Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-05
IMPLEMENT MEN IN
CONVENTION HERE
Advance Guard Of Expected Twelve
Hundred Delegates Arrives in
Omaha for Annual Event.
CONVENTION is TO OPEN TODAY

implement men from number of
states through the middle west gathered
In Omaha yesterday afternoon for the
annual convention of tho Mid West Re
tail implement Dealers association The
convention proper opens at the Audi
toifum this morning The implement
show, at the Auditorium in connection
with the convention Is rounding into
shape. A hundred men examined the
exhibits even in the morning before all
exhibits were in place. All forenoon the
big tractors, gasoline engines and other
implements we're being wheeled into place
for the exhibition. Much OF the machin-
cry. had been placed last week. but much
still remained to be done.
Secretary ON the Job.
Secretary James Wallace OF Council
Bluffs established a desk in the audi
torium and was one OF the very busy
men yesterday attending to details
Of the arrangement Of the exhibits, an
swering a thousands inquiries and at
tending to all the many small matters
that. are required of a convention sec
retary, on the opening day
e. w. Mccullough OF Chicago, secre-
tary of the National Implement and We
hiele association. arrived early in the
day. f. G. Wfes of Cherokee. Kan.
father of the local implement club move-
ment. is expected to arrive later in the
day. 7. p. Rathburn of Springfield. o.,
OF the Tri-State Implement and Vehicle
association. is expected to arrive in the
morning Between 500 and 100 delegates
are expected, according to the estimate
OF Secretary Wallace.
No Legislation 90 Favor.
Although the 'assoeiatian maintains a
legislative committee to look after pro-
posed legislation, usually federal legisla-
tion, that The association favors. officers
of the association this year say they have
fairly clear slate, and 1t is likely that
little II any legislation will be recon-
nlended. They are jubilant at having
checked the railroads in their efforts to
eliminate the lstoppage Of cars to partly
unload or. finish loading in transit
This privilege of billing, a car Of inn
plements for a given destination with the
Injunction 10 stop ct point between to
unload part OF a car of implements for
another firm. has been enjoyed by the
implement men for long time. The
railroads hast year tried to cut Off this
privilege. The. roads, maintained that it
was among the free service that the In
terstate Commerce commission did not
approve The Implement association,
however, got into the argument before
the Interstate Commerce commission and
proved that 1t was not free service at
all as the dealers had been paying $ a
car for this Etoppage in transit privilege.
Monday evening the delegates were
entertained. by TIE. Commercial club by
a reception and some cabaret features in
the club rooms at 5 o'clock Besides
/ the cabaret features. Pref, George f
Condra Of the UniFersity OF Nebrasks
gave an iliustratek lecture with hi
moving picture reeA Of the big farm
tractor show at Fremont. held last fall
L. ". Parrish. manager of the bureau
Of publicity, showed his Omaha reels
The entertainment was in the hands o.
the entertainment committee Of the Com
mercial club. OF which o. T. Eastman 4
cbairJnan. .'