Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-09-29
NEW ORGANIZATION
A jacobson of Milwaukee Outlines
Plan for Retail Merchants.

! Recently meeting OF our business
men was called at the city hall to
consider the matter of organizing the
retail merchants for their own pro-
lection against the irresponsible pgr-
chaser. The first meeting was not as
well attended as it was hoped for.
Another meeting was he'd OH Wednes-
day evening when an organization
was perfected, made possible by the
efforts OF A. jacobson, o Milwaukee,
state organizer of the Wisconsin
State Retail Merchants association.
Mr.. jacobson was very much pleased
with the earnestness of our business
men and he predicts splendid work
ing body within a short time.
Mr. jacobson has had ten years ex-
perieace in organizing retail mer-
chants in Wisconsin and other states
of the union and testimonials, in the
form of letters from prominent peo-
pie. and newspaper clippings give
him credit for high degree Of success
in his line of work Apparently fail
ure has no place in his vocabulary,
and he expressed confidence in his
ability to bring about success in this
combination of Wausaus retail mer-
chants that viii grow stronger and
more useful as it grows older
The keynote of Mr.. Jacobsons plan
is cooperation for purpose-the
elimination Of the dishonest, ire
sponsib.e purchaser. AS competition
il the life of trade, he said, mans
Competitor is his best friend Retail
merchants have common grievances
as well as common interests and for
their own protection they should for
get their little personal differences,
forget the past and get together. His
plan is to have constitution, espec-
tally adapted to local conditions,
drawn up and made the basis of the
organization. With this done and
the membership secured The actual
work will begin Every purchaser of
goods from retail! stores will have his
credit established or rather he will
establish it himself, and his rating in
this respect viii be on file and easily
accessible TO the secretary Of the asso-
citation, who, when called upon over
the telephone or otherwise, can give
members the desired information.
The government of the organization
is best done on the commission plan.
This commission is the executive
board, elected by the membership,
and meets once week or as often as
is deemed necessary. The routine
word is handled by the secretary.
To go into details in telling of the
benefits of which is to be derived
from this organization would require
too much space. Suffice to say that
those who were present became very
enthusiastic over the plan. Wausau
has had an organization called the
Business Mems Credit Exchange
and the board of directors and officers
of this association, consisting of w.
G. Landon, president, S. Winkelman,
vice-president, George f. Rick. DR..
@. W. Chubbuck, G. B. Mayer and
DR.. d. L. Jones, were present. w. G.
Landon, presiding and after discus
sion it was decided to amalgamate
the two societies and it viii be an
auxiliary to the Business Mems asso-
citation. 1t will, in turn be member
OF the state association which is in
cluded in the national association. All
connected feel that the organization
will be valuable to them IN time.