Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-14
No DEBT FOR IMPLEMENT HEN
All Obligations Paid is Cheering Announce
meat at Opening Of Meeting.
NEW, MEMBERS RAPIDLY COMING IN
President steRrns of Retailers En-
joins Association to work Against
Evil EncrOarhmeut of Or
Eanized Capital.

When the Nebraska and Western Iowa
Retail Implement and Vehicle Dealers as.
ISOLATION began its sixteenth annual con.
Nentlon In the rooms of the Commercial
club Tuesday morning, the members re,
celVed the cheering news. through the re-
ports of secretary and treasurer, that the
association had paid all its debt and was
ready to begin another year with a
balance i'm the treasury This condition
contrasts strongly with that disclosed by
the reports of the same offices year ago.
At that time the association had lost
heavily in money and reputation through
bad work Of hired organizers, and the
financial outlook was black indeed.
Another good bit of news offered by As
sistant Secretary J. d. Ringer was that
new members were fast being. added to the
roll and the association could hope for a
membership of 1000 at no far distant day.
AS one means Of adding to the member
ship and increasing the strength in every
way OF the organization now in session II
IS hoped to merge with # the South Platte
Implement Dealers association. This cues
ton will be taken up later In the session
and President Jerome shamp OF the south
Platte association will be present to take
part IN the deliberations. His association
has been holding its conventions at Lincoln.
but the feeling has been growing in the last
Few years that all the dealers Of the state
ought to set together in convention at
Omaha.
Address of President stearns.
speaking on the welfare Of the associ-
alton, President J. F. stearns OF Logan,
Ia, said in his annual address:
Men and combination of men. yyba have
Of
endeavoring to control the great ma kets
ana INDUSTRIES Of the world. What can you
or L 90 IN opposition to such corpora lions +?
NoLhlns: Public measures are being in
troduced in our state legislatures and In
congress which are sometimes greatly to
the disadvantage of the retail dealers
What kind of a fight can we put up against
these, as individuals? None of any effect
whatever. Yet through a thoroughly
organized association, working in touch and
IN harmony with other associations we
may hope to accomplish much.
. nave had some knowledge OF associa-
found the strongest bodies to be those
whose members pay as much s. per
year dues, with as many as 100 or /, 900
members, and in addition they collect So
from each one as membership fees Nv
opinion is that we should raise money
ENOUGH eaSIls.ll-.to pay q good, competent man as
secretary sufficient salary so that he
could anord to devote his entire time to
the interests of the members, and that tho
president should also receive such conpen-
sation as would enable him to place a con-
siderable amount of his time at the service
of the association.
am strongly in favor of local clubs, or
ganized In counties or districts, making
them, or course, subject to and I'm harmony
with the. general rules Of this association.
New Committees Appointed.
These committees were appointed:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Wagner, J. NJ. Ell
WELL L. p. Byers.
Resolutions-J. G. North ]. d. Ringer.
NJ. c. Daily.
Grievance-J. D. Ringer, L. p. Byers, J.
NJ. Elwell.
Arbitration-Charles A Wagner. 4.
Spooner. ]. T. Thomas.
Auditing-J. w. Newell, ]. NJ ElweH, e.
F. Morris.
Constitution and By-laws-C. Van wi. T.
NJ Reed. A. p Karbach.
J. f. Jones of the Implement Trade Jour
nal, Kansas City; r. L. Hrieghbaum of
Farm Machinery, St. Louis, and Fred
LOOMS OF the Implement Dealer Council
BLUFFS, are present TO report the doings of
the convention.
No sessions are held in the afternoons.
Wednesday morning, in addition to the
transaction of business there will be an
address on Insurance Matters" by j. w.
Carney of Kansas City, secretary OF the
Reciprocal UnderWriters.
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