The Republican journal., 1875-02-25
ear, not full of whiskey and tobacco, if

| am going to travel,
What do we get? Oh, certainly that's
a fair question no offence whatever We
| get Just what we are worth, like every
other man in the world. Our salaries vary
from $500 year and expenses to $4,000
and ditto For me, get 80 800, which Is
falr, consider, though | earn every cent
OF 1t. My house is good one to work
lor, that's one comfort. They never write
me scolding letters, blowing me up when
| have done my best; but they say, M.
jerks, you have had hard trip this time;
better 90 home for u few days and see
your wife, and then come back and try
| again | can't keep away from the store
two days at time, though. We repre-
| sent the house, you know, away from
home, and shrewd merchants take care
that their representatives shall be worthy
ofthem Why, many a big house in this city
depends more upon its travellers than up
on its partners for trade and the sagaciouS
conducting of it, and if they lost them
would be in box. | have known travel
lers to stand by a concern. voluntarily ac-
cept reduction OF salary, cut their en-
penses all they could decently, and work
hard, when they knew the house was IN
hard place, and their efforts We're in no
small degree contributiye to final success.
BLACK sheep in the business. Certainly
there are; just as many as IN any other
profession and they make so much noise,
live so much in the public eye, that they
get the whole Of us Il bad name some
times, but that affects US very little. Ihey
don't get far; their career is soon terml-
mated. The telegraph is too long, noW-a-
days. and reaches too tar for man to cut
up many djdoes. First thing he knows,
III one fof MS drunken sprceS, somebody
telegraphs or writes to some OF his folks
that their traveller has been drunk about
town for five or six days, and they had bet
ter get him home, which they do mighty
quick. Then again there are men who
sfnouch fifteen or twenty dollars week
by representing that they have been 10
slch and such places, when all they ever
did was to talk to a merchant from the
town. whom they met by chance on the
platform in another place fifty miles away;
they charge travelling expenses all the
same, but such things are like all other
forms OF human swindling and dishonesty.
found out sooner or later. Then again
there are men who pics up loose women
and 90 about hotels with them, thinking
that nobody lsloWs them OF their company,
but they soon get undeceyed upon that
point by hearing Of it in many ways You
mustn't judge all travellers by the mis-
deeds Of few, for no class Of men work
harder or more faithfully than they do.
.'Get snubbed sometimes don't
understand you. Rebufied Why, who
should rebuff me? | amt bootbiack Or
tch-peddler. 1t is no favor man does
me to buy my goods, He knows that as
well as do. You don't rebuff Your grocer,
do YOU, when he brings your order in, or
your butcher? Not much, Id Ike IT, sec
the man l couldn't approach AH meN
are approachable in one way ur auutheri
if you know your business You know hoN
to meet them. No merchant ever t-ivd t"
put on any airs with me, simply because
always respect my self 1t don't take long
50 s.c that. 4 good many men ,,re 7rNt
out in the driving times who never uught
to be on the road at all, and they gel re
butfed right and left I'd rebuff them my
self [ remember one young man Who
was standing in q store when | entered,
the proprietor came up to me and began
talking, but stopped ana turned to tie
fellow still standing there.
"Well!H be said, YOU have Your answer,
what are YOU waiting tor2' / am waiting
for an order, says this bright young mer-
chant Our folks told me- never 10 leave
Il store until | got an order, and you
haven't given me any, So l thought I'd
wait The merchant laughed, and finally
persuaded the Young man to leave very
disconsOiate, without an order.
Here we are ut the depot Mt last. and
swinging off the platform, he shou!derr,I
into the crowd and went his way