Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-19
COUNCIL BLUFFS
CATALOGUE HOUSES
Wholesalers Join IN Fight Of Retailer
Against Numbering Rural Nail Boxes
ON RECORD AGAINST THE PARCELS POST
ThiFty-Five Firms in Wholesale
, Grocery Trade Represented at
Meeting Held in the
Grand Hotel

Phirty-five firms holding membership in
the Iowa and Nebraska Wholesale Grocers'
ASSOCIATION were represented at the called
meeting held yesterday in this city at the
Grand hotel. The wholesalers are close
corporation and as usual the meeting was
held behind closed doors and little of what
transpired was made public. Business I'm
which the jobbers are mutually interested"
1t was stated, demanded the attention of
the association, hence the meeting
Among the questions of mutual inter-
est discussed was that of the recent order
Of the fourth assistant postmaster general
requiring that all mail boxes on rural free
delivery routes be numbered. The con-
sensus OF opinion was that the numbering
of the boxes would AFFORD the catalogue
houses undue advantages and would re-
suit IN the rural routes being flooded with
the circulars and catalogues of such
houses. The opportunity thus afforded tie
catalogue houses to circulate their price
lists would IT was contended, initiate
against the retailer and in turn the jobber.
1t was stated that the order had for the
present been suspended pending investl-
cation and Secretary Melhop was In
structed to file in the name of the asso-
catfon protest against its enforcement.
In connection with the mail order and
catalogue houses the association adopted
the, following resolution:
Recognizing that there is a mutually OF
interest between the manufacturers, job
operation is necessary in order. TO Insure
the perpetuatieng OF the present established
system OF trade distribution, we endorse
conditions that open business opportunities
for the greatest number of individuals ana
distribute trade,t over the widest possible
area thus avoiding Capitalization OF trade
and its ATTENDANTS Of evil.
we believe that the future prosperity Of
farm and fact9r SdS is Sest sSapne of
united efforts, to this END.
Opposes Parcels Post.
Tho association declared itself opposed to
the proposed parcels post and defined its
position, in this matter in the following
resolution.
We believe a parcels post system Is not
z demanded by a sufficient number OF clllzens
y to render 1t advisable for the government
to Incorporate 1t In the postal service.
we believe II would be impractlcably and
enormously expensive. We therefore recon-
mend that this association, use It's influence
to prevent the inauguration OF any such
measures. bag .t
That 1-cent letter postage meets with the
approval of the association is shown by the
following resolution adopted: '''
We recommend that the various trade
bodies and commercial ORGANIZATIONS
throughout the country make strenuous
!. SrovidinS for i1cent letter postage.
From unofficial sources it was stated that
the decline In the price OF sugar and the
condition of the baking powder. trade were
among the subjects discussed,
Resolutions of regret at the death OF
r.. C, Tackaberry of, the William Tacka-
berry. company OF Sioux City. who dropped
dead September 4 while playing tennis,
were adopted s.cg'r W.. a,.E- y -. - :
Major Samuel Mahon of ottumwa. presi-
dent OF the association. was selected to
represent the association at the Interstate
Conmeree Law, convention. to be held In
Chicago, October Is.
Firms Represented.
The following firms were represented OF
the meeting by one or more members:
The Fowler company. waterloo, Ia; G. C.
w iSss : Pratt Howell cempany, Del
Moines, la; NJ l. Marks Co, J. =. Kelly
company Davenport. Ia; Warheld- Pratt
spencerzsmith' company Mason City, Ia;
]. II. Merrill company, Creston Ia; J. "a
Merrill company j. O. Hntehi so company Sl1;,
pany,aFort Dodge, la; H. L. Spencer com
pany. Oskaloosa, Ia; Kellogg Birge com
John Biaui's sons company, Biklen- Wines
company, Burlington. Ia Iowa Grocery
company. independence, Ia; Letts.Fletchel
stetson company, warfeld- Pratt Howell
company, Sioux City, Ia; Gr0neweg
sehoentgen company Council BIuffs' "a
braska City, Neb; Paxton & Gallagher
company, McCord-Brady company. AlleI
Raapke-K atz company, Jones q southmayC
company. Omaha, Neb. Trimble q Black
man company Hastings, Neb.; Donald
Porter company, Grand Island. Neb.; MAJ
Bros, Fremont Neb. Hargreaves Bros.
H. p. Lau company, Raymond Bros Clark
e company, Lincolp, Neb.