Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-02
OFFICERS ELECTED.
MANUFACTURERS CONVENTION
CLOSES AFTER BUSY SEES
SION AT DIES MONIES.
Paul Arbenz Of This City Chosen as
Member of the Executive Commit
tee - Ask That Iowa. Agricultural
School Be Made Best in Land.

Paul Arbenz. of Ottumwa, was elect
ga member OF the executive committee
OF Inc iowa State Manufacturers asso.
citation at the convention which closed
thursday In Des Moines. Resolutions
requesting the general assembly to
make sufficient appropriations to en-
able the mechanical departments OF
the state university and the Iowa Ag-
rlcultural college to become the equal
OF any in the country were passed.
Resolutions were also adopted declar-
Ing in favor of the passage of the
bulk sale" bill which will be intro
duced In the general assembly. Cedar
Raplds was selected as the next meet
ing-place. "
! Favor Mutual Insurance.
The committee appointed to investi.
gate the mutual insurance proposition
reported unanimously in favor of it.
owing to some slight questions regard
ing the legality of the insurance plan
which they propose to adopt, the mat
ter was referred back to the committee
for further preparation. They are to
consult the executive committee before
adopting plan. 1t is understood that
a 100000 stock company will be or
ganized, $4,000 of the capital to be
paid up. The manufacturers who sub.
scribe the capital stock are to receive
8 per cent interest on their investm ent,
but otherwise the company is to ope-
rated as strictly mutual concern.
The bulk sale" bill, the passage of
which they endorse and demand, is a
bill prohibiting retailers to DISPOSE of
their stocks entire. The manufacture
ers claim that nearly all such sales are
made to defraud the wholesaler and
manufacturer, and should be prohib.
tied.
Meet Next at Cedar Rapids.
Cedar Rapids was unanimously Sc
lected as the next meeting place. The
time will be the last week in January
1905, the exact date to be fixed by the
executive committee.
With two exceptions the old officers
We're reelected. Geo. w. Parsons of
Newton was elected treasurer. vice
Paul ArbenZ of Ottumwa, Mr.. Parsons
being succeeded as chairman of the
! executive committee bv 4. b, Carson
OF Davenport. The new officers are
as follows: President, w. w. Marsh
| OF Waterloo; vice president. 40
Green of Fort Dodge; secretary, 4. g.
Hutchins of Des Moines; treasurer.
George w. Parsons of Newton: exec-
utive committee. T. B. Carson of Day-
export, George Ct. Higbee Of Burling-
ton. s. w. Mercer of Iowa CITY. IS. q
Lee OF Des Moines, F. H. Keys, OF
Council Bluffs. w. W. Marsh of wa
lerloo, r. 0. Green of Fort Dodge, and
Paul Arbenz of Ottumwa.
Yesterdays session was devoted to
business entirely with the exception OF
a paper on Reciprocity" by r. r
Conway. Mr.. Conway dwelt On the
| inception of the association and what
It might accomplish. He also gave d
few facts concerning the exhibits AT
st. Louis
lows:
Whereas, The Iowa state manufacturers
renlize the benefits derived from maintain.
Ing schools Of applied sciences and mechan.
ic arts, and
Whereas, The state of Iowa is far be.
hind other states in parallel lines.
Resolved That our association In con.
vention assembled recommends and heartily
endorses liberal and continuous appropria.
~-NAAs w. tiAS uSSeiOplleUL una maintenance
Of chronological departments of the. Iowa
State College Of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts ut Ames and the state university at
Iowa City. And be It further
Resolved, That we hereby endorse a Bill
providing for the support of the expert.
mental station Mt the Iowa state college of
| agriculture and mechanic arts, that bill
containing clause authorizing the estab.
lishment of an engineering experiment sta.
ton at said college. Be it further
Resolved That this association cordially
endorses all those items of the budget OF
appropriations asked by the board of re-
gents of the state university of Iowa which
bear upon the development of the school
of applied SCIENCES of that institutions; espe
cially the item relating to the development
of the Terrell water power and that In
tended to cover fire loss with the expecta
tion that the new buildings completed un
der this head. shall be assigned to the de-
partment of applied sciences.
Whereas. There will be introduced In the
Legislature of the state Of Iowa. bill reg
ulating the sale of stocks of merchandise
in bulk in defraud of creditors. and
Whereas, Other states have enacted sim
liar laws which have proven very bcnen
cial to the honorable merchant, jobber and
manufacturer. Therefore be 1t
Resolved That the Iowa State Manufac
turers in convention assembled, hereby en-
dorse said bill and urge its passage.
Whereas. The manufacturing industries
of the state of Iowa, have attained to large
proportions, md
Whereas, 1t would be to the great ad
vantage of the manufacturer OF the state
in the development of the same that prori
sions should be made for the display OF
Iowa manufactured goods at the Iowa state
fair.
Resolved That we respectfully request
that the state legislature make sufficient ap
preparations for the erection of perma
nent building on the state fair grounds fol
such display.
Resolved. That we recognize and extend
our heartfelt thanks to those who so kindl,
spent their time and energy in preparing
papers and delivering same. so highly enter
tanning us, to the Commercial club for tbeil
entertainment. to the press to the pres
dent for his nntiring efforts In SO excellent
ly arranging this program and to the speak
ers who have given us the benefit of theii
thought and encouragement during the
convention.
R. O. Green.
Thomas B.. Carson.
q. w. Parsons.
y. A. Runke.
Geo. X. Estabrook
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