The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09
READY AID
FROM SOUTH.
The Appeal Of Peabody Already
Meeting With Many Sub
stantial Responses.
TRAVELLERS AND TRUSTS
Firnerty and Patteson to Take
Stump in West-Taggart
Confident Of Success.

Especial from q Staff Correspondent
4 NEW YORK, Oct. s.--The appeal Of
Treasurer Peabody, Of the National DEM
ocratic Committee, for funds with which
to carry on the campaign, though only
issued Thlsrday, Is meeting with re-
sponses Of substantial character.
The managers of tho. campaign are
gratifleds that tho South is responding
to the appeal The fact that that sec
ton OF the Union Is safely Democratic,
and that money Is not needed TO conuuct
the campaign in Dixie, has been pointed
out 10 Southern Democrats, and some OF
them are contributing to the work to pc
done In Northern States, II the latter
are to DO carried for the Democratic
candidates.
Drumners for Parker.
II was stated at national hcadquar-
tiers to-day that many letters arc being
received from all sections Of tho country
which indicates that the drummers every
whero are supporting judge Parker.
These letters are from the heads OF the
various commercial travellers associations on
and from members and tho writer's inVa-
rlably nscribe their opposition to Roose-
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trusts. The Executive Committee OF inc
Travellers Protective Association OF
America, an organization which has a
membership Of 1922, has issued state
ment in which It Is said:
ITO uso tho language Of On authorized
agent OF the trusts, $4,000 commercial
travellers have been thrown out OF en-
ployment as result OF .the consolidatloll
OF various enterprises, and So, oOo ooo deliy
were thus saved to tho trusts. An equal
amount was also saved 'by withholding
advertising from country papers. ihus
s6oo0,O0O d;Gy wero withheld from INC
peoplc. When such conditions are real
led It Is obvious that great and essen
tal steps will have to bd, taken IN the
warfare upon the trusts.
MIR. W. p Il. Jenkins, president OF the
Maryland Division OF the Travellers ITO ITO.
tectiye Association. has written to Sec
rotary William Hoge, Of the Natlonai
Association Of Democratic Commercial
Travellers, saying. 1T will afford me great
pleasure to be enrolled as member OF
your body, and ifI can be Of amy use
personally, will be glad to have you call
on me. am organizing farkcr and
Davis Democratic clubs Of commercial
travellers In this State, and Will take
all active part In the campaign from
this time on"
Injured by Trusts.
Mr. Frank w. Streut, president OF the
United Commercial Travellers OF tho
United States. writes: No one is so
foolish as to lose sight Of the fact that
iii working out their policy, economy, one
Of the first acts on the part Of the trusts
is to dispense with the services of Com.
merclal travellers formerly employed by
tho competing firms, which were merged
into the trusts
f. L. Courtney, president OF the Com
mercial Travellers League, writes as fol-
lows: "There Is no class OF men moro
generally hurt by the trusts than the re-
tail merchants and the commercial traV-
elcrs. The trusts are able and do squeeze
wages down SO that a man Is barely able
to purchase the necessaries Of life. the
trusts are tho hdeous offspring OF the
Republican party. Many people fear that
they nave already become greater than
tho Republican party itself. believe the
time Is close at hand when the people or
tho United States will risc and BY the
power of the ballot show the trusts that
they are not so powerful as they conf
IDENTIFY lmaEine.
c. III. Kelly, president Of the Pittsburg