The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02
TRAVELLING sflEN SATISFIED.
J. VI. Deck Has Only Seen Two Demo-
cratic "Drummers.-

II sometimes hear Of Democratic travel
House last night, 'but in all my travels
and cover great deal OF territory-I
have only run across two. met one of
them IN the Teton Hotel at Sioux Falls,
S. D. He was sitting in the hotel lobby.
blowing OF about how the Republican
party has ruined the travelling men. when
a gentleman who seemed to know him
very suddenly said to him Sam, what are
you talking that way for? You know very
we'll the reason you are out of a Job is
that you got on drunk three or four
weeks ago and your firm fred you"
Mr.. Deck travels for an Ohio suspender
mandatory. which Is one of the largest of
its kind in the country. He said that the
last time he visited the factory he dis.
covered that sixty new sewing machines
had been added to the number already in
operation, making ITO machines altogether,
which are running full time. And
have 10 sewing machines at work steadily
You have got TO get lots Of orders for goods
10 do IL. The head of my firm is Demo-
Crat. but he said TO me Deck, while am
a strong Democrat, don't want 10 see any
change In the national administration, for
our business is in better shape now than it
has ever been before. -
Mr.. Deck said the house for which he
travels has twenty-six statesmen on the
road constantly. He himself has been
travelling salesman for twenty-five years
continuously and he declares it to be a fact
that thus far In the present year he has
sold more goods than he did all of last
year, and business was very good then.
He has also sold more goods this year than
any previous year since he began to travel
I tell you / don't want to see better times
than We are having now" he said, land 1
cant see how any sensible man can bring
himself TO vote the Democratic ticket when
we are having such prosperity"
Mr. Deck recently made a trip to South
Dakota and had some interesting sxper-
business with Governor Lee" he said.
The Governor is a Populist. and at the
same time is estimated to be worth
$1,000 600 He is a member of the firm of
Lee & Prentiss. which does a general mer-
Chandise business at Vermilion. s. d. The
Governor does all of the buying for the firm
IN person. A travelling salesman must
catch him at the store on Monday or
Tuesday of any given week. for on other
days he Is al the executive department in
the capital city. Pierre The firm of Lee &
Prenttss carries on q business of a least
$4,000 a year. In addition to his connec-
ton with the firm the Governor is engaged
In stock raising on a large scale on his
private account He has been a stockman
for many years. He now has 5000 head of
As fine cattle as you ever laid eyes on. He
has been shipping from two 10 three train
loads OF cattle every week from Vermillion.
Nearly all OF his cattle are sent direct 10
Chicago, 10 be used as export beef. He
told me that not long ago he sold one steer
that weighed $3.50 pounds net when il
landed In Chicago. IL brought him pre-
MUM on account of its extra size. and he
made Sl4S I'm cold cash from the single ami
NAL l saw 81 head of the Governors
cattle loaded on a train the other night
aud they averaged LOO pounds weight
apiece The Governor was offered 81
cents pound for the animals on the
track at Nermillion, but refused the offer.
preferrlnS 10 snip them TO Chicago and see
what he could realize in the market OF that
city The Governor was at the depot on
horseback. busily engaged in punching
cattle-that is. driving them into the
] said TO the Governor. in a laughing way:
II wasn't Democracy or Populism that
made those cattle worth 81 cents pound
here, Governor, was it?' He never an
swered me. but kept on punching cattle.
From Nermilllon 1 went over to Gayville,
a town of perhaps less than two hundred
inhabitants. Despite the small number of
people In the place, general merchan-
olsing store conducted by the Bagstadt &
Aaseth Company does a business of more
than $4,000 every year, nearly as big as
That done by Lee a FSentiSS in much
bigger town. The Gayville concern draws
trade from points seventy-five miles dis
tant, and great deal OF wheat is hauled
10 II from that distance. Both members
OF the firm are 'red-hot Republicans.
was telling Mr.. Bagstadt about the remark
] made TO Governor Lee, and he said: III
tell you, Deck the drought and failure OF
crops We're what made all the Populists in
this country. but we are going 10 land
them on our side of the fence this year
Talk about prosperity, continued Mr..
Deck. Il never saw anything like the good
times they are having in South Dakota
The people simply have money TO burn.
The wheat crop IN North Dakota under
stand. Is not very good, but in South Da-
k0ta they have never had such crops as
this season. / haven't any doubt but that
We will carry that State at the November
election, and it win be great feather in
our caps"