Show MERCHANTS HAVE NAVE BEER NEGLECTED Such Is Charge Made Against Last Legislature by Lorenzo Jensen BUSINESS MEN TALK GET ACQUAINTED MEETING IS ISA ISA ISA A SUCCESS The state legislature which adjourned last week was severely criticised last night by Lorenzo Jensen state organizer of oC the State Retail Grocers association for lor its failure to pass any measure af aC affording affording fording retail merchants in the state more protection than they now have and aiding them in cooperating with each other Mr Jensens talk was made at the Get Acquainted meeting of ot the merchants of Salt Lake and neighboring counties held beld at the Chamber of ot Commerce under the tho auspices of ot the Manufacturers and Mer Met Merchants Merchants chants association last night Failed in Duty I 1 hope the day will come when Utah will have a II legislature that will do some sonic something thing for the merchants of the state as aswell aswell well veli as for its other industries The recent legislature failed to do one single thing to better conditions among the re retailers retailers of the state Everything they did along other lines merely Instigates com corn competition competition petition where cooperation pre prevail prevail prevail vail The speaker explained the conditions with which merchants here have bave to con contend contend contend tend and urged a closer personal ac no acquaintance acquaintance state among all retailers in the Good Crowd Out About bout oo merchants m from Crom Salt Lake Cache Davis Das Weber and Utah counties assembled at nt the Chamber of oC Commerce in spite of the inclement weather The officers of the Merchants and Manufacturers Manufacturers association served punch and aid re refreshments re refreshments and an orchestra furnished music for tor the occasion The short talks delivered by representative tato business men had to o do largely with trade conditions in the counties or parts of counties represented by bJ the re respective respective speakers All were interesting and full of valuable suggestions Nephi L Morris one of the directors of oC the Merchants and Manufacturers as association association welcomed the guests in a a speech in which he touched briefly brieC on th the purpose of o the meeting Joseph E Wil Wll Wilson son of Logan talked of oC the knitting in industry industry of oC that place and of at this section of the state C C Crapo of Sandy ex cx explained explained ed the operations of mall mail mai order houses about that place and advised mer merchants merchant merchants chants chant to fight the patronage of such institutions Wants More Orchards William Roylance of oC Provo Prove declared that Utah land is splendidly adapted for fruit growing gowing and stated state that if IC more at attention attention attention had been paid to orchard plant Ing ins in this section of ot the state 3 years ears pant pantIng ago agoan agoan agoan an immense revenue would have resulted by this time John Q Critchlow of oC Salt SaIl Lake explained the work of the Utah Credit Mens lens association Mayor II 1 J Sheffield of Kaysville stated that there are canning factories in the state and that more are needed He ex cx explained explained at length the growth of the can canning canning ning fling industry at Kaysville Kaysie Mayor Charles Brown of Murray advocated a amore amore amore more extensive patronage of home Indus Industries Industries industries tries Mayor James Jensen of or Sandy de declared declared elated that the first thing that town tonn needs is an electric railroad connecting Is with Salt Sal Lake Le He lie said s ld further that better and more extensive irrigation i iu needed about Sand Sandy and that that place affords a splendid location for Cor a can canning ning factory factor L C Manger Mariger of oC Salt Lake declared everybody in the state should boost bost Utah when away awa from home Thomas L Page Pago of Riverton discussed the railroad bill bi An Informal discussion of trade condi conditions conditions lions In the state was VV indulged in aCe the meeting Orson Oron Hewlett Hewlet president ent or orthe of orthe the Merchants and Manufacturers asso association clation closed the meeting with wih a aCe few remarks appropriate to the occasion |