The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-28
REPORT GREAT BUSINESS
Big Outing of Company to Be Held at
Lake Geneva on Friday Eve. With
Usual Program of Sports Outlook
for Coming Year Is Good.

Coming in today from every state in
the union great company of the sales
men of the Black Cat Textiles Com
pany are here to attend the annual
salesmen's convention of the company
which opened this evening and which
will be in session until Friday evening.
These men who spread the fame of
Kenosha by selling the products of the
great Black Cat Company from the
mills in Kenosha, Sheboygan and Len
nington, are coming back home bring
ing reports of the most successful year
in the history of the big textile com
pany and they are bringing as well
encouraging reports of business con
ditions and business prospects for the
coming year which indicate that the
coming year will be even a better year
in the history of the company than the
year just closing. The enthusiastic re-
ports of excellent business conditions
come from every state in the union.
The company's products have been
greatly augmented during the year
by the combination of the great mills
in Kenosha and Bennington and re-
ports show that Black Cat products
are finding markets in territories here
tofore not entered by the company.
The bic convention is to be made up
of both work and play. This morning
the visiting statesmen started work at
the plant inspecting new lines Of goods
and getting a line on the big sellers"
for the coming season.
There was get-together meeting
this morning when President G. G.
Allen, formally welcomed the boys
home and gave them a short talk on
the plans of the company for the com
ing year. A striking paragraph of the
address Of President Allen, which was
made the slogan of the convention, was
Styles may change, but institutions
are permanent. The foresighted mer-
chant relies fully as much upon the in
stitution which makes his merchandise
as he does upon the merchandise itself. /"
The first social gathering Of the con-
vention will take place at the club room
of the Hotel haywood this eveing.
The annual outing of the statesmen
and the heads of the various depart
ments of the plant is slated to be held
at Lake Geneva on Friday afternoon
and evening. Forty or fifty cars will
leave the haywood Hotel at one
O cloek in the afternoon to take the
guests to the play ground. There will
be a boat ride to be followed with
swimming races and a water carnival
and the evening will close with dinner
at the Geneva Hotel An army of en-
tertainers will be on hand for the dinner.
The formal program for the confer
ence is announced as follows:
ursday-Morning.
9:3o-Greetings -. Pres. G. G. Allen
9:45-Market Conditions, Rising
Costs and Prices .......
......... r. n. Kimball
10:00-Deliveries. E. j. Hansen
1o:15-The Credit Situation .......
.......... E. L. Shippee
10:45-Increasing Sales to Old Deal
ers II. NJ. Appel
11:00-Brass Tack Talk on Building
Close Relations With the
Retailer !. Frank Stockdale
Thursday--Afternoon.
2:O0-Why Black Cat Went Into the
Underwear Business ....
........... r. N. Kimball
2:30-Underwear Selling Plans...
..... n. w. Mendelhall
$50 - Getting Advertising Co
operation from Dealers.
.......... Frank Stockdale
4:00-1917 Advertising and Sales
Promotion 80. H. NJ. Appel
Friday-Morning.
9:3o-Hhe Hosiery Line ....
....... John Fl. Brine
10:30-The Underwear Line. 1850.
..... Fl. w. MendelhaIl
General Discussion.
1:00-Trip to Lake Geneva.
Sales representatives present at the
conference include: John Erickson,
Earle A. Goodenow, H. NJ. Mcdonald,
Max Pickhardt, Harry Summers, A. F.