The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-23
JOHNSON AT The HEAD.
Atchison Man President of Retail Mer-
chants Association.

The Kansas State Retail Merchants
association which has been in session
in Topeka during the past week closed
their annula meeting yesterday after
noon. Before the adjournment the
election of officers for the coming year
took place and resulted as follows:
At the last session of the convention
held yesterday afternoon, E. H. john
son of Atchison was elected president
of the association for the next year.
Other officers elected: First vice
president L. S. Pegues, Junction City;
second vice president, August Holm,
Marysville; third vice president Wal
ter Nelson, Concordia; treasurer, Geo.
Kaufman, Leavenworth; directors, j.
w. Robinson, Topeka; o. NJ. Babcock,
Atchison, and ]. D. Kuhn, Bonner
Springs. Immediately upon taking his
seat, President-eIect johnson reap
pointed to the secretaryshtp of the as
ISOLATION H. A. Rose, Leavenworth.
Mr.. Rose has held this position for a
number of years.
Before the final adjournment took
place the association again reiterated
the opposition to the proposed parcels
post bill now before the present session
of congress. Their opposition which
has been so strongly asserted through
out the entire meeting cropped out in
the form of resolutions which were ad-
dressed personally to George Won L.
Meyer, postmaster general of the
follows:
Resolved, That the secretary be in
structed by this convention to convey
to the postmaster general the informa-
ton that this association disapproVeS
of his recommendation for the many
reasons that have, no doubt, been
brought to his notice from the many
sources interested, and which have
tended to show that a parcels post as
contemplated by him would, while bad
in itself, be but the stepstone to greater
iniquities along the same line, and
which have further tended to convince
the student of the question that such
measure would Increase the postal de-
felt and consequently increase the rate
of taxation or the national debt with
out giving adequate return to even
those who are referred to by Mr.. Won
L. Meyer as subject to the greatest
benefits, through its establishment
The merchants also gave the rail-
roa DIS a little of their medicine and
formulated resolutions asking the In
terstate Commerce commission to look
after their interests especially in re-
gard to the rapid movement of
freight, which according to the senti-
ment of most of the members is often
unduly delayed. The resolution is as
follows:
Resolved. That it is the sense of
this convention that the powers of
the Interstate Commerce commits
sion SnOuld De enlarged, so as to en-
able 1t to apply rule establishing
practical time limit in all interstate
freight, calculated by fixed distance
for movement for each twenty-four
hours in transit from date of con-
signment to time of delivery to con-
signee, and be 1t further
Resolved, That the commission
should be further empowered to pro-
vide for reciprocal demurrage
charges penalizing carriers who fail
to comply with the requirements of
the rule to be established"
The retailers were anxious to have
the present facilities for garnishment