Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-22
PREFER SALES TO POLITICS
Coal Dealers Are More Interested in
Former Than Latter.
MANY CANDIDATES AVAILABLE
n. II. Broadwen of south Omaha Has
Good Chance for Presidency
Election wednesdRy--Lewis
ON mining Industry"

Were great on sales, but not much on
politics" This is the slogan OF delegates
to the Northwestern Retail Coal Dealers
association. whose convention entered lts
second day Tuesday. But although the
coal men prefer to talk sales to candidates.
for office, there are a fair number OF men
willing, their friends say, to be president
vice president or director next year.
S. H. Broadwel Of South Omaha seems
to have a good chance for the presidency,
now held by George Gregory OF Marshall
town, Ia. Also those who nave filed are
w. +. Grosser of sallna, Kan; e. Q. stone
of Minneapolis James Bennett OF Flan-
dreau, S. D., and James shearon of Fair
bury, Neb.
The election Of officers will take place
Wednesday following the address by
Thomas L. Lewis president Of the United
Mine Workers of America. He will arrive
in the city in the morning shortly before
he is to speak. His theme is The Mining
Industry as a Factor in the Progress OF the
United States
Senator ]. P. Deliver of Iowa, who had
promised to come to talk upon THE Trend
| of the Times" is still troubled as to his
| eyesight and will not be here.
Tuesday morning the convention held a
sort OF round table discussion on such sub
jects as "shrinkage," "refusaIs" and grad
ing" This followed a paper by Charles
| Goodnow of Minneapolis on Storage of
| Coar'.
| Discuss Code of Ethics.
The discussion OF a code OF ethics went
over until the afternoon, when a newly
appointed committee was 10 report Head
ing this committee, which is made up OF
both wholesalers and retailers, Is Eugene
Amber of Chicago The others are these
Wholesalers-H. H. Rhodes, Chicago; w.
B. Hawkins. Sheboygan; H. M. Boyer. Kan
sas City; r. H. Brown Omaha. Retailers
w. F. Grosser, Salina; John A. Klawisch
Wells City; AL Havens, Omaha; Peter
Meier, Parker, S. D.. This committee is
expected to draw up a statement as to
relative responsibilities of wholesale and
retail coal men, and will touch upon a
number of tender themes. Also on the
afternoon program Is an address by Ben
R Vardaman of Des Moines upon THE Art
of Making a Sale" Louis b. Dorr of Chi
cago was to have spoken Monday upon
Trade Building" but he and Governor
Shallenberger changed places, so he will be
heard this afternoon.
Tuesday evening O long line of candi-
dates will be taken for a trip down the
shaft" The gaseous terrors of the Ko-
koals mutation await Dig class, Oh WHOM
sixty are Omahans. Imperial Modock
Eugene Amber and Imperial Baronet c. A.
Goodnow will conduct the neophytes over
the hot broilers.
Those who survive the ordeal will be al
lowed to eat a light lunch and to see a lit
tie vaudeville.
The Order of Ko-Koals Is a secret or
ganisation corresponding to the Hoo Hoos
of the lumber trade. Its mission is tc
, have fun and 1t is highly successful in it.
purpose.
The convention began operations Monds,
, afternoon. Delegates heard q warm vel
come from Mayor Dahlman@ :, Governor
Shallenberger also made an address.