The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-06
Retail Men From All Over the
State Meeting in Salt
Lake City.
IMPORTANT MATTERS
ARE BEING DISCUSSED
Cooperative Buying Is Partly
Threshed Out, but Moth
ing Is Done.

The Utah state Retail Merchants as
sociauon is IN animal convention In this
city. The meetings arc being held In
the Jennings block ON West First South
street The delegates arc discussing mat
ters of interest to the trade generally.
and some OF The questions that arc
interest.
Ono OF tho results OF the convention.
| 1T is expected will be the establishment
| OF n state journal for the retail trade,
| This matter was brought to the alton
tion OF the association by f.. T. Elgi.
secretary of tho state association, and
Of the Colorado association. II also found
many advocates among the various dele
gates, AT the afternoon session, a com
mittee Was appointed to frame Il report
on the advlsabllity and feasibility OF cs-
tablishlng n state paper. This committee
will report at the session today. The
Stoksr, Provo. ). w PRICE, Salt Lake;
c.. NJ. Lees, Salt Lake; Il. W. Wilcox,
| Ogden; +. w, Wilson, Salt Lake; Tom
Davis. Salt Lake; Mr.. Chamberlain, Salt
Lake.
Cooperative Buying.
The cooperative plan Of buying was
discussed at length at the afternoon Ses"
sion S. W. Price OF Salt Lake led In
/ merchants getting together In the pur-
chase of certain commodities. In order
that they might get the rates ON bis lots
that. individually, they could not get
Mr., Price cited one instance where a
saving in buying Nigh, be affected OF
y per cent on one article alone, Co
ported by Mr.. Davis, r, NJ. Olson OF
|. Salt Lake Mr.. Wilson and others.
The opposition TO committing the as,
ssociation to the plan was represented
e Provo. These gentlemen took the
= ,ound that cooperative buying, except
d !, isolated cases, was unprohtable;, ow-
h ~ to the confusion caused in delivery
an In payments. They were also strong
l. Y Aclined TO the belief that the larger
IS me eehant. who had a big investment III
. Iis ~ pslncss, should reap the business
g hnIa,ages that such possession OF cap
e I,al syc. and not be compelled to share
,r mnateT profit there might be I'm buy
a ing WY any number OF smaller dealers;
Ne,t,ipiySS to say, this question was not
z =, The hss sss, treasurer of the association,
e RI. = .Njsen, reported n balance on
d ,,'a nana CT 10 The receipts for the year
5, Acal Associations,
= Brief report were received on the CON
q I.tao'i nns oid o Fadhus local ASSOCIATIONS. MT
o ton is prospenp. The membe bership is
It Increasing and, he feeling is good, Mr-
sumers saw we're S per cent mt Of the booH eIn
and this ratingh End collection depart
/ ment was OF hstimabie value. Mr..
StoSer oS 2i 9i.1op pr9w9 40 reported conditions
Mr. stol<er said & Pr Provo ASSOCIATION
= had adopted q, G. O.D. list IL a person
does does not Not pay his b5i,lwithln thirty days.
= adyantageously, he san
= Mr.. Wilcox reported Cor Ogden. lie
# said the association OF Aat city was In
asamy e0nao ssa Mr. n only trouble the
difficulty in, getting atteudnce.
@ Incidentally. Mr., Stoker seDorted that
: the grocery business in PfYo is over
o done, and complained beca,se jcbbers
carry men who know nothink about the
& grocery business This malesit bad for
: the regular" merchants and sualiy for
y the little fellow. too. said Mr.. soker
e Opening of Meeting.
The meeting was called to ODER by
G r. II. Weight, president OF the Sai Lake
e association. who made neat little
e dent OF the association: presided a, the
meeting. Mr. lilgi delivered the sere-
tary's report. which. among other things.
. showed a membership OF more than 90.
5 In the evening there was discussil
: upon "Why Should Free Deals Be Abo.
Il ished?" + w, Wilson spoke of .'rrh
5 Value OF the National Association
i Utah manufacturers, spoke on Why tn
4 Manufacturer Should Protect the Re
t if Any. Are Seen by the Wholesaler an
Manufacturer In Retailers Organiza
5 tion" was the subject of a talk by 10
seph Andersen, OF the Utah , JobbeTS, rs as as
! Profits" was a topic touched upon by T.
, NJ Blackmarr OF Salt Lake. and th
, evening session concluded With talk b.
, Arthur Parsons Of the Utah 1ohbcrs o'
Regulation OF Credits from the View
point of the Wholesaler
There VIII be forenoon and afternoon
/. sessions today (Thursday). and the con
\ veution delegates will enjoy q banque
> this evening at Odd Fellows hall IL
Postoffice place. In connection with TIN
banquet there will be programme o
fine music.
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