The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-10-21
THELOCAL CREDIT men
Organization Doing Good Work by
Encouraging Thrift.

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number of paid advertisements ap-
pearing in the Herald and other pa.
pers of the community at recent in
tervals. little appeals to the public
in general to more carefully con-
serve the basis OF their credit by
means of prompt settlements These
little sermons, each and every one of
which contain a world of truth, have
! been inspired through the work OF a
new association in our midst, that Of
the OskaloOsa Credit Mems AssOcia-
| ton.
Here is a little organization Of
young men, collectors about town,
men of the business offices, who had
a conference one evening, over din
ner at one of the local hotels, for mu.
tual benefit, to talk shop for a little
time, and out of it came one of the
most beneficial organizations the
town has known in years. The or.
ganization has not only received the
stamp of approval of the business
men of the community and the ap-
proval of the banking and financial
houses, but the general public com.
mends the work the association Is
undertaking in the effort to foster a
better understanding of credit, to
protect the credit of those who have
occasion to use the same against
abuses of some individuals whose
practices are to be guarded against.
These credit men" first got to-
gether with the idea of helping each
other There had been a misunder-
standing, lack OF local helpfulness,
The very opposite idea had prevailed,
working against each other. A meet
ing was undertaken by A. E. Fritch
of the Baldauf-Rosenblatt house, He
called representatives of other
houses together for a little supper
and to have sort of get-together at
fair Misunderstanding we're cleared
away and the members were made
to see where they could be of i'm.
mense helpfulness, one to the others.
More meetings were held and from
the small beginnings there are now
sixty members o fthe organization,
representing almost all lines of bus.
mess in town. And recently in add.
ton to helping themselves, they have
taken upon themselves the larger
field of standing by the customers
/ that sand by them, protecting the
lpeople. who make right use of credit
| against the professional dead beat.
And the association is growing with
every meeting.
The association. not long since,
fostered a pay up event. that result
ed benefiCially for all concerned and
for the public as we'll.
Officers of the association as now
constituted, are.
President, A. h. Fritch of Baldauf,
Rosenblatt Company
First vice president, Ed Bowen, OF
OskalCosa National Bank.
Second vice president, Lee Kal
bach, Of Hayes Il Kalbach. ," ~
Secretary, Harry Douglas, of Nc
Gregor's.
The boys have been calling in PEG,
pie to talk to them at their sessions
Of phases OF credit and the Credit
system, commercial law ana proceed
urC. Not long since they had as a
guest, Mr.. J. JOhansen, commercial
traveller from Chicago. He was a
former credit man with a large east
ern house and he told of his expert
enCes in a manner that entertained
and instructed through an entire ey,
ening but the listeners were no more
enthused than was the speaker when
he found himself back on his old
stamping ground"
And the boys are having another
meeting this week, with informal
banquet. John o. Malcolm has been
asked in to dine with them and to
talk to them concerning points OIL
commercial law In this manner
the organization is a school of in
struction that is helpful not only to
members alone, but the general pub
lie derives a benefit of which it is
unaware.