Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-03
TO HOLD MERCHANTS
MEETING ON JUNE 6
Annual session VIII Receive Report
OF Past Years Work Showing
Saving 10 Members.
OFFICERS WILL BE CHOSEN
Nominating Committee VIII Select
Candidates 10 BE Voted on;
Much Interest shown.

The Retail Merchants association
of Tulsa will hold its annual meet
ing and election OF new board OF
directors in the Chamber OF Com
merce rooms Thursday evening,
June 6.
A great deal Of interest is being
shown In the election. President c.
T. Bumgarner will appoint a nomi-
mating committee who will select
the names of two or more promi-
nent men in each line of retail bust
ness to represent their line on the
ticket. Ballots will then ba~pEspared
and the names voted upon by those
present 1t is probable that at least
twenty-five members will be elected
to the board. as some classifications
Will have as many as three repre-
sentatives.
w. A. Rayson. secretary manager
OF the organization, will give de-
tailed report OF the work during the
past year, and will tell of the plans
for the immediate future. The re-
port will take up each department
and tell OF the use which the mer-
chants have made of 1t during the
past year.
Credit Department Advances.
Possibly the greatest advance OF
all has been made by the credit rat
ing department. This Is one of the
most important phases of the mer-
chants association work, especially
since the adoption of war time
credit methods" all over the United
States in both tho retail and whole
sale fields. It takes three people, a
credit manager and two assistants
to handle the work OF tho depart
ment now, whereas formerly one as.
sistant TO the secretary manager
handled the work.
Calls for credit information aver
age often over fifty day to the
office and over $4,000 individual and
firm ratings are on file The credit
managers OF the different firms
which are members of the mer-
chants association have been or
ganized. during the past year into
an auxiliary TO the parent organiza-
ton, which Is known as the Asso-
ciated Retail Credit Men of Tulsa
Adrian Randall, credit manager Of
the Vandever Dry Goods company. IL
chairman of an advisory board
which has charge OF the. credit mems
auxiliary, and the board contains
the names of nine other prominent
retail credit grantors The credit
men are endeavoring through their
organization not only to protect
themselves against the bad credit
risk, but to educate the buying
public or that part of It which uses
credit, that their credit standing is
their most important reputation in
their community, and that the re-
tail merchant grants them credit as
matter of convenience and not OF
financial accommodation.
Affiliated With National Organlza-
ton.
The local credit men are affiliat-
ed with the Retail Credit Mems Ma
! tional association and receive many
valuable suggestions from that body,
and also aid in tracing delinquent
debtors who move to other states and
cities.
Through the cooperation Of this
department the merchants have also
money on insufficient and no ac-
count checks or forgerles, which
would otherwise have been lost.
Other cases which showed intent TO
defraud have been prosecuted In
both the city and county courts, and
as a result many Of the artists have
received a much needed lesson.
The advertising and donation com
f4Fu
cIal saving to the members of the
merchants association. This COM
mittee has co-operated with the
county council OF defense and the
Chamber of Commerce, with the re-
suit that many fake advertising soli-
citors and other grafters have been
forced to leave the city without
realizing their usual donations.
Fares Refunded.
The railroad refund department
has paid out over one hundred dol
lars per month during the year in
the refund of railroad fares to out
of-town customers.
The cords show that sixty-four
new members have been gained for
the organization in the period from
June /, 1917 to June l, 1918. The
financial report shows all bills to
be paid to date, and sufficient In
come to take care Of the work un-
der the present scale for tho future,
The organization is incorporated
under the name OF the Retail Mer-
chants association and Associated
Retail Credit Men OF Tulsa, Okla
homa- The officers Of the organiza-
ton are c. T. Bumgarner, presi-
dent: Dan, Hunt and George r. Bell.
vice. presidents; s. II, King. jr.,
treasurer; w. A. Rayson. secretary
manager; ]. c. Rayson. credit mama