The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-06-15
COAL men TO MEET
Dealers in Black Diamonds Due
in ST. Paul.
C. I. TAYLOR IS At HEAD.
Frank CrandaII Of Mankato viii Dis
cuss Questions Of Importance;
Outing for the Delegates.

st. Paul, June l3.-COal dealers from
all parts of the northwest will meet in
st. Paul next week for the sixth annual
convention of the Northwestern Retail
Coal Dealers association. The conven-
ton will last three days, beginning june
10, and will be held at the old capitol
Questions of Importance to dealers and
consumers will be discussed; cures for
short weights will be suggested, and
wholesalers as well as retailers will be
given an opportunity to tell their griev-
ances.
The Kokoals, an association of coal
men connected with the sales depart
ments of the companies, will hold high
carnival during the first day and even
ing of the convention. They will parade
the streets in the afternoon carrying
coal buckets and wearing uniform hats.
They will give a banquet in the even
ing at one of the hotels, in course of
which there will be an initiation of
about lOO new members.
At the first session of the convention,
Tuesday morning the first address of
welcome will be delivered by Governor
johnson, and the second by Mayor
Smith. After response by C. M. Morse,
who will speak in the name. of the asso-
citation, the president, Charles T. Taylor,
will read his annual report, which win
be followed by the reports of the secre-
tary, G. Fl. Reeves, and the treasurer,
George J.. Fullerton. Committees win
be appointed on resolutions, insurance
and complaints.
A box will be placed in the hall into
which anyone can drop communication
or question to be brought up for dis
cussion ut the meetings. The second
session, scheduled for two O'Clock in the
afternoon, will be devoted to discus
sions regarding the beneficial influences
of the association among retailers and
wholesalers. These discussions will be
led by F. E. Crandall of Mankato and
HI. E. Smith of st. Paul. During the
second part of that session the question
of reciprocity will come up. B. A.
Lockwood of Des Moines will give the
retailers side of it, and n. S. Coffin will
speak for the wholesalers. "How can
we get closer together?" will be the top
ic discussed by Maynard Crane of Coop
erstown, N. D. During the third part of
the session w. G. Haskell of Cedar Rap
ids will speak on the effects of sending
out quotations promiscuously. The
theme of William Collins speech, the
last one that evening, will be "Do re-
suits justify expense, and it is not an
Anticipated way of advertising!"
The railroad session will be held We'd
nesday morning. Discussions for the re-
tailers and shippers will be led by E.
E. johnson and w. S. Boyle. Superin-
tendent F. o. Becker of the Western
Railway Weighing association will adj
dress the convention in the name of the
railways. The subject will be "Cure for
short weights"
At two o'clock in the afternoon the
coal men and their guests will go to
Minneapolis by trolley, and at three
o'clock start for Lake Minnetonka. A
supper will be served at Tonka Beach
at 6 o'clock. The rest of the evening
will be spent at Wonderland Park.
Thursday morning will be devoted to
discussions the subject of which will be
assigned to members of the association.
The election of officers will follow. In
the forenoon the ladies will be enter
tanned by the Commercial club with an
ride about the city. The
visiting delegates will be entertained in
the same way in the afternoon.