Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-25
RETAILERS ELECT OFFICERS
Last Years Roster Again Chosen BY the
State Association.
STOCK SUBJECTS UP FOR DISCUSSION
Catalogue Houses and Collection of
Debts Debated After settlement
IL Made with Pure Food
show People.

The Nebraska Retail Merchants associa-
tion finished its annual session at the An
ditorium last night by the election Of ofi-
GERS. The entire slate OF last year was
unanimously reelected as follows: Presi-
dent, j. Yungblut, Lincoln; vice president,
S. T. Davies, Nebraska City; secretary and
state chairman, II. Fischer, Omaha; treas
urer, o. c. Thompson Blair.
The Grocers' and Butchers Journal,
! edited in Omaha by j. b. Coningham, was
made the official organ of the association
and its name will be changed to The Re
tail Merchants Journal.
A committee was appointed to audit the
accounts of the pure food show people and
to turn into the association treasury its
percentage of the profits. The place Of
meeting next year was left optional with
| the executive committee.
J In the afternoon there was a program Of
addresses and open discussions. Daniel
| Carr OF Omaha spoke on Local Home
| Trade
To Fight "Cat" Houses.
! Along four rural routes in this state l
| have investigated" said Mr.. Carr. ninety
I FIVE per cent of the money sent out through
the mails goes to Chicago catalogue houses.
l have found that the banks and express
companies show the same per cent in rural
/ ulSlIlNlS II Is dldTIlllnE III lldN II pOlilNS "
a further concentration of wealth, where
already so per cent. of the wealth of the
nation is controlled by per cent of the
! population.
I Il believe in a different system of attack
| on the mail order houses than that which
has been employed. The direct methods
| hitherto have failed in their purpose and
have succeeded only in advertising the
| order houses. We must educate the farmer
| through the country paper. We must show
him that the concentration of wealth in
the large cities detracts from the industries
! of his own little town and reduces its pop
! ulation. When his eyes are opened to the
\ fact that by supporting home industry he
will increase the population of his town
and make double on the increase in value
on his farm what he would save by pat
ronizing the mail order houses he will
buy of them no longer. l have the names
of 1900 mail order patrons in the state
eign element. We must educate them
through the papers Of their own language
And in all publications the direct attack
must not be made. but the farmer should
be shown how he will lose dollar IN the
long run by saving a penny
To Collect Debts.
C. F. Munro advocated legislation for tht
registra ton in public records of all assign
ments of wages. "If such were in effect,
he said, the secretary of the state associa
ton could send out list to members o.
those who assigned their wages and thj
grocers would be protected"
1t was suggested by one member tina
the city council ought to pass a resolution
that any city employe assigning his wage
would be Immediately dismissed Thi
rule, IL Is said, is in force in some of tn
packing houses of South Omaha.
Among other subjects discussed wer
the parcels post, pure foods and credit rat
ing
Pure Food Show Closes.
Last night closed the pure food show a
the Auditorium. It was a success. both II
the opinion of Manager Dean of the shov
and the officers Of the Nebraska Retail
Merchants association. in whose name
was given. The association realized a snul
sum as it's share. The show will go. from
here to St. Joseph.
In the guessing contest for the pony, tra
, and harness. offered by the ]. NJ. Bou
Coffee company for the closest guess on tn
number of grains in three pounds of coffee
three persons guessed the correct number
They were II. Phillips, c. A. f. johnson
! and Frank Swoboda. The number of grain
was l1,5sO. The OUTFIT will be sold toda,