The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-31
Mr.. William 7. Campbell Was Chosen
The New President.
Aid. Moulton and
Judge Foster Speak.
The Mileage Battle Recalled.
Those Who We're Present.

The fifteenth annual meeting and ban.
auet Of the Maine Commercial Travellers
association was held Saturday evening at
Riverton park casino. The party was
made up Of about sixty Of the "knights
Of the grip" who went TO the park at
five o'clock in special cars of thu Port
land Railroad company.
THE BUSINESS MEETING.
At the annual business mssting of the
association, held in the assembly hall
the reports of the several officers and
committees were submitted. The bust
ness meeting was presided over by the
president, Mr.. j. Putnam Stevens. The
election of officers resulted as follows;
President--w lillian +. Campbell.
Vice President ALBERT BENJAMIN.
Directors-Cnarlss @. Blake, j. II.
Lapham, Arthur E. Craig, Actor +.
Durham.
Secretary and reasurer-william W.
Roberts.
President-elect Campbell appointed
the following committees:
Field Day Arrangements-Aator p.
Durham, Frank W. Jewett, Frank q.
Prince.
Dinner Committee for Next Annual
Meeting-William b. Adie, q y. Mcken.
nsy, Frank Il. Taft, Albert benjamin, j.
Marshall Hobbs.
An Amendments to the bylaws was
adopted. providing that members when
taken Ill are to report the date of their
Illness Immediately to the secretary In
order to receive sick benefits.
A letter was read from MIR. Albert Fl.
Inman. president OF the Worcester, Mass,
Commercial Travellers association,
thanking the Portland association for
the Invitation to attend the banquet and
reunion. Mr.. Inman, in concluding his
letter, spoke OF a desire to arrange q
meeting OF the officers of the New Eng
land Commercial Travellers associa-
lions, early next summer in Portland or
vicinity, for mutual benefit and for the
purpose Of creating a more effective
union among the travelling men OF the
New England states.
The newly elected officers of the associ-
alton are we'll known and popular travel
ing men. The president, MIR. William
II. Campbsll, is representative of Mar
tin l.. Hall a. Co., wholesale grooers of
Boston. The vics president, Mr.. Albert
Benjamin. travels In the interests of
Hanos Bros. ami White, manufacturing
chemists of Philadelphia, Pa. The Sec
rotary and treasurer, MIR. William w.
Roberts, Ia the proprietor OF a retail
business on Middle street, this
city. and has held the position OF score
tary and treasurer of the association for
the past ten years.
DINNER AND CIGARS.
Alter the business meeting the travel |
ling men with invited guests adjourned |
to the banquet hall where fine dinner
was enjoyed. At the head table were |
seated ex-President j. Putnam Stevens |
and william +. Campbell, the newly |
elected president Of the association, also |
Hon. Augustus II. MouIton and Hon, |
Enooh Foster, as guests OF the associa- |
ton. The following were seated at the
tab les: Harry @. Davidson, S. +. |
BeArce. w. L. Waite, II. A. Ramsay, A. |
NJ. Menish, Water l. Paine. Arthur &.
Craig, George A. Guptill, Joseph L. Ad-
ans, Seth Il. Clark, Bion K. Lane, A.
p. Durham, W. b. Adie, ]. Marshall
Hobbs, W. NJ. Pike, A, o. Bertch, VIII
liam b. Turnbun, ]. ]. Curiey, U. b.
Libby, j. W. Harper, #. A. Sparrow,
W. Nj. Written, Maurice.C. Rich, Anssl
W. p. Mcdonald, Il. L. Libby,
]. G. Bsrryma n, +. b. Milliken, Royal |
A. Bragg, Edward 1. Hall, Jonathan
N. j. Lane. W. A. De land |
Fred b. Bosworth, Thomas J. WEIGH,
]. Fisher Parish, l.. w. JanE, Henry b.
Eddy, j. +. Lapham, j. L. Morrison, J. L. |
Murphy, Frank Jewett, George w. len
nant, Charles x. Gage. Frank Il. Taft,
Albert Benjamin, William W. Roberts. +.
.. Prince, @. q. Blake, L. II. Loring,
L. b. Roberts, Walter M. Jordan.
Dinner over President Stevens called
she assembly to order and briefly intro
1uced thu secretary OF the association, MIR.
W. W. Roberts. Mr.. Roberts spoke of the
dns condition Of the association at the
present time. Zen years ago the numsri-
,al strength OF the association was great
~, but the activity and usefulness OF the
association was never SO great as today.
The present roll numbers $50 members
MIX. MoULToN'S REMARKS.
President Stevens next introduced
Hon. Augustus f. Moulton of Portland,
IS one OF the city fathers. Mr.. Moulton
very happily to the introduce
lion. In the course OF his remarks, MIR.
Mouiton spoke OF the vast changes that
have taken place In the method OF selling
goods, between the present day and that
II perhaps forty years ago. Forty years
Igo a trader was obliged to go to the
markets nd purchase his
FOODS, but today the travelling msn make
he rounds of given territory, and the
toods can be said cheaper to ths trader
han under the old methods. This must
% true or meleantiIs houses would