Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-09

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Hubbard, Dec Sitting In hotel
lobby some time ago, the writer was
AN enforced listener for an hour or so
to a travelling mans conversation with
brother knights OK the grip. AS eX-
Iected. there was the usual shop tax,
bet what struck The writer was That
this referred to travelling man managed
curing the hour to destroy the reputa-
ton of Il score or more business men
and other travelling men, that Is, IL the
hearers believed all that he said. rms
scribe, during tho latter part or the
uiihlic conversation, stretched his ears,
TO find out before 1t was necessary for
him to leave the hotel, IL this venom
Gus tongue would not give even ono
OF his acquaintances a clean bill OF
health. But no; Jones was all right
if. smith may be as you say, but
-. Brown served me dirty trick.
and"-. BLACK is doing business on
wind and borrowed money. and.
Whites wife will break him up in
bnsiness for She. II wouldn't be-
lieye Wilson on OATH he cut prices and
I0OnDSOD CHI L NCSp VIZ ts'S es'''''
playing poker all night---- elc.
johnson may fool his wire. put
know at Nextown where. etc. Ana
all this from one man. All TINS IN
public. 1t made this writer wohaer
what kind of thinking machine was
in that mans head. Was there any
of the milk Of human kindness IN MS
makeup?
At the approaching annual meeting
of the /. S. II. NJ. A.. there VIII De
determined effort made to allow IN tu-
ture meetings of the Travelling Mems
Association, the use of proxies 10
bring this about 1t will be necessary
for some member to give notice one
month In advance of this present meet
ing. of an amendment to the consti-
tuition. Such an amendment can east
Nv be carried at the coming January
meeting, for the reason that more out
siders, l. e. more traveling men living
outside of Des Moines. will be present
than on any previous occasion of the
kind. This provision in the constttu-
ton of compelling personal attendance
to take part in the proceedings OF any
meeting of the association, accom-
plishes the evident intent of such ar
ticle in the constitution. 1. e., to keep
the control Of the I. S. T. M. A. in the
hands of Des Moines members or those
living near there that can afford to at
tend the meetings. To outsiders 1t
means the loss Of time, hotel bills and
car fare. To change this article in
tho constitution to allow the use of
proxies. some one will have to present
an amendment 80 days before the next
regular meeting.
Atthis coming meeting there will al
so be made determined effort to
place the salary of the secretary on
fiat basis of so much per year, and
the association to pay the expenses OF
the Office out of the funds Of the asso-
citation. With $4,000 members and the
probability Of increase, SO cents for
each member Is considered to much
pay for the secretary, even II out OF
this $4,000 a year gross salary, he Is
obliged to pay clerk hire and extra
help. Opponents Of the present sys-
TEN claim that there should be SO
much per annum paid to the secretary
so Irmuch for his assistants, and for
Office rent, Stationery, and all printed
supplies, regular bills presented, audit
ed by proper authority, paid out Of the
treasury and monthly statement of
all expenses of the association, printed
and sent to each member, Some mem
bers claim IL such a system had been
in operation during the past year the
l. S. T. M. A. could have passed an
assessment of two dollars, the proceed
ing Of rival institution, that has
many them many friends, and secured
a large number of new members.
go
Every year. about this time, a lot Of
new faces, large number of new men
ON the road, are in evidence. They
give themselves away" by their ques-
tons concerning; hotels, the best way to
make Nextown, and worse than MI, ny
their personal habits. Not all OF them
have a bottle Of whisky in their grip.
Many of them are not anxious TO make
up a game of POKER. A large percant-
age omit the accounts Of th,fr Corr
quests of the table girls at Lastown.
Quite a numb, Of these new men do
not hang around to get the last seat
In the bus, so to be the first to rez;s-
ter IN th'e Iole' IL Is hoe'Ns''l".S 'ii"
many of these new men fai! to utter
an oath evrr* FIVE words of converse
ton. vetv f.w of these nav men.
now tell off-color stories in the ca
boose or depot or hotel office. where
there is no chance for others t, set
away. 7ut or,e of these now man
do all of .."se eilsagreeable and nm
eentlemanly ..1ilfs. Some of these new
men are ad:,.aa ) Only a few of these
Weaknesses. They become old men on
the road, when time, observation and
criticism makes them realize th.s
new" things eoE't pay.
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