Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-05-04
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with two men and a woman was clear
and pleasing and the limitations or
variety given by one Of the compan!
ELECTED much we'll merited applause
The stunt closed with a serio-comif
act with male and female that gave
unstinted satisfaction. The company
came direct from Chicago for the
evening.
Clever Boxing Exhibition,
Following the vaudeville numbers
1 few selections were sung by trio
composed of Arthur Griffin, George
Potter and VIII Hahn, who were
forced to respond repeatedly. Before
the singers finished their stunt the
stage was converted into roped
arena and three short glove contests
were staged with four local colored
lads participating in two four-round
bouts that furnished much amuse-
ment- The real event Of the ring was
classy exhibition given by Buck
Timothy of Davenport and Jackie
Roth. announced as champion OF the
Pacific coast, at 118 pounds.
There were eight fairly snappy
rounds fought by these two and as an
nounced at the outset by Referee Joe
Celania. no decision was made as to
the winner. The Davenport lad was
easily the favorite but the mill was
not one-sided affair. Clean through
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ness, the mill was full of interest and
furnished endless amusement to the
packed house. A battle royal in which
four colored lads entered the squared
arena and battled promiscuously one
with the other, supplied fitting close
for the evening of rare pastime that
caused everyone to leave with feel
ing OF good humor and complimenting
the Commercial club on it's splendid
hospitality. Seldom has there been
such crowd in the opera house as
was present Tuesday night and all
classes Of business and professions
were represented locally and hundreds
Of visitors were there as we'll.
Speaks Of the Grocer.
Harry e. Sloan Of Kansas City in
his paper Tuesday night treated at
length on the local business man both
Wholesale and retail, but paid particu-
lar attention to the retail grocer. He
lambasted the mail order houses and
said that every dollar sent out Of the
local community Is lost for you can't
eat pudding and still have it. He de.
clared himself against monopoly and
for the business man of the commun-
ity whether retailer or jobber, saying
that the interests of these two are
common and that they are after the
local dollar. He said he was a bust.
ness man having been engaged in gro.
Gerry trade all Of his life.
4 Mr.. Sloan says that business today
Is a science. Not only as it applies to
the manufacturer and manipulation of
money but that 1t emanates from the
grass roots, saying that many Of the
best business men today are farmers.
1t Is the keeping everlastingly at it
that brings success, said he.
Quoting from an article written by
another, Mr.. Sloan said that the or
binary American family eats one dol
lars worth each day and that there
are 22,000,00o American families that
must eat, thereby spending $22,000,000
per day as food bill. The most of
this spent over the counter Of the
grocery store and there are 250,000 Of
these stores in the country. He cited
that 1t costs money to make money
and attempted to show how this mon
ey was spent Part of this goes to
pay for the goods sold and a part to
the cost of selling. What Is left Is
the dealers profit. He said every
dealer knows what the goods cost
him, but that it Is harder to figure
how much it costs him to sell them.
The importance Of knowing the cost
Of selling was said to be just as great
as to know the cost Of buying and
both must be known to figure a profit
on the goods.
Money Lost on Bad Accounts.
The speaker said that much money
ID lost on bad accounts by both re-
taller and jobber. He said that cred
Il Is an asset only to the man who
Is afraid Of 1t and that he who uses
II to undersell his competitor is men
Ace and will sooner or later have a
day OF reckoning. Money talks, they
say, sometimes in a whisper and some
times 1t has difficulty In making itself
understood, but eventually it fairly !
bowls. Time may be given, but not
The staple should be made to pay |
lts proportion Of profit just the same
as any other article, said the speaker,
who deprecated the offering of sugar
As bait to sell other goods and in |
this particular he waged war on the
mail order houses, saying, "They |
make you fattering price on num- !
Der Of articles with a very low price !
On sugar as bait. But the profit they |
demand on the other articles pays for !
that lost on the sugar And remem-
ber," said he, you have to pay cash
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pr compared the mail order house to
The old Louisiana lottery and said that |
It is the greatest lottery in existence |
protected by law. The patrons of the
mail order houses were characterized !
BY the speaker as unpatriotic to the !
community in which they live.
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