Show WYNN L EDDYS PAPER what method can be suggested to stimulate interest among those members of the association who never attend its meetings and do not realize the value of oe such gatherings gentlemen the subject of this paper is one that has re received celled more or less lebs attention front from the active members of 0 every association both social ind and commercial that has reached any degree of 0 efficiency in its particular eular field of action 40 the hist first hi st point for consideration in this question is wily why will a man join the association pay ills his fees and let acer attend its meetings S at first thought you may not agree with mo ine when I 1 state it Is almost entirely a matter of selfishness later you will arrive at the conclusion bial that it id 13 selfishness because he Is willing to pay money to be considered one of a live bunch still will put forth no personal effort tor for the general good that so many are willing and anxious to reap the benefits of concerted action but will not give their personal attention to the work is the basis ot of continued on page rive five TO L 1 PAPER continued from page bags one the entire trouble the proper way to stimulate inter es eat t among members of this kind hind is to prove to thern them that they lose more by being absent from the meetings than t they can call possibly hope to lo gain in the fame milre by their best efforts a at t their individual bolk you no doubt feel this to be true or aon ou would not lot be present at this time the best method to thoroughly impress this the abs absent nt members is our desire jave you youa a method many of you probably Dro bably haie hae a better method than I 1 ca can n suggest su t if you have no method i to accomplish this particular object now is the time to get one for upon i on IOU as individuals depends the life rid nd c of tills this association the method I 1 have is to advertise advertise the benefits of the ion to druggists as a whole but more especially dIlY to advertise the benefits of he be meetings to druggists individual if you have something the other ay iy fellow wants to exchange for c something you need you adopt some means to let efin know it this is advertis S whether it be by billboard bill board book it t letter news paper or word of auth uh now we have the good each I 1 individual receives by being present t out our meetings inee tings to exchange for the j of the absent members our pleasure leasure and profit derived from this tating ting win ivill h iv DO A aci imon them unless they hear of it therefore I 1 would advise that this association have the proceedings of this meeting painted in it pamphlet form and that the Secie tary be directed to send a copy to every member also that several ot of the leading drug journals re caie a general synopsis of our actions and a complete report ot of the pleasant entertainment extended to us liy by our fellow druggists of provo and surrounding towns the journals will lie ue pleased to publish it as news and thus it will reach many members not here the membership committee might inight with propriety extend its sphere of action all and write each member no not here stating aba that t theay their absence was noted note and expressing a hope that they can arrange their affairs to meet with us its next year or better still have the ples president ident who has labored so assiduously for the welfare of the association the he past year perform this diplomatic service gentlemen the above suggestions it if well executed only begin our campaign the major part of this advertising of the benefit or of the meetings to the individual member must fiust lie be performed by personal effort continued personal eltoft ill the endeavor to impress the value of attending the meetings upon the members ho never come it if nou ou can call show by our enthusiasm that attending the ruce tings of this as association has renewed bour our courage to tackle the problems of life exalted your hope in fit the future of lour business and presented lou ou with ideas that give an all impe impetus itis to your trade that cannot be withstood by all the petty efforts of your non attending competitors then hen our desire will be fulfilled anil and thenon the non attending members will be sitting on 1 the lie front seats scabs at our first meeting next year I 1 bechi begin now if you have not already done so to pay particular attention to the he points and suggestions advance ed at this meeting get them in concrete form and where applicable ap use them in your business drush brush up in the use ot of the english language if gretting getting a bit rusty in order to be able to till tell in a fitting manner the benefits and pleasures of this meeting it will renew the good done you and stimulate the interest of those not pre sent when properly pio perly presented to then them take an active part in ill politics your time and energy cannot be better spent not as politician or party ln man ail but as a wide ache citizen interested I 1 tere te sled in the civic welfare of your par particular nicular community never before was there a greater interest manifested by the public in sanitary and health regulations than at the present time the pharmacist leaves it all to the physician this is neither proper nor right I 1 the problem will soon represented be presented to the people of utah it is a question iti estion of very material interest to the druggist study it tale take one side or the other and be able to ghe your reasons for doing so in a dignified agree agreeable able manner j other questions may arise in your community corn that ire are of importance to you as a druggist all and a citizen if so meet them fairly and come out squarely in the light that you may gain ain honor and our neighborhood profit thereby and last but not least be loyal to the association give it credit toi for assistance rendered aou ou support its committees answer their letters spend some time and personal attention in the labor of the committee on 1 which you may be appointed do J these things that ou may become a bigger man and a better druggist that this asRo association clation may be a greater power in the state and accomplish more good than ever hoped for in the fond esi expectations of the most enthusiastic member present that those absent will auly realize the value of 0 i such gatherings and be stimulated in interest to such an extent that nothing could keep them away from 0 our r meeting a year hence A paper read by wynn L eddy at aitho I 1 the convention Co mention of pharmacists held in in provo last week for which lie he re dived a cash prize of 1000 ed |