Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-03
Grocers Trying to Organize
Huge Purchasing Combine
by Counties
AN EIGHT STORY HOTEL TALKED
Labor Unions of the City Lay Siege
To City Council To Prevent Asphalt
Paving Being ordered-claim Des
Moines Brick Industries Give Labor
Good Employment.
Special to Times-Republican.

now being made by Secretary Thomas
of the Iowa State Grocers' Association,
succeed, the retail grocers of this state
will have combine of their own, which
will enable them to buy goods jointly
IN such quantities as to make Frank
Let's wholesalers combine look like a
little brother. A concerted movement is
being made to organize county associa-
tions in every county in the state.
On of the great aims will be to form
q compact whereby the goods will be
purchased in large quantities, the groeers
clubbing. This will enable them to
purchase cheaper than in small lots in
addition to debating terms to some of
the manufacturers who have allowed
the retailers little or no profit on GER
tain goods which have had to be car
ried owing to the demand for them.
Then also the organization will be bet
ter able to make contest for iegisia-
ton that will be to their interests. An
other important feature will be the pre-
pairing of a blacklist of the customers
who refuse to pay for their goods.
Two men will be placed in the field
organizing county associations. War
rem will be one of the first counties or,
ganized. The first counties that will
be organized will be those in which
there are no important city associa-
tions. In a number OF towns there are.
kfrnnU QSSn0fa firms ha eri
Che city associations has been hindered
by the grocers OF the smaller towns
refusing to keep prices up to the,
standard.
Contractors are said to have beer
asked to make figures on adding two
stories to the new Chamberlain hotel,
on six Stories of which they are now
working. The steel for the basement
and floor OF the main floor Is now in
place. Mr.. w. L Brown has contracted
Tor the furniture of the new hotel. The
contract amounts to practically $4,000.
The beds are about equally divided
among mahogany, oak and metal and
the other furniture will match. The
parlors will be furnished as exQuisitely
as any hotel parlors in the country.
The electric finishings will be one OF
the prides OF the new hotel also, being
something entirely new in original de-
signs and of the richest possible, eff
feet. All of the sub-contracts for the
hotel have been let, with the exception
of laundry machinery and one or two
other things. The main building itself
will cost $155,000 for the six stories.
and the sub-contracts come to about
.f65.00o. making 100000. besides the
$4,000 furnishings going into the es-
Establishment
Frank Gotch. of Humboldt, Is In the
city and conferred yesterday with,
the manager Of James Aldridge. of
Leon, concerning the conditions Of the
wrestling match, which It Is proposed
Will be pulled off between the two men
On this city. during the early part OF
September Mr. Gotch arrived in the
city late Saturday night, and Mr.. AID
ridges manager arrived yesterday NOR.
ming AT the conference. the particu-
Oars concerning the match, the purse
money and the, mat rules were settled. |
Nir. Gotch expressed himself az beliey-
ing that there would be little difficulty
IN arranging for the event. which is
being anticipated by the sporting fra
ternity OF the city with much interest.
Over 5000 union laboring men OF Des
hioines will participate In the parade
TO be held in this city during the fore-
noon of Labor day, Sept. Z, and will |
march to the music Of five bands. All
The union musicians In the city will be l
eay NIL fsy~f III /
rangements for this feature We're made |
yesterday morning at a meeting ofsthe
Trades assembly. Successful negotia-l
lions for the use of the state fair
grounds have been consummated, and
in the afternoon an interesting program
OF sporting events will be given at that
place. An admission fee will be charg-
ed, the proceeds to go to the treasury |
of the Federation Of Labor. The fee
.vill be nominal and will entitle the Wis
itor to grand stand and all privileges
of the grounds. There will be no speak
ing this year. This has been decided |
as 1t is felt by the Trades assembly |
that speaking is both an injustice to
the speaker and the audience.
The brick committee of the Trades
md Labor assembly attended the meet
ing OF the city council today to inaug-
nrate the fight which the organized la
Dor of the city proposes to make
against asphalt pavements from this
time forward. Four asphalt PROPOSE
tons are to come before the council,
at It's meeting. Members of the Trades |
assembly committee said that they pro-
posed to be on hand today and to begin
the fight against asphalt by attacking
the propositions to pave these streets |
They admit that 1t has come to be a |
political matter. While the unions do
not take a hand In politics as unions,
the attitude of the aldermen on this |
proposed to be reported back to the |
assembly with a view to informing la
Dor as to which members of the body |
stand for the things labor wants, and |
which do not. This, it is supposed will |
determine the labor vote in the municl-
pal election next spring The commit
tee will use the city of Indianola as an |
argument against further asphalting in |
Des Moines. In that city resolutions
ordering brick paveinents were passed |
by the council and were then changed |
to asphalt. after.a visit to Des Moines |
this city. The argument is that the
tying Of asphalt in Des Moines helps the
asphalt people in competition with the
brick Industries of this city elsewhere, |
and the eventual result will be that the |
brick industries of this city will sue |