Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-06-06
Retailers Would Pay Fare
Shoppers in 75-AIiIe
Radius.
THE ANNUAL REPORT
Detail of What the Sccre-
taly Has Been Doing
for Past l. Months.

Plans for making every Wednesday
Suburban day" in Tulsa. and for
having railroad service so arranged
that shoppers within radius of 70
miles can come To Tulsa, do their
shopping and return home AN iu the
same day. are being seriously COn~ld-
cred by the Tulsa Retail Merchants
association
These matters as we'll as a summary
of the results accomplished by the
association during the past - months,
are touched upon I'm the annual report
of Secretary W. A. R1ysou of the
Merchants association, which was sub
mttcd at the annual banquet last
Thursday night
The report follows I'M substance.
Trade Extension work.
A large amount of advcrtisng has
been done TO induce out-of-tOWu Gus
toners to do their shopping I'm Tulsa
This has consisted largely of the trade
extension guides issued comparatively
by the merchants participating i'm the
rofundng of railroad fares which
have been distributed on our trade
excursions worked jointly by the Re
tail Merchants association and the
Commercial club over twelve thou
sand of these guides were distributed
last year and 5000 the year before.
our motto has been, Buy what You
can of your home merchant, and what
they do not carry purchase it in
Tulsa, We have got it, We have
visited over scvcnty-five towns this
year with our special train, which is
bound to not only advertise our city
and business men as among the most
progressive of the state but also to
result i'm much additional trade for
our business men. About five hun
drcd dollars has been paid out in
railroad fares to out-of-toWn Gus
toners making purchases in Tulsa
during the past year and with the
advertising that has been made by
our "boostcr trips" it is safe to cs-
innate that amount will easily be
doubled during the coming year.
Fake Advertising.
A large amount of advertising has
been presented to your secretary to
be referred to the advertising commit
tee for their approval or rejection, as
their Judgment directs. This commit
tee is composed of three Of our lead
ing merchants and is known to the
president and secretary only. Scy-
eral thousand dollars worth of advcr-
tising of practically no value has been
rejected by the committee; thus the
promoter, who before association
days fCastcd upon the merchants, has
been put at sea, for without a creden-
tal authorizing him to solicit he can
practically do nothing.
State Legislation.
More good legislation in the inter
est of the retail merchants has been
secured this last legislature than all
previous time during the history of
the Merchants association.
one of the most important measures
passed was IL. Il. No. 2G0, amending
the present exemption law, making
% per cent of a persons wages sub
| jeCt to garnishment.
A second measure of value to the
retailer that was passed was the
fraudulent advertising law. making it
msdcmeanor to misrepresent by
making false statements in advertis-
ing.
A third measure passed that Is of
interest to the merchants was the in
surance bill, creating new commits
sion to establish rates.
A fourth law of interest to every
merchant i'm oklahoma was that
known as the good roads law, which
empowers the county commissioners