The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-12
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follow.
| Boys. send in your new members while
the membership fee is So After March
next 1t will be SO, and may be $5 before
this time next year.
North Carolina is coming 10 the front.
and no better workers in the interest Of
the I =. A. can be found anywhere than
Goldsmith and Allen.
Kentucky has the honor of being the
banner division OF the L. +. A. from
social and financial point of view.
Indiana has the best organized division,
and is the first TO pay the extra assess
ment.
Colorado sets fitting example for
other divisions to follow. Not only has
she a thorough organization, but their
influence is felt throughout the South
west.
Texas shows the largest increase In
membership 10 date and together with
Colorado, make team that is an honor
to the Association.
SO long as an association does not
prostitute its work TO mere money
making scheme it will prosper. The T.
p A. does not seek personal aggrsndize-
ment, but the correction OF evils and in
justices that they are, as class, COM
PEELED to bear while on the road, and Of
extortions that the houses they represent
are compelled to pay:
North Carolina, the smallest division
| in the United States for the first time In
its history, has increased her member
ship 10 upwards Of one hundred.
HAND IN YOUR NAME.
The T. p. A. was organized TO better
the condition Of the commercial traveller.
Ii seems very strange, indeed, that An
intelligent man of that profession can
| feel satisfied to remain outside the fold,
especially when he compares the insig-
niticant cost of 81 on the one side and
the multiplied benefits on the other.
Boys your attention, please Many
of you are about leaving the city for your
regular countrv trios.
WHAT THE &. & o. DID.
One year ago the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad on being petitioned by the L.
Z. A., granted 2.000-mile , tickets at two
cents per mile When the chairman Of
our Railroad Committee called on the
general passenger agent, Mr. Fuller, not
word was hinted about interstate law
preventing such a concession. Mr.. Full
! Ter being leyel-headed business man.
and seeing at glance II would be mas
ter stroke of business policy, grant the
petition without moments hesitation.
The remarkable increase Of the freight
business of his road, through the in
luencc of the I. y. \, has been pleas
ant surprise to its managers. They are
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acted wisely in granting the concession.
II any man doubts the statement herein
made In regard 10 the increase In busi-
ness he is respectfully referred to the
contracting agent Of the {. x q.
VOLUNTARY FUND.
The National Press Committee pro-
pose to raise by voluntary subscription
/ by January ist a sum not 10 exceed
| s. 600. The fund is 10 be used solely to
pay OIL the Indebtedness of the associs-
| iion and place it on firm financial foot
! ing. No subscriptions are due or paya-
| bic until $1,000 be raised. Every man
should do his duty and send in assistance
all along the line.
CANADIAN ASSOCIATION.
In the course of his remarks before the
Minneapolis convention President o. Y.
Pindell said
"In Canada every travelling man be-
longs TO the Canadian Association, and
every one carries a ticket When they
20 10 a hotel and show their tickets the
proprietor always gives him the best
| in the house. That's the way they
ought to do in this country. Then again
there are the railroads The association
Is doing good work. and say that il IL
We. to collapse TO day the work would
still 90 on forever. | will guarantee you
all. gentlemen, that If you will give me
100 good men in each State that We viii
have 5000 mile tickets and $50 pounds Of
baggage for $50 within one year on all
the roads. Again, in speaking about
hotels. | say that all that Is neces-
sary is harmony among the travelling
men. Now there Is Colorado II has
one Of the best organized delegations in
the country, and the consequence Is they
have everything they want. Years ago,
when all travelling men were not angels,
they were commonly called bummers.
- have a few statistic" he con-
tinued They were taken from the OBJ
seryatiOns OF three drummets taken
through period Of eleven weeks. They
are as follows Soyeniy-fye per cent.
drank intoxicating liquors; - per cent.
used tobacco. OF the customers IS per
cent purchased goods on sunday; 10
per cent Of hotel keepers drank; 20 per
cent of the conductors did the same; z
per cent. of the customers invited the
salesmen to religious services and % to
places Of amusement"
PERSONALS.
President Maxwell of.Pos, "D' has re-
covered from his late Illness, and Is at his
post Of duty again.
Ii has been decided to hold T. +. A.
bazaar in this city, commencing Deem
ber 10 next.
It is evident that President Gascoyne
is the right mao in the right place.
Mr. NJ A. Hope, yice-president Viz
ginia Division and president OF Post "C
Of Staunton, who was In our city last
week on business connected with the as
sociation, left for home Saturday.
Hon Ashton Slarke, ". J. Pickering
of Philadelphia and " ii. II. Lynn OF
Staunton will address theT p. A. meet
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