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TROW DIRECTORY, PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING CO.
 

..MEMBER OF..
 

Association of American Directory Publishers

ORQANtZED   NOVEMBER,    ISaa

....OFFICERS....

President, DAVID  B.  GOULD, St. Louis.

Firet Vice-President, R. L. POLK, Detroit.

Second Vice-President, W. E. MURDOCK, Boston.
Secretary, W. H. BATES, New York.

Treasurer, REUBEN  H. DONNELLEY, Chicago.

....TRUSTEES....

DAVID  B. GOULD, St. Louis.                R. L. POLK, Detroit.

W. E. MURDOCK, Boston.                      W. H. BATES, New York.

REUBEN  H. DONNELLEY, Chicago.    A. G. WRIGHT, Milwaukee.
W.  H.  LEE, New Haven.                          J. L. HILL, Richmond, Va.

THEO.  F.  SMITH, St.  Paul.

THE   OBJECTS   OF   THE   ASSOCIATION   ARE   AS   FOLLOWS:

FIRST : To improve the directory business by the interchange of
ideas, and by the exchange of competent employees.

SECOND; To protect the public against fraudulent advertising
schemes, operated under the name of directories, and to drive such
publishers out of the business.

THIRD: To provide permanent and continuous employment for
honest and faithful directory canvassers.

FOURTH: For the mutual advancement of the established and
prospective interests of all who may become members of the
association. .   /.\ : r;: •: • •   : '• }, '•