The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-04-16

John Nyquist acceptance of the
club presidency, the presentation Of
the reports of the secretary and treas
urer and chairman of the committee
on good roads, appointments of special
committees to investigate the feast
bility of engaging club rooms and pub
lie rest rooms and holding Fourth
of July celebration, and .hattering
endorsement for John Wilson as city
engineer We're among the transactions
that made last nights meeting of the
Commercial club both important and
| interesting
Accepts Club Presidency.
The meeting was well attended by
the more prominent business men of
the city, which fact led Mr.. John
Nyquist to voice his acceptance of au-
! other term as head of the organiza-
ton, which brought forth hearty sp-
plause.
1t was late in the evening when
Mr.. Nyquist announced his pleasure at
the attendance and interest manifest
a. this, the first meeting of a new
club year. Because so many repre-
sentative business men made It
point to attend the Commercial club
meeting on an evening when there
were numerous other meetings, Mr..
Nyquist felt greatly encouraged and
warranted in taking the office of pres
ident for another year. He felt also
that he would enjoy the support and
corporation of the great majority of
business men. but this was not all
that was needed
Plea for Home Industries.
The Commercial club will have at
tanned its greatest usefulness when il
has driven home the fact that it paws
every resident of Mankato to Patron.
ize Home Institutions
1T Is very important that we help
our own manufacturers" said MIR. Nv
quist. "Alankato makes the best flour
on earth, 1T has packing house that
produces meats as choice as any in
the country and employs quite an
army of men. The products of the
Mankato brewery are as good as any
manufactured There are, other rs.
| stitutions which deserve exclusive
patronage in Mankato. and they all
help the town. declared the new pres
ident
Loyalty to Home Merchants.
Manksto's retail institutions are de.
serving of the best support of the
people, Mr.. Nyquist continued. Every
thing desired can be secured of them
or through them, they cannot be un-
dersold by any house, and they main
tain places Of business that are "a
fine as any in the northwest. There
is no excuse for single Mankato
store building being vacant.
Mr.. Nyquist then discussed the cat
alogue house business, giving several
experiences where the mail order pat
ron had paid II premium on whatever
he bought. \ boat purchased of a
mail order house cost over dollar
more than Mankato merchant sold
the same for rubber coats were
bought much cheaper of Mankato mer-
chants than by mail order, a farmer
had sent for brass casting that
did not fit his engine and was COM
PEELED to throw it away and go to
local foundry and procure it, and there
were a hundred and one other in
stances that might be cited, all of
which would prove the folly of pat
roniZiIp out side concerns
Fighting Catalogue Houses.
Mr.. Nyquist havi ngconcluded his re-
marks, NJ. ID. Fancher stated that
systematic fight against mail order
houses might be profitably inaugurated
by Mankato business men. He was
that the Sears Roebuck com
pany now has a man canvassing the
farmers of Jackson county, and if he
was successful, an agent would be
appointed in every county in the
state within short time.
The lumber companies have been
fgnting mail order houses hard, and
had enjoyed the satisfaction of put
ting a few of them out of business.
His company required that he visit
The depots frequently and report on
shipments received from catalogue
houses. He believed if the people in
The habit of sending away for mer-
,handise were discovered and individu-
ally interviewed they could be made
to appreciate the fact that it pays
to trade at home.
New Membership Scale
sustaining membership costs $25,
IN active membership SO and an as
5ociate membership $5-this is the
new membership schedule adopted by
The commercial club last evening.
the committee appointed to consider
the advisability of sliding scale of
reported to this effect,
adding the recommendation that asso-
,iate members be permitted to enter
at meetings but to have
no vote.