San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-05
Bylaws Are Adopted and
Tentative Campaign Is
Arranged.
WILL AID RETAILERS
G. A. c. Half and Fred.
P. Mann Are the Prin-
cipal Speakers.

meeting held in the ballroom of the
Gunter Hotel Saturday morning. OF
ficers of the league have already beer
elected and the meeting Saturday was
called purposely to perfect the or
gan;zation. G. A. c. Half and Fred
p. Mann made short speeches follow
ing the adoption of the bylaws.
About go statesmen were present at
the meeting Saturday morning which
was called promptly at 0 o'clock and
lasted until about o'clock that after
noon.
Mr.. Halff was the first speaker OF
the day. He highly commended the
speeches made by Mr.. Mann, nation
ally known merchant. in San Antonio
last week. Mr.. Half brought out sew.
eral good selling points that the sales
men probably will employ il. boosting
San AntoniO-made products.
In addition to this he pointed out
that advertising was the chief means
by which a firm could achieve sue
cess. He urged advertising by per-
sonal letters as well as in the news
papers.
Can Aid Retailer.
Cooperation of the jobber and
salesman enables statesmen in turn IN
cooperate with retailers. Mr.. Half
said. The salesman is the one who
visits the country merchant, bring
ing him new ideas and assisting him
in selling merchandise.
Mr.. Mann's speech was along the
same line as the one he made to visit
ing merchants Friday night at thu
Gunter Hotel. Mr.. Mann told the
statesmen how they could help build
the market and said that they were
responsible in great part, for tho
increase or decrease of business be
tween merchants of the surrounding
towns and San Antonio jobbers and
| manufacturers.
The salesman is the first man TO
visit the country stores every week
said Mr.. Mann. He told of the i'm
portance of the salesman's educatior
along merchandising lines. He said
that the travelling salesman shout
receive the proper education which
! would make him an expert in retail
merchandising. If this is accom-
! plished, he said, the retail business OF
Texas could be revolutionizod.
At n salesmen's convention held
here two months ago. the San Antonio
Salesmen's League was formed. The
final perfecting of the organization i
said to be one of the biggest accom-
| pliShments of Trade Week. 4 total
of 2SG statesmen took out charter
memberships in the association and
names are being received daily by {,
, c. Wolfe of the Trade Extension De
/ partment
To Brighten Stores.
n campaign to brighten the out-o1-
| town stores in San Antonio's trade
territory is being planned by the sales
men which will be the first of theii
! accomplishments.
MIR. Mann suggested that salesman
ship schools be held in San Antonio
which local statesmen could attend at
! least once a week. At the schools
| sales managers can meet with the
| statesmen. Suggestions can be made
thai often prove valuable to the man.
ayers as well as the statesmen at thes'
meetings.
The statesmen have adopted slogan
for their new organization. 1t is
Service and Satisfaction" which cor
responds to their lapel button which.
reads, IS. A. 81
At the meeting Saturday Mr.. Mann
was elected an honorary member OF
the league. The following are the of
ficers of the s. A. S. League: Nathan
X. Tracey, president; ]. Il. Kilmer
vice president; c. G. Wolfe, secretary
and treasurer. Directors are: Oti1
Krop. Harry Robinson, Leon Pinn
Joe Mueller, J. b. Gilmer, ]. T. Beh-
rens. Alex Kruger, II. G. Muir
Harry II. Troy. The following are
members of the $. A. $. League:
Allensworth. r. b. Allsup. o: w. Almy.
q. H. Alterkruse. i. II. Althage. +. j.
Amber. NJ: NJ. Armand. Charles Arm
brust. Paul +. Armstrong.
A. W. Bacon. b. Badger. r. ID. Baga-
ley. L. Z. Baker. David L, Barr Jr.'
Eugene d. Barr. G. s. Barr. +. d. Basse,
Howell c. Baxter, Oscar Beck. John f.
| Behren. Jack herman. Bledsoe Barney
Bert. =. V. Betters, II. NJ. Belts, 4. Il.
Boyer. Gus Bledsoe George Boeck. o. F.
Bordelon. NJ, II. Braden, G. V. Brewer,
r. L. Briggs C. NJ. Brosseau. Gus Brown
J. o. Bryant, O. II. Brynes. William c.
]. d. Camera. Thomas A: Cardwell
Alfred j. Carrie. F. j. Carrie. Andrew
Carrier, Henry Carr. T. W. carraway
+, II. Cary; A, 3. Case. d. a; cashle'
Ellis CLANCY. II. E. Chrome. William G
Clegg. c. F. Collins. W. Comstock. jeff
Condor, p. c. Copeland p. cornitin'
Jr. II, N. Cox, E. NJ, Crane. ". a. CRAY
II. A. Daffern, a. C. Danforth. George
Dankberg. r. 7. Davis. T; p. Dean, wal
ter F. Deeth. E. L. Dennis. Erwin Dent
| L. No. Do ul De-
vail S. Joseph Dielmann. c. Dixon: Ec
Dodd. F. f. Doyle, J.. y. Doyle, W. II
| Doyle, w. II. Doyle. W. J. Doyle. Louis
Dreeke, E. d. DuBose, F.. J. Ducos, r
| A. Dugosh. NJ. Dullnig, r. L. Dunn, Z.
W. J. Eckeroth. J. X. Eichelberger
W. G. Ellis. T. /. Enderle. H; w: En- En-
George Faber, Cecil F. Feike. Pet
Fierro. NJ. J. Fink. A. " Fitzgerald. DaI
r. Flores. Laurence Flume. o. l.. Fort
Max Garcia. Otto Gass. A. Gieseck. G
p. gill, L. c. Gilliland. 4. A. Goering
W. S. Golf. Jake Goldenberg. NJ. Gold
smith. ]. W. Goodman. II. s. Gonzalez
George Goodin. Alex Goodman, L. {,
Green, Emil Greeven. Carl r. Groos. +
NJ. Groos. E. J. Gruenwald. F. A. Guer
c. C. Halbedi Alex Haiff. Harr:
Hankins, j. II. Hanklnson. Otto Han
mich. d. H. Hanson. E. A. Hardick. j
c. Hadin. Edmund l.. Hadwiek, o. 7
| Hardwick. W. +. Harvey. G.. l.. Harris
E. II. Harris. Alex Hart, W. o. Has
drof Ben II. Halfway, II. f. HaycOck
E. p. Haye. Norman Hayman. z. v
| Hcady. II. II. Hickman, ]. y. Heffron
Charles Helck. F. L. Heilig. Gus Heinz
George A. Holland. Leon Henry. Georg
| Herber, z. j. Hermann. II. c. sherman
dez H. a. Herndon. Robert Heye, y
Hicks; W. H. Iuden; E. J. Hit, WI
liam HoelzeF. w. A. HOhner' c, p H0l