Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-12-18
VEHICLE DEALERS
WILL AUDIT RATES
Freight Auditing Bureau VIII Be
Established.
SAYS BADGER RATES HIGH
Robert G. Nash, Former President of
the Wisconsin Association, Delivers
Address at Opening of
the Convention.

Madison.-The Wisconsin Retail I'm
plement and Vehicle Dealers asso-
citation will establish freight audit
ing bureau as the result of a talk by
Robert G. Nash, former president of
the association, at the opening session
OF the annual convention, held in Ju-
neau hall in the Auditorium, Milwau-
kee, in which he showed what had
been done in other states ii, saving to
members through such bureau from
overcharges.
The following resolution. introduced
by Mr.. Nash at the conclusion of his
talk, was unanimously adopted:
Whereas, We are convinced that
overcharges in freight rates and clas-
sifications are much greater than
undercharges, and that the results OBJ
tanned from individual freight bureaus
are not satisfactory. and being furth-
ermore convinced that a freight audit
ing bureau IN connection with our as
ISOLATION would prove to be a benefit
to the association and its members;
be it therefore
Resolved. That a freight auditing
bureau be established in connection
with the Wisconsin Retail Implement
and Vehicle Dealers association, ard
that the board of delegates appoint a
committee of three to have charge of
the establishing and conducting of the
al nf frV he nd
of one year.
Another thing which the association
seems certain to do Is to take up an
offer made by the Minnesota Imple-
ment Dealers Mutual Fire Insurance
company. made through C. !. Buxton,
secretary of the Minnesota company,
to take in the Wisconsin dealers. This
will be taken up in executive session,
but it was stated by Secretary F, R,
Sebenthall, at the close of Mr.. Bux-
toms paper, that the association
would accept the offer.
President G. F. Bochardt did not
make any formal address, but gave a
short talk at the opening of the SEES
sion, welcoming the members to the
city and urging them to take an active
part in the meetings of the associa-
ton, as they we're, he said, their meet
ings, and the matters which would
come up would assist the members
in their business.
AS showing the advantages of the
association in smoothing out differ
ences, Mr.. Bochardt called attention
to the fact that this year there had
not been one complaint from mem
bers of the association as to manu-
facturers or jobbers, while in the
early years of the association the
complaints were numerous. This, Pres
ident Bochardt said, showed that the
association had brought about bet
ter understanding between dealers and
manufacturers and jobbers.
The question box brought out a
aumOer of pertinent questions incl
dent to the work of the members of
to be covered by addresses later a2d
were laid aside. One brought TIE
statement from w. J. Miller of Genoa
Junction that the greatest trouble to
the implement dealer of today was
the four corner merchant" The re-
suit of the discussion on the question
box was that while there were still
some bad spots, on the whole the sit
uation was satisfactory through the
efforts of the organization.
Mr.. Buxton, in urging the WiscGl-
sin association to come In with the
Minnesota Association Mutual Insur-
ance company. said that it would be
better for the Wisconsin dealers to
take this offer, rather than to at
tempt to organize under the insurance
laws of Wisconsin, which, he said,
were stringent For one thing, ar.
Buxton said, the Wisconsin laws de-
manded a so per cent reserve. while
the Minnesota law required only 25
per cent Iowa demanded only 40
per cent, he said. as did South and
North Dakota. The Minnesota COM
pany, he said, would not take more
than $4,000 insurance in any one block
In any city or town and this had to
be in at least two risks as not more
than $500 would be accepted on any
one risk In answer to a question he
said that if $50 of the 300 members
connected with the Wisconsin associa-
lion came in it would be sufficient.