The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-17

tions whose membership average so
high in intelligence, influence and use
fulness as that of the Travellers Pro-
tective Association, the Georgia divis-
| ion of which meets in convention in
Atlanta to-day. Its members have to
be exceptionally bright men TO sue
| coed. AS a matter of fact they are
striking examples of the survival of
the fittest, because if a man does not
measure up to the high standard of the
requirements of business he quickly
falls out of the ranks. From among
the commercial travellers come the men
who control the great business inter-
ests of the country. While on the road
they are students of human nature
and of the requirements Of the respec-
tive branches of trade which they rep
resent, and from the road they grad
uate into positions of managers and
owners of businesses of their own, as
the opportunities present themselves.
The Travellers Protective Associa-
ton is a strong one, having a mem
bership of about 10000. 1t has at
least 1000 members in Georgia, and
the number is steadily increasing. At
present there are about 900 CONNER
cial travellers in the state outside of
the association. 1t is one of the as
sociation's purposes to bring them all
into its organization, because 1t feels
that it will be to their interest to be
there. Indeed it would seem as If en-
ployers would urge their travelling men
to join 1T for the benefit of the acct
dent insurance If for no other. Now,
when a commercial traveller who is
outside of the association is hurt in
an accident he becomes a load on the
house he represents. The man who
is a member of the association, how
ever, is paid $50 a week, until he re-
covers, when injured in an accident,
and when death is the result of an in
jury in an accident his family is paid
$4,000.
And there are many reasons, good
reasons, why manufacturers, jobbers
and wholesale merchants should join
the association. The main purpose of
things which promote their interests.
AS members of the association employ
ers and employees would get in touch
with each other. They would learn
how to work together for the things in
which they are interested. This APP
plies to their respective towns as well
as to their respective businesses. Every
good business man wants to see the
town in which he is located prosper,
not only because he has a pride in it,
but also because its growth means the
growth of his business. Commercial
travellers have it in their power to help
the town with which they are con-
nected in a business way, and they do
help it. If their employers were in
closer touch with them, as they would
be as members of the Travellers Pro-
tective Association, they would be able
to equip themselves better for helping
their respective towns. The effort
therefore to bring the manufacturers,
jobbers and wholesale merchants into
the association oughtJto meet with
success. ~ 9-s.ef
The convention of the Georgia divis-
ion at Atlanta will no doubt consider
some very interesting questions. One
thing that is to be brought before 1t
is the Importance of working for bet
ter hotel service throughout the state.
The men who spend the better part of
their lives in hotels think that they
should have the best there is to be had,
in view of the fact that they are will
ing to pay for 1t. They particularly
desire clean beds and properly cooked
food, and it is the understanding that
they are going to have them or make
trouble for those who undertake to
furnish them. Another thing they
want is interchangeable mileage tick
cts. They want a ticket that will
carry them over all the railroads of the
territory through which they travel
in seeking business. That does not
seem like an unreasonable want. They
pay the railroads good deal of money
and they should have some conces-
sions.
The effort is now being made to unite
all of the commercial travellers asso-
Citations, and to bring into the merged
associations all of the commercial trav-
elers of the country and their employ
ers. That would be, an organization
that would be able to get about every
thing it asked for.