Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-23
PRESIDENT OF IOWA RETAIL
MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
WOULD TAX OUTSIDERS.
TAKING MILLIONS AWAY
FROM LOCAL MERCHANTS
Do Not Contribute to Upbuildins of
Local Communities and Therefore
Should Be Compelled to Pay For
acknowledgements Hull Scores
Parcel Post Law.

Dubuque Sept. oS.-In his annual ad-
dress before the members Of the Iowa
Retail Merchants Association, Presi-
dent j. H. Schaefer took a decided
stand against outside mail order
houses These houses he declared,
were taking much business and mil
lions Of dollars annually out of the
state and were not paving a cent q
taxes, Among other things Mr.. sehae-
fer said:
-aAs / see Il there are TWO most i'm :
portant duties for our association 10
take up the coming year | feel that
az well directed EFFORT should be ma de
to- tax the mail order and other houses
who are annually sending s2o,009.VVV
worth Of merchandise into our state
and not paying one penny taxes Tor
THE privilege of doing this amount OF
business. l feel that this is a great
injustice, as these goods are delivered
over our streets by transfer companies
wearing out the paving for which we
have paid: never giving one cent 10
the up buldrg Of our cities, the up
keep of our schools. churches or pubic
institutions of any kind. No atten-
ton paid 10 education of our chill
dren. simply grabbing the dollars out
Of. our state without paving one dol
lar for the privilege. II this work
was taken up earnestly and Intelligent
I ~ sby each state in the union, am
sure we could change this method Of
doing business. To accomplish this
and other legislative matter I feel that
- -,
Iowa business council which was es-
tablisiled In Des Moines last year. the
council comprising all the retail or
sanizations OF the state. Working upon
this one proposition and the building
of this council are in my opinion,
the two important things to accom-
p1ish the coming year"
Hull Scores Parcel Post.
CONGRESSMAN Harry E. Hull OF the
Second Iowa district was one Of the
principal speakers at the annual con-
Vention of the Iowa Retail Merchants
i Association. his subject being the Par
eel Post" Congressman Hull thorough
ly understands his subject and gave
the benefit OF his knowledge TO the
retailers in a comprehensive address
which was more than well received.
Mr. Hull Spoke as follows:
NO interest is more vitality allied
with the success Of the retail mer-
chant thar that OF the posrofice de-
partment The same might he said
{. of those branches included in the
rural route delivery and the parcel
post want to qualify my state
nnent IN regard to the last two
branches however, by saving they
might be- rather than they are vitality
allied with the merchant. The rea-
son for this qualification is. that ! be-
lieve under the present plan of man
agement. the parcel post is a detri-
nent rather than an aid TO the ner-
chant in the small towns. When l
say small towns mean such cities as
are prevalent In Iowa and other great
middle western states.
institution For the Few.
The postoffice IS supposed 10 be an
institution by the people, for the peo-
pie and of the people. No branch
of this government should try to build
up business for any particular inter
est to the detriment of others and
neither should It discriminate against
any other we'll established business.
"As a matter Of fact however. the
postoffice and especially that part
known as the parcel post, seems to be
an institution inst i ton sa- TIC <e~ and against
the many. The very system under
which 1t Is handled discriminates