Show WARN AGAINST BUYING SCHEME Discount and Prize Plan Opposed By Ogden I Commerce Chamber Investigate before acting on proposals to enter r associations that promise lo to secure pric prIce discounts or prieS for tor members Is the II warning sent out to members member of oftie tie Ogden chamber of commerce I t today by Jesse Je o S Richards rd sec sec- secre ec re llY y Within the thi lat last l t few tew da dais pro pro- promoters pro promoter motors moter have entered Ogden with a proposition which Is bound to prove unsatisfactory to business businesspeople people of ot Ogden said ald Secretary Richards These promoters tire are signing up business firms which agree to give a cash cah discount of ot fh file fise e per percent percent percent cent on all business phen gien gh en them by member of an n association as be- be beIng betag Int bc-Int tag Ing b bi these promoters Only one ono firm in each class ot of business Is secured the Idea being that the tho ors ot of this new association will p but butone butone buton one firm when wishing something In n that line After Atter the nature sg-nature ot of the firms to 10 the agreement asT In which they offer the th five perCent per I cent discount the th promoters then ihen c canvass the city citi selling member member- memberships member ships in this new association at 2 50 fO per membership This coy coy- cov covers ers era a period of ot ono on liar tar The purchase of a Is la sup sup- supposed supposed up posed to entitle the tho purchaser to tue he five pei pel cent discount forcash for when hen trading with the tho mer mer- merchants mer- mer merchants merchant chants chant designated in the tho agree asree- mont ment This plan has appealed to some ot of the tho merchants who have h vo not gone sone Into the tho matter mailer but the tho of this Is bound to hamper business In Ogden PL G GUJ GL L In other cities cilles where these th associations have been beel organized dit It hi been found that as soon as these promoters hate haic finished or- or organizing organizing or th the first some othe promoter comes to town with lIh a similar plin calls on the tho of ot tho the firms en- en cn the first t and to them tha they are aro losing business on account of ot not belonging to such an organ organization Izatt on They m these merchants that to compete fully with the tho organization orp meir lers they may lend aid ld in a com cern competitive e organization and gh five gise e 7 Is Isper per cent discount for tor cash to the tho new association In or- or order order or order der to have his trade trad the tir mer mer- merchant merchant chant helps help to org nl association and is to give 7 per pr cent discount on his sales Ies In In Iii a a short time a third pro pro- pro promoter motOr moter comes along lonc with ith the sam same I procedure as above end enda en end a new or or I lon is perfected 10 per cent discount Jor br cash I The history hl tory of ot th the thC oren tion lion of ot these associations inether In other cities has been that that- the th nier- nier merchants chants chants who ho helped to organize the I first first- association thereby hamper hamper- hamperIng hampering hamper Ing business In their city are soon tied up to an agreement foron for forone forone I one sear er ear when hen their competitors I are the getting business IS 01 or 01 The Th Ogden chamber of ot com corn commerce merce merco is 18 absolutely to the organization of ot the association and also to the chine away of trading stamps or as In- In in to trade ir as the cham chain chamber chamber ber believes that business can and be b conducted by clean competition and nd Is that the giving away ay of ot prizes or r of dis- dis discounts discounts dis discounts counts through will tend to create unfriendly nl ly busIness rel bel between Ogden Osden liter mer merchants chants 00 00 |