Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-29
REAL GROCERS PROSPEROUS
iowa Association Goes on Record in
Favor of Bulk Sales Bill.
CASH BASIS IS DISCUSSED
Members Favor ~ but Many Realise
that Flat Rule on it Would BE
Impossible of Enforce
ment.
BASIS is DISCUSSED
EElent.
Ion q SO Corresnnndcnt

DIES MONIES, MAY Especial. )-Secre-
AIRY Ira y. Thomas Of the Iowa Retail
Grocers' association returned home last
evening from Cedar Rapids. where he had
been attending the annual convention Of
the association He presented a report 70
the association which shows that IT il IN
an unusually prosperous condition, that
there are now about 400 members in Iowa
and that the Iowa association is the only
one that keeps an organizer in the field
ten months in the year. The secretary said
that . vast amount OF work had been done
and much had been accomplished in the
way Of prevention of fool bills IN the leg
islature They had made a hard night 10
secure the passage of the bill abolishine
the wage exemption. but had not as yet
succeeded.
For one thing the association went on
record as fndOrsing the bulk sales bill
which had been urged and passed BY the
jobbers and manufactures. Il was pointed
out that this bill while II is not for the
benefit Of the retailer. will have the effect
of protecting all honest business. The new
law for inspection OF weights and measures
also received commentator by the asso-
citation.
One Of the most interesting discussions
was that IN regard TO the cash system az
opposed to that of credit. The state orga-
niEer urged that all go to a cash basis and
cited instances showing where this had
proven vastly. better for the dealer than
TO give credit But the association took
no action, as many OF them realized the
impossibility of a fiat rule on that sub
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The association made arrangements for
standing legislative committee Of seven
members TO engage in promoting legisla-
uon. The scope Of the association is to be
extended TO include dealers other than
grocers.
Not Satisfied with Afrmen.
The State Board Of Agriculture has thu,
far refused to make contracts with any
OF the companies operating aeroplanes ant
giving exhibitions. Investigation has beer
made and It is found that none Of them
can carry out the agreement in case tbs
weather. is the least difficult. At all the
recent meets the flyers have refused e
go up when there is any considerable vino
blowing. The state fair will probably have
an exhibition Of that kind, but it has not
yet been engaged.
Views OF the Liquor Men.
Organization and education of the pub
Ito are the only salvation of the liquor
dealer. in the face Of the agitation which
has been started against him." said Tim.
othy L. McDonough of Cleveland, O., pres
ident Of the National Association of Liquor
Dealers, before the Iowa convention OF
liquor men held in Davenport
Over 200 men and women attended the
annual banquet at which recent legis-
lation directed against the liquor traffic
throughout the country was' denominatec
as 'fanaticaL" Robert J. Hallhe of Chi
cago, national secretary. was also g
speaker
Corporations Are COmpIying.
Only q few OF the corporations doing
business sina IoRathaRe this year failed to
comply fully with the law in regard to
annual reports and a small fee. When
the year closed there were about thirty
five that had not been heard from and
some OF these were out of existence while
others have since made the reports. II
is probable that tho state will not have
10 prosecute any Of them to secure COM
piiance with the law
Egg Advertiser.
Egg advertising is a neglected art in
Iowa, according to Prof. w. A IAppin-
colt, who acted as judge at the egg show
at the Coliseum last night. given by the
Iowa Poultry Raisers' association.
'In Des Moines there is no demand for
uniformity of color and kind of eggs"
said Prof. Lippincott. People have been
used to getting eggs OF all sorts and do
not ask for anything different. Yet they
could be educated as the people Of the
eastern cities have been"
Amea Head Not Settled.
The matter of selecting a new president
the state Board OF Education. in session
In Cedar Rapids, to a committee consist
ing of Trewin Funk and Murphy. 1t Is
understood that the committee regards IA
vorably Prof. f. F. Sparks of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, but has not de-
cided upon him. The board has not acted
as yet on the charges made by Representa-
tive Moore against Prof. Holden, but mem
bers OF the board are insisting on an in
vestigatlon.
iowa Railroad Reports.
The executive council today completed the
compilation of statistics regarding the Iowa
railroads for last year. These show that
the gross receipts on Iowa business was
s77.4l4.29I as against s72.169275 the year
before. But the increase in expenses was
even greater. running up from s56O24,6S2 to
Sss.4l6.2SS. The net profits, therefore de-
creased about 81 10000 on Iowa business
The taxes paid amounted TO s., sos. This
is a slight increase over the previous year.
Iowa Has Rate Cases.
on June representatives OF Des Moines
publishers win have hearing before a
representative OF the Interstate Commerce
commission on their application for an
order TO reduce the freight rate from cast
ern points on print paper TO Des Moines.
There will be three other cases taken up
at the same time involving other freight
rates IN which Des MQines business men
are interested The claim is made that
Des Moines does not get a proportiona!ly
fair rate.
May Pardon Van Tassel.
IL Is expected that during the coming
week the State Parole board VIII recon-
mend TO the governor final action in the
case OF L. w. Van Tassel, life convict
from Chickassw county. whose application
for clemency was refused by the legis-
lature. he and his friends have made a
very strong showing OF a mistrial and are
asking the governor 10 release him on
that ground The parole board has made
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