Ellsworth American., 1914-02-18
MERCHANTS ASSN.
pANouET, SMOKER AND MEET
ING MONDAY EVENING.
oo,,uyTrEEs BUSY - NO IMMEDIATE
PROSPECT OF CONSOLIDATION
WITH BOARD OF TRADE
SHOP AT HOME.

Tho Ellsworth Merchants association,
~ connection with it's regular business
mating Monday evening, held banquet
- ..smoker,, at Odd Fellows hall ban
,ret room. The supper, prepared and
carved by Caterer John H. Leland, assisted
Nv Frank S. Call, was up to the usual high
standard.
After the banquet, cigars were lighted
and the business meeting was called to
order. Two new members were elected.
psnorts of committees were called for,
and nearly all had something to report,
showine encouraging activity.
President Haines, in comprehensive
address,. outlined some OF the work laid
out for the year. He devoted some time
10 the "shop at home" proposition. He
Estimated that $40, 900 of Ellsworth money
vent out of town for purchases that could
ne made at home or through Ellsworth
merchants He gave ten reasons why
Ellsworth people should trade at home, as
follows:
your home merchant can duplicate the
,rice made by any responsible firm, anywhere
on goods of the same quality and in the same
opantity and upon the same basis of delivery
and payment.
.. You can examine your purchase in your
home store and be assured of satisfaction be-
fore investing your money.
a Your own merchants are always willing
and ready to make right any error, or replace
any defective article purchased.
a, Your home merchants help support,
through their direct and indirect taxation.
your town, schools, churches and other
public institutions. Your home merchant
pays his tax here, and pays part OF his tax
for the privilege Of doing business within the
community.
s. Your local merchants help to develop
the resources Of our city, promote and en-
courage trade, and to bring about standard
of business conditions which gives value to
YOUR land and property within the city.
g. Your home merchants ere your friends,
whom YOU rely upon to extend the hand of
friendship and fellowship in all times of need
and assistance.
7, The merchants in other cities give you
nothing valuable that the home merchants
cannot give you, and the former cannot and
maintaining the city, and for tfe favors and
coprtesies which the local merchants always
extend.
&. Every dollar kept in circulation in local
trade helps increase property values and to
keen business conditions alive.
O. The best citizens In Ellsworth are those
who believe in aud practice home patronage.
Re one of the best citizens of Ellsworth.
TO- II Ellsworth is good enough for you to
live In, get your bread and butter in, it is good
enough for you to spend your money in. Trade
Mt home II it becomes impossible for you to
get merchandise through the indifference OF
local merchants, then go out Of town for it.
President Hsines also spoke OF the devel-
opment OF agricultural resources OF this
vicinity, referring to the fact that the
committee on agriculture was already in
communication with parties who might
be induced to locate commission house
or produce exchange here.
The matter OF consolidation OF the mer-
chants association and the board of trade
was then taken up. AT the annual meet
ing of merchants association the officers
were urged to take up the proposition OF
consolidation early in the year. This was
done, the officers acting as a committee.
This committee did not, in its letter to
the board of trade, advance any OF the
arguments why consolidation would be
advantageous, but merely asked the board
OF trade to appoint committee OF fve
to meet with a like committee from the
merchants association to discuss the
proposition. The correspondence follows;
ELLSWORTH. ME-, Jan, %, 1914.
John D. Whitney, President of Board Of Trade,
Ellsworth Falls, Maine.
Dear President Whitney:-The undersigned
have been constituted committee from the
Ellsworth Merchants association upon the
belief that there should be union OF the COM
mercial organization OF our city. If agreeable
to the board of trade and you think 1t advis-
able, we should be pleased to have COM
mittee of five meet like committee of our
association to discuss the details for con-
solidation. these committees to meet on or be-
fore Feb. 49, 1914.
Very truly yours.
CHARLES e. BURRILL,
WALTER NJ ALLEN,
HAROLD L. HOOPER,
Roy G. HAINEs.
ELLSWORTH, Me-, Feb 49, 1914
Charles c. Burriil. ct ais, Members OF the
Merchants Association, Ellsworth, Maine.
GENTLEMES;-Your letter of the 29th ult.,
relative to consolidating the merchants as
soeiation and the Ellsworth board of trade
under one head, was received in due season,
and has since been laid before the executive
orcers Of the board of trade for their consid-
Grafton.
In reply to your request that a committee of
nVe members of the board of trade be ap-