The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-10
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dustrlal Association Asking
Thorn 70 Take UP Matter
with Manufacturer.
Want TO HEAR AT ONCE
a.neraI Propositions Of Financing
Concerns and Taking Care Of
Visitors Are Taken
UP.

70 exhibit In the Iowa building at the
Panama Pacific exposition. Ralph
Bolton, secretary OF the Greater Iowa
association has written to Q. B
Towne, manager Of the Industrial as
,ociation telling him OF the desire OF
the commission TO have Iowa indus
tries represented, and asking that he
take up the matter OF exhibits with
local factories. Mr.. Towne is asking
that all factories which wish to ex-
hibit at Frisco communicate with him
1t once that he may get into touch
with Secretary Bolton.
Following Is the letter from Mr..
Bolton:
"The Iowa commission is anxious
to have 4 large exhibit Of Iowa indus,
tries. The commission is not in a
position TO know what factories would
care to show their products at San
Francisco In 1915. You are familiar
with the entsrprising factories In
your section. We would like to have
you take up with them the question
Of an exhibit 1t San Francisco and
report the names Of all interested
companies to me.
Exhibit space is free. We have
$4,000 feet Of space reserved to us
until July 1. There are more appli-
cations than there is available space.
It Is necessary that We get prompt
action. Please make a report in the
next few days"
This letter was taken up at the
semi-monthly meeting OF the execu-
tive committee OF the Industrial as
so1dation this morning.
Propositions Taken Up.
Two general propositions were tax
en- up this morning ut the meeting. One
Of these Il the matter OF financing
projects without calling on the same
psople to contribute. Mr.. TOwne con-
sidered this method bleeding the COM
munity of ready cash to make new
prospects, prosperous. Industries
don't move unlsss., people make 1t
worth their while To- 10 SO. Mr.. Towne
says, and this means taking stock or
loaning money Several prospects
have been considered. 1t is probable
that something In the nature OF 3
development fund will be worked out.
The other proposition is that of the
retail merchants association organi-
cation. The proposed draft Of consti-
tuition ana bylaws Of the organiza.
ton have bsen submitted to the re-
tail merchants committee and indors-
ed, ana probably will be submitted to
the merchants at meeting next
week.
Entertaing Visitors.
Another matter taken up was that
OF taking care of conventions, excur-
sionists and visitors to Keokuk, and
OF making the place attractive to
them after the novelty of the water
power plant has been exhausted. The
retail merchants will be probably the
most vitality effected In any action
along this line and they will be con-
suited in working out the plans.
A letter was read from Scott
Wright OF Hannibal in which the in
formation was impaired that On Sun
day, June 81, the convention OF the
North Central Missouri Retail Lumber
Dealers association would come to
Keokuk on IN early morning train
and view the dam and power house
and return to Hannibal on No. IL that
same morning. They will be here a
little over two hours.
The auditing committee reported
this morning. and unfinished business
was put into the hands Of the vari-
ons department heads.