The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-10-01


of the National Committee of Com
mercfal Travellers and Business Men
to the Statesmen of America-A Pro-
test Against Calling That "Progress"'
Which Throws These Men Out Upon
the Streets and Pour the Money Thus
Saved Into the Pockets OF Other Men
Already Too Rich.
There are billions of dollars worth
of merchandise sold annually to the
people of the United States by COM
mercial travellers and indoor sales
men. In doing this they perhaps talk
to six million of people every day, to
many of whom they tell the cruel, de-
termined and demoraliZing effects OF
the Trusts. Mr. Roosevelt is trying
| his best as a matter of political eX-
| pediency to cultivate these statesmen
But this year they naturally feel like
the rabbit when he is being fabricated
by the snake in order that he may
be more easily swallowed. These men
are just as necessary to the manufac-
turer or merchant as their engines, or
the stores or factories in which he car
rieS on Ills business, and yet Mr.. Roose-
welt and the Trusts advocate the prac-
tical determination of the commercial
travellers as one of the great economics
of modern business combination. They
say we must be turned aside, dis
charged and sacrificed to progress.
God save us from such progress that
| throws men upon tie street, pouring
the money thus gained into the Golfers
of men already too rich, and causing
a grievous loss, giving back nothing
to the community to all the mighty
gains taken. This will be no gain to
the community but grievous, terrible
and cruel loss not only to the travelling
men. but to those who depend upon
them.
The Trusts are widening the gap be-
tween the rich and the poor. and
wealth is every year falling into fewer
and fewer hands. and the Republican
party have during their administration
made laws to help. and not retard this
process. They have allowed the
Trusts to be more powerful than the
law. and the Trusts defy the law.
Judge Parker and the Democratic
party propose to give this Republic
laws which wealth will obey.
1t is probable that if Roosevelt is
reelected the Trusts will continue to
grow in numbers, until only 4 few
travelling men are employed in selling
the goods of the mOnopOlies. The
result of this unparalleled movement
will be the determination of our craft.
Distributors and consumers will have
to buy from the Trusts, because there
will be no one else to buy from.
The salaries and travelling expenses
of the statesmen are needed to pay the
dividends upon the watered stock. This
will go on until the people take away
the special privileges of all kinds
which alone enable them to reap un-
earned profits and to injure the pub
lie.
The commercial travellers are bright.
energetic, resourceful fellows, with
flexible tongues. working in large
cities and little villages, thoroughfares
and cross roads, coming into conversa
tiOnal contact with operators of mills
and mines. and merchants. manu-
facturerS and professional people in
towns, cities and on railway trains,
their sphere Of influence being almost |
unlimited.
Since the inception and development |
of the gigantic monopolies. known as
Trusts. eight years since, it is an in
disputable fact, that no less than from
$4,000 to 100000 commercial travellers
have lost their positions thereby. 1t
is no less true that those commercial
travellers now. in the employ of the
Trusts are receiving no less than %
per cent. of Il reduction OH their sal |
aries.
Judge Parker's great opinion decid- |
ing the Anti-Scalping Bill unconstitu-
tional is of personal interest to every
business and travelling man. BY this |
decision every citizen is given the
right to sell the unused part of his
railroad ticket the same as he would
any other property, while on the other
hand Republican government of the
State of New York legislared it crime
for anyone to sell ticket except the
railroad Trusts. Governor Odell ap-
proved this legislation. thus taking
position against the commercial trav-
elers and the travelling public. If you
have not read this decision you will
find it to your great advantage to do
so, and if you are in any doubt as to
who you should support for Pres-
dental election, | am confident this
decision itself will be sufficient to de-
eide that your vote should be cast for
Judge Parker The commercial tray-
elers and ticket brokers feel so much
obliged that we are going to do all in
our power to assist in his election, and
we trust to get your cooperation in
distributing the campaign documents
which we shall send you.
1t is most important to secure the
names and addresses of as many
Democratic commercial travellers and
business men rs possible. and in order
that these may be obtained in the
least possible time, recourse is had to
the endless Chain system, In the end
less chain for charity the weak link is
that somebody breaks the chain, who
does not care to give his money. In
this movement the weak link is elm
mated because there is no initiation
fee, and only those commercial trav-
elers and business men who are fra
ternally Interested in helping along thA