Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1917 — RETAIL DRY GOODS MERCHANTS [ARTICLE]

RETAIL DRY GOODS MERCHANTS

To Meet in Indianapolis on Tuesday, June 12. Indianapolis, May 22.—A convention of unusual interest to retail dry goods merchants of Indiana will be held in Indianapolis Tuesday, June 12, being the third annual convention of the Indiana Retail Dry Goods association. . The association will depart from its usual rule and will omit the formal banquet. In its stead will be given a sm®ker, the entire convention being given over to the discussion of the business problems of the retail dry goods and ready-to-wear merchant. At the smoker a question box will be conducted to which the dry goods merchants of the state have been asked to submit questions relative

to .any problem in their business which they have not been able to successfully solve, thus drawing out a free ‘and open discussion of the particular subject and in this manner gaining the experience of other merchants who have successfully solved the same question. The convention will last but one day and will be divided in three sessions, the final session being the smoker, all three sessions being held at the Claypool hotel. Due to the conditions existing in all lines of business and especially, in the retail dry goods line on account of the war, the convention promises to be of unusual interest. At this convention the Mid West Retail Dry Goods association will be formed, comprised of the membership of the three states, Indiana, Illinois and Ohio. Membership in the Indiana Retail Dry Goods association will carry with it membership in the Mid West Retail Dry Goods association without additional cost. The convention Tuesday, June 12, Mil go a long way in bringing together in a closer relationship the retail dry goods merchants of the state and should be attended by every merchant in that line.