The chronicle=news., 1914-07-22
CONVENTION ENDS
WITH BANQUET
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citation nationally.

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through cooperation-coopcration in
delivering his wares. cooperation In
buying. cooperation in advertising,
cooperation in his credit dealings.
and all through the business mans
dealings, he cannot neglect this one
word. cooperation II is necessary"
stated the speaker, that this ele-
mcnt of cooperation he present In
our every day business dealings.
From the cradle to the grave the slo-
gan has been and rightly should be
Cooperation and teamwork"
| The national president of the mcr-
chants outlined the history of the
organization since its founding in
1893 to the present day when 81
states have bodies affiliated with the
national association. He gave some
of the plans for the next national
convention of the retailers. which
Is to be held in San Francisco dur
ing the Worlds Fair.
Mr.. Connolly spoke upon the sub
ject of legitimate lobbying, which is
being done by the manufacturers and
the jobbers and which should be
done Just us aggrcssively by the re-
tailers
"All other branches of business are
represented in the hall OF congress
and at the state assemblies and they
see to II that bills are passed which
are for their benefit. The farmers
are there and are there strong, and
what the farmers can do we can do
We should have men present wher-
ever laws are being made and in this
way protect our business and our
customers.
"It has been learned. and not re-
Gently either. that only In unity is
there strength. We should be bet
ter organized and have more live
wire associations which consist not
only of president and board of
directors but of real boosting mem
bers. The consumers are organizing
so that they can buy direct from the
farmer and the manufacturer; we
must organize SO that we can COM
pete with this. We must organize
to combat the retail mail order hous-
es. And lastly, we should organize
for the PRONUNCIATION of ideas for the
betterment OF the retail business
William Small. president OF the
Denver Retail Merchants Associa-
tion, gave an able address before the
merchants on "The Retail Grocer of
Today" Mr.. smalls address was
one Of the strong gest which has been
delivered before the convention.
The speaker said in part: "Oopor-
tunities were never SO good in the
grocery business as they are today
Merchants are cooperating for the
common good until today we can in
crease our own business without
running the other fellows. Modern
methods have driven the old cut
throat schemcrs out of business
With the many new and modern ad-
vantages the retail grocer is surely
coming into his own
The afternoon was taken up with
routine business matters, including
the election of officers, passing of
resolutions and the selection of the
place for the holding of the next an
nual convention.
Today brought to close the
Fourteenth Annual session of the
Retail Merchants Association of
Colorado. A lengthy session of
routine business matters occupied
the men during the day. This after
noon the ladies attended the Photo
play theatre and afterward went to
Dwight's where ice cream and cake
were served. The ladies have made
the Elks' club rooms their headquar-
ters and rest rooms and here they
met at two o'clock and went to the
picture show through the courtesy of
r. w. Davis.
With the banquet at the Cardenas
Hotel tonight the convention of the
merchants of the state will come to
a close and every merchant will re-
turn to his home feeling that he has
been well repaid for attending the
convention in Trinidad.
The convention has been n success
in many ways. A large number of
dele gates have attended and much
important business has been trans
acted. The merchants feel that they
have been royalty entertained during
their brief stay in Trinidad and that
they have added to their acquain-
Itanccship one of the livest towns of
the state. They will advertise Trini-
dad everywhere they go and in their
own respective towns they will say
that Trinidad is real convention
town The local merchants have
proved to be hospitable hosts. They
have carried out their elaborate pro-
gram to the minutest detail. And
the program has included some good
features.
The addresses of Anderson Pace of
Chicago and Frank 3. Connolly of
! Chicago this morning were a real
treat. They We're addresses which
are not often heard at a state meet
ip, pf merchants Tho men are of