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Show HERJETODAY Annual Meeting Opens This Morning With Delegates Present rom Every State. i epresentatjve Dealers of Country to Discuss Many Vital Problems of Business Methods. ;The delegates to the National Retail Toctrs' convention began to pour lute lie city yesterday from every state in he union and, judging: from the energy I the first arrivals, the convention will e most successful. About 500 were taken "jr a forty-mile automobile drive in and bout Salt Lako yesterday afternoon, rc-nilng rc-nilng to McDonald's roof garden for Inner, and many expressions of wonder 'ere made at the beautiful scenery they 'jtnesscd while on the drive. ' .'All delegates were met upon arrival by ic reception committee of the Utah State fsociation and escorted by automobile ) the Hotel Utah for registration, thence ) the various hotels in which accommo-itions accommo-itions had been reserved. Relegates enjoy 1ut0mobile rides. Practlcallii- every retail and wholesale Jerclnnt In the city lias donated auto--ifjblles for the use of delegates and their Ives during the convention, klhe Hotel Utah. is once more assuming contention aspect with throngs of rlb-Hi-beuecked delegates in the lobby. The lezzanine floor is lined with booths in Pl'-'li local and national concerns will "Play their products. P first session of the convention will ;S called to order this morning In . the Ulroom of the Hotel Utah at 9:30 o'clock . 'I John W. Wilcox, vice president of the tali Retail Merchants association. Mayor ' Slont Ferry will glvo the address of flconie to which response will be made John A. Ulmer, vico president of the ftional Association of Retail Grocers, her addresses will be made by William .Unlock, director of the local association, A. Spinney, trustee .of the national -A'dation, anci president J. H. Schacfer Davenport, Iowa. Following the pres- .'nt's address the appointment of coin- J'tees will take place. This will terml-' terml-' the morning session. f FICERS TO MAKE XUAL REPORTS. Tho alternoon session will convene at Mock, when the real business of the ("'union will commence with a report :fm tlie following officers, in the order yen: Secretary John J. Ryan. Treasurer Main Jeffrey; trade relations, J. II. tos; ways and means, J. A. Cunnlng-.f1: Cunnlng-.f1: legislative. George M. Peterson; f acceptance. J. S. Carver; bulletin. Jehle. Addresses will then be niado arl ' B,'and' President National Roasters association, and by Leon ' Hattonbach. trustee of the national Relation, state reports will then be ft-ived from tne presicient of each state wiatlon. after which the meeting will '"urn until Tuesday morning, mediately after the morning session f ocltgntes ami their vlve3 will adjourn L. t;,hernacle for an organ recital, j.r .which a tour of the temple grounds F no marie, returning to the Hotel Utah "inc.ieon. " the evening the Asparagus club will in,.., i,s tentli anniversary with a hi f the ballroom of the Hotel Utah, c ""Wrasus club Is an auxiliary of In al association and Is limited 4'.ety-hine members, new members .jroming associated onlv in the event ' member dropping out or in case of in- .ouls Schank of Salt Lake Is f President of the club. It'tf , u'pss to be given bv Leon M. id n n h on "Cash and farrv vs. Credit ueiivery is looked forward to with its i ter,?' as this Is one of the big "ons i,efore the rotHn merchant to- fini,., , "Cash and Carrv" slogan was ! by several of the larger concerns shnrtiy after the entry of the fc ' st-ies In the war and has slowly. niryr,ls'enU'. spread throughout the jJ.JUenbach has spent much time on the feral0'.11" luestion and has prepared -cLlggt'.cs to prove that a cash and 'jlcntlnued 011 Page 2, Column 1.) ' i Hit RETAIL Every State Represented by Delegates Gathered for Convention. First Business Sessions of Organization to Be Kcld Today. (Continued from Page One.) en rry system 1h of profit to both mer-clin mer-clin nt anil onnyume r. All the? i j t si 1 1 merchants of Rait Lake ami Kurruundlnic i-itli-H are exn'td to attend tlie convention and to brinfr op any problems relative tu their business tor discussion. The ladies' convention commit lee, oi which Mrs. I.ouis Schanlc of .Salt Lake is chairman, has prepared an elaborat" proc.ram for the entertainment of the' visiting lady delegates, who will he well cnt'-l'lained. Ooiunieneiui; at S o'clock this morninK. the. ladies will he tmesis at breakfast at the Hole I'tah, ladies of the Utah officials offi-cials beinct the hostesses. Alter the breakfast the delegates and visitors will assemble In the lobby of the holel for a "u.-t aoounintcd" reception, which .will last until 11 '', when a special oritan recital re-cital will 1 e civen In the tabernacie. Following the recital a tour will he made throiiL'h the temple grounds with a K"lnj lecturer. In tlie afternoon the ladies will pay a visil to the Mores arid other places of interest, retliriiloK in time for the hanipier to be Kvn by the .Asparagus rlnl, in the Hotel I'tah at p. ni. Thursday morula!,- the ladies will ns-srnbic ns-srnbic on the mezzanine floor of the llolel I'tah at 11 o'clock and will go In a bodv to the roof itarlen for a banquet bincheon. after which they will be taken for Informal automobile rid-s about the cllv t I p m. all wiil adjourn to the loh'hv of the Hotel rtah to meet the other deleKatea before Koine to nltalr as guests of the Halt Lake City associat.on. Ogden to Entertain. Wednesday the dclecutes and wives and visitors will loornev 10 Osden as sqests of the Ocplen association.. The time ot departure has not as yet been determined deter-mined Outside of the banouet to he irlveo nt the Holel Hermitage, no hint has "been uiven out as to the other forms ol entertainment planned by the CJKden association. , , ... cabaret roof garden luncheon will be plven to the ladles Thursday at McDon-rld'c McDon-rld'c roof garden. The ladies will assemble assem-ble (,n the mezzanine Uoor of the Hotel Utah at 11 a. m. t r, p m in the convention hall of the Hotel fiaii, will he held the national association bamiiiel. and. in the vernacular ver-nacular of one of tho delegates, It will close the show. The ladies of the convention committee are Mesdamcs D. A. Affleck. B. M. Olson Ol-son T H Davis, Al Davis. G. Tl. Harper, J. MeCullousii. K. VrlKht, Cliailes Cot-trcll Cot-trcll F 1'oiilton, Ij. Schank, .1. Carver F. F. Williams, A. Copo, S. A. Nicholas O. V. Wilcox. F. A. Petty, J. 11 TiHoixen. A. .lames and F. B. Pickett. II. I. Puree, president of the. Retail Grocers and H'di'iievs' association of Atlanta At-lanta On., together with Fred llowser and Frni!i Kamper of the same city, J were anions the earlv arrivals yesterday, jlnrse stales tliat Atlanta is goilifT after t lie ' convention for next year, and feels so eniv.a.eul of ".cttin-' It that the association asso-ciation has .--tarted prepa rations already. The California deleca;':ori to the' convention, con-vention, which arrived yesterday, consists of the following persons: Frank P.. Connolly, Con-nolly, Ar.irust Johnson, Wil'iam F. Fei-1intf". Fei-1intf". carl W miner, H. S. Elliott of San Francisco. Charles A. Hess, Arthur l.ee and R. W. Dole of I-os Anseles, C. D. Hinkle of Santa Cruz and Al Smith of Sacramento. Other arrivals were J. A. Cunnlnsham, J J. Rvan, J. A. rimer, Mr. and Mrs. John H Seh.aefer of Davenport. Iowa: William ' JelTery of Hornell, N. Y., and .oh 11 A. Gi"en. D. A. Affleck, president of the Utah Retail Me'-ehants' association, says that a most cordial invitation has been extended ex-tended lo all merchants to attend this prand convention, especially to retailers of teiirhhoiinLt states, whore the short distance makes expense lighter than from far-away states. HP HIS group shows some of the first delegates to arrive in Salt Lake to attend the National Ketail Grocers' convention. Below, reading from left to right, are William Jeffery, treasurer; John J. Ryan, secretary; John A. Tlmer, vice president, and John H. Schaefcr, president. tf' " " i ' f 1 if s f I J J |