The Trade Bulletin (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 28, 1906 Page: 1 of 20
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TRADE BULLETIN
MONTHLY EDITION
DEVOTED TO THE BUILDING, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL INTEREST
OF THE TWIN TERRITORIES.
Volume 1.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA., JULY 28, 1906.
No. 20
THIRD ANNUAL CONVENTION.
Oklahoma and Indian Territory Retail
Hardware, Implement and Vehi-
cle Dealers Association.
\
The third annual convention of the
Oklahoma and Indian Territory Retail
Hardware, Implement and Vehicle
Dealers association, held in Oklahoma
City July 10., 11, and 12 ,was the most
successful and interesting of any in
its history. There was a splendid
attendance and over seventy new
members were added to the member-
ship. There was a. marked evidence
of good fellowship and desire to be
of mutual assistance, and the discus-
sion brought out many experiences
and suggestions that are certain to
be helpful.
President W. J. Pettee, of Okla-
homa City, called the convention to
order, and his addresg marked the
man, business like, brief, but covering
the work already accomplished and
calling attention to the new work
to be undertaken.
Hon. J. F. Messenbaugh, mayor of
Oklahoma City, welcomed the mem-
bers of the convention to Oklahoma
City, and was responded to by A. L.
Severance, of Duncan, who started out
by saying that he could not make a
speech and ended by saying the right
things in the right way.
The, secretary's report was read by
D. C. Patterson, acting secretary.
Following this the uSual commit-
tees were appointed as follows:
Membership: Taliaferro, Miller and
Gott.
Resolutions: Acres, Severance and
Storm.
Auditing: Utt, Hale and Spangler.
Adjourned for dinner.
At the afternoon session C. W.
Rathbun, of the Columbus Buggy Co.,
invited the members, in the name of
the Hardware and Manufacturers club,
to a smoker and banquet to be giv-
en at the Indiahoma club on Wed-
nesday evening.
Next on the program was an ad-
dress by T. C. Ham, representing the
traveling men. He made a clever talk
on the various phases of the relations
of the salesman to the dealer, and to
the house which he represents, and
his responsibilities to both. He has
the happy knack of expression of a
good salesman, and made clear what
was good "salesmanship."
A. D. Acres, of Norman, lead the
discussion on mutual insurance, which
concluded with the appointment of a
committee, consisting of Acres, Smith
and Utt, with instructions to formu-
late a report on the proposition. Lat-
er this cimmittee reported recommenr-
ing that a permanent insurance com-
mittee be appointed to work out the
details and report to the executive
committee, and when approved by
them to be submitted to the member-
ship in a circular. This report was
accepted and the president appointed
Mead, Storm and Larsh as a perma-
nent committee on insurance.
The subject of "Buggy trailing"
was then brought up and discussed
generally. P. P. Pfaff, of Anadarko,
stated that the method of fighting
this evil at his place was through the
assessor's office. When a "trailer"
reached their town their assessor
would levy three or four times the
value of the stock. He was in favor of
a heavy license being required for
this kind of selling. N. B. Utt, of Elk
City, favored the appointment of a
legislative committee to look after
securing necessary \ legislation
for protecting the dealers. O. A.
Smith, of Watonga, stated that a bill
had been introduced in both houses
of the last legislature which would
have afforded protection against this
kind of competition, and that he and
Mr. McBride, a merchant at Watonga,
had worked hard for it. But that it
had been pigeon-holed due to the oppo-
sition of the rural members, who had
contended that it was against the in-
terests of the community. W. .T. Pet-
tee, of Oklahoma City, also favored
the appointment of a legislative com-
mittee, and that they be provided with
the funds to employ a stenographer
so that the rural members could be
corresponded with and the conditions
governing the peddling business made
clear to them. He said, while we are
protecting our own business interests,
it will, at the same time protect the
innocent buyer. W. D. Hartwell, of
Cushing, believed that the dealers
were entitled to sufficient protection
to give them a fair profit, that the
people who buy of the "trailer" re-
mind him of the saying of P. T. Bar-
num: "The American people like to
be humbugged." B. F. Ridge, of Dun-
can, stated that they had had several
"trailers" in their section and that
they had damaged their business. He
was in favor of the legislative com-
mittee. W. L. Gamble did not believe
that we could prevent the shipping
of such goods into the country, but
that we could prevent their going out
and selling them. He ,further stated
that in Texas, "trailers" were requir-
ed to pay a license and were also re-
quired to bring their customers into
town. He believed that the necessary
legislation could be secured if we went
about it rightly. A. L. Severance, of
Durant, stated that he had been told
by a representative of the Spaulding
Manufactoring company that they
were obliged to pull out of
Texas because that state had laid a
prohibitive tax. He thought we should
have such a tax. J. C. Frensley, of
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Fowler, Ward M. The Trade Bulletin (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 28, 1906, newspaper, July 28, 1906; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc127882/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.