Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-04-05
COMMUNICATED.
TRAVELLERS PROTECTIVE AS
ISOLATION.

Travellers HrOLt(b Vb AS'OCiatiVu VI
America, signed "tosca," and beg use
| OF your valued columOs TO express my
thanks for the opportunity offered to
call pubic tt anton 10 our orsaDiz4.
ton. Wolfe | am very grateful TO
"TOsGa," 1t tle sam(t me j must ST. t
| to, De has an erroneous idea ss re-
gards tle objects Of the 7. z. A., ard
feel 1t 10Y duty to put him on the risht
tack. 10 his article he quotes the
eligibility clause quite correctly, snd
bad be made himself equally familiar
With the objects OF the association, his
communication would have read quite
differently, l think, or would net
have been written. The object OF The
association are ss follows:
l3t.-To secure the repeal OF ell
mu oicipal, county, State or Territori !
/ laws imposing or enforcing q license
tax on commercial travellers. 2t.-Jo
secure recognition from railroads, aud
! obtain ss favorable terms OD tTsDspor'
tai on and baggage rs are given to sDy
! otner class OF travellers, and ID adj
| all differences between Railroads and
| Commercial travellers on Q fsir, equit'
shle business basis. 3d.-TO secure
hotel sccommodst ons commensurate
VT price paid. 4 ITO elevate the
social and moral character OF COM
mercial travellers ss a profession, aod
10 briug about tae beitsr acquaiI tiDce
| of mem bers. 5sh TO provide Dens-
| fit fund in case of deet1 by accident or
| injury by accident. 6h.-To secure
| business connect ons for unemployed
members.
If"Tosca" will read again carefully
the eligibility clause be will 6nd it does
not require that man shall travel,
aud If be met Is other requirements he
is t liberty TO t.sVel from home TO
shop and back sgain daily" "Salafy
rrust"-I cannot see the connection.
"Will t le wholesale people stand thisY'
Well, guese. A salesman is Injured by
sccde, t is incapacittt sd for weeks, or
perhaps months, his house 10 caring for
their tfade covers bis territory with
another, whose expenses and salary
mu, 5s paid. The Injured salesman
RI ceivea i4dembiy from the T. P. n.
Of S25 per week, net exceeding 52
| geeks. DOES the house feel obliged t1
pay il Jared mans salary land increase
their own expeDses) under such circum-
stancei? H.viDg stated objects OF es.
soclstioD, given sn illustrst oD, in sn-
| swer to "Wiil the Wholesale JeOple
It ,nd this" would like 70 give reas-
ons why Tosca should become mem
Der (providiDg of course he 10 eligible)
First. because 1t is your duty, as II
| should be your pleasure, to sustain end
help, by your personal iDhaence and
cooperation, an association which has
through it's working committees and
| officers, nulliied and defet { sd the in
| famous license law which imposed upon
commercial travellers an ocCOpstlon tax,
aud which subjected them TO { le same
espionage that criminals are compelled
t. submit to; v bich secured a decision Of
ne Supreme Court of the Uoited States
\ declaring such occupation taxes uocon'
ditional, and which has secured enor-
| nous concessions 10 transport, ton
rates, including week end tickets,
| thousand mile tickets 1t reduced rates,
and that great boon and convenience
! 10 commercial travellers, the inter
changeable mileage ticket now in force
and rapidly becoming introduced over
all lines OF railroads. THIS association
through its exclusive effort, secured an
amendment to the Interstate Commerce
act. 10 the Ffty-third Congress, per.
hitting railroads to issue interc lange'
able mileage tickets and to give special
free baRgsge privileges with mileage
tickets, and soon expects to have added
to President Roosevelt's Cabinet Sec
retary OF Commerce.
| Second, because 1t eXerts a power
ful il fl lence for good over its members
Great Sc q more friendly! feeling OF con-
fiience between employer and EN-
olOyee by bringing them more closely
together in social aud business meet
lngt; it utterly discounteoaDces boycott
ting, the cutting of prices, Of violsting
of contracts by rebatiog customers or
buyers, thus encouraging US all TO
houorably strive for that commercial
supremacy of which any people may bt
proud, 10 the upbuildiDg OF our cities
and St ties.
By the way, the State association
meets 10 convention 10 AlexSndrit
April % and 26,n and If Tosca viii
Ut end business meetings we shall b'
! pleased to have him. We also invite
hi N TO accompany us on an excursion
to Mount Vernon and Arlington, aoC
= on our return help usdiscuss banqu,t
r M. GRAHAM. Secrtt t4EV,