Show TRADING STAMP CAUTION GIVEN Commerce Chamber Tries to Keep Practice Out of Ogden The Th trading stamp was was wa once one a pest In Ogden but through the tb co co- co cooperation operation co-operation operation of the th Ogden Oden chamber of commerce and the th progressive lv merchants mer- mer merchants mer merchants chants of ot this city a II mutual agree ment anent ment was waa entered Into whereby all merchants agreed not to again arain con con con- contract contract tract for tor the th giving away way of trade Inc trad-Inc Ing stamps thereby making this city one of ot the th outstanding com com- communities communities In this section says alYS a chamber of commerce statement is b Is sued today It continues During the th past few years sew sev ICV oral eral ral concerns concern I have hav sent s nt representatives representatives tives to Ogden Orden endeavoring to in- in induce In Indue duce due the merchant to again arain put In trading stamps to be b given elven to purchasers of ot goods but up up to the thet t present resent time tim the merchants have held strongly together realising that once rid of ot this evil they are arnot not desirous of again burdening their business with It It The Tha Th argument of ot the th salesman In trying to Induce the th merchants to put In the trading stamp system a Is that It will 1 Increase his hll sales Upon making cartful careful study of o the proposition and In following out output put past experience it I la is seen leen that when one on merchant puts In trading stamps of one color giving away m merchandise his competitor Is com pelted to contract for the th giving away aay of trading stamps stamp of another color to protect his business Soon the third competitor is Ie Induced to put In trading stamps stAms of still an- an another an another other color and before many months every merchant In the city Is using tradinG stamps stamp of o one color or another with the giving away of ot merchandise and with no merchant receiving any profit all as a his hll competitor Is II giving away just justas Justas as aa much as he The Th Ogden n chamber chambe of ct corn com mere corn merco merce I Is strongly against the th use of trading stamps and urges ures all merchants to call at the th chamber to discuss the th matter muter before enter Inc log Ing Into an agreement involving their use UM |