The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-04
FeIation of Dealers and Man
faCtuFerS
WICHITA AS J0BBING POINT
Were Items That Interested
the Members.


even more suspicious than the Arst day.
There were more dealers present more
names had been added to the rolls. more
members had paid tlil- duzs and more
interest was taken in the procee dlnss.
When the president raped Tor ORDER
yesterday afternoon every seat GA The
first floor OF me council chamber was
taken and there were quite a few in the
gallery. Many dealers came ia ca me
early morning trains and spent the NOM
Ag visiting. and every man attended
ibe meetings.
The ASSOCIATION got down TO business
Early. rne convention ma a lot OF
.hlngs TO attend 10. some papers oI vital
Importance 10 every dealer Were 10 Du
red and discussed. '1nc dealers were
L. be res5iaa 1sltn some facls concern
ans the travelling man as furnished by
= travelling man. Ar haus4ln, and 4
mnufactCler WAS t. give ms opinion as
70 a. cause Or tie advance of prices OF
implements in the pastIew months. Lnis
wasa matter ia which all were Interested
amt while air Greer was speaking the
dealrs listened int~ntly 10 catch every
Wor,
j. r van Zandt was TO tell them how
the ssOclation could be "a bcnent to every
deale ana what each enc CoUld GO 10
max the association an ideal one.
DE Blaine. who has always been
peclng at the heels 81 the trusts, also
cam IA with some arguments aIons tue
Hne: sct out by President Roosevelt IN
his Message to congress. Ih-s asSOcia-
touhas wieided mlch influence Ia anti
trus legislation and Az Blaine wanted
10 teD tle bah rolling.
~ :. Thomas came all the way from
Spngncld, Ohio, ID speak ca thc 1e-
Iaths OF a Dealer 70 the manufactured
Th.dealers OF the southwest Were more
tha ready TO listen 10 auy arsume Mt
ths coz be brought out telling them
ho th--r relations with tie mauufa1-
tur could be made more colsenial and
fn his way they work in harmony for
al increase of business for both and
tire would be no friction between them
fuhe settlement Of bills, and the deal
e. and manufacturers were to Doe In
fined what The advantages OF Wichita
Yre as a j05bing center.
b each OF these papers the dealers
Fnifested great interest and they dis
sssed them at length
D. ". BLAINE-S ADDRESS
The first business of the association
esteFday afternoon was paper left over
iom the Gay before. The subject was:
.TrRsts- Their Effects on the Retail Inn
lenent Dealers" 10y d. Va. Blaine, Of
tr;tt. who spoke In part as follows.
nj President and Gentlemen of the
Convention:
This association should feel highly
satifed that at last their protests
kainst the manipulstions of trusts and
Jrporation manasements in advancing
rices on the articles we nave been pur-
hasing and selling to our customers is
now bearing frait and sives promise That
the time is not far distant when the
congress of the United Stetes viii give
the people OF this country the relief they
have been seeking.
The president message submitted TO
congress yesterday ana published i'm last
nights ara this mornings papers. SET
1Crth IN srcat headlines that trust leg
islauon is the leading question for con-
gress To deal with in this session: all
other subjects and legislation must give
way To- this great measure IN The inter
est of the common people.
Two years a-o at the organization of
this association the leadias subjects Of
discussion was the question of trusts We
Ietitioued congress through resolutions
adopted, praying fer relief
from the burdens placed upon us by the
trusts. but few people III tnat time Fecog-
nized Inc grcat eKH Thar was tnen begin
ming its Onward march IN sweepins over
this country aad purposes 10 crash ont
competition and ii-nit production in the
lines of manufacture goQCs THAI the
makers could name their own price and
enforce the uuclic to pas it,
I'm fact. the resolutions that were pre-
scented 10y ms we've adopted without little
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