The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-18
BAD CHECKS
ACETATE
RETAILERS
CANDIDATES FOR LEGIs-
LAruRE rMPoRTUNEo
FOR RRLIEF
WANT LAW ENACTED TO
SUPPRESS THE PRACTICE
Merchants Would Organize In
suraace Company 70 tIlml-
nate Red Tape


In accordance with the demands OF
the various Retail Merchants asso
Citations over the state. the meeting a
the state association OF Oklahoma
City last week resulted I'm some Inn
portant steps being taken regarding
q state measure The local assocla1
tons evef ywhcre have becn agtating
the bal check question, and this ag-
itation was the cause Of the state
meeting taking the matter up and ere
atlrg d campaign to secure leglsla-
tion bearing on the subject
Every candidate for the state leg
islature, irrespective OF party, will be
asked several questions. II the can
didate does not answer the questions
he Win be placed under the ban OF
the association.
Friday letters were mailed TO all
OF the candidates which asked the
questicrs interesting the association.
The Introduction Of the letter reads
as follows:
I'VE note that you are candidate
before the primaries for the election
to our next legislature. At the semi
annual meeting Of the Oklahoma Re-
tailers' association, the enclosed bill
was endorsed, and we respectfully
ask that you answer the following
questions by return mail"
The letter goes on to describe
the kind OF bill that Is wanted. The
bill shall specify that any person who
shall hereafter draw and utter any
| check, draft or order on any bank,
which or whom he has not at amy
time sufficient funds to meet the
same, and shall from any of the
above nmned parties obtain money
or goods. shall be guilty Of mlsdemean
or and upon conviction shall be punish
cd by fine OF not more than 500 or
by Imprisonment In the county jail
for not more than ninety days. The
minimum set for the fine ~ S25. and
fer the Jail sentence not less than
ten days, depending of course upon
the magnitude CT the crime.
However, at the end OF the bill de-
sired, the association has inherited a
clause that H. intended to make mat
ters a little easier upon the checker
It reads:
tHl1gided. that II suh offender
shall deposit with the draHees OF such
check or order within ten days after
| the commission Of the offense above
mentioned, funds sufficient to pay
| the same, then in such event his
prosecution under this act shall Inn
mediately cease and determine
Concerning the foregoing bill. the
candidate Will be asked three ques.
ticns. The first on regards his view
concerning the bill, and II he Is In
favor cf such legislation. The sec
ond question asks that the man prom
lse TO do his utmost TO have etch a
bill pasted. The third question reads
Can we accept this as your pledge,
that nothing will prevent you from
doing everything In your power in
making this law a protection and
remedy for an evil that now exists?
w. A. Rayssn of the Guthrie Re.
tailers' association says that the local
organization has agitated the move
ment for some time, in fact, before
the first meeting of the year, by the
state association IN January. This
meeting was In Shawnee and here
the matter was agItatei extensively.
The Guthrie merchants have always
had more or less trouble In having had
checks passed ON them. and they will
hail such a bill as a beneficial doeu-
inent. M isl
Another measure agitated at the
state meeting was a Retail Merchants
| Mutual Insurance company. Mr. Ray
son says that II Is the plan TO organize
company which will eliminate much
OF the needless red tape In other In
urrance companies. The ofganizaa ion
VIII be 9inanced by each membet OF
| the Grard Retailers association TAX.
ing stock In the company. The latter
will be conducted In connection with
the association AMI many high sal
afied officers can be dispensed with.
Macy think that under the plans now
being talked the Insurance bill can
be educed at least Forty per cent
The company is not be organized
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