The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-23
Trading Stamps.

trained or in the future will refrain from selling consumers.
 Trading Stamps.
 Resolved, That all such deceptive de- vices as trading stamps and gift schemes invariably tend to degenerate the qual- ity of goods sold through attempting to convey the impression that the consumer is obtaining additional value, and there fore we condemn such practice as 1njuri- ous to business morality
 Whereas, The retail merchants has to pay taxes out of all proportion to the capital invested, and that the same Is an unjust burden.
 Resolved, That we petition the next leg islature to repeal the present revenuelaw and fix a schedule that will be equal to other legitimate business.
 Resolved, That this convention while be- lieving that as the result of the splendid campaign that the national association has waged against it, the measure will be killed in committees 1t will not do to relax our vigilance until 1t is so dead that there can be no fear of resurrec- ton of this scandalous attempt of the mail order concerns, supply houses and department stores to tax as well as ruin the many for the benefit of the few.
 Resolved, That this convention demands the repeal of the national bankrupt law.
 Resolved, That the grocers and general merchants of Alabama, both wholesale and retail, are urged to see that the candidates pledged to the support of the above demands receive their earnest ana unfaltering support.
 Resolved, That we regard as necessary means of information to the business, as a stimulant and strengthener of organiza- tion a more general reading or grocery trade journals, for they are the advance agents of organization.
 Resolved. That we thank John Bratton' Editor of the Southern Merchant, Tor ms attendance at this convention and Tor the assistance his paper has given the retail merchants of Alabama.
 Resolved That this committee recom- mend that each member of our various local association subscribe for and read some trade paper; especially do we recom- mend that they subscribe for the Southern Merchant.
 Pure Food.
 Resolved, That this convention con demns the manufacture and sale or adul- terated food, and endorses the efforts put forth by the National Association or he- tail Grocers toward prohibiting the sale of harmful food products, and it's ef- forts to make the manufacturer instead or the retailer responsible for all adulter- ants.
 Complimentary. Resolved, That the Alabama Retail Grocers feel deeply sensible Of the op- lgation they owe to Hon. J. A. van Hoose. president of the, Southern Whole sale Grocers' association, for his fear less utterances and dauntless attitude against that notorious nuisance, the semi iobber; and we also desire to express our thanks to that organization generally for their financial assistance in this move ment. and for the honorable stand they have taken to sell no consumers" we therefore consider 1t the duty of the members of this association to see that they lose nothing by their action.
 Resolved, That we hereby thank nation al officers of the National Association of Retail Grocers for the interest they have taken in our state and for the assistance they have rendered us, and for the at- tendance at this convention of Vice Pres ident Faringer, whose experience and eloquence have been of great benefit to us all
 Resolved, That this committee and the convention at large express to the Bir- mingham Retail Grocers and General Merchants and the National Food com pany of Niagara Falls, N. r., it's pro- found sense of gratitude for the excel lent entertainment and generous hospi- taillty of the Birmingham association.
 Resolved, That the thanks of this con vention are hereby rendered to his honor, Mayor W. M. Drennen, Rev l. s. Hand- ley, also G. ". Hopson, J. w. Thatcher of Toledo, O., and John Bratton of At lanta, Ga, for their excellent addresses and services in our behalf, which we nightly appreciate
 Resolved, That to the press of Birming ham, we tender our sincere thanks for their reports of our meetings.
 Several Addresses.
 At the meetings yesterday several ad dresses were heard. A. w. Farlinger of Atlanta delivered very interesting talk on general organization and the good ef- fleets thereof. Escar Floyd spoke at length on the resolutions that were in troduced by the committee, of which he