Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1912 — FURNITURE MEN CLOSE MEETING [ARTICLE]

FURNITURE MEN CLOSE MEETING

Banquet Concludes Session of State Association. OVER ONE HUNDRED ATTEND Frank J. Rahe of Fort Wayna la Elected President and William E. Evans of Brownsburg First Vice-President. Indianapolis.—Advertising men of Indianapolis met the retail furniture dealers of the state at a banquet at ; Indianapolis, when the Adscript club was host to the delegates to the annual meeting of the Indiana Retail Furniture Dealers' association. About 325 were present, including a large part of the membership of the club and the newly elected officers of the state organization. The new officers of the furniture, men are: President —Frank J. Rahe, Fort Wayne. f First Vice-President —William F. Evans, Brownsburg. Second Vice-Presidents —J A Munschoff, Indianapolis. Secretary-Treasurer—R. D. Leatherman, Tipton. Executive Committee Chairman — Fred S. Coulter, Frankfort. The banquet was the conclusion of the one-day session of the furniture association, which was held in the Claypool hotel. Sentiment is still the cornerstone of the world, including business as well as the other things of life, according to H. Walton Heegstra of Chicago, the principal speaker of the "evening. It is the atmosphere subtly thrown about the buying and selling of the business man that removes actions from the commonplace of arithmetic, and makes them dependent on the knowledge of humanity. Mr. Heegstra showed how the whole chaip of salesmanship, from the first national advertising of the manufacturer to the placing of an article in the home by the driver of the delivery van, is no stronger than its weakest link, and how a thoughtless remark or action by the least person connected with the transaction may invalidate all the careful work of all the others. Charles P. McDougall of Frankfort was the next speaker. He insisted that advertising was intended not only to sell a certain article, but to cause a demand continuing indefinitely, and, viewed in that light, was of prime importance m to the retail merchant. Charles A Bookwalter made a short address, welcoming the visitors to the city. He said that it is the newspaper reporters who have showed the advertising men now to take advan tage of the personal appeaj Another speaker was Mark P. Goodlet of Chicago, secretary of the National Retail Furniture Dealers' asso elation. 1 After the conclusion of the banquet, the menu of which contained such dishes as ‘‘gold lacquered pine knots in saw-dust,” ‘‘filet of Spanish leather” and ‘‘stambou stain,” the ‘‘Howling Order of Yellow Dogs” held an initiation for those who Wished to risk life and limb, and for some time the bay ing of the “exalted chief cur” and the “pups” beat against a shuddering moon. Vunito Kaltz, violinist, and Henry Kent, monologist, entertained before the banquet. Pardon Board Adjourns. The state board of pardons, after a session of four days in which more than forty cases were considered, adjourned. The next regular meeting of the board will begin Monday, Sept. 23, although a special report In the case of C. L. Bader, the bridge grafter,' whose case was laid before the board by Governor Marshall, will be made within a few days. The results of the session Just ended will not become known until Governor Marshall passes on the report prepared by the hoard, containing its recommendations regarding pardons or paroles. Cases taken up at the closing session of the board were as follows: Charles Bray, sentenced from Grant county In 1910 for forgery: William Pettit, sentenced from Clinton county in 1910 for one to fourteen years for stealing a ring and money from the coat of a fellow employe; Gordon Wentworth, sentenced from Elkhart county in 1909, for assault and battery; Otto Griffith, sentenced from Vigo county, April 6, 1911, two to fourteen yearß for assault and battery, parole refused by the governor, November 22, 1911; Earl ,Spltler, sentenced from Howard county, In February, 1911, for conspiracy to commit a felony, and Floyd Dunn, sentenced from Clinton county, in 1909, for ten to twenty years for committing burglary in breaking into a cigar store, where he was employed, and robbing the cash register. \ ■ ' • '• ' • . • ‘V ‘ State Buffragists Issue Declaration. Uninvited, three men Joined with the delegates to the state convention of the Indiana Equal Suffrage association, which opened at Logansport, in signing the “Women’s Declaration of Independence,” submitted by Dr. Hannah M. Graham. The declaration declares against any political party not favoring women suffrage and In signing, the men said that they didn’t want to bejong to a party too narrow to recognize the justfoe of equal suffrage.

Postmasters Close Meeting. President Taft sent a telegram of thanks to the postmasters assembled in Indianapolis In answer to greetings forwarded him. The telegram was addressed to M. R. Snlser of Madison, president of the Indiana Association of Presidential Posfr masters, but arrived a few mlnntea after the final session of the convention had been adjourned The telegram reads: “I thank the postmasters of Indiana for their congratulations and good wishes. Please extend my cordial greetings to them." The postmasters In their message to President Taft had extended congratulations oh Ms renomination. Many of them have pledged their support to him. The annual election of officers was held with the following result: ' President—John M. Johnston Uogansport. First Vice-President—Eugene Cummings. Cannelton. Second Vice-President—John Owens, Noblesville ; * • ' Third Vice-President —Frank Sheets, Mooresville. Secretary-Treasurer—Will H. Arnett, Kokomo (re-elected). Mr. Arnett was re-elected for the. third consecutive term, his election being unanimous. Dr. M. A. Soliutt of Michigan City, at the final session, spoke on “What Special Benefit Would the Postal Department Receive by the Classification of Postmasters?” Doctor Schutt advocated the classification of oil toastmasters, asserting that the action would Increase the efficiency of the administration of the post. oslces. The position taken by Dr. Schutt was largely acceptable tq the postmasters. Mr. Boyd’s address was on “Rural Carriers and Substitutes." He said that some arrangement should be made whereby substitute carriers later are advanced to regular carriers as a step toward improving the efficiency of the service. The postmasters pfissed resolutions in favor of parcels post and good roads. They pledged their assistance in the movement to obtain road legislation and declared that they will vote for those candidates who promise to support good road hills Typos Will Meet In Muncle. The sixth annual meeting of the Indiana state conference of typographical unions will be held at Muncle. Sunday, July 21. The star feature of the meeting will be a lecture under direction of William B. Prescott of Chicago, head of the International Typographical Union Technical school. Members of the Ben Franklin Club of Indiana and all employing printers, together with the men in their employ, have been urged to attend this' meeting and hear the lecture. Among other things to- come before Ihe business session of the conference is the report of the secretary of the employment bureau established one year ago. George Haines is in charge of this feature of the conference work. The printers' baseball club of Indianapolis will play a picked team from Muncle. A large delegation from Richmond is expected to liven things up in general, as they are after the next session. Details Banking System Faults. The three great faults of thk? present banking Bystem of the United States, which cause periodic paqlcs and financial depressions, are the rigid reserve laws, lack of organization of the banks and the lack of an elastic currency, according to Robert W. Bo®, ynge, of Denver, Colo., who spoke at the annual meeting of Group 4 of the Indiana Bankers’ association in Indianapolis. Mr. Bonynge asserted that the remedy for the present banking troubles is the adoption of the plans recommended by the National Monetary commission January 8, 1912. The speaker explained briefly what the commission reported. He Bald that the proposed national reserve association would not be a central bank, but would be a union or affiliation of all the banks, in which the independent banks would lose none of their present powers. The association would be able to do many things the present banking laws will not permit banka to do. By means of rediscounting short time commercial paper, banks needing money could get it on short notice from the reserve association to which they belonged and which would be a part of the national association, Mr. Bonynge explained. Among the powers and functions of the national association would be that of acting as the fiscal agent for the government and instead of hoarding millions In gold In the treasury, the association would place It with branch associations. The national association also would act as custodian for a large percentage of the bank reserve now held In vaults. The election of officers resulted as follows: President —John P. Frenzel, Jr., Indianapolis. Secretary—William H. Wade, Indianapolis. Btate Incorporations. Articles of association were filed with the secretary of Btate as follows: South Bend Improvement company, South Bend; capital stock. $100,000; to deal In real estate and to Improve same; Incorporators, G. A. Buggs, F. W. Andrews. The Ed C. Minas company of Ham -mond has increased its capital stock from $25,000 to $125,000. Continental Investment company, Indianapolis; capital Btock, $10,000; to deal in securities; incorporators. A. P. Vestal, A. ft. Pollard and J. WetjqL