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Show I RETAIL MERCHANTS I 0PENJIM1 H Elect Officers for New Term HI and Hear Important fl Addresses. H CO-OPERATION IS URGED H Would Secure Needed Legists Legis-ts lalion for Protection of General Trade. President: H JAMES M. CARLSEN, Ogden. First Vice-President: C. M. LEES, Salt Lake. Second Vice-President: W. E. STOKER, Provo. Third Vice-President: G. F. GROVER, Garland. Fourth Vice-President: R. L. SHEFFIELD, Logan. Secretary: F. H. WHITGOMBE, Ogdcn. Treasurer: H. P. NIELSEN, Salt Lake. Retail merchants of Utah opened their annual state convention at Entries hall yesterday, electing olli-cora olli-cora to s-crvo until the next annual slate convention, which will "bo held within thirty days after tho next an-nual an-nual convention of the national org.au-iation. org.au-iation. This moans that tho newly elected officers will sorve ahout eight Hj months, provided they aru not re-clcetcd lu tho morning thorc was but. a brief and informal meeting, the actual busi-ness busi-ness of iho day having boon aceom-plished aceom-plished at. the meeting which convened at 2 o'clock in tho afternoon. In his opening address C. M. Lees. f.lale president, reviewed the histor' of the association from its inception in l tah, reciting tho experiences of hini-self hini-self and others in an interesting man-ner. man-ner. He showed wherein great good had been accomplished by the association for the trade and urged tho merchants to draw closer together and stand for their interests. Address of Welcome. B. M. Olson, president of tho Salt Lnke association, made, an address of hearty welcome to (ho delegates and pleaded most eloquently for unity and brotherhood among business men. The- response ol Presidont "W. A. .lames of the Ogdcn association was rc-pleto rc-pleto with pood advico to retailers. Tie pointed to the work of tho association in bringing about, the early closing of stores. Through tho united action of association members, ho said, annual losses in chnrgo accounts had been re-1 re-1 duced from f to less than per cent. 1 lie. urged rotail butchers to work for tho passage of a stato law forbidding the slaughter of calves under 6 months old. lie said that such a law would rc-suit rc-suit in ;in increase of beof production, contending that such a regulation ob-s-onod througfiout the United States would give to the country 250,000,000 more cattle in fivo yoars. j lie advised retailers to work for tho 1 election of state. legislators who would 1 not work ngainst retailers even if they 1 did not work for them. Progress Is Recounted. The address of J. S. (.'urvcr of Ogdcn j was u strong plea for friendliness and o operation among merchants. Ho re-ountcd re-ountcd iH-onts in tho progress of local and national work in tho association, showing a betterment of conditions for retailers as this work had proceeded. .lames. M. Carlson reported on 'the work ot the national convention, to which he was a delegate, and whose achievements, he said, wcro of great iuo io members of tho state and lo-cal lo-cal associations. Hc gav0 ospoeial at-tontion at-tontion to resolutions adopted by the national organization, and said thai, j one had but to consider them to bo commend that great good was being accomplished. Ho said that the en-thusiasm en-thusiasm exhibited at the convention Hj was contagious, and expressed a wish j that more Utah men had "been there. v- Wilcox t,f Ogden talked on Irade Ifpln lions," discussing various conditions affecting tho rotail trade, Hj particularly quarterly buying. .lohn A. Grcon, national secretary, was introduced, ana spoke briefly, fo-licilating fo-licilating the delegates upon the good work of the association, and urging H persci erance. Legislation Needed. V. IL "Whitcombo, secretary of tho Ocden association, discussed needed lecislation. Speaking of the garnish-meut garnish-meut laws of Utah, he said that thoy were badly in need of amendment, and ured the association to formulnto some measure for presentation to the H (oiiiiut: legislature. H Under the head of the good of the j association, J. M. Carlsen offered a 1 resolution indorsinc all work and reso-H reso-H lutions of the national convention, and j it was unanimously adopted. H J. W. Wilcox made a motion, which H was carried, providing that tho next H tatc convention bo held -within thirty H las after ad.iournmont of tho next j national convention, and that state 1 ohlcers elected at this time servo up 1 that time, which would give them j a tenure of about eight months. H .T. $ Carver moved that the old H ofliccrs coutinuo to serve for the eicht H months, but tho motion was voted H down and the election was regularly H proceeded with, resulting as set forth H in the uponing of this report. H At Clayton ha last night John A. H ftrceu, national secretary, made an ad-H ad-H dress on "The Association." The talk 1 dalt with the work of the organiza-H organiza-H tiou, its scope, tho membership, tho H nbiecL1; yet to bo achieved, and gave H detailed reports on the various aclivi- f rs of the national association, ns hc H id obprved their effects in his H f'.cl o". fr the country. |
