The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-04

! the roarr- urgent protests OF the public
( ard Of different associations and organi-
zations interested in the sale and use OF
all classes of manufactured articles, cs-
! pecially these constructed OF iron and
/ steel the several trusts and large cor
po.ations who have associated themselves
together fo- the purpose OF restricting
competitor and limiting production sin
continue to place further advances On the
sclling prices OF the articles they are
/ manufacturing and that the burden thus
. placed or the public have become so
bErCeEso-ne especially % the ge51n ner-
chants that we again, in behalf of our
+ customers and for the protection Of cur
! iaG.viduEl business. appeal 10 the national
( congress now IN session in Washington
70 speedily enact thoroughly restrictive
+ corporation ard antitrust laws as viii
, permit untraule ed competition in all the
! channels OF trade in the interest OF the
Progressive and aggressive development
/ Of ali the industries OF this country
Resolved. That we. the members Of
the SouthF-est Kansas and Oklahoma
I Implement and Hardware Dealers assoc
/ cation II convention assembled NEST
/ heartily i.dorse the special and urgent
I requests contained iG The message Of
! Hon. Theodore Roosevelt president OF
The United states. in his mess2g &c To con
gress recommending the early eaactiOn
by that body Of thoroughly antitrust
ard corporation laws at this session Of
! congress aud that the subject should
have precedence over all others because
Of its importance to the public, pointing
I Out thst The rights % tie inlivi9U
must De fully protected from the organ
izel system of eIJortiou now practiced by
/ urEc~uDuioUs trade mergers WHO arr
reaching out cnCe2vorirg to cover al
avenues CT trade and if permitted TO con
tinue must eventually destroy individual
! efforts and enterprises.
RESOLVED. That the conSressren and
United States senators IRON the state Of
Kansas and delegate from Oklahoma are
4 hereby requested 10 give their earnest
ara hcarty support in the passage Of pro
tecGve laws Of trade as outlined in the
/ PRESIDENTS message
'Be & further resolved That we here
by appeal to All recall merchants or
+ s2nizatiors and the individual retail mer-
chants TO petition their customers to Join
with them ana ourselves il Il general
demand on All congressman AID United
States senator's throughout the entire
length and breadth of this country to
eepDort the lrestdent IL MS request for
legislation, especially III this particular
on motion of AIr. J. r. Van Zandt
I The resolutions were referred to the com
mittee with Instructions to bring In re-
pert and after the session the resolutions
Commil tee net and adopted Tie resolu-
tons and VIII embody them in the re-
porr.
ADDRESS OF w. BACsLIN
Following 1Ir. Blaine Mr. w B9uslin,
Of the Racine Carriage COMPANY, Kansas
city. was selected To speak on me
! Travelling Nan. a subject On which he
YES very wen versed.
Tire committee. he said gave me
20 bounds on nay subject. I may sive
advice. may suggest some changes in his
way cf working or may suggest raise
/ Of selary
when Tie curtain goes Up on the first
act we lDd The travelling man an UNI
! known quantity Fiftv years ago ne
! amounted TO litUe ia business way, but
I with The advent OF the railroads he be-
c2rne factor in the business life of the
( country"
IN. Bauslin talked along the line of
J work Of The commercial traveller. his
! pleasantries and trials. "The travelling
man. s3iG the speaker is a diplomat
/ and ambassador A-r Tauslin then
gave fine word picture or travel
irs man leaving his home to make his
! old territory or enter new fields How
/ the drummer confronts grun old bust
! ness man who has some kick and if
/ country town few farmer customers
! come in and the merchant talks crops
a few hours, while the travelling man is
! in hurry 10 get our OF the town His
wife or child may be III and he wants to
go to thcm. or ne may have some i'm
portant mission to perform ut another
+ point at "A certain time. And then after
4 explaining ali the good points Of his liue
and what discounts he may make when
+ the merchant win say; Il don't want
+ anything in Your line today"
look at the tired ana worn ever-nlov-
ms travelling man as he lays on the seats
! OF some Way-station depot. with uiilog7
under his head pillow, the outside of
leather while The stu6ng Is composed OF
an assortment of collars and cuffs end
other toilet articles. lie can never tell
where he viii be the next day"
Air. Bauslin fer many wears a travelling
man. knows fun wei what trouble he
mas to contend with and his picture of the
travelling man on the road was original.
witty and vivid and those who have
brushed AGAINST the travelling man We're
clearly impressed with q story Of trav-
elers life. rs man who is most prom
inent factor in Tho business life of the
country Tine speech was ore that inter
csted and entertained the large crowd
present. It was delivered with effect
MIR. GREER'S ADDRESS.
Mr.. z. T. Greer president OF the Fpl-
ier-Lee Manufacturing comr3ny of KAN
S8s city. addressed The convention in
part as follows on Advance in Prices
and Reasons Therefor
Although modcsty and self interest in
duce most business men t. refrain from
on rinE information relative 10 the de-
talts 81 their ofyn Ell IRIS. the lack Of
experience and general information com
PSI nle 60 use the aetna! figures f.om
the BOOKS of the company Win which 4
ana connected IN order 30 establish the
facts necessary 10 an Intelligent discus
sion ot the topic you have assigned me
4 These books snow thar. toxins fer COM
parsan the yer lS93 and the prices In
contracts already executed for material
FOR the goods which VIII come into mar
Nct IN 1873. the following advances are
shoWo- In cold rolled steel frcm which
aNles for agricultural machinery are
made - per eenj- btGh carbon OPEN
hear,a steel. from which discs are made.
y per cent, - The special rolled oxals.
from which The tircs. and sro<as of ag-i-
clltUral wheels arc neco. ,S l-5 per cent.
standard black iron pipe rs 1-5 PER cent?
sos RI rler steel bars which classi1ct-
1on crrhr. the larger Part ~ the steel
tonnage used IN the construction If asri-
ell tt-ral machinery. Si', per cart. mig iron.
am whieh asr.cultu~al castings are
made ~ per c-nt- lG1ne per cent.
A combination o- these rEurss Teprcse ats
am aC-ul ncreasa az cost III The ma
teriai from which The machines we make
are constructed ~ AS per cent
"A comparison az the paN rolls disclose
The fact THAI there has been an average
increase iu the daily earnings u the
Labor employed In THE CONSERVATION de-
par,mcnt - = per cent Ihes. covering
total eos; " increase the - -.al
and labor accounts Ter esch Stem - pro-
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