Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-22
DIES MONIES IS SORE
Loss Of the Implement Dealers
Association Meeting
Rankles.
Threat of Capital City Jobbers
to Arrange Counter Exhibit
Laughed at.
Marshalltown Has Large Number
Of Committees at Work..Will
Be a Success.

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Be a Success.
The implement and vehicle iobbers Of
Des Moines, who are themselves to
blame for the loss to the capital city OF
the next convention of the Iowa Imple.
ment and Vehicle Dealers Association
and the accompanying exhibit of manu-.
facturers, are mad at themselves and
the association, and are making every
effort in their power to throw cold Wa
ter on the Marshalltown meeting and
prevent, IL possible. its success. Theft
efforts, however, are being laughed al
by the retail dealers of the state, who
comprise the membership of the associ-
ton, and by the Marshalltown commit
tees in charge, who are hard at work
making arrangements for the big gath
ering to be held Dec. B. and 5.
The Des Moines jobbers, whose ac-
ton in refusing to close their exhibits
during portion of previous conven-
tions so that the business sessions
would not be interfered with was par
TALLY responsible for the convention
coming to Marshalltown, are making an
effort to compel their travelling men to
talk against the Marss1alltown meeting,
Not only this, but they are threatening
to hold an exhibit soon after the asso-
citation meeting and exhibit in this city
for the purpose of detracting from the
attendance OF dealers and manufactur-
ers here. They may go ahead with
their show for all that the Marshalltown
and the retail dealers of the state care,
as the opposition from Des Moines is
having the effect of solidifying the
membership OF the association and isn't
making any business for the capital city
jobbers, who are dependent on the
membership for the bulk Of their bust
ness
The executive committee is succeed
ing admirably in enlisting the co-opera-
ton of the business men and manu-
facturers OF Marshalltown, and the COM
mittee il working in harmony with the
officers Of the association. with the end
in view of making the Forthcoming con-
vention and exhibit among the largest
ever held. Halls and places for the ex-
hibits are being secured and the pro-
gram is being prepared. The forenoon OF
each of the three days will be devoted
to the exhibits, while business sessions
will be held each afternoon and q social
session each evening. The following are
the committees in charge Of the various
features:
Finance-N. A. Carmean, David Len
nox and p. r. Arney.
Halls-George Darling, c. L. Tallman
and j. S. Calhoun.
Address of Welcome-R. e. Sears, l.
Il. Forbes and A. c. Price.
Manufacturers Address N. S.
Ketchum, N. A. Carmean and David
Lennox.
MUSIC. s. Calhoun, P. F. Arney and
]. P. Kirk.
Transportation-N. s. Ketchnum, G.
F. Kirby and Seth Tug.
ExhibIts-E. S. Ketchum, NJ. L. Nun
dy and b. A. Rhoades.
Entertainments. F. Arney, L. G!
Abbott, Charles Click, L. r. Maxwell
and E. s. Ketchum.
A reception committee, composed of
both implement dealers and business
men, will be selected at a meeting to be
held later. 1t is proposed to secure
some prominent and successful eastern
to deliver the address as
the representative of the manufacture
ers.
That the people of Des Moines. aside
from the jobbers, are not belittling the
Marshalltown meeting there is evidence.
In an interview in the Register Mr.. j.
B. worse, whose interests are closely al
lied with those of implement dealers,
says:
THE implement mems convention at
Marshalltown next year will be sue
cess. You will find the attendance there
as large as it was here, ever. 1t will
teach Des Moines good lesson to take
the convention away. Des Moines prom
ised a lot of things and did not keep her
agreements. Why should the associa-
ton locate here again? The exclusive
houses agreed to close their places of
business so that the association might
have reasonably we'll attended sessions;
there were promises as to rates for en-
tertainment; there were other agree
ments. Many We're broken. 1t isn't
wonderful that the implement men left
the city. And the Des Moines men who
are predicting failure of the Marshall
town convention are doomed to greet
Disappointment.
81 have just returned from an eastern
trip, in the course of which visited the
state fair at Springfield, Ill. The city of
Springfield certainly treats her visitors
right. The hotels there sent lunch bas-
kets containing the dinners of guests to
the guests at the fair grounds daily
without extra charge. That is what
call real hospitality. Every man who
registered at hotel in Springfield left
the city determined to return whenever
he could. He felt as tho he had been
treated right and had gotten his mon
ey's worth. There We're no advances in
prices in Springfield during the fair.
You know how 1t is in Des Moines. Take
the restaurants and chop houses in Des
Moines State gatherings are bonanzas
for them. They keep signs printed adj
vancing the prices of accommodations.
The Commercial Exchange would do
we'll to take this in charge and prevent
it. 1t can be prevented. Cedar Rapids
prevented it at the recent republican
state convention there"
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