The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-03

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sions. when they do not even give Won
credit for accomplishing them, and II il
/ was the wish Of your association We
would, at a moments notice, raise our
mileage book 10 their former price You
demand recognition from railroads, VIII,
u0t from the merchants who are the di-
rect benefciarieey
Geni!emeD, ponder on these facts, and
help those who are helping You and the
commerce Of This city and State
THE BAZAAR.
! All employees of commercial travellers
. If mindful Of their own interests and De.
slrons Of obtaining the fullest returns for
. lhelr investments in tina, direction should
assist the boys in making The bazaar 10 he
held at Sanger Hall on December 10. II
and IL next success The objects Of
this bazaar Is 10 raise funds 10 establish
a home for their members. and where
merchants visiting this market can he en-.
teriained. A committee will wait upon
/ you to-day. aud il is 10 be hoped thst our
merchants will respond literally. We ask
YOU TO give us ii helping hand by uniting
with us, not to insure the success Of tie
present undertaking, but to help Us Sc
cure the objects for which we are orga.
nized, thereby aidiog yourselves as well
as your emplOye, ard cuitiyaling n true
fraternal feeling between "house and
hustler" without which promintnce aud
success is impossible Of attainment.
T. p. A. HOTELS
A at. p. a. hotel" should be estab
she'd in every city, town and village in
each State division, so that member
coming from any part Of the country can,
upon arriving at strange place, have
his !. 7. \. hotel pointed out to him
Contracts can be made that will event
ually benefit hotel proprieiors and com
meIcial travellers.
COMMITTEE WORK.
This division j. fortunate in having
most faithful, hard-woiking president
and secretary. That is q settled fact
How about the chailm OF the val ious
committees? Are you faithfully dis .
charging the duties to which YOU were
elected? Gentlemen of the railroad .
press, hotel, legislative and employment .
committees, you have been elected not .
because you are "jolly, good fellows" .
but because the members have confidence
In your intelligence, honesty and faithful .
energy, and believe you will discharge
The duties you took upon yourselves and .
solemny promised You would faithfully
perform.
Have you proven recreant to the faith .
they reposed in you Let each Of you
gentle men ask yourselves Have per
formed the duties assigned to ne, or an
| mere figure head ~
There is a tide in the affairs Of men
Which taken at its food, leads on to fortune
The tide of events has now borne to
the 1 L. a. an opportunity of showing
its usefulness to the business interests OF .
our country Let us promptly embrace
this occasion eie the Tide Gibbs and tie
opportunity is swept away.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE LAW.
To one who has carefully studied the
Interstate Commerce Act. ard who las
given the Sigh est attention to the debates
IN Congress incident 10. the passage Of this
act, II must be apparent that 1t was most
emphalically not :he object Of lhi
Trainers OF this law to, in the slightest
degree, restrict or hamper the commerce
OF our country, but on the contrary The
on the part of our government to fur
ther advance the interests of the cuisines.
community generally by affOIdins n pro.
lection from The unjuslifable and incon-
sislenI discrimination in rates 50 often
INDUCED IN 10y railroad mOnOpOlies in the ,
interest of favored shippers, thus bring /
Ing ruin and disaster, or at least substan-
TALLY decreased profits 10 many business /,
houses which were net fortunate enough /
TO bask in the sunlight OF railroad favor 4,
itsm.
We cannot logically believe that the
statesmen who so carefully framed this g
law contemplated blow to the interests !,
of the commercial traveller, and thus in .
directly TO every business house in the (
United States. We have vet TO meet q !;
single legislator, irrespective of his DO
litical affiliations or the constituency nc
represented, but who conceded in the
belief recently expressed by a disin
guished railroad official, who truly says v
that every travelling representative Of a 4
business enterprise, be il ever s. small. u
is OF value to all interests, and this value u
TO the general prosperity Of the land can a.
not be measured In money alone" d
In view OF these facts and the senti- a
ments since generally expressed that the %
commercial traveller does not travel un-
der substantially similar circumstance III
and conditions rs does the ordinary tray I"
Her, tie Travellers Protective A ssocia. e,
ion, through their legislative committee. II
nave decided to introduce the following Is
amendment to Article 8, Section %. Of Il
he Interstate Commerce Act, for action
~ the Fif,y-First Congress, which con
'enes early this month dc
provided that nothing in this act shall ~
,e construed TO prohibit any common u
srrier from giving reduced rates to ~
commercial travellers, whether employer III
r employe, who travels to sell merchan-
Use for q wholesale business taking or.
ers from dealers OF goods for subse- p.
uent delivery" "
While it was unfortunate that our in
eress In this connection did not have
t,ention prior TO the passage Of The act. -.
lere 10 no reason why, with well-1ireci- III
l Efforts, an amendment providing an 81
reception in our favor, as stated above. ,n'
innot be readily oblsined. Immediate las
cps will be taken 10 have petitions urg. pa
q action in behalf Of the proposed siu
nendment sent at an early dae to eel
'ery United States Senator and Ripe. roc
NATIVE in Congress. In this connec vi
)n 1t is proposed to bring the matter pre-
lmediaiely to The attention of ali VIC
'ards of trade, chambers Of commerce, wa
exchanges and mercantile Yen
d manufacturing associations, request u .Ii
Z them TO petition their Congressional ,he
representatives. in this behalf. am an,
This matter will be brought to the at. otI
ltion Of our Chamber of Commerce 'ur
d various mercantile exchanges al wv
ce by Mr.. W. Deane, county chairman ION
'islatlye committee of this State. foi 'bli
'ir action, aud petitions will he Circu acc G
ed among our merchants and forward
TO our representative ives in Congress. JUS
T. 7. A. DOTS. the
'lessrs. Allen & Ginier deserve the !, nc
'ioundest thanks of the travelling met hue
the entire country for their very zen Exp
us contribution OF 500 to the Tray y aIu
rs Protective Association to assist lhro
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