The Minneapolis journal., 1905-01-24
that only self pecting methods viii

be allowed. ID S
No employer could afford to feel
that his ssuccess4had been built upon the
wrecks Of young men in his employ.
such cases are exceedingly rare. A
house is known by. the character of it's
and we are all seeking |
clean, capable, sober workers.
The travelling salesemen Of today
afe body Of wholesome, active business
or twenty years, ago, and there are ex-
ceptions now, of course, but as class
they are capable, moral, high class and
a select body of men. am speaking
Of the successful northwestern travelling
salesmen in mercantile lines. They
drink sparingly i, at all; have high
use only honorable means to secure
trade and care nothing at all what the
mayor Of Minneapolis does or does not.
HMr. Eischman s. remarks may have
applied to frontier days here, but to me
I ought to know present conditions.
F. G. Winston's idea.
F. G.. Winston of the Winston, Har-
per, Fisher company, repelled the insin-
uation made by the Eischman interview
business men and against the character
Of the country merchants in the country
contributory to Minneapolis. Mr..
Winston is not disciple of the theory
that it is necessary to get drunk with q
ne ndf to beega sell n,% go4GdsM winston
"that it is necessary to have wide
open town to conduct business. Meth
er do I think it is necessary to have
town run on Puritanical principles, and
1 have 10 reason to believe that Mayor
Jones' administration is of that char
acter.
! s'While I have not investigated the
statement that the administration is
PuritanicaI, I do not believe it neces-
sarily follows that closing undesirable
resorts in the central business districts
of the city indicates we are Puritanl-
supervision sometimes becomes safe
guard to the visitors of q large city.
Time will tell whether or not the Mr..
Eischman quoted, is not slandering the
large percentage of country merchants
who are not men of immoral character.
Most of them have families. and conduct
their business on business lines. When
they come to the city they come in the
interests of their business and not for
the purpose Of indulging in dissipation
in the red light district. Personally, l
am of the opinion that the thing neces-
sary on the part, of .jobbers to hold their
trade is to do business with customers
iobbing house that treats its customers
fairly and along liberal business lines,
can hold it's own against any such oppo-
sition indicated by the Eischman inter
vieW; e!I,oro oro mon no, ond 4bsn IN all
sections Of the country who come to the
city for the purpose Of having a good
time as they look at a good time, but
, they are individuals and not representa-.
tives Of thrifty western country mer-
chants. - "<* g.
Eischmani Seems Myth.
, To cap the climax, it does not appear
that there is any Eischman. The fact
that myth has such emphatic views
is deemed significant by those who have
given more than second thought to
A careful, systematic search for
/ Eischman fails to reveal the slightest
clue to his existence. The New York
. city directory dscloses no L. q. Eisch-
man, nor any Eischman whatsoever
{ The Brooklyn directory was subjected
to searching examination with the
! same result. a.
Inquiry was then made at the Wy
, man-Partridge company. The buyers
, of that firm had never heard Of Mr.
, Eischman. They were skeptical as tt
. his existence, thinking that if he were
. sure-enough person they would have
{ heard of him. an * #
5 The search was then taken up at thu
j different hotels, Inquiry was made a
1 the West, the Nicollet, the Rogers, thu
Z Vendome and the Hyser. After lookins
. over their books the proprietors o:
t these hotels announced they had en-
Y tertained no L. 2. Eischman within re
l cent date. Inquiry was then conducted
among the travelling men who wer
f Of L. q. EischmanS' The reply wa
t an emphatic "no,' the gentleman ha'
no acquaintance among the travelling
men. ~ 5~f ''r
"Traveling men usually have &C
9 quaintances among their own fellowss'
d was asked.
j. Certainly" was the reply. 81
Il there were any such man in this terri
d tory, the chances are that some Of u
& would know of him. .-...-5