Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-16
|STRONC DELEGATION Of CHICAGO
COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION MAKES
FIRST STOP At las VEGAS
After W, to Commercial Club and Ride Up the Canyon.
They Entertain Las Vegas Merchants in Their Cars.
Obe q Association M enforcement Of Laws Of Chicago For
Protection Of Life and Propsrty 2nd. The Extenion Of
Trade and Manufactures Of Chicago.

refuse In every case to talk firm bus
mess or even to accept orders which
are Often proKered to them without
solicitation. their answer In every case
being; we are here to talk Chicago,
not to take orders
Tho purpose OF this personal can.
vass Of the industries and CONNER
cial interests Of the city or lOcality
visited II to form clear understand
ing of the goods which the people Of
that city have to sell which we should
buy, and the goods which we have to
sell which they should buy, and to
discuss In business-like way the best
method Of affecting an exchange that
shall be mutually profitable. Freight
rates are. of course, discussed where
they IRE an important factor In this
exchange
I'VE have been fortunate In these
excursions. particularly in that
through the southeast. in having Chi
cago represented by men who we're
not only men Of affairs but were good
public speakers as well, and the ad-
iresses made on both sides were fre-
quently. may say usually. reported
in full In the local daily papers, and
copied extensively IN abridged form
by papers in neighboring cities and
towns, 10 that trade excursion leaves
in It's wake millions OF dollars worth
of the most valuable sort Of adver-
tising II measured by the usual stand
The work is done systematically
and the business relations between
the city visited and Chicago are fully
discussed on leaving It by the party
forming a committee as q whole. A
report of each excursion Is printed In
"The Great Central Market Magazine :
published by the association, in the
Weekly Bulletin to the sustaining
members. and in addition to that. re.
ports are made verbally to the Execu
| tive Committee and to the association
as whole when public m citing per
! NIT It.
1.-THE name and fame Of Chicago II
thus spread through the cities Of the
country, while the smaller cities. those
OF Ave thousand population or less
are fully covered by the magazine
published by the association.
On the present trip the delegation
consists Of fifteen representatives, oc
cupies two private Pullman cars, and
Is equipped to entertain the merchants
and representative business men me,
In the various cities.
Personnel Of Delegation.
James r. Baker, James r. Baker 4
Co., Commission Merchants.
c. p. Coffin, Credit Manager, Ill
nois Steel Co., Manufacturers
| c. H. Crossette, Cutter G. Cros settle
Mems Furnishers
Frank G. Hall, Keith Bros. & Co.
Hats, Caps and Gloves.
f. l.. Hasler, E. l.. Hasler Co, Fruit
Commission.
| w. F. Hypes. Sales Manager, Mar
shall Field &. Co, Dry Goods.
/ j. p. Mann. Morris, Mann & Reilly
Dry Goods and Jewelry Novelties.
/ II. l.. sayler, General Manager, Cit,
Press Association Of chsa1s
! F. 8. Shaw. President, The Cable
Company, Pianos and Oragns.
! H. c. Staver, President, Sta>cr Car
riage Co., Manufacturers.
4 W. NJ Thompson. Secretary, Kel
ley. Maus e Co.. Heavy Hardware.
| Ralph Van vechten, Vice President
Commercial National Bank.
Fred A. Watson. Watson Plumme
Shoe Co., Boots and Shoes.
s. f. Wood, Wood Bros, lave Stool
Commission.
w. M. Thompson, chairman; w.
Hypes, treasurer; Neil Satterlet
Press Representative; Augustu
Knight, assistant
The full itinerary Is as follows:
itinerary.
Santa Fe Railway System Lines
, Sunday, January 14th, leave Chicag
, 1000 p. m.
: Tuesday. January 10th, arrive La
. Vegas 1:35 p. m.
ii Tuesday, January 10th, leave La
! Vegas $40 p. m.
, Tuesday, January 10th. arrive A
} buquerque l0:45 p m.
. Wednesday, January 18th, leave A
. buquerque 1859 p. m.
Friday. January 18th, arrive So
) Bernsrdlno 4:25 a. m.
Friday. January 18th, leave San Be-