The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-02-01
Secretary Jacobsen of Re-
tailers' Assn. Shows Wide
Scope of Work.
MANY STATES ARE ORGANIZED
Expected That Nearly All of Kenosha
Retailers Will Affiliate with New Or
ganization After Formal Meeting to
Be Held Early Next Week.

A. Jacobsen, district organizer of
the Wisconsin Retail Merchants Assoc
citation, is in town and will aid in
the organization of Retailers Asso-
citation in Kenosha. A meeting was
held on Wednesday night to talk mat
the purpose Of organizing will be held
probably Monday night Mr.. Jacob
sen is the representative of a vast or
ganization, body of strength and
power, which unites the merchants of
a town, a state and a nation into a
force for their mutual protection and
advancement.
Mr. Jacobsen declares he is here to
enlist merchants in move for their
fundamental good; it is to them he
wants to talk, and his message is i'm
portant. 1t is a straight business mat
ter of supreme interest. The associa-
ton does not interfere with the work
of Commercial club, but rather aids
and abets the aims Of that body.
Here are the objects of the associa-
ton, stated briefly:
S'To bring about the federation of
state and local retail merchants and
business men, to safeguard their inter-
ests and the welfare Of their mem
bers, and to encourage the formation
of local associations throughout this
state.
"To assist in combining the retail
trade Of cities, villages and towns to
legitimate retailers thereof.
s'To abolish trade abuses, and I'M
business-like practices, and secure the
cooperation of the retail merchants
and business men against partial, BIZ
ased and discriminating prices, rates,
tonnage and freight.
"To disseminate trade information
and encourage better business methods.
To- protect the consumer against
the sale Of impure and unwholesome
goods, misbranded, falsely labeled
and inferior goods.
To provide Through the national
association for pure food laws that
punish the adulterators who know
ingly adulterate foods instead Of the
retailers, who have no way of know
ing the formula or the nature of the
adulterants.
"To establish firm league Of fdeli-
ty and friendship among the local as
sociations and the business men of the
state.
"To be affiliated with and under
the auspices Of the National Associa-
ton of Retail Merchants of the
United States.'
While the association aims at big
things in the province of the retail
merchant, 1t is practical in its results.
The association has an unbeatable
system in it's campaign against the
grating parasites of retail concerns,
and if it does not get the money, ex-
poses the dead-beat to the farthest
limit of the organization, and ruins
his credit forever. This primary adj
vantage Of the association will appeal
to every merchant who is forced by
business customs to do a credit bust
ness, and who has no recourse by law
against unscrupulous credit customers.
This phase of the association work
alone is worth the membership fee.
Mr.. Jacobsen is a keen business man
and is enthusiastic in his work. In an
interview he said:
'TMy work in this field is from a
conviction founded upon painstaking
researches and thoughtful understand
ing. I have interested myself in a
movement making for betterment and
new sane business methods, looking to
real commercial reform. IF [ am able
to instill into your mind only ten per
cent of the results and benefits, I shall
be able to give you an organization;
if not, I can go on my way. You
can broaden your mentality, you >ean
clear away the rotten fragments and
unstable methods, or you can go on
as you have in the past. Men on
cork legs navigate, too, but they are
handicapped.s Try to apply rightly
the mighty volume of economies, hui
man life energy, and you will succeed
ssThe past disappointments are the
mother of our present successes, the
failures in life are our kindergarten
and high schools, without which the
world would not advance. Centraliza-
ton and organization of capital have
been paralleled by Capitalization and
organization Of labor, and like kernel
Of corn between two millstones, the
unorganized have been the sufferers.
Since the World S Fair in Chicago, in
1898 up to 1906, the struggle on the
part of the parent institution of re-
tailers organization has been, against
continuous doubt, ridieule, and con-
temptuons denial on the part Of those
who would profit by their failure.
The state Is Kansas recently -