Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-14
STATIONERS LOSE NO TIME
Convention Speed Records Broken in
Performing Days Work.
AS ENTERTAINMENT
Mayor Dahlmnn Welcomes Conven-
tiOn Membcrs-Advertisi Ad-
vised In Paper by Largest
Manufactures.

The National Association of Stationers
and Manufacturers, assembled In eighth
annual convention at the Rome hotel,
has demonstrated that its members are
the most expeditions convention holders
in the world, The first business sessions
of the organization began Yesterday
morning and were continued Yesterday
AFTERNOON with some OF the fastest and
cleanest work Omaha has seen in the
way of convention business meetings.
President Malington Lockwood called
the convention to order at 10 o'clock YES
terday morning and without any further
ado the invocation was pronounced.
Mayor Dahlman gave his address of
welcome and everybody's report was In,
from that of the president to that of the
auditor in time which would seem to
have been beaten only by the man who
said Jack Robinson"
Something unheard of in convention
fashions was the total absence of those
who object to anything and everything
and the delegates who desire all matters
to be referred to committees for con-
siderable incubation and final verbose re-
ports.
The National Statloners and Manufac-
turers have shown they can do things
and do them we'll and in a hurry
Objections Are CuriOsities.
Remarkable as 1t may seem, there was
not an objection to the presidents an
pointments to the nominating committee
President Lockwood read off these
names: Harry w. Rogers of New York
City. chairman; w. E. Mlligan of San
Antonio, Tex, w. f. Smith and C. A.
Stevens Of Chicago Charles e. Mover of
Omaha, H. J, Williams of Buffalo
George A. Savoy Of Holyoke, Mass.
Every man seemed 10 have been raised
just to be a member of that committee
If the pleasure Of the convention NAV
count for anything
And then there was the report of the
executive committee. 1t did not have
much to report other than that wo meet
ings had been held and they had been
principally occupied in the acceptance of
new members and the ousting OF those
VINO had neglected to pay dues. Five of
these latter, the report read, had been
reinStated.
Ralph S. Bauer, chairman 6r the pro-
gram committee, was called upon 20 read
the address OF Charles II. Marshall OF
Philadelphia. the largest manufacturer of
stationery supplies in the United States
Marshall was scheduled to be in Omaha
to deliver the address entitled, "Adver-
tisng Retail Business" Word came
that he was unable to be here and hts
paper was turned over to he read.
This large stationery advertiser ad-
Vised: Use of newspapers for quick
introduction Do not look upon money
spent in advertising as gamble. The
honest exploitation Of goods in good ad-
vertising mediums means the greatest
success in the business world"
Many other such thoughts expressed
systematically were included in the
paper, with which the convention was SO
pleased that a motion was unanimously
adopted that it be placed in the minutes
Of the assembly.
The stationers and manufacturers we're
entertained last night by a specially
prepared vaudeville entertainment at the
Rome summer garden. Both men and
women attended.
There will be meeting this morning OF
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