Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-07
JEWELERS. OF THE
STATE IN SESSION
Men Of National Reputation
in the Jewelry Trade in
Attendance.

The session of the Idaho State Jew
elers' association yesterday afternoon
was entirely given over to the discus
sion of business topics. The speakers
| of the afternoon were all men of ma
tional reputation in the jewelry trade
circles being Colonel John L. Shepherd
of New York, veteran in the jewelry
work; T. l.. Combs of Omaha, presi
dent of the American National Retail
jewelers. association, and B. E Chap
man of San Francisco, the Pacific
coast representative of the Elgin
| Watch company. Colonel Shepherd
devoted his remarks to ethics in bust
ness. telling OF conditions as he found
them in various parts of the world
suggesting good features which he felt
Idaho jewelers. would do wei, to adopt
and pointing out bad points he had
noticed
President Combs gave a history of
the national association and its &C
complishments, particularly explain
ing in Owen Cooke bill which is in
tended to do away with the frauds in
gold filled watch cases which are now
sold under a guarantee, eliminating
the guarantee and requiring that the
watch case be stamped with the thick
ness of gold 1t contains, the f1neness of
the gold and the name of the manu-
facturer and his trade mark. Mr..
Combs explained the value of such a
bill in protecting buyers, giving the
information that the representatives in
congress were shown any number of
instances where guaranteed gold filled
cases contained only four per cent gold
according to assays made at United
States assay offices. He explained that
the guaranteed case as first put out
was a good one but It was soon en-
croached upon by cheap limitations
sold under a guarantee and therefore
the change was necessary. He ex-
planned that the bill also provided for
the honest stamping of the number OF
jewels and adjustments in watch 50
that buyers could not be deceived
Another hill of Importance to retail
trade, the Stevens bill, was also ex-
planned by Mr. Combs. The bill is one
which legalizes fixed selling prices on
manufactured products. He also dealt
upon the Importance of the STEVENSON
bill which prohibits and Furnishes
fraudulent advertisers and in speaking
on this he stated he was pleased to
announce that the Idaho club women
had strongly Endorsed the measure.
b. E. Chapman, the representative
of the Elgin Watch company is here
representing that big watch manufac-
turing concern with a special motion
picture film showing the entire work
ing of the factory and how the vel
known time pieces are made. This
film was shown twice yesterday at the
Rex theater and accompanied by q
most interesting lecture by Mr.. Chap
man, who Is a live wire and knows the
Elgin watch factory from top to bot
, tom. The film Is one of the most in.
teresting ever shown in the city and
is made doubly so by the accompany
ing lecture.
To Divide Into Districts.
The dividing of Idaho into three
districts, two in the southern part and
+ one in the north, the passing of resolu-
: tons favoring the Stevens bill
: and the Stevenson bill now pend
ing in congress and also specially
and voting unanimously to become af
filiated with the national association
constituted the business transacted
this morning at the session of th'
Idaho association.
The districting OF Idaho is regarded
p as an important move for the stat,
association. Pocatello was selected a.
the center for the eastern district
Boise for the southern and a town hai
I yet to be chosen for the northern cen
o ter. Each district is to have a vice
i president from the state association a.
n its president and meetings viii bs
Y held three times yearly to discuss trad,
n problems. Boise was chosen as tn,
y home of the state association and al
sessions are to be held here.
e All jewelers. in attendance are highl!
ell pleased with the work accomplished
e here and the views on business ant
= trade conditions which they have re