The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-02
MAYOR G. !. ! .D|||.UI.s.
ADDRESSES THE
CONVENTION

Portion Of His Address De-
livered at Crookston Yes
terday Morning.
The following is a portion Of the
address of Mayor Geo. E. Duis, of
this city, president Of the North Da-
kota and Northern Minnesota Imple-
ment dealers association in session at
Crookston
"Gentlemen:-
1t is the custom of this associa-
ton to have an annual address from
its President. Conforming to this
custom have the pleasure to address
to you some few remarks bearing on
the business in which we are engag-
ed. In my judgment there is no more
important line of business than that
of the imprement man and this is es-
pecially, true in the terrotory from
which our membership comes. l be-
lieve there is no class of business men
more interested in the progress and
commercial welfare as we'll as the
good government of the cities in which
they reside than are the implement
men. There is not a class of bust
ness men more intimately associated
northwest, than the implement man.
There is not business man who is
In closer touch with the agriculture
interests in general, than are the class
of men who furnish implements with
which our soil is titled and our har-
vests prepared. This great North
western Empire being purely an ag-
ricultural territory, demands for it's
extensive farms the very latest and
mostup to date machinery and imple-
ments with which to do the vast
amount of work in successful man
ner owing to the great quantity of
grain annually raised. l say without
fear of contradiction, that there is not
a class of men who stand as close
to the farmer, the actual producer of
the product that makes this vast ter
ritory one of commercial world wide
Importance, than are the men who
sell the pillow and the binder with
which 1t Is possible to create all these
things, and believe there is no class
of men who have so many friends
among the farmers, as have the i'm
plement men, generally, and not with
out reason. Much valuable advice to-
ward tilling of the soil and the pro-
duction Of abundant crops, has come
from the machine man to the farmer
and while perhaps the machine man
has made a profit on the goods that
he has sold the farmer, has also made
profit on the goods that he has
bought and this is one case where
both sides gain in the transaction. In
my experience have discovered as
general proposition that the charac-
ter and statements Of the implement
men can be relied on and perchance
where machine has been sold that
did not fulfill the manufacturer war
ranty, the farmer found a friend In
the implement man and where the
conditions were reversed the manu-
facturer also found a friend in the
implement man and therefore say
you are engaged III, an honorable and
important business, one that you may
we'll be proud of. There is no bust
ness that gives you broader or bet
ter view of human nature than does
the business in which you are en-
gagged and the numerous friends you
have made In the various localities
from which you come, are those who
have had square deals from yon and
who do business with you because
they can depend upon you and you
may we'll be proud of their friendship
and the good words they say for you.
The business in which you are en-
gagged is one of endless details and
means much hard work and am glad
to say that in my experience have
met very few men in the implement
business who are lazy or idolent and
SO far as 1 am concerned were l
obliged to make another choice for
future occupation L would again
choose the machine business.
am very glad that wye have an
association here in the northwest,
which brings the implement men of
this territory together once year,
We have an opportunity to exchange
ideas and an opportunity to get ac-
quainted with some of our competi-
tors, we learn something about how
business should be done and how it
is done, Some of you may think that
there is nothing accomplished by an
association of this kind but want to
say to you, gentlemen, that in my
judgment ten years from now every
implement dealer in the United States
will belong to some kind of an as
ISOLATION and believe the time is
coming when responsible manufac-
turers will not recognize an imple-
ment dealer who does not belong to
some association and the things that
will bring 1t about are strengthening
and increasing in membership of the
various associations now in the
United States.
Two weeks ago + had an opportunity
to visit convention of the south
western association and while in Kan
sas City / found there thousands OF
implement men. These men are
somewhat more familiar with the Inn
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