, 1880-09-12
:: THE TRAIN-BOY]iS;.;, ;,
Annual Meeting Of Their Associa.
tion and Allied organi-
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Reports Of the Committees on Pie, Litara-
- :: !: IT,. ture, Prise-Paokages; Etc.
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| Delegations from the National American Rail-
road Eating House Union, Mutual Waysfde Cot
fee and Doughnut Company, Train RoyB. Dime
Novel and Moral Suaaion, Society Of New York.
Southern Consolidated Train-Boy znd Banana
Merchants, Union, Northwestern Interstate
Traiu-Boy and, Bookpeddlers'' Association, and
the Omaha and San Francisco Train-Doy and
Prize Package Guild. Limited, arrived in this
city yesterday morning at a. N: On special bag
gage trains, and: met In general convention At
Fhrwe1 Hall for the purpose OF DISCUSSING their
| common Interests, secure IT possible better pro-
tecuon against the wearisome annoyanees In
fiicted upon them. by the travelling public, and
take such steps as might be necessary to pre-
vent innocent members OF the profession from
being led, astray and sometimes suindled by
rural tourists -
/ The Convention was opened at 10 q. N. By ae-
elimination, Mr. Edouard Obrtenne, ex-Prest-
dent OF tho Illinois Pop-Corn and Peanut Ex-
change, WIS called to the chair, -
The Chairman made brief address, eulogizing
TIE PROFESSION AND ms GLORIOUS rossmu1-
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America, he said, was land Of travel. It was
peopled by a race that never stood still: Look
at the map of one hundred years ago, unstrtped
by single railroad, and with but a ragged
fringe Of names along the Atlantic coast
to mark the presence Of centres OF hahi-
tatton. ! The middle and west were great
barren wastes OF yellow, blue. or red, according
to the taste OF the man that got the geography
book up, without even freck1e to break the
monotony. In those dark days the trafn-boy
was unknown. Now look at the map. The whole
country ts so speckled. blotched, and ay-specked
with cities and towns that In most places the
eruption seems to be continent, while between
every separate and Individual place there is q
nlaok Ape that stands for railroad: The knowl-
edge OF the fact that on every one Of these roads
trains run constantly, and that upon each train
Is TRIM boy. and at eaoh station one eating
progress he country las MADE. az The ttain I @st boy
him the railroad companies look for influence
turn for comfort and 6a1afias, 6gs and ia7or-
Not only is his the guardianship ot q
On him deyolves: the'. cultivation. OF a
pn5btea tas1s ts fer literature and RoPcorn He
to re the but
him gradually up 10 appreciation Of the jerk
water cignr and the centenary orange Zap
pa2s Il saRs IS KS ssty any as tn I
them asleep. and be does t. He disseminates
zeal ~ an9 olscreuon: lC5ee1s:1
+a ,e m e g;S ao oa
ara hmT faW az o' % has ~ se - ~ h
rnff and he y7,,11d yent7a ~ sor W .hat ~ ~ -
m,iitrns Whn ~ +ser. 3e 80 ~ ~ ~ .e aH5 5 y. ~ ~
ramnnIa" stt r. nIt ~ Cu1 s "uS S 1oso e hce @
hoan coecd gn- "a teEan r. to ,o noT 80 ~ oa nas
hnndrsd rniiroad . q" tb'stast,o III
ann;anss Ho .ea~niv vatao1s.t - M,.sIse
tnn "a Nhicano Thers !" no n,sca 1 - ~ 1yon1d
cafinv. A. %Gnch onnEan ~ ~ snr -, due
rentiemnn Rav thar morning thst t,,r{nr ona
Sesr;s atau ~ +ha pa 4nmaa ~ hn8 .a u.1
Rre1 sarSod un ennh meals ~ Ia hod osran ~
fhe ref}rond ent,nrs shn,1sa. ~ b1onrntn.+nr ~.
inn ~ Tamhri59o fi1v Il Tn5 IEro9tin' ~ ~
nia,,se'1 o'"'' @Ao' ''0A1o ap-
rst vartoHs " f1msees fpa % weTe n9w appq1n{ed, to
nfI1m,rnad ~ nntii ~ - ~A9 W. s4eA
r. nscinnE ehsFrn ina+. ar.,tro ~. t;xara, ~
Mr. t,br,enne csied the ConrnnTion ~ r. ar@,cr ~
a,,-,s <,oss..-,. ~, w ,.s,.'.o s-~.~ ~
tah coAAa11E1: oS f1sDGAs AND PhRQuls1Is
submltted tnelr report IN the opinion Of the
CnalFman. the ConvenHons should address 9
memorial m to.Congress petiaoning the passage of
1uries 20 qlctatelo nemper5 oI the pruiesslon the
manner In which they should break 50 bill for
AGasoonier. euea was tae intplefance @ now e.
ni4 aCnx t.,.o I'LL tt. ~ a,ii ,s
without incurrInr The risk Of retltn1intc trouh{e
at the next station, The minority report was
thai y more nerfect mettlod Of obtaining bnil
should be devised as the interests Of some meme
bers suffered severely from the present defeotiYe
system: Adopted. :
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