House file 276. bill for an act to
| prevent fraudulent assignments Of wages.
SecOnd-A bill for an act to fix the amount
| Of wages of certain persons exempt from pro-
| cess Of attachment, garnishment or execution
| Third bill for an act to subject the wages
| process OF punishment attachment and ex-
| ecution
| Then there are two bills now being drawn
| to be Introduced as soon as drawn up.
First-A bill to punish Misrepresentation
| in advertisements.
Second-A bill to provide for personal
property lien without any special contract,
| same to be for the amount of selling price
| remaining unpaid on personal property; and
prohibiting the sale or mortgaging of said per-
sonal property upon which lien exists, with
| out consent Of creditor.
In conclusion. and in speaking Of
| the future work Of the association, the
president said:
have done my best to call your attention
| to the work of the past year and the work for
the present convention, and suggest if pos
| sible the work to be laid out by this meet
| ing for the incoming officers. We should de-
| termine the most urgent questions and the
most practical course for the association to
In I'M
| that the most important work before us is
| that we do ali we can to get the legislation
that have mentioned in my report and that
a very important duty Of this body is to
organize the larger towns in the state and to
build up the local associations that may be
on the decline.
| SECRETARY DTNGMAN'S REPORT.
Secretary George L. Dingman then
made his annual report. of which a re-
view summed up in a few words is:
That too much could not be said Of the
| success of the second annual convention at
Duluth and of the hospitality at the hands
of their friends at that city.
That the members OF the association present
at that convention were 238. That an exact
membership of the association could not be
escertained owing to the fact that there was
no provision In the constitution of the as
ISOLATION fer permanent membership. 1t was
rather cosmopolitan body, composed of all
Merchants of thesstate who wished to affiliate
| in person. opinion or work.
That the handbook Of the second annual
| convention was success, financially.
Then followed the report on finance,
| which, when figured up. showed bal
| ance on hand Of $77.5S.
These reports were then referred to
| their respective committees and passed
upon.
H. P. HALLS PAPER.
1.-THE Merchant in Politics was the
| theme of the short talk next delivered
! by H. P Hall, Of the Trade Journal,
| in part as follows:
| We have in this country too much of one
| class of politics and too little Of another. Too
| much of the class Of Offices seeking politics
| and too little of the class which considers
| the general interests of the people who work
or engage in business for livelihood.
The old theory Of what Is -everybody's bust
] ness y uobody's business applies to citizens