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12(5 The Xational Sup fly and Machinery Dealers’ Association

As the representative of the Diamond Machine Company,
and the Hinklers Iron Company, it is our aim to make the price
to the consumer sufficiently large to give the dealer an ample
profit. I will say that never to my knowledge (and I have been
with the company about four years) have I ever known where
the consumer has been quoted less than the regular discount.
We print our discount sheets, and live up to them. Between the
dealer and the consumer we don’t know what they are doing,
although we hear there are cuts in prices. We would be glad to
control that, but we can’t do it. We never quote a consumer less
than the regular discount. We would be glad to raise that if
we could, especially at the present time, but we have not seen
our way to do it, and we feel that the interest of the dealer is our
interest. The only way is for us to work together and better our
conditions as much as possible. I thank you. ( Applause).
M r . M o y e r : I came here this afternoon under the impres­
sion that this was an open meeting, and I supposed that both the
dealers as well as the manufacturers would be represented in
speaking. Up to the present time I think only the manufacturers
have been arraigned for their dealings. I think some of the
jobbers should address us. I merely suggest that, with due
respect to the Chair. (Applause).

P re s id e n t S t r o n g : You entirely misinterpret the intention
of the Association in calling upon these gentlemen to give an
expression of their feelings. We are not censuring any of them.
We judge from their being here that they are somewhat in
sympathy with us, and we thought it would do us good if they
would get up and express their sympathy, something like an old
fashioned Methodist meeting, to say how good they feel.
You know our organization is young, and it needs more or
less encouragement, and when they see they are getting results
they will go away feeling much better than if they didn’t know
how these people they met here felt towards them.
W e are very much pleased with these expressions of con­
fidence and co-operation from these gentlemen.
M r. M oyer : Pardon me for rising again. As I said, I
came here with the idea that it was an open meeting, and we