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Show rr 4 H ' , EVENING NEWS DESERET '' cimm n xfmbehs of the ' ASSOC1 Institution. itm. Kuiiwuva, Tailor. Brown. Ttrrj A Woodraff, . Famish tnjra. Callaway, Hoork A Co., Chi sow are. Owtlrr Bro. GroOerio Jajnra-Spennr- r, Udle Faint Otk, F. Aaerharta A Bm. C. B. liumt, Orraerira. Bausmu Co, llumlien. fUndebolier Barton A Bra. Mf, i V Onmtatttaia A Co, Hardware On. Hardware Oik A Henry Sadler, Liquor Dickenson A Marriott, Boldm, Sail lake lithographing Co. Dlweat Confectionery Co. A. W. Grocery Co. Caine A On, Stationery. p Friedman M. Palace, Co, Clothing. Henry Gardner, Organa. GoUbra A Botumuo. Grooerte p. B. Hoover A Co, Drnggfcd Houghton A McNair H'dwaro Co. Chao IV. Halil, Tailor. UmM! Co. . Coo. M. fmu A Co, Hardware JoHlin A Park. Jwnlua " M. R. Kina, Sporting Good i C. Coffin t iah Wore CaSler ' Mania W. P. Noble Mere. Ok, -- E Dartow-Thompe- Co. Co, FarnMaing D. Hilton Co, HnUGer J. P. Gardnrr. (nothing. Bra, Dry Good Savage. Ttootograph Flab Book A Stationery Cat Hi Price, Fancy Generate tin in. Brandy A On, China. Hagr Bra, Stationery. Sinew C .R. 7.kn' (tMipendie Merorntb A pbotkctite VTIO-- Mountain ! A Cold Storage Co. T, E. Harper. OwerlM. Son MAT 25 IRIS SATURDAY Je Gnwrha I R. K. Thom Bilk loom. , WaBcrr Bra. A Frier Ot. Hxww A Iiyni, Footwear. Bolt lake Hardware Co. Brhwellaer Kanaufaoff, the Iaoe Hoaae. Bamew-Hard- y A Co, Morrhandta Mr M. J. Borrow a. jrfil Harry. Sam F. Bail. Bakery. Jolia C. Coder A Bro. TullJdce A Co, Dnmrator CoaHrc Snclgrore, MaMeal ' Good - Johmoo-Brnit Co, ltragyiMt Jerome Htrwiimao, SMira M ewlem Shoe A Dry Gooda Co. . M. H. Desky, Clothing. J H. M. Hotilctl Good . John McDonald Jr, Graura-iMiller A Wilma, Floor. A Mason On, lambent Sore A COd, FamdUtre homo MiA Brown, (Ugn rrantBn Oo, Grocer harden H. P. JieUscw, e Graeoie Braa, Hnra. HlcT Nr Oorrrtre P.rver Bra, Piano Wan Paper. Salt lake (ink Co. BoMntua Snlomm Bro. Bonta and Shoe Haw. Hepwmrtk A Sow Borlrn. Wallace A On, Merdtant Tailor P. if. Weteht Ckt, Grocrrire tfroB A On, GrocerW IValier L Price A Co, Oroerrie Henry Dinwcodey Fare. On. Colonel Thocbas G. Webber, Second President Merchants Protective Assn John D. Spencer, First President Merchants Protective Association ago, that Mr. Spencer, then of the Spencer-Lync- h Colonel Webber) superintendent of the Zions five Mercantile Institution, and a director of that great institution was elected president of the Merchants Protective Association the second year, J 894.1 Colonei Webbers fine diaracter aiid trauied business mind influenced the early activities of the association and drew to it the unswerving support of leading business men, who quickly appreciated toe advantages of a careful check on credits and an efficient method of collecting old accounts. Along with other business men he succeeded in placing the association m a foremost position in its peculiar field. It was early seen that its activities would be marked by two distinctive classes: Those who benefited by collections made for them and those who had to pay. Thus there were strong friends and critical enemies. Good work das done and toe possibilities for greater results were evident to all the enthusiastic merchants. The increasing demands of businessonthe colonel did " notTorce Km to relinquish his duties' as directing head of the assciation until the foundation for all time had been laid. Co-ope- ra The name, of John D. Spencer, active citizen, successful insurance man, instructor in salesmanship, entertainer, is synonymous with the development of Salt Lake City, Two and a half decades ago this institution was born of "his thought; for it was in February, twenty-fiv- e years -- Shoe Co, caljed the merchants of the city together; as a result the Merchants Protective Association was organized, and he was elected the first president. With that same indefatigable engery which characterizes ail his activities, Mr. Spencer helped lay the foundation for the largest collection agency in the United States. He evidenced then the same basic principles of business which be now elucidates in his salesmanship classes. Did you ever attend one of them? He lifts you right off your f you catch the spirit of high ideals, you see the sense of finished salesmanship and the necessity of service. It and thor plane men the . starts It oughness. young right. We publish tpday the pictures of John D. Spencer and Colonei Thomas G; Webber, together .with the original roster of the leading firms of twenty-fiv- e in the early growth of the years ago who yrexc instrumental ' Merchants Association. . ,. . t Mr. bpencer was the first president. Colonel Webber the seconcJ and Francis G, Luke, already active in the con- ductxifth&businesSrSucceedetHater to the management of the Merchants Protective association. -- time-of-4;h- e- 4 YEARS PAST AND TWENTY-FIV- E - V Starting right and enjoying the confidence of the baseness public, the institution grew in strength year after year. The data . accumulated through the succeeding years, tabulated and filed, is of inestimable worth today. Rechecked from time to time, these records give the As- i HENCE, i. years is a long time to trot in harness with a . business firm- It denotes confidence; shows that there have been results. Thats the word RESULTS Business men demand results or they will not stick to a collection agency for twenty-fiv- e years. Early customers are still customers. The customers that have come to us year after year are still giving us business. Sometimes they quit; concerns go out of business or . fail. And, after a day's work, with our feet on the desk and smoke wreathing about our noggin, we are wont to review the activities of the present, the past, and speculate on the future. Often we wonder how many of these Twenty-fiv- e ds - has-wo- - as-so- ci Methodsof fight. We know the ways of men, we know how to handle then, how to nurse Collection Are Governed by the Exigency of the Case , The association is vigorous in its efforts to collect hon-- , est debts. Sometime we put on the soft pedal and abide our time. At times we have mellowed a collec-- . tion with generous impulse, where the facts seemed to warrant leniency. In other words. th ere a re times when leniency-shoulbe shown.-Yeaof intimate contact with people who owe money influence our belief that in the veins of most people there flows red streaks of honesty. There' are times when they are in a suscept-abl- e mood, times when they d them along. In this way we encourage those who cannot pay the bill in full to make regular payments. The main thing, you know, is to get the money. ' Whom We Collect For rs The business man, the doctor, the sheepherder, the banker, the man who owns property, the grocery man the railroad man and for women. One of the largest amounts of money we ever collected for a client, which we now recall to mind, was $6170 for Mr., E. Kempner, the insurance man from Omaha. Tt was collected from two lawyers. - , Men and women who want to learn the' coilection business, with three to five thousand dollars to invest, should see or write us at once. This ad will be read in San Francisco, Portland and Seattle. Two million people will read it and thousands will turn their claims to us for collection and on these claims we will receive thousands of dollars in commission as they are collected. If we did not know we could collect the money for you from honest debts due you, and that you would turnjn your claims to us for collection, we would not he spending thousands of for advertising. We advertise from MaineioUal- ifornia;more than any other collection agency; AND WE COLLECT MORE DELINQUENT dollars-anrmall- CLAIMS. A FEW OF OUR LARGE COLLECTIONS Popularity George Carter, Wanship, Utah for a qnar-- ter" of a century. Some of thosewhom we ..$ State Bank of Garfield, Panguitch, Utah Mrs. Selma ONeill, This has been tion i 880 West N. Temple, Salt Lake 600.00 765.38 We Collect 7 Money in Foreign 850.Q0 John Roberts, y treasurer, Cheyenne, WTO. . 1,000.00 C. M. Carstensen, railway man, Ogden, Utah u, 1,250.00 Frederick Synhorst, La Grand, ORE - - Joseph G. Shephard, Thistle, Utah. Lundin & May, Foundry & fch Co, ex-cit- ' MRS W. S'lLRT.INTT W. M, Cole,- - Folsom, NEW MEXICO. 77 . T." I ! . Ephraim Henrie, Ferron, Utah Philip Pugsley estate, Salt Lake City CHARLOTTE COWCILL COALVILLE, UTAH MRS. MARY FREW. SYRACUSE, UTAH MRS. ANNA BROSTROM, OGDEN,-UTA- H E. Kempner, Felt building. Salt Lake City 2ioo!oO from dont like 3,450.00 us and they 2,500.00 will talk ; those 3,000.00 for whom we 5,013.35 5,619.43 collect money 6,170.00 tell us with i n gladness WE COLLECT IN ALL STATES their eyes and same token wt collect money for folks In any city or comthe a Spreading By in state, from residents of those localities. Distance any munity beam on theii lends its charm. It whets ns to do our best. It broadens us, countenances keeps us from getting into a rut; it keeps corns from growing that we are all on our coat taps. Therefore, our organization is national in its scope. Send in your claims. Write or see us. right. ... ........ claim against, this lady.Jwenty-seve- n and a rs herself and a claim which for for old, husband, groceries Some climes to pay now that there was we believed she would be are reputed to a considerable inheritance glad to come to her. As the amount be was $1005, including interest for twenty-seve- n and a -h- ealthy-than :haLf yearsr the eireums tanceof theTtebTwas not received with the joy that we had anticipated. However, the lady others. .And was moved by our persuasion, which we expressed in the when a man form of legal proceedings, although she had employed owes a just seven different attorneys to defend her at different times. debt goes beWe won. We collected the gpey for the Grahtsville yond the borCoop. In aU the years following the placing of the claim ders of his na--" in our hands there was unswerving effort on our part to collect, and the exercise of enough patience to have done tivity for his credit roads. One leads to to Job. There a te two there the inevitable hereafter; the straight health, other is the long road goeth also the turns. The road that this old claim jogged along same relentless twenty-seveand a half years ultimately rounded that for effort to make we were serqnely there. turn lo, and, him pay that years of records that have marks our enbeen gathered and filed, an deavors in the' ) organization which takes ' different states to perfect for ther- e. . years Most successful Jaw- - must be competent assist-yer- s are too busy to ants' in the case of collec- -' 0ther dtie and bother, with collec half-yea- 'more that-final- ( , . - ' . , , ' Collecting old claims is an art, based on thoroughness, Sf . JtLfa tions. Generally, the lawyers dont like to be called collectors. The average lawyer stands ' about as much chance of 89 " e would in winning litigation of any sort if he were to go to court unprepared. y. J I ly n Merchants Protective Assn. Scientific Collectors of Honest Debts. Eleven Rooms, Continental National Bank Building. Salt Lake Gty, Utah. FRANCIS G. LUKE, General Manager. Some People Dont Like Us. : give way to calm thought, some of them proceed to get even with the1 cold and cruel world by turning in to us old claims which somebody owes Ihem. They, are always so nice and so pleased when we band them the money. Once, and very1 recently, we had occasion to sympathize with a lady who'had just been bereft of a dear inother. , Our' a. do women actually fail to pay their debtsl Surer Mike, occasionally. Aqd the funny part of it is that after we persuade them to come through and tears of indignation y . -- m n WE ARE NOW PREPARING TO OPEN OUR OFFICES IN SAN FRANCISCO. PORTLAND AND SEATTLE IT WAS A BATTLE OF BRILLIANT LEGAL LIGHTS ON EITHER SIDE ; fragettes! Husbands often are poor collectors, and wives frequently need money. The money which w? have collected for them has lighted many a face, made possible many a cherished dream; mortgages have been lifted Ltripsjiave been realized; children have been kept in school; certain accomplishments' for the growing daughters have been feasible. One of the most noteworthy collections we ever made for one of them was the case of Mrs. Annie Bros-troof Ogden, who had five little children. Her. husband met death by accident in toe performance of his duty. Having no one to advise her as to her rights in the premises, she listened to the plausible statements ot a legal representative of the company and signed a release-for $300. Afterward, some friends, moved to sympathy because of the struggle to support herself and chii- - sociation an intimate knowledge of the status of practi- cally all men and women in the vicinity, as to the man- These-recorner in which they respect their running-account- s. fill several rooms rWhat the association has accomplished in the intervening years .national reputation and drawn to it a clientele in every state. In all, about $6,000,000, representing old claims, has been collected for 25.Q00 men and women. old customers and new ones will be with- us twenty-fiv- e years hence. In fancy we stroke our patriarchal whiskers with fatherly benignness as these old friends come in with their troubles. For the tail of owe will reach unto the days when men and women cease running bills, when none oweth another. And when that time shall come no doubt we will turn over in our sepulcher. About two years after the association was organized it became involved in one of the greatest legal battles ever fought in the west- The lateO. W. Powers and an array of distinguished tes, representing about twenty clients, commenced action against the association and its officers for $100,- 000.00 damages. The opposing group consisted of C. S, VariaiCknown as one of the greatest lawyers in the west and about half a dozen other attorneys of reputation. The very life of the association was at stake. There was a hot time in the old town. Well, sir, the brilliant wasTickeT to""a frazzTe and! that .was going some. The '"'business men were jubliant. They lined up, shoulder tc the wheel, arid the successful litigation gave impetus to the association. ODR FEMININE CLIENTELE Women contribute a very large proportion of our business. Hats off to the women. Hurrah for the gentle suf- L; y Jta A. c v. |
