The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-12
MUST BRANCH OUT
Cleveland Trade Trippers Warn
Against Segregated Business.
Tour City's Industries and At
tend c. of c. Today.

The FLU" ban on all entertainments
put the damper on the proposed plans
of the Topeka Chamber of Commerce
to entertain Cleveland visitors who
are spending today here. Eighty-two
members. including twenty-four ladies,
of the Manufacturers and Wholesale
Merchants board of the Cleveland
Chamber of Commerce arrived We'd
nesday night from St. Joseph over
special train of four pullmans, spe-
cial diner and baggage car. The
Clevelanders were welcomed here by.
w. W. Eaton, W; A. Billy and H. H.
Lewis
The party is making a tour OF the
west and far west and Topeka is the
fifth city 10 be visited. The party
left Cleveland Saturday, February Il.
and will travel nearly 1000 miles
visiting twenty cities.
The purpose of the tour according
to Charles L. Fish. president of the
board, is to establish a closer COM
mercial and industrial cooperation
between Cleveland and the cities of
the west.
The members of the party were en-
tertained at luncheon al the Cha mber
of Commerce club this noon where
George r. Mckay, president of the
Associated Investment company and
Aetna Rubber company told Topekans
that Cleveland manufacturers are al
branches in other parts OF the country.
We business men and manufacture
ers know that what this country needs
is more production" said Mr.. Mckay.
/ "A solution to that problem is not to
Segregate big business. but establish
branches all over the country"
c. L. Fish. president of the board.
thanked the Topeka Chamber of Com
merce for its hospitality and invited
members to be guests of the Cleveland
/ board.
board. W. A Billy and Elmer F.
Strain welcomed the Clevelanders in
| addresses at the luncheon.
Woman's Club Entertains
Cleveland ladies We're entertained
I this morning by members of the Wo-
mans club. They were shown thru
the department stores and in the aft
( ernoon We're taken automobile riding
over the city.
The men in the party were shown
thru the roller patent flour mills. the
Santa Fe shops and the various manu-
featuring plants of the city.
Gov. Henry J. Allen, who was so
well received when he addressed the
/ Cleveland Advertising club about two
months ago, was to receive the visitors
at the state capitol before they de-
parted from the city. The entire par
ty will leave Topeka for Wichita at
1901 Il. m. They will spend tomor-
row at Wichita and Newton and viii
then proceed over the Santa Fe to
+ Los Angeles, making stops at Santa
Fe. Albuquerque, Grand Canyon and
Phoenix.
w. H. Kelly, who is known as the
peanut king" is the chairman of the
present tour. which is the forty ninth
I in thirty-two years. The last trip was
made thru France, Belgium, England
and Scotland. and the one for next
year will be either to Alaska or South
America.
The Cleveland Party.
| Those in the party include: II. G. Akin
son. Mr. and Mrs Fred L. Ball A. l..
! Rrown Samuel H. Beck. Mr.. and Mrs. w.
II. Rotten. Mr.. and Mrs. Il. A. Collins.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ Chisholm. Mr.. and Mrs.
sam w. Emerson. Charles L. Fish. Mr.. and
Mrs. r. 2. Forbes. d. w. Goblet. Mr.
and Mrs. William TNrdie. Miss Helen
Guenther. J. f. Hill. Mr.. and Mrs. G. NJ.
! Huber. Mr.. and Mrs. W. G. Hubert, James
L. f. Jappe. Mr.. and Mrs. John faster.
| f. r. A. Kellum W. II. Kelley. George w.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Henry F. Klein, Tom Knight.
I Mr.. and Mrs. George W. KortZ. +. f..
! Lawrence Mr.. and Mrs. o. f. Leopold.
I George X. Mckay. Mr.. and Mrs. F :.
! Macoureck, Samuel Il. Mason. Mr. and Mrs.
/ George II. Miller. Hunter Harrison. Mr..
| and Mrs. w II. Phillips, Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore Popolowski. Mr.. and Mrs. A. +.
! Sankey Elmer J. Sapp. F. s. Schultz. Mr..
and Mrs ]. Seidman. Jesse Seidman, Sid
ney Scidman, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles +.
! Seifried. Henry A Taylor. Clarence f.. Ter
| rilI. Miss Nina r. Terrill. Vim. 7. Van
/ AIKEN. Clarence p. Walker Mr.. and Mrs.
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