Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-20
T. P, A.
The Legislature Adjourns Without Re.
peaIiEs the DrHmmers Tax Law
Knights Of the Grip Notes.
to be Held at the Piohwiek Next SAtur-
day-Rases 20 MINI eapolis.
DRIVING TRADE FROM TEXAS.

DRlNlNG EhOA IEAAss
Have our Representatives in the Legis-
lature done their duty to the jobbers Of
the state by not repeating the drummers
tax Law? To man up tree it looks as
II they had left The home men with the
bag to hold, inesmuch IS they refused to
appropriate the 5000 to reimburse the
constable Of Smith county, who had to
expend that much money out of his own
pocket in the drummer case that the T. P.
A. carried into the United States court,
where they gained such sweeping de-
cision for the foreign drummer, and we
cannot expect the sheriffs and other Off
GERS of the state to enforce the law
agsinst foreign T. P. A. men when the
state will not stand back of them fuan-
cislly If they are carried into the United
States court, and the +. P. A. will most
assuredly carry every case there. But we
home men have got it to pay, we have
no recourse. 1t is putting premium on
business houses to stay ont OF the state.
The Governor received fully twenty let
tiers from the largest jobbers throughout
the state and referred them to the proper
committee, but even that could not induce
them to repeal law that discriminates
against their own people. Travellers
Protective Association men and their en-
ployers will be very apt to remember
such a. the next election.
SOMETHING MUST GIVE WAY.
The T. P. A. has received new life, as
the meeting at Dallas on the 12sh inst.
fully demonstrates it was the best at
tended meeting ever held in Texas, aud
the interest displayed wonla. astorish
some folks. All the officers elected are
gcad, substantial travelling men,
and this success OF the association
ia now assulsd and will make itself
felt in tie lsno before many days.
The railroad fight inaSgurated some time
past will be pushed with more energy,
and the delegates who 20 to the national
convention OF the T. P. A. next month
will ask the assistance OF the national
association in the fight and see II the
combined strength Of "a, 900 members, Of
whom about 5000 are at the heads OF the
large jobbing houses and manufactures
of the east, cannot be instrumental
In securing the weak end ticket
two-cent mileage books and an increased
allowance Of baggage which the travelling
man, as q class, surely deserves. All the
efforts OF the national association have
been directed to the roads north and
east, and they have gained their conces-
sions, SO now they can give the proper at
tention to the south and west, and when
they do start, "a 900 strong, something
has got to come. So keep your eyes open.
boys, and you will hear the national bugle
of the T. P. A., and such an amount OF
freight some one road will receive will
surprise you all. l have eeen 1t worked
before, ana know whereof speak. c.
SEND IN YOUR ADDRESS.
Matters of mutual interest to all tx:
A. members and all other tfaveliG men,
make It important that each one shall adj
wise me Of the name and location Of -
house they represent, and their pe
nent address, il they have any The
state, where mail may be sent to- een OF
them. II. 3. BREW
Secretary and Treasuref5 Dallas.
MOTHS AND COMMENTS.
d. S. Brewer, state secretary Of the
Travelers' Protective Association, passed
through the Fort on his way to Austin,