The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-31
RESOLUTIONS
WERE SPICY
Butchers and GrOcerS of Salt Lake
Make FOrceful Reply to
Realty Men.
CRISIS APPEARS At HAND
Working Agreement Between the
Two Associations Has Been
Rescinded.
CRISIS APPEARS At HAND

SALT LAKE, Aug. 30-At a meet
ing of the Butchers and Grocers' as
sociation last night, the following
resolution was adopted:
1.-The Officers and Members of the
Manufacturers and Merchants asso-
ciation-Gentlemen
''The Butchers and Grocers' asso-
citation begs leave to report to your
proposal made to it, of sharing with
you your Office rooms and place of
meeting, as follows:
Whereas, the Butchers and Groc-
ers' association has been asked and
urged by the Manufacturers and
Merchants association to occupy
Jointly with it its office room and
meeting place for the sole purpose of
reducing the running expenses of the
two organizations.
Whereas, the Butchers and Gro
GERS association was not aware that
the Manufacturers and Merchants
association was by contract bound to
other organizations, whose consent
seems to have been necessary before
the Manufacturers and Merchants
association could act.
Whereas, the Real Estate associa-
ton is party to the lease of the
premises known as the Chamber of
Commerce, with the Manufacturers
and Merchants association,
Whereas, said Real Estate asso-
citation, without cause, proof or de-
cency saw fit to accuse the Butchers
and Grocers' association of motives
altogether at variance with the rights
of others,
Whereas, the Real Estate associa-
tion claims that the Butchers and
Grocers' association is organized sole
ly for private interests and that it is
responsible for the present high liv-
ing in Salt Lake City; be it
Resolved, That this association
declines with thanks the offer made
by the Manufacturers and Mer-
chants association; that this associa-
ton resent most emphatically the
gratuitOus insult of the Real Estate
association; that had we known that
the Real Estate association had any
interest in the leasing or renting of
the Chamber of Commerce premises
it would not under any consideration
have considered any proposition of
meeting under the same roof with it,
as we deem it an organization of
graft, misrepresentation and dishon-
esty; that it, and not the Butchers
and Grocers' association, is detrimen-
tai to the best interests of Salt Lake
City; that it wilfully and maliciously
lied when it accused the Buthers' and
Grocers' association as it did; that
our doings throughout the United
States have been upheld by all the
higher courts; that we feel that it's
communicating and degrading influ-
ence would be detrimental and injur-
ious to the morals of our members ;
that, man for man, we dare a COM
parison of the standing of the indi-
vidual members of each association,
not in dollars and cents, but in all
that goes to make manhood, good
citizenship and clean records; that
it is an enemy to the interests of this
city, by advertising broadcast SLAM
der and calumny on class of decent
and hard working merchants; and be
it further
Resolved, That we prove them as
such by demanding a thorough and
rigid investigation from the proper
authorities into our doings and pur-
poses, which are those of three hun
dred thousand retailers of all kinds
and descriptions all over the United
States, thus establishing beyond dis
pute the absolute ignorance of the
Real Estate association OF all the
cities business methods, and prov
ing it to be congregation of loud
mouthed takers trying to divert the
odium of the public from their own
misdeeds to Others
THAT we ask the newspapers to
give the Butchers and Grocers' asso-
citation anno1 ri, to
constitute themselves at once ac-
cusers, jury and judge; that wrong
to any class of our citizens is an in
jury to all the city.
THAT we extend our sympathy and
coincidence to the Manufacturers and
Merchants association for their mis-
fortune of being obligated to such a
conglomeration as the Real Estate
association, and will endeavor to help
them, as soon as they can break their
bonds, by giving them office room
with us.
1--WE also recommend that an in
vestigation be at once started regard
ing the methods, purposes and noto-
rious doings of the Real Estate asso-
ciation.
With the adoption of the above
resolution, about 70 members of the
Butchers and Grocers' association
of Salt Lake last night voted to re-
scind the action of their board of di-
rectors several days ago in forming
working agreement with the Manu-
facturers' and Merchants association
by which they were to occupy office
space in the Chamber of Commerce
and Lorenzo Jensen was to become
secretary of both organizations.
The resolution by which the Butch
ers' and Grocers' association retraces
it's steps in the amalgamation dea
and runs for cover, went through
with a whoop and yell, every butcher
and grocer present voting for the pas
sage of the measure.
President A. Hudson presided, an(
at his side was Secretary Jensen o
the association.
With this action on the part of thu