Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-09
IOWA HARDWARE MEN MEET
Gather in Their First Annual Convention at
Des MOines.
FULL LIST or OFFICERS is ELECTED
state Auditor Gives out Some Figures
Relating to Savings BHnlSs-lovn
Mutual Hail Association in
Convention.


Convention.
DIES MONIES, Feb. S.-tSpecal Tele-
gram. 1.-The hardware men of Iowa are In
session. The first annual session of the as
sociation was held at the Commercial eX-
change rooms here Wednesday. The con-
yenton will complete its deliberations to-
morrow. Fully zoo retail dealers OF the
state are in attendance at the meetings.
At the meetings Wednesday the constitu-
tion and bylaws adopted at the provisional
meeting in Council Bluffs were adopted
after amendment, officers and directory
board of permanent organization were
elected and resolutions were passed de-
nouncing the catalogue system and the
custom Of those jobbing houses which deal
direct with the consumer. Throughout the
session the range peddler came in for
arge portion Of censure and methods of eX-
erminating him were freely discussed. The
Ulcers elected were:
President, II. a. Cole of Council Bluffs;
vice president, S. r. Miles of Mason City.
Executive committee. one member from each
congressional district in order: Jake Seth
ert of Keolluk, A. r. Nelson of Wilton juno
tion, II. C. Chaplin of Union, s. r. Miles of
Mason City, Z. G. Penrcse of Tama City,
none in Sixth district, L. H. Kurtz of Des
Mones, M. w. Keating of Alton, II. a. Cole
Of Council Bluffs, II. S. Vincent of Fort
Dodge and Joe Mates of odebot.
A resolution was passed subsequent to the
election recommending to the executive
committee that in selecting a secretary of
the association Mrs. Henrietta Kupper of
Burlington be chosen. Mrs. Kupper is the
only woman member of the association and
the hardware dealers are the only busir sss
association in the state having a woman
enrolled as a member. The following resolu-
tions were passed:
Resolved, That the members of this asso-
ciation contine the purchase of hardware
stoves and tinwage to manufacturers and
wholesalers who sell goods only TO firms that
are regularly engaged in the retail hard
ware business, as defined in these resolu-
tiCns.
Resolved, That it is not the intention Of
the above resolutions to prevent the inter
change OF goods mentioned between manu-
facturers and wholesale dealers in such
goods, or for the export trade, and the in
terpretation of said resolution is hereby
vested in the executive committee, with
power.
The following are exempt from the reso-
luton: The United States government, state
and county and city institutions. railroad,
gas, water and electric light companies and
such manufacturing industries and companies
as the executive committee may approve, for
such goods as are necessary for their re-
spective lines of business.
Resolved, That any manufacturer or job
Der in hardware, stoves or tinware furnish
! ing net prices or any discount from list
prices contrary to the foregoing resolutions
either by themselves, employees or agents,
shall be considered as disappearing the
above resolutions
I Resolved, That this association shall, os
far as lies in its power, to keep record CT
all goods sold and by whom sold, to cata-
aogue houses and department stores, and all
all other violations of these resolutions.
| Resolved, That any member purchasing
goods from any manufacturer or jobber who
has been listed by the executive committee
as disapproVing of these resolutions shall be
subject to fine or expulsion, at the dis
cretion of the executive committee.
Iowa Savings Banks.
Auditor of State Merriam has compiled
the reports of the state and savings banks
of Iowa, as to their condition at the close OF
business January 10. He finds that the de-
posits have increased $2.5G2 ,0U0 since Oc-
tober /. The increase since January OF
last year is over $12,000000. He has au-
thorized the following statement of growth
in deposits by quarters since January g.
1898:
Reported January 6, 1898, $52, 12s, ,S31 .O5;
reported April s, 1898, $57 1863 O955 reported
June 30, 1898, 1886, ,45S.62; reported Sep
tember 90 1898, SCI, ,5O6. $685. reported Janu-
airy 10, 1899, $64.O69, 1641O.
The Iowa Mutual Hail association met
here today and elected officers as follows:
President, w. d. Forbes, Des Moines; secre-
tary, w. A. Rutledge, Des Moines; treas
urer, J. C. Baker, Emmetsburg; three di-
rectors, r. j. Young, Oelwein; A. w. Greene
Spencer; w. G. Belts, Casey
Adjutant General Dyer of the Iowa de-
partment of the Grand Army has returned
| from a conference held at Waterloo with
| Commander Thrill and President McLen-
nan of the Relief corps. They fixed the
date for the Grand Army encampment a
| Waterloo for June II and Is.
The Ottumwa G. Northern Railway COM
pany filed articles of incorporation with the
secretary of state Wednesday. It's capita
| is 100000. Undoubtedly it is a brancl
Of the Iowa Central railroad. 1t will b'
built from the city Of Ottumwa to pon
on the Iowa Central railroad in Keokuk