The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-03-11
LAUNDRYMEN IN
CLOSING SESSION
ADJOURN LATE THIS AFTER
NOON AFTER MEETING FOR
TWO DAYS-HELD AN
NUAL BANQUET.

The South Dakota L%aunderers' as
in session in Mitchell Mon
day and today, adjourned late this
afternoon with the election of Off
GERS and selection of hte meeting
place for the 1916 convention. From
all sources has come the belief that
the convention is the most successful
ever held, with three-fourths OF the
members in attendance.
The convention this year has re-
solved itself into a school for mod
ern la%undrymen, working for the i'm
prcvement and efficiency of the men,
hers. One phase of this was shown
when the laundrymen prefaced their
morning session with an extensive
demonstration on starching at the
modern plant of .Johson company.
Seated at the bauuet table at the
Widmann hotel last evening, the Wis
itors had one of their ENJOYABLE ses-
sions of the convention. Forty-one
mates We're laid for the visiting laun-
drymen, factory representatives and
local guests of the association. The
president w. j. Tiffany, of Aberdeen
acted as postmaster.
The advantages of cooperation
were emphasized in the opening adj
dress. given by Prof. S. ID. al Ben
%thnvsen. The professor gave a re-
Wow of the growth of economic con-
ditions from competition to co-oper-
alton. wherein the community
reaches its highest efficiency and de-
velopmnet through the united efforts
Of Zach member.
The speaker took occasion to
condemn the business me- and resi-
dents who made their purchases out
of their home communities, instead
of huving at home and thereby up
building their home town and them
selves as we'll. He declared that CO.
oreration DESTROYED economic waste,
and that connection was the death,
rot tho life o ftrade.
r. G. BURNS as the representative
of the Commercial club. declared
THAT hte laundry business was II of
the communities most valued indus
tries and in his chaTcteristically
happv vein. welcomed the visitors to
Mitchell He paid tribute to the en-
ccutive and financial ability requir-
I'D to operate a modern steam laun-
dry. stating hiatt hte members Of the
trade around the table typitied the
representative leaders of their re-
spective cities.
In behalf of the newspapers of
Mitchell. C. w. Ruth and r. ID. Wilde
spok briefly, expressing their pleas
ure at the privilege of mingling with
the visitors at the banquet table and
a%ssociating with them in Covering
the convention.
An Illuminating glimpse into the
scope of the laundry business was
given by VIM. f. Fitch. of LaSalle,
Ill, secretary of the national organ
ization. He declared that in 1910
there were 5,1S6 steam laundries in
the United States, according to the
industrial census. and this number
had no wincreased to $500. There
is invested in the business the coun.
try over now over $15O,000,0 900. APP
proximately 100000 people are EN-
ployed in laundries, which rank
sixth in the number Of employees on
paylists and th~irty-second in the
, amount OF money invested, exclusive
, of real estate.
One interesting feature of Mr.
Fitch's address was that all of the
|S200, 900 900 annual income Wen
directly back into circulation to The
employees.