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Show (Bottlers' Meet Hears Rosy Forecast for Pop Sales Sal and consumption of soda "pop" will boom during IMS, delegates dele-gates to th trl-atat bottler of carbonated car-bonated beverage convention In the Newhous hotel were told Friday. The men who sell soda watar In Utah, Idaho and Wyoming and their wlvea gathered at the hotel at a. m. for a moating, which will continue con-tinue through Saturday and end with election of officer for th coming com-ing year. """"""", ' John R. Soma, left, and Ed J. Mc- f' , ' " ' 1 , Polln alp aoda pop at at tri- f f 1 t atalo bottler' convention t " - . .' N in Salt Lake City ' LJ. --' John R. Bouaa, Oakland, Cel., a director of the American Bottlera of Carbonated Beveragea, who will be the principal speaker at Saturday sessions, told delegates during an Informal diacuaalon Friday that United State department of commerce com-merce figurea ah owed aale of soda water declined in 1238 from 1937 nationally, na-tionally, but "held Its own In the west." "And the carbonated beverage buelneaa will Increase In 1939." he aid, "not only because all business will be better, but because consumption consump-tion of other forms of drinks Is tapering ta-pering off and more and mor people peo-ple are turning to aoda water." William G. King, district manager ef Electrical Products Consolidated, lectured on merchandising methods during the morning session, which wa opened with greeting to delegate dele-gate from Mayor John M. Wallac. Gua P. Backman, executive aecra-tary aecra-tary of the Salt Lake City chamber of commerce, and Donald p. Lloyd, secretary-manager of Utah Retail Grocer' asaociation, will be among apeaker Saturday, |