Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-01-15
A STATE ASSOCIATION
OF Retail Grocers and Gen.
eral Merchants Or
ganized.
MR.. E. D. RUSSELL, OF PINE
BLUFF. ELECTED STATE
SECRETARY.
Resolutions Adopted Which Show
That the Association Will Try
to Accomplish Much.
SOME OF THE THINGS DESIRED

The Arkansas Retail Grocers and
General Merchants association has
been organized at the state meeting Of
retail g1ocers at Little Rock, transact
ed considerable important business
and adjourned.
The motto selected by the conven
ton was Fair Play to the Merchant,
the Dead.beat Must Co Below are
the objects of the assoeiation as set
forth in the preamble Of the constiei-
ton:
sTo safeguard the interests Of the
retail grocers and general merchants
of the state; to encourage the folma-
tlon OF local and county associations.
and to affiliate with the National AS
sociation of Retail Grocers of tn
United States: to correct the evils of
the credit system, and if possible pro
vide an INTERCHANGEABLE credit rating
system through the secretaries of the
local and country organizations
throughout the state; to abate trade
abuses, injurious and unbusiness-l like
practices, and to secure the co-opera-
ton of manufacturers and wholesalers
in producing more healthy condition
of the retail trade; to agitate for state
and nallegislation favorable to re-
tallers and to oppose such measures
as would prove detrimental to their
welfare: also to protect the publ"
against the sale of impure foods and
misbranded and hort-weight goods
to disseminate trade information, en-
courage improved business methods
and advance the interests of retail
grocers and general merchants and
secure more friendly relations among
all who desire to advance their mu-
tual interests: to assist in confining
the retail trade of cities, villages and
towns to the legitimate retailers of
those places
Below is a list of the officers elect.
ed:
Chas. J. Kramer, Little Rock, presi-
dent
L. Rollwage, Forrest City, vice-presi-
dent.
E. D. Russell, Pine Bluff, secretary
T. NJ. Edmondson, Van Buren, treas
urer
The following were elected dele
gates to the national convention which
meets at Milwaukee January 1929:
Otto B. Rollwage, James Chapel, E.
D. Russell, T. W. Edmondson, C. ].
Kramer, Joe Jones and c. L. Kenard.
1t was decided to hold the next an
nual convention in Little Rock, next
January, during the session of the leg
islature. The nominations of Fort
Smith and Pine Bluff were withdrawn
and it was made unanimous.
The committee on resolutions, E. A.
Stevens, chairman, John H. Mccain,
w. H. Fooshee, James Chapple and
Sig. Bachrach, reported as follows and
the same was adopted unanimously:
Parcel Post.
Whereas, The parcel post bill was
temporarily defeated or delayed, last
year through the aggressive attitude
of the National Association of the Re
tail Grocers of the United States, but
we are amply warned that it's advo-
Gates are again working vigorously for
it's adoption; therefore,
Resolved, by the rtail grocers of Ar
kansas, in convention assembled, That
this most perniciOus measure is
fraught with ruin and disaster to the
interests of all retailers and whole
salers alike, and by creating a larger
deficit in the postal department, to be
paid by the people. will rob the many
for the benefit of the few, and it will
also increase the fraudulent concerns
who do business only by mail; there
fore, this association hereby pledges
itself TO aid to the fullest extent all