The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-10-26

| nov IN hthlthy nNl tcuCr, deriving brueGti
manly nun cooperative ineulAhoA
I'M lfsi ni ihnsu, lnroi pnraiol IN norem-
bet lai2i IN Au0wn ~ the "Ihe Commercial
| Travellers Arhucnil0n VI the M "a OF Nav
! YORK" IT. headquarters arc No syracuse
" hah premiership roll ~ over two thous-
ana names ana a treasury contalng 5000
u primary Zee N three dollars, win two
dollArt additional 20 cover the Arst death
assessment aad two dollars thereafter fol
| thol death loss' IL iusurta itH iaefnhOa TOT
a plnialod amount dependent upon the
number ol names on - foll,suoh'amouni IN
no case 10 eEoeol 5000 rs death lO-ses up
10 ihe animal fenOrt nunibeTod n, ard The
amount paid Ia hHueucinIles about diuUlU,
Tue remaining society, called tie "IOnl'
mefehl ira tlaih Protective Association
ls llH central oillcu Ia New York city, WIN
branches IN llst0n and Chicago, ana agun-
o,us In New Orleans aud some other vest
ern ana southern cities.
the last was organized In September ls1i,
u numbers upwards OF llul mombera, aud
has paid up capital Of sbl0O lls WORK
extends To the reducing OF railroad, lolo'
graphite Aud hotel ulrs, transportation OF
hNggngeM ithuut extra charge, the insurance
ul baggage In Transit ana NJ hotels ~ dis
count The obtaining of accident policies
mr. members NJ a fe1cuuon, and the aim TO
remove local restrictions imposed upon
mercantile transactions IA certain sections
oi the country, i|
l.igu iis companion it pays especial atlen.
ton Ia MS feature OF "c0mmerolal Travellers
Uo-operativp Life Insurance"
lth membership lee liz slO, with IS add.
tional Tor participation IN the Insurance de-
pAitment aud 30 Thereafter for each death,
win the announcement q Buch exam.
pies, with the broad fiold OF work TO be ne
complained, and tie sure reward OF certain
benefits, shall thu Texas CON Inercial trav-
elor hide his diminished headF
About three thousand OF the brotherhood
annually Wait TINS state, remaining on an
average for ninety unys. Their hotel bllls
alone viii amount 10 SGOOO for eVeiy
twonty.four hours OF their stay, And until
recently, threc-tourths OF the Texas hotels
were an outrage upon civilized humanity.
Shn no effort be made 10 Improve such u
condition of affairs, ana SHAH this amount
of available and valuable travelling material
lose tho benefits OF cooperation
The profession obtains the credit NJ least
OF Astounding In elements OF character which
can command success In any walk OF life,
aad the traveller In not accounted so modest
M 10 interfere with his own Advancement,
If then no has assurance lot him follow the
maxim which bl IL him make that "assur-
ance dOubly sure let hun use his abilities
TO better his own position ana benefit his
employer. Ordinary man IL the child OF cir
cunlst0nce, bnt wo must reverse the relation
and make tho commercial drummer The
parent OF circumstance. For, vellly IL not
Iho child thc father of the man? Time will
hardly permit an nlluSion oven, TO tile
growth OF social feeling engendered ny nsso-
citation To the advantages derived from the
constant, though, informal interchange Of
information amongst the members, TO the
benefits of hrot nerly aid In sickness, TO the
assistance when seeking employment, etc,
These, and yet other issues VIII came up AID
cluster around our brotherhood, until the
good which we may accomplish shall be
limitel by no narrow boundaries. We must
aim To Increase our membership
by the addition OF active workers. We must
not he discouraged by rsverses nor Bupinely
rest in the peaceful trust that the association
viii run without our help. Attempted CO.
operation does not n cessarily mean success
~ the experience of thousands OF United |
states citizens during The last four years
will testify To he successful aud powerful,
It's principles must he bands OF steel, its fol-
lowers uctuated by. that great steam payer
Of ciU, and It's course engineered by intel l.
"a ce, careful oversight and conprehen-
( We iOretnOught.
With these lacts, with such prospects, and
upon this basis, we Nsk the support Of all
30 N mercial travellers IN good stan ing, do
ing business in the state. We ask the en-
and solicit AS honorary menu
Ders all houses who give employment To our
active members, And we believe that our
lb cts deserve the hearty cooperation OF
,yery solvent firm doing n Legitimate busi-
ness within our boundaries.
oar work Will not DO over TIL credits are
established upon lrmer basis, TIL hotels
are elevated III standard llll I'LL cnhrBes 10
ayelers are reasonable Till
hey no longer eslre insurance, till the con-
/ ition OF the commercial salesman needs no
urther ameloration, aud the safety of the
business which he represents il absolute
What has been done is irreVocably behind
ls, The records of success and of failure
like are indelible. The golden present, an
,yer eyer-yarying line between the past and
uture divides whilst 10 connects those two
,ternities. Selling upon that present, and
guided by the mirrored past, we are TO meet
he great hereafter! "What shall our har-
vest be-"
with It's wealth of opportunity, is In our
hands. ThOHe hands may make that future
what we will, and It remains only for us TO
show that in our bright "lexicon there's no
such word as fail"