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Show GROCERS if BACK fill CONVENTION James M. Carlson and D. F. Steele, who represented the Utah State Retail Re-tail Merchants' association and the Ogden Merchants association in tho National Grocers convention, which was held in Oklahoma recently, have returned to this city, and it Is their belief that the consumer as well as the grocer Is going to derive benefit from the recent meeting. Among the things favored by the convention was the one-cent postage idea, and the abolition of the custom cus-tom of giving prizes with largo orders of grocers. The prize package was condemned, and the grocers intend to adopt resolutions against the use of it in selling goods. The parcels post and mail order systems were frowned upon. The convention also went on record as being in favor of not supplying sup-plying hotels and restaurants at wholesale in the future. The new Campbell bill before congress, con-gress, which specifies that the name of manufacturer, the date of packing and the location of factory shall be plainly stamped upon all packages of food stuff, was heartily endorsed by tho convention. Seven hundred delegates dele-gates were In attendance. |