The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17
CROCERS WILL
CONVENE HERE
Special Train Bearing Dele
gates Will Be Net by a
Committee at Sacramento
TO HAVE A BIG TIME
Tradesmen Will Be Royalty
Treated During Their Stay
in City at Convention
TO HAVE A BIG TIME

A very interesting programme is be-
ing prepared by the local grocers for
the delegates who will attend the sew
enth annueLconvention OF the National
Grocers' Association, which IL to be
held In this city during the week be-
ginning May 2. A committee consisting
Of Joseph A. Stulz, president OF the
chants Association; Thomas H Cor
coran, president Of the San Francisco
Retail Grocers. and Aaron H. Powers,
editor Of the Retail Grocers' Advocate.
will meet the delegates at Sacramento
and accompany them to this city. The
national officers will have their head
quarters at the Hotel st. Francis.
The convention will be held in the
annex adjoining the Mechanics Pa
vilion. Monday. May 2. there will be a
business session. In the evening there
will be a reception at the nave Of the
ferry building. which will be i1lumin-
ated and decorated for the occasion.
The exhibits of the State Mining Bu-
reau and the State Board OF Trade will
be Illuminated, and there will be a spe-
cial demonstration given by the Board
OF Trade OF the methods Of preparing
California dried fruit
There Will be a business session all
day Tuesday. There will be two ex-
cursions for the delegates fof Wednes-
day. One will be a trip to the Asti
vineyards over the California and
Northwestern Railroad. The delegates
making this trip Will be the guests of
the Italian-Swiss Colony. There will
be a second excursion through Ala
medal Berkeley and Oakland and the
State University, with dinner at one OF
the leading hotels of Oakland. In the
evening there viii 0e a theater party
at the Chutes, to which not only the
delegates and their wives, but all the
members of the San Francisco Retail
Grocers' Association and the grocers'
associations Of Alameda, Berkeley and
Oakland, will be invited.
On Thursday will be the last bus'- -
session Of the convention. Officers or
the ensuing year Will be elected and The
place for the next convention decided
upon. In the evening there will be a
banquet rendered the delegates. Some
trade will also be invited to festive
board.
Friday will be devoted to sightseeing
in San Francisco.
An excursion to San Jose has been
arranged for Saturday, May z. This will
conclude the programme Of entertain
ment for San Francisco. The Califor-
MIA Promotion Committee is assisting
a. - oF
Letters are being received from East
ern points that indicate mat this con-
vention will be the largest in the his
tory of the National Grocers' Associa-
ton. A large delegation viii attend
from Atlanta, Ga. The grocers Of the
Southern States would like to secure
the convention for that city. An at
tempt will also be made to secure the
next convention for Niagara Falls The
State Of New York will send a large
delegation here with that idea in view.
Probably the largest delegation will
come from the State Of Illinois.
The local wholesalers and manufac-
turers have contributed very literally
toward the fund for entertaining the
visitors. Among the larger contribu-
tions are the following: Brewers As
sOcldllOn' S-oVs a 0ChAiIlHS q w. S-oV,
Sperry Flour Company, 5000; Western
Sugar Refining Company. $500; Bot
tiers Protective Association. $50: NJ.
]. Brandenstein & Co. 800; William
Cluff G. Co., 800; J. A. Folger & Co,
800: California and Northwestern
Railway, 800: Tillmann & Bendel, 800;
Port Costa Milling Company. s75; Hills
Bros, s75; wellman, Peck & Co.. $50;
American Biscuit Company. $50: West
ern Meat Company. $50; Liege & Has
kins Company. $50; Stockton Milling
Company, $50; American Can Company,
$50: Johnson-Locke Mercantile Com
pany. $50; California Fruit Gamers
Association, $50; D. Ghirardelli Co.,
$50; Sussman. Wormser & Co, $50.