The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-08-11

dent, Allegheny Tableland association,
will give the address of welcome, and
Thomas A. Dunn, president, Pitts
burgh Chamber of Commerce, will
respond.
There will be addresses by repre-
sentative of Maryland and one from
West Virginia. Joseph T. Miller,
chairman of the Allegheny Tableland
Council representing the Pittsburgh
Chamber of Commerce, will outline,
the plan of operation for the remain
ing sessions.
The remaining business part of the
program will be broken into three Sec
tions. The first, Section "A", will be
a conference of retail merhants, with
w. M. Jacoby, secretary of the Retail
Merchants association of Pittsburgh,
presiding. The subject of the confer
ence will be problems of Retail Mer-
chants in Town and Country" Cen
eral discussion at this meeting will
be carried on under the heads of
Buying, Publicity" and "Distribu-
tion," the latter including credit and
finance. E. ]. Priddey of the adver-
Using staff of Gimbel Brothers, Pitts
burgh, will head the discussion.
In order to obtain the maximum
benefits of the conference, it is ear
nestly hoped that the merchants of
the Tableland district will present
their problems for suggestions and
answers by men who have had wide
experience in retailing ranging from
the village store to the large metro
politan institution. The exchange of
ideas and frank discussion Of these
problems will lead to mutual benefits
for all attending.
Section "B" will be a conference
for the wholesale dealers and will be
in charge of w. P. Benson, president
and general manager of the Dilworth
Company, Pittsburgh. This section
will discuss thoroughly the distribu-
ton and sale of Tableland products;
the preparation and packaging of
these products for market; and the
prices probably obtainable for the
various grades. This SETON will also
take up the problems of distribution
of goods by wholesalers in the Pitts
burgh market center, referring par
ticularly to interchange of products
between the Tableland and the Pitts
burgh district on wholesale basis.
The lest section, Section "C', will
be conference on regional planning.
The chairman of this group will be
Frederick Bigger of the Municipal
Planning association of Pittsburgh, a
acknowledgement expert on this sub
ject. The subjects to be discussed in
clude Conservation, Forests and
Streams, Recreation, Festivals, Re-
gional Health, Sports, Rural Develop
ment and Transportation.
All three sections will convene at
800 and continue until 500 p. M, or
such an hour as those in charge deem
proper. 1t is intended that each Sec
ton will draft and act on resolutions
which will be presented to the even
ing session scheduled at 500 p. m.
At the evening session there will be
addresses by spakers representing the
three states included in the Tableland
area.
These meetings are open to the
public and it is desired to give as,
much opportunity as possible to de-
velop personal acquaintanship. On
Saturday morning, August 81, the
meetings will begin at $3.50 and con-
tinue until HOO
Boundaries of the Allegheny Table
land will be determined, and constitu-
tional changes and organization to
promote setup, cooperative effort,
through the Pittsburgh Chamber of
Commerce, general reorganization
of the Allegheny Tableland associa-
ton, and method of properly financ-
ing future efforts will be considered.
The matter of reorganization and
constitutional changes will be pre-
scented by Joseph T. Miller, president,
Allegheny Tableland Council.
Word has been received that John
A. McSparran, secretary of Agricul-
ture, of the Commonwealth Of Penn
sylvania has tentatively accepted an
invitation to be present. 1t is also
expected that DR.. Charles Reitell,
director of the Greater Pennsylvania
Council will be present during part of
the convention.
After the adjournment at II o'clock
Saturday there will be tour to
Blackwater Falls where lunch will be
served. The visitors from Pittsburgh
remaining over Saturday night will
make a further tour of the beautiful
scenic region in the southern part of
the Tableland.
There is no restriction of any sort
on attendance of thiS conference and