Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-19
nl,cussed at Last Evenings Meet
iuC of Butchers & Retail
Grocers' Ass n.
same STARTLING ALLEGATIONS
Ioc,l Men Propose to Secure Legisla'
ton TO Put Stop 10 the
Practise.

,ost evenings meeting Of the Butch
80 and Retail Grocers association was
lively session In which the shortage
80 butter was one OF the themes of the
o,caslon, Secy. John A. Burt sprung
tho question by telling the meeting mat
~ had been told by a groceryman that
the latter in Weighing out three differ
ort brands Of butter, found they aver
oyed IA ounces when they should have
uelghed full 16 ounces, while there
were occasional bricks mat weighed
oniy ~ ounces each, Rich i. Nelson
Nan stated that he had found on sew
sral occasions that his butter bricks
we're short one ounce. j. 5. BoWdltch
soid he had found a shortage of one
nonnd and two ounces In weighing IL
bJcks AS a result Of the discussion
,ybIch followed 1t was decided to secure
lscislation which would enable the as
s"rlaton 10 prosecute those butter
makers who are guilty Of this fraud
on the public.
Hudson reported on the recent
abouye meeting which proposed TO Sc
cure reform In telephone rates, ana
aid he would not compromise the as
ISOLATION by participating and then
stated when a lot OK business men
meet and attempt or propose to at
tempt, to inspect the books Of a COM
many to see why that company cannot
compete IN the matter OF prices with n
rival, It Is too much boys play even
for the Grocers' association"
Mr.. Hudson's action was approved
The proposition of City Food Inspec-
for Myers that the date of the manu-
facture Of all canned goods be indelbly
stamped on the cans, was not APP
proved. as members Of the association
claimed that they are often obliged
M carry canned goods for two years,
The age at which food inspectors claim
gasses begin to form. Some members
claimed that class of goods can be
kept over three years without deterior-
atlng,
In the matter OF short weights, It was
stated that butter Is not the only Of
fender. but that -four and apples also
came in the category.
Manager Critchlow delivered an in
terestlng lecture later in the evening on
failures, in which he said,
THE man who has learned TO say no;
the man who has learned TO give all Of
his attention TO his business without
dabblng in mining stocks or other ven
lures; the man who has both brains AM
capital-this is the man who Will sue
ceed There have been 81 failures dur
lng the last IS months among the retail
grocers and butchers of the state. They
are nearly all traceable to one of three
causes. First, lack OF system second.
giving too much credit; third, oyerbuy-
ing. While any one OF these three evils
In retail business may be the direct
cause of failures, giving too much Gre
dit Is more to be feared than the other
two combined A retailer must learn
10 say no when IN his judgment there Is
possibility OF doubt that the custo-
mer will prove a poor creditor. You
cannot buy on 30 days and trust out
goods for six months or year. Then
there is another proposition that seems
to bother some dealers, They buy In
large quantities lots OF goods that prove
poor sellers, when In fact they should
hardly handle them at all, This applies
also to too expensive fixtures and too
many OF them. Capital is a peculiar
proposition. You cant make II do
everything. Back OF the capital you
must have ability, but you must have
sufficient capital to tide over condi-
tons arising through unforeseen
give over to excuses, and he and his
family should not indulge In Injuries
unless he is sure that his business Is
paying a profit that warrants It, You
must do q credit business, but select
your men to whom you give credit.
Learn your customers, learn to dis
eliminate and learn when to Say no."
Mr. Critchluw remarked in closing
that credit could be made worse than
a fire.
A committee was appointed, consist
ing Of John A. Burt, A, q. Lees, Will
liam Wood, Thomas Davis, r. H.. Years.
ley and II. p. Nelson, to urge the pas
sage by the Legislature OF law which
would provide that the wages OF city
county or state employees shall not be
exempt for debt.
f. H. Weight was elected vice presl-
dent. that office not having had an in
cumbent for some months.