The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-20
BUSINESS MEN TO
CONSIDER GREAT
TRADE PROBLEMS
Three Affiliated Organiza-
tons Represent Half
Billion of Invested
Capital.
= AT1oNAL supply and machinery
dealers, representing three
great conventions and Invested
,yor,.inr capitnl of over $780,

II, ~
bringing to Richmond most promiheh'
,.ho,.sa,e dealers and manufacturers
,.,.,,inory from nil
OF machihes anu ..,,.,.,,.
parts of the United states. Peculla.ls
,,t,i,g and appropriate is the session
- da,,are In this city, as it
OF the suppiy ueaie IL, - Az. George a.
was Rlenfiioilu No. ~ ~ smith
Smith. iate pre,,"e" WHO was tho or
Courtney Company WHO WIS ,no
ganizer and first preslaen. Oh '',e 20,
ent organization. the Southern supply
and Machinery Dealers Association. OF
which organization his son, Mr.. Alvin II.
Snith now the secretary and treas
, o.,.h' T ~ bodv founded in 1902, was
tnilowcd IN 1905 by the forma ton Of
the American supply and Machinery
manufacturers Association, a na.,olu,
organization limited 70 i''''' uihe W -
only. -
Meet Mt Same Time and Place.
In the space of three years, through
ne ,erm,ncnt headouartcrs in New
", VII the association has ex-
-, a. u,a,,horsbtn throughout the
i U.t.. ~ s,st and amonr the dole
sa.sss " .n,n ~ the most extensive
meaus u so n,a,,,facti,rinr plants in
i ,.a.a,.;,.s im;tsd as the association
Aiiiet ies' i>' ~, - =, . observation-disclosures
was by It's cnaIlsi ~ 10 49, !. +ar II,
only, 1t was tolloWeu d t "a No .innni
l9oo pS the ,oilt Is.,,., n r,,aiars, Assn
supply ana Maenihe ar The wholesale
citation, composed Oh sht ro1"cts
of the manufacturers orsah'aatioi'.
Last year the three convenuHns ne.
at the same time IN, IN n,l,c ini,t e S
prove. that without III any sense ios'ils
their separate identity, the podies
conclude to continue the custom.
Assembling here on the morning OIL
Wednesday, May 18th, the three con-
sessions in the parlors OF tne JeIer son
Hotel, for the consideration OF me
purely technical SUBJECTS reiatlhs W
their several interests
On Monday afternoon the three
will hold joint session in the JEFF
ferson auditorium to hear an address,
from Secretary of War William FL
Of f. Trade organisation." While there
w,,, Nc n nnmber Of invited guests. this
a M,in VIII nv no means be open to
the public, and It WIN ,, be Of
business ta'iiel la % VI ~ thrae
Si,araG'e n iae ssncIa,ions and their
Ss r;epis ns;ne '1be only nersons present.
~, H n5.S auan;ney >sn,olxer nd
Nv .ss,,aroS on ioSment or tha members
~ .,9a Jefferson auditori,,n1 .T2f s.6Es
ThmrsIav mnrninr Nav 1ath. there
III ~, ;;nt smanTtiva .sassInn az the
,,,,r,har ~ nancrs ~ interest and
imnnrtanre presented one of these
napers vii, he rond nv Mr., Il. 4. Hall.
pap.t vi W ~ T,,., niarufacturine
- VIZ 80 Vel. ~ ..pesnIe
pr;nas - . .,,hiact which praetlv ari-
tatad the Last sessinn nj tha sunnly
man and mbicb nrom,ses To no the
nost nrnn,;nent tonic nf discussion he
Much Division.
Mor,hors ~ tbn orpanization are
much divided In opinion as to whether
the passage of a resolution by the con
vention. fixing percentages of profits
or in any way seeming to regulate re-
sale prices would be regarded as a
violation of the Sherman antitrust
laws. or as in any sense an agreement
in restraint of trade. The discussion
of this paper VIII no doubt be AMI
mated.
Another paper Will be presented by
Mr.. w. n. Gerow, of Jacksonville, Fla,
on SUBSEQUENTLY. MI p Is. Swart-
won't has prepared paper entitled "a
Plain Talk to Jobbers. and Mr.. w. NJ
Pattison, of CLEVELAND, Ohio, will haze
a paper on The Advantages OF Co
operation in the supply ana Machinery
BUSINESS
az .ls aiternoot1 SESSION me suppiy
hleis VII pe eAc!uieu. allu olily uea
ehs ~ iIoia ne 'ntee asso
90 WI te lnN,teo 10 . ulsu"ss ISL
, .ia,a, y We V'a
tmre ana si,le Ivncbnnn -. .rd a trniia,
ride will he given TO the isiies whc
are ACCOMMODATING. delegates Slunchenr
being served at Lakeside Park.
Great BANQUET
Thursday evening. Nav l4th. come,
the great BANQUET OF the three organ.
izations in the Jefferson Auditorium
the claboratc climas of the session a,
The sunniw men Amonp ito AFTER.
dinner sneakers will he Mr. q, a.
Moore. president of Manning, Maxwell
& Moore, OF New York. whose subject
will be Commercial rraternity.'' Mr.
Moore is recognized by his associates
as the leader of the supply business
OF America, and to members of the
association his address marks in a Ger.
tain sense the height of the technical
mart of the nrogram MI Moore has
abandoroa n nroiected ,r;n 10 E,,,o,,,
in order IN attenh rlIe ees ss ~ ~,
corveption ~ wbnsa d;scnss}ons pf
yin 10 ra aa a'' ~
49, "a a reou ,S ntceu ieaueI, , Ano,he
LII ne NJ -, w. ny
VII pe MI, ropelI Wuestt commission
~ " 'le Nhtlonal Melhi Irades Asso
,anto,,ns noriai go ,r,.a, -. - ~
,a,a w" IN laue o,San
ad Sr 10 iio''. JOIN Hailhnu fo1taru
u It.SiihoHu' haS peeil iNlteu W Te