Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-03
LOOKER-0N In IOWA
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Nevada, Oct. 2.-There is quite lit
W. O. Payne Will be a candidate for
congress to succeed Mr.. Hull. This
| does not come from Mr. Payne, but
from his friends who evidently Will
push his interests to the utterlnost.
| Then there's another crowd, so cruel is
! politics. that say this movement is
really in the interest Of Mr.. Hull, for
| the purpose of drawing away votes
from Judge Prouty, Senator Berry, ct
| al, who are also supposed to have con-
gressional aspira lions. Those who
| know Mr.. Payne, however, feel assured
! that If he decides TO rl.a for congress
| i. viii BE- a bona fide candidacy, fully as
much in earnest as when he was. a can
lidate for the United States senate,
and the work his numerous friends do
for him VIII be for a candidate, not 10
sell out or retrea, or even know defeat
until after the votes in the congress
sional district convention are counted.
Attic Mr.. Payne belongs 10 the
Istandpatters. and rotw, .hstanding he
is a severe critic OF Governor Cummins'
political speeches and actions, this VIII
not affect his candidacy here. He VIII
be nominated or defeated strictly on
his merits or dement's as a man and
citizen.
Here's an item for wholesale houses:
Some time ago a merchant of Iowa
Falls, owner of big department store.
went 10 Des Moines to bay some goods.
He stepped into the rooms of a big
wholesale house ard altho there were
numerous clerks standing around no
one came near him 10 give him the glad
hand and the beamng smile. Disguised
he went out. Again during the day he
dropped in, and this time one of the
firm came UP and finding out who he
was, was more than pleased. And then
some thing like this conversation took
place:
d. NJ. Mechanically didn't you
come in sooner? Would like to have
had you go out 10 dinnsr. Can't you
stay over tonight and so to the thea
ter?
/. +. Merchant did come in this
morning and stood around half an hour
and not one of your clerks or the firm
even looked at me. Up our way when
a customer comes in somebody waits
on him at once. Ii made me a little
mad and if / could have got what
wanted somewhere else you wouldn
have seen me again today. II had as
many men in my store standing around
doing nothing, too lazy to even walk
up 70 strangers coming II, I'd fire" the
whole business.
d. NJ Merohant-Why, Mr.. Blank,
I'm very sorry it happened that way.
saw you myself this morning and
supposed you was just travelling man.
s**
And that did settle It, For this re-
tail merchant of Iowa Falls is noted
for the politeness with which he treats
travelling men. Not only personally, but
he has issued orders to all of his buy
ers-"always treat travsiing men Well.
Look al their samples whether we need
anything In their line or not. In this
way we get bargains and get new
IDEAS" And long before the writer
heard this. story he had noticed this
very thing. Entering this Iowa Falls
store, some one always came forward
With the inquiry, Something We can
do for you?'
Now while on this subject here's a
story for some retailer. One day re-
Gently a knight of the grip made up
his mind to buy pair of shoes. En-
tering shoe store, carrying his grips,
he deposited them near the door in that
polite manner for which all travelling
men are SO re-eminently distin-
guished, or words to that effect. He
walked back in the empty store to hear
somebody in the back end say, Who's
that" And the rep.N. as they re-
manned comfortably seated, ooh, he's |
only travelling man." And said trav-
cling man went out and bought a pair
of shoes at the other store. Retailers!
Treat the poor travelling men we'll. You /
may be entertaining an angel I'M
awares."
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