Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-26
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TARIFF REVISION
MANUFACTURERS OF MIDDLE
WEST PRACTICALLY COM
PLETED AN ORGANIZATION
IS AN IOWA PLAN
IOWA PLAN
Project Was Launched at Meeting d
State Association by Paul Arbenx
Set of Resolutions Now Pen.
ding Adoption.

Quietly and without ostentation !
move conceived and launched by thee
Iowa Manufacturers association, the
organization of the manufacturers OF
the middle western states into body
analogous to, but distinct from both
the national and state associations.
has progressed until the elimination
Of the plan now depends simply on a
formal concurrence in and adoption
OF a set of resolutions, copies of which
are now in the hands of every men-
Der of the proposed association.
The organization is being formed
along the line Of a revision of thel
tariff on the principal articles thstSS
enter into the manufacture Of goods 4
in the middle western states,E
particularly on pigiron and steel. One
of the principal objects of the body Ia
to make each representative to the
lower house at Washington, D. c.
| from each district of the territory in.
cluded in the organization to give
weight to The manufacturers requesS
for revision of the tariff along then
lines favored by them
| Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois,
| Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas. Michigan
and indiana are the states that will be
comprised and are interested in theoS
new organization which will be known
as the Middle West Manufactufi ing
association
Born in Des MoInes.
The plan has had a rapid but cons
sistant growth. 1t was born in Des4A
Moines, December 3, when Paulx
Arbenz OF this city, president Of the
Iowa Manufacturers association pre-
sided at meeting of the executive
board of the hodv and preached the
project. Joseph Dain Of Ottumwa. an
other member Of the board was also
! in attendance at this meeting
! The suggestion met with the ap-
prevail of the board and as result ofs
| Ibis meeting there convened in Chic
! cago on December s, a session Of rer.s
resentatives from several OF tn
state associations Of the middle wess
who will be included in the ultimatsF
organizat ton. G. A. Wriehtman, secre
tary of the Iowa State Manufacturers
association was elected secretary of
! the new body. At this Chicago meet
| ing 4 set Df resolutions were hastily
drafted by tke representatives present.
! They We're of broad scone and general
in bearing, prepared with an eye to
! :. Z ~. d :
the best interests of every lnanu-
facturer to be concerned in the new
organization Copies of these resolu
| tons. pertinent to the permanent
organization were made and sent out
to the manufacturers Of the territory
| included in the new formation. Many
favorable rerlies have already been
received by Secretary Wrightman and
it is thought that the resolutions viii.
be adonted in the near future without
any radical chances in their purport5
The details of the organization vii;
rest largely with the secretary He
will assume charge Of the work of the
final organization and will appoint a
date for the election of officers and
transaction of other business as II
may be found convenient to the larger
number of the manufacturers in
cluGed.