The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-11-14
CLUB MEMBERSHIP PLAN
COM MERciAL foRGANI-
ZATION BUILDS
Matter of Truck Line Between
Mankato and Twin Cities
To Be Considered

Work is going ahead on The multi
pie. membership plan of the Mankato
Commercial club. The committee that
has in charge the putting of this over
consists of F. E. Crandall, George w.
Sugden. Frank G. Thomas, C. w. Fish
er and l. N. Tompkins. Thus far the
committee has confined its attention
to the larger concerns. and has met
with considerable success, and it il
thought that there IS little question
now but that 1t will be adopted and
co-operated in by all of the business
interests of the city. This is the first
step locking toward a reorganization
of the club and putting it on a more
efficient basis, SO that il can do the
things that it should do. A meeting
of the club is, planned for the near
future, when SOME important matters
are to come up.
A Minneapolis man is to COME to
lMankato next week to take up with
the Commercial club thesmalter of es-
tablishing a truck line, between Man
kato and the twin cities. If he de-
cides that the available business war
rants he. expects to put on a sufficient
number of trucks to give some real
service every day, running on regu-
lar schedules. There is no question
but what truck transportation is the
coming thing, and that it will relieve
the railroads of much of their short
haul work.
L. A. Taylor and c. l.. Hood of CHS
holm were callers at the Commercial
club headquarters yesterday. They
are connected with the National Life
Insurance company of Chicago and
plan to make Mankato their home
next spring, moving their families
here.
The conference of Commercial club
secretaries of the northwestern states,
which is to be held in st. Paul, Nov
ember 20 and 81, promises to be a
large and important gathering. The
| st. Paul association and the Mime
apolis association of Commerce are
co operating. The program Is now
being made up, and Secretary Soaring
of this city has been asked to read
a paper on the subject of financing
ccnventions and large gatherings.
The Merchants Trade Journal OF
Des Moines, Iowa, recently sent out q
QUESTIONABLE on the approximate per-
centage of business operation costs.
The Commercial club has received a
summary of the results a~scertained,
which are as follows:
Furniture, average twenty seven per
cent range of reports twenty to thir-
ty- three and one third per cent, high
est in middle west and east, lowest in
northwest and east central.
Drygoods, average twenty seven per
lcent, range thirty five to twenty per
cent, highest in east and southwest,
lowest in southeast.
Groceries, average seventeen per
cent, range twenty to fifteen per cent,
highest in middle west and southeast,
lowest in east central and west.
Clothing, average twenty five per
lcent, range thirty three to twenty
one per cent, highest in middle west
and southwest, lowest in east central.
Shoes. average twenty four per
cent. range thirty two to twenty per
cent highest in west and southwest
lowest in middle west and east cen
trial.
Meats. average twenty-five per
cent, range thirty three to thirteen
per cent, highest in middle west and
west. lowest in east.
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