Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-22
Iowa Hardware Dealers Would
Have Rates on First Class
Matter Reduced
Believe Meyers Plan Would Be Detr-
mental to Commercial Interests = P.
c. Devoi, of Council Bluffs. Re-
elected President-Other Officers
Were Chosen.
Special to Times Republican.

Cedar Rapids, Feb. 22.-The tenth
annual hardware dealers convention
closed here Friday and the following
officers and directors We're elected for
the ensuing year:
President p c. DeVol. Council
Bluffs
Vice President - j. + Doty, West
Liberty.
Directors e. c. Barbour, TT. Madi-
son: First district; j. T. Doty West
Liberty, Second district; Thomas Lar
son, Eldora; Third district; j. j. So
beil, Crcsco. Fourth district l.. G. Abb
bolt, Marshaltown, Fifth district; Geo.
Haw, Jr., Ottumwa, Sixth district: G.
T. Gadd, Des Moines, Seventh district:
y. p. Bolinger, Alton Eighth district;
p. c. DeVol, Council Bluffs, Ninth dis
trict; II. S. Vincent, Fort Dodge, Tenth
district c. E. Haas, LeMars. Eleventh
district.
w. S. Wright of Omaha, president
gave an address and said that there
was no better organized body in the
world than the hardware dealers as
ISOLATION. He extended the greetings
of the national hardware association.
Continuing he said that he thought
that every man of the retail hardware
organizations was intere sted in the
greatest development Of that organlza-
ton. To obtain good results requires
the active cooperation of the hard
ware dealers. When working for the
benefit of others the dealer develops
his own property to the extent that he
helps the other fellow
In speaking of the parcels post
problem he said that the Nebraska as
ISOLATION has taken a broad stand in
the matter and that it should not be
made narrow proposition. If the
point is taken that it is not only injuri
Gus to the dealers own business but
to that of the entire country us well.
the proposition is much stronger than
if it was made an individual propo-
sition. The matter should be made
broad enough so that the retailer, job
Der, manufacturer and farmer could all
stand alike. If the support Of the man
ufacturer, jobber, retailer and farmer
can be enlisted then the result will be
good. The parcels post will never be
If an action is brought about so that
congress will be asked for q separated
appropriation for every deficit in every
of the postoffice Depart
ment because the cost would be- 600
great to be considered.
Des Moines and Sioux City are both
after the next convention. The local
hardware dealers also extend a cor
dial invitation to have it in this city
again next year The place where the
next convention will be held will be
decided at Il board meeting next sum-
mer.
Among the resolutions presented by
c. F, Schmidt. of Marshalltown, and
adopted were the following:
THAT we unanimously oppose any
legislation favorable to an extension
Of the parcels post law as recon-
mended by the postmaster general as
It would be an enormous expense to
our government and is entirely un-
favorable to the commercial interests
of our country.
I'VE are favorable to a postal law
the present rates on first
class mail matter to one cent per
ounce and would recommend that
such a law be passed by congress and
at as early Il date as possible"