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Show TRADING STAMPS CONDEMNED. Grocers and Butchers PuL Trade Inducements In-ducements Under the Ban If the members of the Retail Grocers and Butchers' association have their way. trading stamps in Salt Lake will soon be a thing of the past; the name of every lradho.'it In the eit will be made known to each dealer, and a weekly paper will bo established to be devoted exclusively to the interests of the association And nil this as a result of a rousing meeting held last evening. Thi hrst thing discussed was tho trading trad-ing stamp problem. The members present pres-ent agreed to discontinue giving them with purchases, and the secretary w.as Instructed to notlf I erj dealer In the city whether a member of the association er not, that ho would be expected to Join In one grand effort to do awaj with what members were pleased to term a "nulaam e " "I am willing to epjit gllng them " said one dealer, "even if I do lose some sales A c rtaln womqn, the wife of a member of the Legislature, and who. b tho way, owns i 110,000 home, i ailed up the either elay and ordered a leg of mutton, but she said It would not be accepted unless I gai . trading stamps ThU Instance emght to be enough to convince anyone that 'the trading stamp habit Is growing." 'Yea ' said another victim, 'and what Is more the disease now appears in e -oral distinct forms. A grocer up our way offers 'theater tickets' with every purchase pur-chase of a certain amount ' As soon as possible, arrangements will be made to engage some good man who will act as collector for the members. Ho Will be paid S salary out of the association associa-tion funds and will devote his time exclusively ex-clusively to collecting accounts As a protei live measure tho names of thoso who become Indebted to the members and who full to pay up after due notice, will be furnished to the either members, and credit will he refused. Thus, In a short time no one, unless worthy, will bo uble. to get credit. The matter of establishing a pauer was brought up and referred to a committee of three It Is thought that one can be launched with but little expense to tho association, as the. wholesalers hSVS agreed to patronize the advertising columns eiulto llberully. |