. Washington (District of Columbia), city directory. Association are: First. The advancement of the Directory business and the improve-ment of Directories by the interchange of ideas and the exchange of ex-perienced employes. Second. To provide protection to the public against fraudulent ad-vertising schemes which operate under the name of Directories, and todrive unprincipled promoters of the same out of business. Third. To provide permanent and profitable employment to compe-tent, industrious and honest Directory canvassers and compilers. Fourth. For the mutual protection and advancement of


. Washington (District of Columbia), city directory. Association are: First. The advancement of the Directory business and the improve-ment of Directories by the interchange of ideas and the exchange of ex-perienced employes. Second. To provide protection to the public against fraudulent ad-vertising schemes which operate under the name of Directories, and todrive unprincipled promoters of the same out of business. Third. To provide permanent and profitable employment to compe-tent, industrious and honest Directory canvassers and compilers. Fourth. For the mutual protection and advancement of the estab-lished and prospective interests of all who may become members, bypersonal advice and assistance of members as may be mutually satis-factory, desirable or advisable, and by such other means as may, fromtime to time, be shown to be wise, proper and lawful. $ REWARD will be paid by the Association for the arrest andconviction of any person or persons engaged in publishing, collecting orcanvassing for any fraudulent or fake Detroit Directory Library—E<verv Directory Office is a Branch HOW DIRECTORY LIBRARIES ARE USED £« He Wanted to Buy a Home Who sells ready-cut houses? said aman to us the other day. There is nobodylisted under that heading in the DetroitCity Directory, but I know there is someconcern out in the State which sells them. Reference to the Michigan State Gazet-teer (State Business Directory)soon told himthat the concern he wished was the NorthAmerican Construction Company, of BayCity, Mich. I will write and order whatI want at once. was his parting remark. Where one instance of this sort comes toour attention, the same things are happen-ing over and over again wherever a CityDirectory is to be found. If you will trace back new customers tofind out how they found you, City Direct-ory classified lists will receive their shareof the credit A $50, Order A traveling man from St Louis calledon a wholesale dry goods house in St. Paul


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