The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-09
MERCHANTS AGREE
THEY WERE HELPED
Experiences Meeting over Dollar ana
Window Contest Displays Was
Held Last Night at
Meeting.
EVERYONE IS PRoF1TED
Want to Repeat Both Ideas Accord
ing to Sentiment Which Was
Expressed at League
Meeting.

Dollar day was SuCn q success tne
retailers want to have one twice
year. The window contests did SO
much good in their line that another
one would prove just as popular This
in brief is the sentiment which was
expressed last night at the meeting of
the league during the experience meet
ing of the league members on Dollar
day and window contests. President
Justice asked for experiences and SEN
timent regarding the two events.
T. N. Conner said Dollar day was
good 1t proved great drawing card,
and he hoped it could be repeated
along the latter part of September or
first of October. He hoped If it were
that better bargains even could be
given
Jacob Schouten said Dollar day
went far beyond their expectations. 1t
was better than the window contests.
A. l.. Linquist thought the window
contests were better for the home peo-
pie. Dollar day was good thing for
everyone. especially for the out OF
town trade.
E. A. French spoke from the banks
side of the question. They-gave bonus
on $40 deposits and on Dollar day
had nearly half as many new deposits
as they did for the entire week that
he ran the bonus on the new accounts
| idea
Henry Dunlan said Dollar day and
! the window contest display worked up
considerable interest for the mer-
chants this spring. He suggested Dol
lar days once each month.
j George D Bauer thought Dollar day
was a good proposition, they had one
| of the best days in their history. he
1 said.
4 Not Too Many Of Them.
E. F. Renaud said the way to kill
i Dollar days was to have them too
| often. He thought another one later
| this season would be good
| l.. E. Klein thought everyone was
/ satisfied with the result of Dollar day
/ Frank Wilmering thought that Dol
lar days were good, if they didn't
come too often. He would like to see
another window contest, but suggest
| ed dividing the merchants into differ
ent groups.
| S. A. Miller liked the window con-
/ tests.
! George Weisman thought the win
| dow contests helped out because
| everybody at least washed windows.
B. F.. Smith thought both window
F, display contests and Dollar day were
good. He would like to see something
! twice each year.
| George S. Merriam liked the window
| contests because it got people in the
habit of looking into windows.
! President Justice said he did not
| know of anything as good as the win
dow contests eand Dollar day Both
had been widely copied. He wanted
! the merchants to keep the windows in
| the shape :, in which the contest
brought them.
| Publicity Necessary.
w. P. Deal of the Victor company
| who was guest, spoke briefly on the
| value of publicity. Publicity and ad-
vertising was what made the Victor
company, he said.
A. L. Higbee of the Standard Four
Tire company, spoke briefly. He was
! glad the company's faith in Keokuk
was SO we'll founded, and glad he was
to become a citizen. He said that
while he didn't want to criticise, he
! thought there we're some things that
might be corrected. He said the trav-
cling man who listened to the boasts
| of the men from other cities, and then
J walked off without saying anything
good for Keokuk, might have fostered
| the community spirit which he said
was lacking here, if he had spent part
of that time boosting for his own
town He referred to the public opin-
ion article in The Gate City.
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