The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-09-30
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ATTEND Ell ATtli ANNUAL. 81
h CONVENTION. 's8s
BOSTON, Mass Sent 80. The most
important convention Of dts kind ever
held in the East, Il not in this coun:
Try, ended here last night when more
than 1900 ystockholders OF the United
Drug Company, and some 500 ladies,
members Of their families. stood in
the immense enclosure Of the Boston
Arena and united theirSyoices In the
chorus Of AUD Lang ssnes as a fl.
male TO the annual banquet. 1t made
an impressive sight. The magnitude
Of everything connectedswi the ban.
quet cannot be adequately described,
for the plans were carried out on a
scale commensurate with what the
convention represented, a gathering
of leading druggists from every sec
ton. of the North American continent.
For three days business and pleas.
ure we're combined. While the pro.
gramme was confined to that length
ofstime, yet the early arrival in BIOS.
ton ofseveral hundred stockholders al.
lowed these men to fraterplze ano
exchange ideas extemporaneously, and
as many are; to remain here a few
days longer 1t means an entire week
practically devoted to- the interests
Of the company Thiss was the eighth
convention of those who stand spon.
sor for the Rexall remedies, and 1t
surpassed its predecessors In every
way. Plans which had been perfect.
ed after months of work. We're IN m such
complete shape that there was no pos.
sibility of disarrangement, and to-day
President Louis X. Liggett was com;
Iiplimented freely on the success
achieved by him and his subrdinates.
Men of prominence in attendance who
have taken part in many national
affairs were amazed at the admira.
Bile features introduced here and they
were not stinting in their praise.
The keynote of the business SEES.
sions was the advancement Of the. sale
of pure drugs and the. prevention OF
tthe sale Of noxious preparations, ~
that purchasers might be certain that
they were getting the best drugs OBJ.
tainable at the lowest possible price,
allowing a fair margin Of profit to the
dealer. The newer stockholders learn.
edfrom theirtalks with the older ones
how valuable the cooperative idea
had ben because 1t eliminated the mid.
had been because 1t eliminates the
middleman; how during the past eight
Years business had Increased largely
because the purchasers had confidence
in Rexall remedies, and; this allowed
the company-the largest organization
Of Its kind in the world-to buy It's
drugs in such wholesale quantities as
to permit q great saving, with 6the
natural result that the quality was al
ways bound to. be excellent. "A large
number Of the stockholders, having
been in business for many years, were
able to speak of wisdom from expert
ence, and their words were listened
to carefully while on the other hand
these older men were glad to hear the
younger men give their opinions
realizing that this is an age of pro
gressive ideas and young, fresh minds
contain many kernels of value. Nat
urally every stakeholder derived much
| bepefit from the business sessions, all
of which were attended by practically
all Of them.
Note.-The Boston newspapers de
voted about three columns Of space tc
this convention but our space to-day
is too limited to, give the details OF the
convention. The Mt. City Drug Co
is resident. stakeholder in the Uni
ted Drug Co. and the local representa-
tive for the sale 81 the widely knowr
Rexall remedies in Fairmont.I
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