Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-02-18 | Page 2 | Utah Bottlers Urged to Ask for Fair Price

UTAH BOTTLERS URGED TO ASK PRiCE President of National Advocates Golden Rule in Business Standardization tion and Plant Sanitation I Bottlers of ot Utah were urged to in incorporate incorporate incorporate in- in corporate a a. a new business integrity into the industry to consist chiefly of application of the golden rule Do unto others as you would have them do unto you by Sidney W. W Lee of ot Birmingham Ala president of the American Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages Bev Tle in an address he made Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- afternoon at the annual meeting meeting meeting meet meet- ing of the Utah State Bottlers Bottlers' association asso asso- clation at the Hotel Utah Greater cooperation between bottlers was urged We e do not believe belle ii in price fixing but we do believe in a fair price prie declared the national leader We represent one of the greatest Industries Indus indus- tries of ot the cOlin country tn FEDERAL TAX REMOVED Attention was called by Mr Lee to tc removal of the federal tax from carbonated carbonated carbonated car car- drinks and the part the national national national na na- na- na association had in bringing this about He urged members of the state association to read lead carefully their trade journals and ami magazines Efforts of lawmakers and individuals or organizations with ulterior motives es to saddle taxes upon bottlers were severely criticised Plant owners anc and operators were urged ed to Improve can can- conditions around their premises prem prem- When your plant smells like a bottling plant you are wrong declared declared de de- de dared the national president and added that the time was ripe for tor a general cleanup Attention A was called to establishment of ot a laboratory service service service ser ser- vice with Ames college at Ames Iowa where any member of the national na- na national na ILl association Is privileged to t take le his hi's troubled s- s for solution TELLS OF DIFFICULTIES Standardization of sizes of ot bottles and elimination of spread in prices received receive for their goods were emphasized emphasized sized by W. W E. E Goetze of ot San Sn Francisco Fran Fran- cisco director of the national association asso asso- elation as two of the greatest difficulties difficulties facing the industry in country at present experiments with Ith carbonic a by lay Professor Elton L L. Quinn of ot the University of ot Utah acted as an entertainment feature at the afternoon session The product of ot a Utah company was used In n carrying caming on the experiments About fifty Utah bottlers attended the convention At Its closing banquet the Utah Bot Dot tiers tiers' association elected the following officers Charles H. H Denhalter of ot th th I Denhalter Bottling company of Salt SaltI I Lake president an and Paul H. H Simon of ot otI the Coca Cola Bottling company of Salt I Lake secreta secretary y