Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-01-14
PLANS MADE FOR
 MANY MERCHANTS
Little Rock Arranges Interesting Pro- gram for Meeting of Merchants aud Bankers Tomorrow.

1 Little Rock, aJn. 14.-Merchants and bankers from virtually every county in the State are expected to at tend the Arkansas Retail Merchants meeting at the Hotel Marion, begin ming at 10 o'clock Wednesday morn 1 ing. Preparations are being made for an attendance of at least 5000. l The leading wholesale houses have written the merchants over the State with whom they deal urging the i'm portance of their presence. The re- sponse indicates that there will be a representative of business men from nearly every town.
 The implement dealers are especial ly interested in the meeting, some of the largest concerns in the State hav- ing sent word that they will be repres- ented.
 Every bank in the State has been requested by the Arkansas Bankers Association to send one of it's officers or directors.
 The meeting was called by the Prof itable Farming Bureau of the Little Rock Board of Commerce to stimulate tke interest of the merchants of the State in the effort to increase the pro- ducton of agriculture in Arkansas by $300,000,000 within five years. which is being promulgated by the Profi- t; ble Farming Bureau under the dir ection of H. M Cotrell, agricuiturist of the bureau.
 To achieve this goal means that every county must increase the pro- duction of it's farms over $3,00O,OO0 during the next five years To do this, every interest in the State must CO., operate.
 According to the plans of MT. Cot trell, everybody will be called on to help, not only the farmers, but also the merchants, professional men, bankers, the churches, school lodges, clubs, woman's societies and other organizations will be assigned a part l in the boosting of better farming.
 The merchants are the first group | of interests called into Statewide and their meeting Wed nesday is attracting wide interest even outside the State.
 Full Program.
 Call to order at 10 o'clock by E. J. Bodman, chairman of the Profitable Farming Bureau.
 Music by military band.
 Opening Address-"Wh This Con- ference" by w. B. Smith, member board of governors, Little Rock Board of Commerce.
 Address-"Safe Farming that Will Make Merchandising Safe in 1919,' by w. c. Lasseter, director of the Uni versity Extension Division.
 Address" Making Collections Sure Next Fall," by C.. G. Henry, president of the Arkansas Bank and Trust Com- pany, Newport.
 Address-"The Personal Service that It Will Pay Each Arkansas Mer- chant to Give His Farm Customers by H. M. Cotrell, agriculturist for the Little Rock Board of Commerce.
 Recess until 1:30 o'clock.
 scussion-"Insuring Merchants Collections and Profits in 1919." Six minute talks by B. P. Kidd of Doyle Kidd Dry Goods Co.,; H. H. Tucker of Zones Bros. Hardware Co.,; E. Il. Fay Tor; Hugh Hart of Campbell & Hart, insurance agency; J. B. Dickinson of Cooper Dickinson Grocery Co.,; J. T. Beal; Joe Lyons of the Joe Lyons Ma chinery Co.,: Sidney West of Crump, Britton X West, cotton brokers
 Discusion-"What the Merchants of My County Can and Will Do to Make Farming More Profitable in 1913" by ten visiting counties.
 Moving pictures showing scenes talk en by the Profitable Farming Bur eau on prosperous livestock farms in Iowa, Wisconsin and Missouri last summer.