The Washington herald., 1912-11-02
I1IEa(|IIITs TEL
Of TRADE ABUSES
Retail lrsrchaab' Association xssts
and Sanding cenmittses
Are 1ansG
FTulERAHT DEALERS
SUBJECT OF TALK
New. Member Are Elected, Bring
ing the Total Up,to One Hun
dred and Forty.one.

Appointment OF standing committed
and the means to eliminate them occu-
pied the attention Of the board Of gov
ernorD Of the Retail Merchants Associa-
ton at its November meeting yesterday
in the rooms Of the Chamber Of Com
merce. President Joseph strasburger
presided and e. 3. Ellers was secre-
tary.
John Dolph. chairman Of the conven-
tions COMMITTEES Of the Chamber of Com
merce. was present and outlined the plan
Aral convention fund Of 5.000. and asked
that q committee Of twelve. representing
the Retail Merchants Association. be ap-
pointed to form q Joint committee with
the Chamber Of Commerce and Board
OF Trade to raise the fund and supervise
it, expenditure. The governors approved
the general features of the plan. and the
appointment Of the committee Of twelve
by the chair was authorized.
appointment Of tho following chairmen
of standing committees, who. according
to the rules Of the body. will name other
members Of their committees: Credit and
collections. G Nordlinger: membership.
r. p. Andrews: freight and Transports
ton. I. Goldenberg: arbitration, NJ A.
Leese: trade abuses, George De Neal:
publicity. Isaac Cans: home trade. Owen
Owen: out-of-town trade. A. D. Prince.
communication was received from
the Bureau Of Labor asking the cooper
alton Of the merchants in aiding the
government to obtain accurate statistics
regarding employees in department stores,
including wages. hours Of service, aver
age time employed, sex. and general con-
ditions under which the labor Of such
employees IL carried on. II was explained
In the communication that this data is
to be used with similar facts from other
cities in tables to show the actual facts
of such service. The names Of the de-
partment stores furnishing the data are
not to be published or made known
publicly.
Itinernnt Merchants.
taken up with a discussion Of what was
termed trade abuses. w. J. Eynon called
attention to the itinerant merchant who
comes to Washington. uses some hotel
as a temporary shop. and sells goods at
cheaper prices perhaps than the local
houses. because they are not under as
heavy expenses. Robert Pluym spoke OF
the same abuse connected with the sale
VI c0Aeo anu oppoiSi. M n
Leese called attention to the custom of
the Board Of Education In having the
suits Of the High School Cadets made
out Of the city. A. D. Prince spoke Of
the matter of furnishing badges, pins.
and other articles to the classes OF the
high schools and other associations Of pu-
pills. In all these cases the speakers de-
clared It was urgent that a committee or
Of the association should
take up these questions and try to solve
the problems involved.
President StrasburGer called attention
to efforts made in this direction by other
trade bodies. and said nothing had been
accomplished because of the difficulty Of
obtaining the necessary legislation from
Congress. He said that under the pres
ent laws 1t was impossible to reach these
people. and he was much discouraged
about getting such laws as would stop
the evils complained Of. a special COM
mittee Of five was named to take these
several matters up. The committee
named was Owen Owen. G. Nordlinger,
NJ. A. Leese, Edward Droop, and A. d.
Prince.
Attention was called to the congrega-
ton Of fruit vendors In certain parts Of
Seventh Street. and the governors were
requested to take action looking to the
abatement of the eo-called nuisance.
The following new members of the as
James e. Rosenthal. c. F. Sudwarth. w.
T. Moon. W. D. Peck. William L. Kins-
man. Sworzyn & Bros. 1. Newman, N.
B. Frank. F. c. Chorley. Lewis Dino
witz, F. J. Heiberger & Sons. II. G. Ad-
Ter & Sons, Alfred Mayer. and Edward
Kohner. This brings the membership of
the body to 1H.