The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-07-31
RETAIL MERCHANTS ORGANIZE
Expect to Be One of WicE1ita's Strong
Commercial Organizations.

= Wichita now has another commercial
organization a number of the prominent
business men of the city met last even
ang at Weinschenk's store and perfected
"a temporary organization of the Retail
i Merchants, Clearing House and Business
Mems association OF Wichita, auxiliary
to the Retail Merchants organization of
Kansas The object of the association is
to promote a friendly feeling among the
business men of the city and to bring
about better business and trade condi-
tians.
The meeting last night was an enthus-
aseic one. Every man present expressed
himself as heartily in favor of the organ
ization W 4. Curl Of the credit clearing
house endorsed by the Retail Merchants
association Of the state. was present at
the meeting and said: Il have attended
meetings in Kansas City, Topeka and
other large cities, but I have never at
tended a meeting where there was such
enthusiasm and harmony. l believe there
will be over 200 members at the time Of
the next meeting. on Wednesday even
ing
A temporary organization was formed
last evening. with James Tapp as chair
man and C l. Reed as secretary The
association has now between fifty and
sixty members. and next wednesday
evening a meeting of all the merchants
will lbe held in some hall of the city and
the permanent organization will be made
and the regular officers elected. As all
of the present sixty members viii work
for the success Of the next meeting. and
as 1.-THE association seems to be so much
I'm flavor among the business men of the
city, IL may be expected to soon become
onie of the strong trade-building organi-
ssktions of the city. At the meeting next
"Wednesday evening state Secretary X. y.
yRose viii be present.
I At s o'clock last evening c. I. Reed
called the meeting TO order and the tenn
porary chairman and secretary were
kslected. w. A Curl addressed the as
= sociation and spoke along the lines of
association work. showing what it had
done to bring about better trade rela-
tions in the cities where the retail mer-
chants have these associations. At KAN
sas City Topeka, Lawrence and other
cities in the state this organization IS
very popular and has contributed much
10 the building up of the commercial in
terests Of these cities. He believes that
wichita will soon have one Of the strong
est organizations in the state and that
its value to Wichita cannot be meas
ured
A communication from the national sec
retary. Fred Mason. was read. compl-
mentins the merchants on the work they
have done along the lines Of organization
and showing the benefits 10 b derived
from she association. James Tapp c. I.
Reed. Tony Weinschenk. ". r. Nea-
leigh and others then made enthusiastic
speeches favoring organization
The following is the preamble Of the
constitution adopted last evening. and in
IL is stated the objects of the sssocia-
ton:
THE object Of this organization is ~
promote the interests and TO more closely
unite the business men Of Wichita. 10 CO.
operate fer the good and benefit Of all, 70
sabate trade abuses and disseminate use
ful information
1T is only through organization that