| Show Cigar Manufacturers PHILADELPHIA Sept 28President Hol man of the National Cigar Manufacturers Association called the convention to order today at the Central Hotel The first thing that occupied the attention of the members was the consideration of the report of the committee on resolutions There was quite a long discussion on the first resolution which was presented andread as follows Resolved That all members are required to register all their existing and all future trade marks in the Labor Bureau of the Legal Protective Association of New York and that said bureau be open for inspection to any manufacturer After a long debate the original resolution was adopted The committee reported adversely on the second resolution which was in effect that Congress should abolish the tax on cigars The report of the committee on this resolution reso-lution provoked a spirited discussion and was finally postponed indefinitely A resolution favoring abolishing the stamp on imported cigars was adopted A lesolution recommending the abolition of the use of labor organizations labels was adopted An executive committee was appointed consisting of Edward Hyman New York chairman David Hirsh and Frank Melroy New York R Monn and Albert Gumpert Philadelphia Oscar Fuller Springfield N Y Solomon Rath Cincinnati B Baron Baltimore and Geo C Fraene Reading It was decided that the next convention be held in Baltimore in the last week of October Oc-tober 1888 |
