The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-10-31
THEY ARE FOR BRYAN
COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS DE-
CLARE AGAINST GOLD.
Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Mime
sofa and Michigan All Safe for
the Ticket.

st. Louis, Oct. Z6.-Inere are III thS
United States about 25O,OOO men employed
as commercial travellers, selected for their
intelligence and ability 20 influence men
to buy goods. When a power and inhu-
ence such as they WELD undertakes to in
huence votes there is brought into the
field a political factor of almost inestiua-
bic force.
In reviewing the work which the com
mercial travellers have done in this cam
paign, James w. Jump. chairman Of the
National Democratic Committee of Com
merciaI Travellers headquarters Lindel
Hotel. st. Louis, said:
OF course there are republicans among com
mercial travellers, out believe that zOo,VUe OF
the 900 men now on the road IN the Uhlteo
States are in favor of the reconciliation OF
silver and the immediate restoration OIL q o.
metallic currency. Eastern travellers VINO i've
in the east have, to a certain extent, become
infected with the uncomfortable single Bolu
standard idea through their home animation
but it should be remembered that very large
proportion Of the commercial travellers or the
country reside in the south, west ana central
agricultural states of the Union, although they
represent in numerous instances eastern nous
es Therefore, the largest part OF the men
employed in sympathy with their Gus
toners, the retail merchants rather than with
their employers and believe that 600 OF
the 25O. 900 are today advocating the election of
William J. Bryan and the democratic ticket.
1t might be supposed that commercial travel
views Of their employers, but that is not tina
case.
1t is upon his friend and customer. the retail
merchant, that the commercial traveller relies,
and his political opinions nearly always in
harmony with the retailer where any differ
ence of opinion arises rather than with his
Does His own Thinking.
The commercial traveller does his own think
ing and is in an unusually independent POSI-
ton, for a man with well established trade
has trouble usually in holding or obtaining
a position and if a house, no matter how pow
ertul, should discharge a traveller for adVo-
eating democracy and bimetallism, he would
at once become a martyr and could greatly
enlarge his list of customers.
There exists no feeling of antagonism be-
tween commercial travellers and their employ
ers on political questions, and there is but lit
tie intimidation. Employers are usually wise
enough to know that the commercial traveller
who is in political sympathy with his custom
ers is the one who sells the most goods and
no effort is made to control or pervert his
views.
A constant steady and unceasing decline
of values for the past Is years has made the
duties Of the drummer more and more ardu-
Gus, their profits smaller, and has had very
demoralizing effect on salaries. Thousands Of
men are now working on commission basis
who formerly enjoyed and well deserved and
earned, good annual salaries. Commercial
travellers also know and realize that in gold
standard England, Germany, Australia, Italy
and other European countries salaries of COM
mercial travellers are only about half as high
those paid in the United States. which un-
til 1898 has at least subterfuge for bimetai-
lism.
They also know that this is not attributable
TO the tariff or protection, for in Germany and
Italy, which have almost prunIDitive protect
i've tariffs, the salaries of commercial travellers
are even lower than they are in England, which
is on free trade basis, and they therefore at
tribute low salaries in these countries to the
monometallic gold standard.
We'll known Men for Bryan.
Consequently, you find the old time tried.
true and faithful leaders OF commercial trav-
ers throughout the United States who have
for years past labOred in the advocacy of the
interests of that craft like Charles r. Duffin
of Terre Haute, John J. Knight OF Dallas.
John a. Lee of st. Louis, h. e. Hughes OF
/. Higdon of Alabama, c. II. Wickard of St.
Louis. Il. NJ. Henseler of Illinois, NJ. G. Wet
more of St. Louis James Zimmerman of St.
Louis, Alloys Jacobs of Colorado, Duncan A.
Hiaday OF Colorado, George NJ. Branch of Lit
tie Rock. Ark, John NJ McAinn OF st. Louis,
J. =. Lantznecter OF Birmingham, Ala, J. W.
Rawley OF Richmond. va. Sam S. Whiting OF
Lincoln. Neb Charles Gerard of Indlanap-
oils. Ind. f. W. uonham of Cincinnati V. y.
Jewett. Cedar Rapids. Iowa. =. J.. Stedman OF
Rochester, y. Y. W. G. Hawkins Of Grand
Ky, NJ. Hirscher of Mobile, Ala, Frank
Loucks Of Peoria. H.. J. b. NIcNece OF Ma
con. Ca, j. i. Robertson Of PadUcah, Ky.
William Oil OF Peoria, ILL.,, c. II. Waldorf OF
cisco, w. W. Radcliffe of Seattle. Wash. c.
p. Utey Of Warsaw Ind, c. d. Evans james
vile, Wis, J. II. Pickard. Richmond Ind, +.
w. Ryan, GAINESVILLE, Ohio, and hundreds d
others could mention actively advocating re-
monetization Of silver and the restoration OF
prosperity and good times.
The Committees Work.
This committee was established in St Louis
early in the campaign and has been self-sup-
porting-every dollar of our expense having
been collected and contributed by own
members in st. Louis.
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