The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07

bership Of over three thousand. the second
largest division in the United States.
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The purposes and objects for which the
Travellers Protective Association of Amer
lea was organized. and which it has ef-
fectively and faithfully carried out. are no.
where better described han in the articles
of association. The purposes and Objects
in condensed form. are as follows:
For a better acquaintance and more fra
ternaI feeling between commercial travel
ers and the heads and executive forces OK
wholesale manufacturing houses
ITO secure from all transportation COM
panies and hotels just and equitable rates.
ITO elevate the social and moral charac-
ter Of its members.
.'To establish hospitals. If necessary. and
to assist in caring for disabled members
by creating an indemnity fund to aid those
who may be MANNED, crippled or disabled
by the accidents of travel"
Discussing the work Of the T. p. A. a
member of the order has said: 1t is true
the work Of this association has broadened
into fields OF usefulness not originally con-
templated by the articles of association.
The high purposes. however. OF this work
and the success which has attended IL had
made il unnecessary TO raise the question OF
Its having exceeded its legal authority. For
in these broader fields Of usefulness there
has been shown the best proof of an i'm
provement i'm the character OF its members.
Doing away with local taxes upon trav-
cling men in the Southern States; the in
Interchangeable mileage ticket: the improve
ment of the hotels everywhere: the benefi-
cent work Of the employment coLlmittee.
This sounds like ancient history to MEM
bers of the T. p. A. although each i'm its
turn has aided in a material way not alone
the association that accomplished these
grand results, but advanced every Ameri-
can business interest effectively.
How faithfully this fraternal beneficial
| organization has performed its duties in
its accident insurance department In COM
ing TO the relief of thousands OF its dis
abled brother members in thirty-three
States, is a part of the fraternaI history
of those States, and the pardonable pride
which the 7. p. A. may feel in a duty well
performed in this sacred branch of work
is and always has been in itself all the re-
ward its labors called for.
Coming to the later work of the asso-
citation Missouri and Indiana divisions point
with pride to the excess baggage bills, for
acts in these States which lave become
laws in both establishing a maximum rate
for excess baggage. Other State divisions
| will doubtless accomplish the same vic
tories.
TT work of our association by suggest
ing and putting into practical form the
| means of establishing a new and useful
department in our national government is
the latest and greatest yet obtained, and
must establish in the minds of all progress
i've Americans a respect for the association
| and give character and force TO its recon-
mendations for the future.
ut would be difficult TO estimate the USE
fulness of this department or form a def
mite idea of how far-reaching its influence
will be toward solving existing and appre-
hended differences between capital and la
Dor. OF one thing we may be at least GER
tain: That it will be amply qualified and
empowered to make awards which check,
if not wholly nullify, any efforts at oppres-
sion by organized employers and eleminate
largely the unreasonable demands OF or
ganized labor"
The big men Of the National T.. p. A. win
attend the convention which begins in In
dianapolis tomorrow. Tbs national officers
and directors are all expected. They are:
, President, Howard Pear, Fort Worth, Tex:
secretary and treasurer. Louis I. La
Baume, st. Louis, Mo-; hrst vice president,
Robert w. Simons. Denver, Col; second
vice president. Z. W. DOMAIN. Cincinnati.
O.; third vice president, Robert Lee Wylly.
70 .. fo,.rfh x-ioa nroafdont <sfa
Ochs, New Orleans, La; 9th vice presi-
dent, D.. Z. Hevener. st. Paul. Mimi.
The members of the national board OF d.
rectors are W.. n. McConkliny St. Louis.
Mo-; +. W.. Crandall. st. Louis, Mo-: ].
w. Mcdonald, St. Louis. Mo-; c. w. Saun-
ders, Richmond, Va; c. +. Wixon, Chicago,
ILL.,; b. G. Thompson. Evansville. Ind.