The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-20
PROTEST AGAINST
 TRADING STAMPS Board of Trade and Retail Grocers Take Action. NUMBER OF SIGNATURES All Merchants Are Asked to Sign a Pledge to Not Use Trading Stamps.
 The Joint Meeting Is
 Largely Attended.
NUMBER OF SIGNATURES

A joint meeting of the board of trade and Retail Grocers association was held building to protest against the introduce ton of trading stamps in Birmingham present, and ways apd means for keeping out the trading stamps were discussed
 J. H. Mccary. president of the board of trade. stated the object of the meet ing. He explained, in answer to a ques- ton by Eugene Jacobs, that there was license of s200 required of each merchant using trading stamps and a license of 5000 required of the trading stamps com pany. It was brought out in the discus sion that nearly all the merchants had few months ago signed an agreement not to patronize the trading stamps com panies, and not to encourage their en- trance into the city.
 Asked to Sign.
 motion was made and carried that 1 all merchants who had not signed the agreement should be asked to do so at once. The secretaries of the board of trade and Retail Grocers' association were in- structed to circulate the agreement at once among the merchants. Motion was carried for the appointment of a commit tee of seven to call on those who should refuse to sign the agreement and to otherwise take charge of the campaign l against trading stamps
 President McCary appointed the follow ing committees J. D. Davis. J. D. Collins John w. O'Neill, M A. Myatt, Ferd Marx, F. J. Gowen, Eugene Jacobs.
 The following resolution was then of fered and adopted:
 The Resolution. ! Resolved, That we, the members of the Board of Trade and Retail Grocers asso- ciation. in joint meeting assembled, are unaterably opposed to trading stamps and pledge ourselves to use every effort to have every merchant in this city sign pledge not to use same.
 After the meeting the committee called on MT Gambill, the license collector, in regard to enforcing the license against any prospective trading stamps com panies.
 Following is a list of the merchants who signed the agreement not to use stamps recently:
 The Signatures.
 J. Blach & Sons, J. L. Chalifoux & Co. Louis Saks, NJ Well & Bro, varley. Bauman and Bowers, J. Friedman & Co.,, E. Block, J. D. Collins, T. O. King, John l. Parker, Klotz & Goldman, R. c. Garry X Co.,, w. o. Strauss, Louis Pizitz, Seals Piano and Organ company. R. D. Burnett Cigar company, The Recent Shoe com pany, Calhoun Jewelry company, Love man, Joseph & Loeb. Jesse French Piano and Organ company Roberts & Sons, Perfection Mattress company, Housman' s Pharmacy, Mayer Bros, P II. Linnehan. The Hillman Pharmacy, Fox Sons & Smith company D. B. Luster. w. D. | Colby, l.. F. Spivey Cooper Furniture company, John W. O'NeiI & Co, E. D.. Forbes Piano company, M. L. Hoy Bid dle, Warren company, Rex Shoe com pany w. R. McGavock & Co.,, Gum Drug company, Southern Music company, | Dewberry Sons, Rich, Caheen Bros, Cox Shoe company, Birmingham Arms company, s. H. Kress & Co, Hirsch Dry Goods company, Snyder & Sons, Gold stein Bros, Gruner, Hubbell Ss Co.,, H. c. Abbott & Bro, H. A. Klein & Co.,, Estes Hardware company, J. Lowinsohn, w. c. Reese Millery company, J. Davidson, c. Ham. Nabers, Morrow & Sinnige, Penn sylvania Hat company, Stowers Furniture company, William Reckling, Ferd Marx, Orr & Roberts, Hood, Yielding & Co.,, Col Her Drug company, c. Rotho1z, M. Ma | loney Earle. Terrell S Co, Joe and Lee Slaughter, sommers Tailoring Co.,, W. s. Brown, Alabama Furniture company. Barber's Drug and Seed Store. Pattons Pharmacy, J. w Davis and L. B. Shell ton.