The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-12-10
BUSINESS MEN

Organize as Auxiliary Branch Of Mer-
chants Mercantile Agency of Pitts
burc--otficers Elected--WiIl be Ex-
tended 20 all Parts of the County.
At meeting of the merchants, bus
mess and professional men of Canton
at the Mckinley Hotel, yesterday
morning, an organization to be known
hereafter as the Business Mems asso-
station was formed and new sys-
TEN of credit, as set forth by the Mer-
chants Mercantile Agency of Pitts
burg, was UNANIMOUSLY adopted. At
the meeting officers of the new or
ganization we're elected and a con-
stitution and bylaws were adopted.
The effecting of such an organiza-
tion has been promoted by represen-
tatives of the Mercantile association,
who have been working to that end
in this city for the past four weeks.
The meeting of the business men yes
to-day morning was the elimination
of their efforts.
The officers of the association are:
C. N. Weary, president; r. S. Bell,
vice president; H. c. Parks, secretary
and treasurer; William r. Zollinger,
w. H. Steiner, d. l.. Holwick, E. j..
Heffelman, w. A. Kennedy, S. G. Nus
ly, H. M. Horton, Hiram Shaub c. A.
Crane and L. M. Bachtel, members of
the executive board. The date of all
future meetings shall be subject to the
call of the president.
Now that the merchants, business
and professional men have organized,
it is the intention of the representa-
tives of the Merchants Mercantile
Agency to form an auxiliary branch
composed of the grocers and meat
dealers of the city. 1t is considered
that it is very essential to their well
fare, to become a part of the Business
Mems association, and every effort will
be exerted to have them organize. All
of those who have been approached
up on the subject have signltied their
willingness to join the association
and it is believed that within the next
few weeks their branch will have been
perfected. When the grocers and
meat dealers have joined, the associa-
tion will include practically all of the
business men of Canton.
Now as to the new system adopted
in dealing with persons who are in the
habit of purchasing on credit. The pur-
pose of the system is to abate trade
abuses. gather useful information, to
assist in collecting delinquent ac-
counts and to protect its users against
fraudulent customers. The names of
all such persons are to be carefully
registered in a large volume prepared
for that express purpose. The exact
financial status of each and every
citizen, together with the method of
buying is to be quoted, in accordance
with statements furnished by business
men with whom he has formerly dealt.
With the aid of such book, its users
can, at a single glance profit by the
experience which has taken years for
other merchants to gain. The circu
lar will state cencisely just how every
man is in the habit of paying his
debts.
In the past, efforts to establish
system on similar plans in this city,
were failures, but the recent excellent
results of the proposition in Massil-
Ion, Akron and many other cities of
this vicinity, assure it's success in Can
ton. In Akron, where it has been in
vogue for some time, it meets the en-
dOrsement of the business men at
large. 1t was inaugurated among the
Massillon merchants at a meeting on
the night of the 3rd of August, and |
its success there has been complete. |
1t is planned to extend the system |
all over Stark county, and in fact to !
all places where the people do any !
shopping in Canton. On Friday even
ing the Louisville business men will /
organize to adopt the system, and in |
two weeks, the same proposition is to |
be launched in Alliance, where the |
merchants are greeting it with great !
favor.