The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-21

tima" Mr. Arnold said. 'and all were
anxious to help in an organization thai
promises to restore the independence
and prosperity OF country retailers.
banks and local business (which have
suffered from the continual drain of
money and trade going to the mail
order houses. My Investigations have
shown that in many small cities and
towns fifty per cent. and more OF the
money orders sold at the postoffce go
TO mail order houses, the retailers are
deprived of the profit upon The goods
so purchased, and every one in the
, town and county suffers 20 some ex-
tent / have been urged by many to
begin operations at once. and have
organized the National Merchandise
company for THAI purpose, but the
time has not seemed prOpitious until
now Mr. Arnold, an old soldier. is
anxious to do another big thing for
his countrymen before the end OF his
days of usefulness
How the fight on parcels post is
waged by the Chicago mail order
houses largely at the cash expense
of retailers and their organizations Is
one cf the secrets of federation of
associations which Is in charge of
mail order house organizer. The ex-
ecutive secretary who has appeared in
Washington before committees TO pro-
test in the name of retailers against
the extension of the postoffice facil-
tiles to useful service in rural dis
triots in delivering parcels as in
Europe, formerly was with one OF the
catalog houses. The latter. contrary
to belief. are alarmed about parcels
post but know they are helpless, ow-
ing no the popular prejudice, to fight
the matter openly Membership fees
paid by retailers help pay the ex-
penses Of this campaign. Publicly
the mail order houses are accused
by this federation OF hostility to the
parcels post, privately the retailers
hpreiudice against mail order houses
ds used 10 entice from them funds for
the campaign of the mail order men
The real attitude of the catalog houses
is in sending in orders that will
amount to q minimum OF 100 pounds
lof freight. the result of which Is that
1.-THE average orders are large enough
TO make the ratio OF miscellaneous
leNpense of filling them very small
Inauguration OF parcels post, II is be-
lieved. would cause customers to send
I'm small orders to be shipped by mail,
for which the cost of assembling, ac-
counting and correspondence would
be about the same for small as the
present average orders.
| Moving picture theaters in Chicago
now number over coo. Hundreds Of
thousands Of people daily see the
dramas and the travel scenes they pre-
sent. 1t IS said that great improve
ment of the morale and ethics of the
moving picture houses has been the
strict censoring OF all films. A great
business has been created that i'm
,cludes the manufacturer OF films, who
plans. stages ana photographs the
drama, TO the wholesaler of films,
the exchanges that buy and rent films
TO the thoaters all over the country
and the theaters themselves. The pre-
diction has been made that In five
years every high school in Chicago will
have moving picture machines for ed
vocational purposes and that they will
in great measure have Displaced
,stereopticon for lecturers use.
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The end Of the beef trust" trial in
Chicago means to THE jurymen the end
Of three months OF the most strenu-
Gus sort of campaignlng, imprison-
ment and deprivation any OF them are
likely to see No wonder that when
the defense rested the jury exc
cuted pigeon wings and gave war
whoeps when they rcturned 40 their
Iuuarters. 1t IS one OF the longest trials
ever held In the federal courts OF the
lwest. The government has introduced
/, 400 exhibits the defendants 100,
some Of them intricate mazes Of fig
ures. But all the mass OF evidence
and arguments must be assslmilated by
each of the Jurors and their task viii
be no light one. Their combined pay
moreover for the job viii not equal
the fees paid to one OF the lawyers
for the defense as a retainer.
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