The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-10-07
BUSINESS MEN
CONCLUDE WORK
J. s. Carver Of Ogden ls SIN at Had
Of Retail Organization.

Salt Lake. Oct THE Retal Mer.
chants Association or Utah closed its
business session in this city at noon
Thursday and concluded tho entire
work With a banquet. az Odd Fellows
hall Thursday night. The time for the
next meeting will be decided by the
members OF the ogden association.
The following wero the officers elcc,
cd: J. S. Carver, Ogden president:
w. Z. Stoker. Ogden, first Vice presl
dent: C. w. Wilcox, ogden, second
vice president: S. w Price. Salt
Lake. third vice president; Robert
Sheffield. Logan, fourth vice prot
dent; H. T. Noilson, Salt Lake, treas
uror: G. T. EglI, Salt Lake. secretary.
Following is the board OF directors:
C. NJ. Lees, F. w Wilson, Bud Olsen,
A Hudson. A. L. Peck c. ]. Foulger.
w. j. Hickman. l. NJ. Blackmarr, VII
liam Murdock. Salt Lake: Conner Mich.
OILS. Ed. Williams. NJ r BGrrows. j. NJ.
Bishop. ID. F. Steele, Ogden. II. F. Erd
man. BRIGHAM City: John SaIy, Pro.
vo: John Jones. Spanish Fork H. J.
Reynolds, Springville; Andrew Lind.
qulst. Falrview; A L. FjelSted, Cen.
terville.
The morning session opened at II a.
III. with an interesting address civ.
Ell by c. NJ. Lees on HON Best Il Co
Operate 20 Discourage the Sale OF
Highly Advertised Staples Which Do
Not Garry Profit Enough 10 Pay the
Cost OF Doing Business. Is the Pa
cifc Coast Plan the Remedy" Mr.
Lees is of the opinion that the Pacific
const plan Is the remedy for this evil
His plan Is TO have manufacturers
place the price on articles coming
from their factories. 80 as to fix a
uniform price for all jobbers.
The Credit System.
The Credit System and How Il
Can Be Improved" was discussed by
3. M.Olsen of Salt Lake. Mr Olsen
took the position that the credit sys-
tenn was Injurious 10 the retail mer.
chants and that IT must be curtailed
The principal trouble. he said, was
not that people did not pay their bills
but that they were slow In doing Il
The retail merchant In having 10
carry these accounts, could not meet
his own obligations promptly. and
the jobbers suffered. Thus an entire
business system was upset. Often It
caused failures on the part OF the
merchants who were more lenient
than the rest, and the whole tendency
Was damaging. The trouble seems
to be that people are living beyond
their means and calculate too far
ahead on what they can do, and when
their bills fall due they cannot pay
them.
During the afternoon the merchants
were shown through the Jensen cream
cry, and afterwards many of them
attended tho state fair.
Many Attend Banquet
Tho sessions of tho association clos
ed with an elaborate banquet at Odd
Fellows hail beginning at $50 Thurs
day night Some 200 retailers and
friends surrounded tho banquet board
which was loaded with all the dain-
des of the season. and prior to the
serving OF the repast the following
musical programme was rendered:
Plano duet, Mrs. Jensen and Miss Jen-
sen; baritone solo, A. E. Brady; plano
solo. Miss Hudson; vocal solo. little
Jensen: vocal solo, Miss Louise Lees,
vocal solo, Miss Susie Steadman
After tho banquet had been served
c. NJ Lees WAS named as toastmnster
and among others the following made
responses TO informal uoasts: Fred
Weight. Salt Lake: ] W. Wilcox and
]. s. Carver. ogden. Dan Collett, sec
rotary OF the Manufacturers assoclo.
don; H. l. Griffin, Ogden: Willard
Hansen. Jr. state dairy and food com
missioner; Fred w. Chambers, state
fish and game commissioner, and JOS
eph Anderson, Salt Lake City.