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Show MERCHANTS DISCUSS NEEDLESS REQUESTS Demands for Purchase of Tickets, and Petty Advertising Adver-tising Under Discussion. The first luncheon and business meeting meet-ing of the Business Men's alliance since its reorganization under the auspices of the retail-wholesale department of the Commercial club was held at the club yesterday, when plans were laid for putting put-ting up the bars against everything which may be considered unnecessary in the i way of indiscriminate advertising, ticket selling for benefits and charities of unrecognized un-recognized merit. The luncheon was presided pre-sided over by J. F. Harding of the Walk-Over Walk-Over Shoe company. A committee, consisting of Joseph, Patrick, Pat-rick, Charles F. Adams and F. A. Fyke, was appointed to confer with the state council of defense relative to war charities chari-ties and what they really are. It was the general expression that various angles of charitable work, some of them with no recognized head, and appeals pouring into the business houses daily have resulted in a drain upon the retail merchant. It was made clear that all of the merchants are ready and willing to respond to legitimate legiti-mate appeals for aid for the soldier, but it was considered that If such charity were made to emanate from some central cen-tral body, better results would be accomplished ac-complished and more direct benefit accrue. ac-crue. It was suggested that a movement be started to bring students to a realization realiza-tion of the fact that too steady a demand de-mand for advertising support is being made by school publications, and that some of the school publications be suspended, sus-pended, including school programmes and year books. A proposed change in the by-laws of the organization, providing for the placing of a ban on the s ale of tickets for various vari-ous benefits and entertainments in the local stores, was discussed. It is proposed pro-posed that the merchants shall agree on a policy whereby there shall be no further selling of tickets in the downtown stores and offices by benefit and entertainment enter-tainment promoters, it being the general sentiment that the selling of tickets among the employees of the stores and offices is not only an imposition on the employees, but consumes much of their time and tends to reduce efficiency in their work. |