The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-02
WHY THEY'RE FOR Lind
TRAVELLING MEN GIVE THEIR
REASONS FOR SUPPORTING
MR.. LIND
SOUND ON GREAT QUESTIONS

SOUND ON GREAT QUESTIONS
Some of tho Leading Reasons Why
the Commercial Men VIII Large
" Cast Their Votes for the Dem
ocratic Candidate - MI. Limbs
Position ON the 5,Ooo-MiIe Inter-
changeabIe Book Was Correct.
The John Lind Travelling Mems Club
Of Minneapolis has issued the following
self-eXplanatory address to the COM
mercial statesmen Of Minnesota:
Whereas, An attempt has been made
through an address issued by the president
Of the Eustts Travelling Mems club to make 1t
appear that the commercial statesmen are, as
GLASS, opposed to John Lind for governor.
TO those OF US who are familiar with the
history OF the Eustis dinner party and the
formation of the club, this attempt would
be more amusing than annoying, were It not
for the fact that an impression is given the
public that the travelling men, as a class,
are ready to change their political convictions
for petty grievance more imagined than
real. In the name OF over loo treveling men
OF Minneapolis members Of the John Lind
club, and In behalf Of the hundreds Of trav-
cling men throughout the state who are sup
porting Mr.. Lind, this address Is issued.
COSMOPOLITAN IN CHARACTER.
If there is any class Of men who, by ma
ture. training and occupation, should be both
liberal and free from extreme partisanship,
1t is the travelling man. They are cosmopol-
itan in their character and from the very
nature Of their calling they must be quick
and accurate in estimating character; they
admire, as a rule the capable honest and
manly man, despisng hypocrisy whether
found in customer or a candidate for gov
ernor. No class OF men are more famil ar
with our vast and varied sources and wi h
the possibilities OF the future both indus
trialy and commercially. No class OF men
realize more fully that upon the prosperity
OF the farmer, the stock grower and the
miner depends the prosperity OF the jobbing
centers. If the farmer holds his wheat for
higher price, as he is now doing, the mer-
chant holds his goods. II the wheat which
has been sold it unjustiy graded down, 1t
makes against both the merchant and the
travelling man. That this has been sys.e-
matically done one will gainsay.
BANK EXAMINER
No class of men can be more interested In
a bank examiner who will examine than the
statesmen, for q defunet bank affects alike
the country merchant and the jobber. We
challenge any one to point to q single bank
which Kenyon closed IN Minnesota until after
the funds had practically all been stolen or
loaned on improper securities Was there not
a time in the history OF these banks per-
maps year, or six months month
but some time before the doors were closed
when the bank examiner could have used
his authority in this branch OF the public
service to protect the depositors2 Under the
regime OF this man of unsavory record the
depositors of Minnesota have suffered q less
OF over 81, 200, coo. This has paralyZed bust
ness at time In many localities and cut
down our sales. Tho Republican party is
pledged TO no reform along this line. On
the contrary, Bank Examiner Kenyon, realiz-
Ing that his job is in danger, has shown more
activity. in throwing mud during the past
thirty days than he has in the line OF bank
examiner for the past three yesrs. John Lind
stands upon a platform pledged to reform
this branch Of the public service.
THEY EARN THEIR MONEY.
We believe that no c,ass of men come near
er earning their money than the commercial
salesman His is constant battle 1t means
irregular hours; broken rest and tireless
energy. The profession demands ability, in
tegrity and push. We believe we, are con-
sentative In estimating the average salary
today to be not over $1,000 per annum. We
are confident that no less than one thousand
travelling men Of Minnesota are fully COM
petent to fill the Office of log surveyor or
state oil inspector, yet, under the present
system this office pays each incumbent about
$4,000 per annum. John Lind stands upon
a platform pledged to abolish this pernicous
fee system, whereby these officers, together
with the clerk of supreme court, draw an
nually $4,000 OF the peoples money.
Where trust or combine is organized the
first man to feel its baneful effect is the
travelling man. A cracker combine, nail
or wire combine, a tobacco combine, or any
of the many hundreds with which you are
familiar. are organized to cut down expenses.
Every time combine is formed one sales
man is made to sell the products of two or
three or more factories. and the number of
statesmen who have felt the iron heel of this
monster are tens Of thousands. We believe
that self preservation is the first law of man.
We are constrained to cast our votes with
that party which shall honestly try to pro-
tect society from this gigantic evil. Upon the
subject of trusts and combines the Republican
party ia silent. We appeal not only to the
boys on the road who have been fortunate
enough to hold their places against this CEN
tralization, but to those who have besn laid
OH, and to that other class who are trembling
lest their turn may come next. John Lind
stands upon a platform which pledges both
the executive and legislative branches of this
state to overthrow, as far possible these
trusts and combines. Unless this evil can be
checked it requires no prophet to fortell the
future of one-half Of the travelling statesmen
who are on the road today.
TRADE RELATIONS.
1t is our opinion that favorable trade re-
lations with Canada would be better for US
as q class than the acquisition of the Philip
pine islands. The great and growing trade
of Manitoba, which is properly tributary,
should belong to the jobbers and manufac-
turers of the Twin Cities. We can name one
sawmill which sold in 1886 600 carloads OF
lumber that went into Manitoba after paying
a duty of 20 per cent The representative of
this concern informed US that with reciprocal
trade relations every foot OF lumber con-
sumed in Manitoba would be purchased from
Minnesota. 1t Is a we'll known fact That
the Jobbers of Winnipeg prefer the manufac-
tured goods of the states to those of Hamil-
ION and Ottawa, and are only prevented from
throwing their trade in our direction by the
barriers which have been erected. We be-
lieve that under proper conditions Montana
and Manitoba would AFFORD better field
for our goods than Wall street.
GOOD ROADS"
Upon all these questions which affect our
interests the Republican party is silent. I'M
less, indeed, we accept the good reads
plank. II the declaration means better high
ways, then we reply that had the Republi-
can party Of Minnesota handled their swamp
lands in the interest Of the state rather
than the interests of certain corporations
would have had a fund sufficient to
macadamize all the leading highways in the
state.
PARTISANSHTP.
We believe that no class of men appreciate
the necessity of clean and economical adj !
ministration of affairs. whether city, county
or state, more than the commercial statesmen.
The cry Of craftsmanship. when used to bring
men into line for the purpose of upholding
that extravagant and pernicious fee system
or continuing in Office an incompetent bank