The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-23
Give ULTIMATUM
TO HARVESTER TRUST
implement Dealers at Sioux
Falls Demand Cancellation
of Exclusive Clause
THEY THREATEN BOYCOTT
Unless the Demands Are Compiled
With Three Hundred Dealers
Will Withdraw Their
Patronage.

Sioux Falls S. D., Dec. Ito pro-
tect their interests against the har-
vester trust, the Retail Implement and
Hardware Dealers association of South
Dakota, northwestern Iowa and south
ern Minnesota, which is closing a three
| days convention here, today passed
| stringent resolutions, covering nearly
| six typewriter pages, making certain
demands upon the harvester trust. A
failure on the part of the trust to com
| ply with the wishes of the 300 dealers
| will result in II boycott on the trust
and the dealers will refuse to handle
the goods of the five harvester manu-
featuring companies in The combine.
one of the first resolutions intro
duced and passed by an overwhelming
majority was in regard to the con-
tracts offered the dealers for 1905. con-
tanning the Objectionable exclusive
clause" This clause compels dealers
handling Mccormick. Plano, Champion,
Milwaukee and I,ecring goods to han
die no other lines of wagons, mowers
haying machinery and harvesters UNI
der the penalty Of canceling the con-
tract.
Ask to Have Clause Stricken.
The dealers claim this Will work !,
hardship on them, and have asked to
have the clause taken out before the
contracts are offered to the dealers.
Many of them have not signed and will
not until the trust removes this clause.
Another resolution asks that manu-
featuring jObbers in no way restrict
the dealers from handling the goods of
outside firms.
third resolution of Importance asks
the privilege of returning damaged or
defective goods when it is evident that
the defect was caused in building the
machine or implement Heretofore the
cost of defective part has been borne
by the retailer, and they now demand
that the manufacturer and jObber
make this good.
The resolution in regard to the con-
tract of the harvester company was
passed only after a struggle. The In
ternational Harvester people were an
ticipating trouble and sent six or eight
men to- settle the dispute with the
dealers and explain that such a clause
is really not Objectionable. These men
eXerted every effort to secure the in
dorsement of the contract offered for
1905, but their work was not suff-
cient to turn the tide. Besides the
dozen or more lobbyists working on
the quiet.
Officers Are Elected
Election of officers for the coming
year was held this morning, with the
following results President, K. O.
Stake, Woonsocket, S. D.; first vice
president. L. V. Snyder, Salem, S. D.;
second vice president, o. e. Meesick,
Gettysburg, s. D.; third vice president,
Roy Williams, Sioux Falls; secretary
and treasurer, w. S. Hill Alexandria;
board of trustees, E. c. Barton. H. C.
Meyers, d. H. Evans, A. D. Maxwell,
w. H. Walker, A. a. Cosgrove, E. M.
Polk.
Committees appointed were: Legis-
lative-J. e. Sinclair, Beresford; L. V.
Snyder, Salem, S. D., and w. S. Hill.
Alexandria. Finance. J. johnson.
Centerville, S. D.; c. NanVyl, Rogers,
S. D.; c. B. Cannon, Armour Griev-
ance-E. B. Van Oestler, Mitchell; w.
H. Roper. Parker; w. S. Hill, Alexan-
dria.
About $50 dealers have attended the
convention. The afternoon session to-
day will close the meeting