The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-18
MEET TO BOOST
PURE FOOD SHOW
Retail Merchants Association
Decides to Make Event
Best Ever Held.
MANUFACTURERS TO AID
ENTIRELY NEW FEATURES OF
EXPOSITION TO BE ATTRACTIVE.

Members of the Retail Merchants as
ISOLATION assembled in considerable
numbers at the regular meeting last
night, in the Boyd Park building, to
boom the Created Salt Lake Food and
Industrial exposition, which is to open
next Tuesday, Nov %, in the Audito-
rum, Richards street, continuing until
Dec. 4. In addition to about two score
of merchants, several of the officers and
members of the Manufacturers associa-
ton were in attendance and expressed
their intention of cooperating to the
best of their ability with the retailers
in promoting the interests of the big
exposition.
Remarks were made by nearly a score
of speakers, showing that there is to be
united effort to make the affair the
greatest Of its kind ever held here.
5. w. Price, president of the mer-
chants association, called the meeting
to order shortly after $3.50 p. m, and
after stating briefly the purpose of the
gathering that of boosting the expo
s1tiOn-called on several of those pres
ent to speak. Remarks were made by
A. A. Tremp, general manager for the
exposition; George S. McAllister, pres
ident, and D. F. Collett, secretary of the
Manufacturers association; A. ]. Lerch,
c. J. Foulger, o. H. Hewlett, W. j.
Hickman, o. r. Meredith, F. w Will
son. H. L. Harrington, S. S. Dickinson,
Bert Olson, Charles W. Mount, A. Hud-
son and John E. Clark.
Manager Tremp, the first speaker,
called attention to the fact that fifty
two individual exhibitors have been
signed up for the show, some with two
or more exhibits. He expressed thanks
to the local manufacturers for the as
sistance they have given, and called on
the merchants to boost the exposition
among their customers by distributing
the 100000 tickets which have been
printed, and which will entitle the hol-
der to admission for half price.
Souvenir Afternoon.
Tuesday afternoon VIII be known as
souvenir afternoon" and every woman
attending will receive a handsome SOU
venir, One night, yet to be decided
upon, will be given over to the manu-
facturers, and suggestion was made
at the meeting that prizes be given by
the manufacturers on this occasion.
Good attractions will be provided, with
a change of program at each afternoon
and evening. Most of the exhibitors
will distribute samples 81 their goods to
the patrons of the show.
me OnlcerS or the Manufacturers as
sociatiOn bespoke the hearty cO-opera-
ton of the manufacturers for the oc-
casiOn. A suggestion was made by Q.
H. Hewlett that advertisers in general
devote their advertisements for the next
few days largely to a boost for the
show, and this met with general ap-
proval. Other speakers offered valua-
bic suggestions.
A pleasing feature Of the evening was
a series of vocal and instrumental num-
bers by the Boosters Quartette" CT
gars were then passed around.
Chairman Price announced that as the
date for the next meeting of the Mer-
chants association would fall during
the exposition, It would be postponed,
and the members were asked to turn in
and give their support to making the
exposition a big success. Tickets will
be given out by the merchants to their
customers during the next few days, and
it is expected that the exposition will
he crowded every day.