The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-28
Troubles Of Storekeeper and Welfare
Work and Dayton Gardens E1-
p'a.He1 70 keek.k Audl-
enee Last Night.
MOTION PICTURES USED
Lecture Given Under Auspices OF the
Retailers Leaoue-kindfg's
Band Plays Program at
Beginning

| An education In retail mercnano1S-
! ing, and lesson in welfare WORK
were given the audience last night
which filed the Elks hall to hear the
| lecture and see the pictures present
ed by the National Cash Register Co.,
under the auspices Of the Keokuk Re-
! tailers league. The Elks auditorium
was crowded, and the entertainment
was interesting and instructive. Both
slides were shown, and r. c. Rout-
song Of the National Cash Register
ccm PAW explained the pictures and
gave lecture On how to remedy trou-
bles of storekeeper.
The welfare work OF the company
was presented in a most interesting
fashion. The pictures showed the be-
ginning of the plant, how the early
buildings were replaced with modern
light, airy structures, and how the
company installed many innovations
such as restaurants, reading rooms,
recreation spots and the like all for
the employees. The garden planting,
and the resulting gardens which have
made Dayton famous were described
and pictured.
How Storekeeper Profits.
Through the medium Of pictures the
troubles, of a storekeeper were de-
scribed and remedies prescribed. The
pictures told graphically the story OF
how a retail grocer. shaved fourteen
hours day for less returns than he
paid some of his clerks. He eliminat-
ed the leaks and built up prosper
Gus business, through the adoption OF
a modern business system. The
speaker pointed out that failures IN re-
tail concerns In the United States
amounted to more than two hundred
millions of dollars last year.
Retail merchants must learn Ell
cient methods, he said. During 1915,
there were $500 failures in general
stores and 800 failures Of the gro
Gerry stores. These failures do not in
clude the failures in other retail bus
inesSes.
A recent investigation by the Har-
ward university shows that the aver
age grocery store pays only Ats per
cent profit on its investment. Late
statistics of the federal trade COM
mission based on $4,000 cases, shows
that only $1,000 of them kept the
proper set of books. These were
manufacturers, jobbers, and retailers.
Concert by Band.
Besides the picture and lecture,
! the audience was given treat in the
appearance Of Kindig's Concert band.
THE organization under the direction
| of John B. Kindig. played short
program at the beginning Of the meet
ling. When Mr. Routsong began to
speak, he voluntarily paid q tribute
to the organization and emphasized
i how a concert band Of this type means
! a great deal to city.
| Mr.. Routsong paid high compl1'
ment to the efficiency of the organ.
tization. and praised the playing or
| the musicians composing the band
He said that he realized the import.
lance of a band to any community, and
The hoped that local people would real.
iize the vast Importance to keokuk Oh
their fine concert organization.
Officers Express Thanks.
The officers of the keokuk Retail
ters league wish to express their ap
Ipreciation to the local people who as
| sisted in making the lecture sue
cess They wish TO thank the ofncers
OF the Elks for the use of the nall
and to thank Professor Kindig ano
his musicians for their part in the pro
gram. The officers extend thel1
thanks to the three furniture stores
Duncan-Schell, Linquist Bros, anc
Schell-Demple for the chairs they
loaned for the occasion.
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