Show HOME HONE MERCHANTS FIGHT FOR LIVES AGAINST AGAINST- CATALOGUES CHICAGO July Is War War has been de declared declared Se- Se dared on the catalogue houses of Chicago and other cities clUes by the retail merr mer mar chants striking r of economic the West movements t v In one rs of this I the country O most ever has known The small dealers are lighting fighting ne as they say say- for their ther lives The e mammoth Institutions employing thousands of ot workers doing their business business busi busi- ness entirely through the medium of their the bulky communities O catalogue I re whence spending g n they h no d derive money i y ya a an am- In millions of dollars of patronage are rt forcing lt g Increasing n numbers s of home o merchants t to the wall l and so t their I op op- op claim are making commercial graveyards of once prosperous towns In this life ute or death struggle Jobbers and manufacturers also are Involved with the retail merchants A. A An organized attack on the catalogue Institutions Is Js to be made by the Home Trade League of ot America which has ex exIsted ex- ex isted for several months In Chicago lately as a publicity bureau but which Is Js shortly shortly- to incorporate and Institute a more systematic and aggressive campaign against the catalogue houses through a board of twenty-one twenty managers with a vice-president vice and an advisory committee i ten members t from each State t The backbone of the h league Is formed of commercial associations national State f and l local In character In Illinois ln gr Wisconsin os Iowa Michigan Kansas s and and d Minnesota The officers of associations In scores of cities are In constant correspondence correspondence correspondence corre corre- with the league which will continue to have Its Ita national headquarters tars in this city Officers of the league will be selected from the most aggressive of the leaders of thesa thess associations of business men Alfred C. C Clark Is manager of the league |