The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-26
TRAVELLING MANS WORD
delivered Ap,n 20. Bcfor. the souti,
Dakota Funeral Directors
Association. by w. ~.
Hawkins, Mitchell,
g. Hal.
SO. I,ak.

The only contentcd ma in the
universe today is the silent occupant
of the cemetery lot.
am optimistical enough to be-
iievc that the Creator intended this
world should be a goodly place for
mans habitation and hat we We're
placed here for a purpose. Not be-
ing Dead Ones" We possess an in
herent ambition to do some laudable
thing. No matter how we'll our
working plans may be laid we sell
dom ever quite attain our ideals, yet
we believe it is better to have tried
and failed than never to have tried
at all.
Shakespeare said ".All the world
is a stage" Even so, then we have
each a part to play in life's drama.
Proceeding on the theory that what
ever is worth doing is worth doing
well". | plead guilty of having an
ambition to do my stunt with all
my might, whatever the result.
Conditions exist, advancement
comes chiefly through our ability to
grasp opportunities when .her IRE
sent themselves.
After you had appointed me for
this hour as the representative of
the travelling fraternity, | decided
that the long sought opportunity to
broaden the scope of our usefulness
vas within my reach. | determined
to secure the assistance and G., -oper-
alton of the travellers and tradesmen
who have been advocating that the
expense was so great they could not
afford to spend the time and money
necessary to attend these Association
meetings and show them if possible
that where they have figured they
were ahead by staying at home, re-
suits would prove a paradox, end the
man ahead was really behind There
always must be a first time, as the
only way to get anywhere is to start
and the many are wiser than the few
so everybody has more money than
anybody. | wished to start right.
and on the principle of the more the
merrier, l chose to divide my time
and space with others. BY means of
about twelve hundred letters, as we'll
as much personal solicitation, I in
yited wholesalers to contribute funds
to send exhibits and their travellers
who call upon you to furnish enter
talnment and TO write your valued
orders. How we'll we have succeed
ed % are TO be the judges. The
exhibits show for themselves, the
statesmen will gladly show you. and
the following wholesale houses by
a total contribution of one hundred
and seventy dollars to your treasury
have shown me.
Beebe & Runyan Furniture Co,
Omaha, Neb.; Hanson Paint & Glass
Co., Sioux City, Ia; E. e. Downing
& Co., Sioux City, Ia; Northwestern
Casket Co., Minneapolis, Mimi;
C%hittenden & Eastman Co., Rurling-
ton, Ia; Dubuque Casket Co., Dubu-
que, Ia; Croker Chair Co., Mirnea-
polls, Mimi; Rex Fluid Co, Des
Moines, Ia; Peterson Carpet Co.,
Minneapolis, Mimi; Sheyboygan
Chair Co., Sheyboygan, Wis; A.
Hospe Co., Omaha, Neb.; Schmitt &
Henry Mfg. Co., Des Moines. Ia;
Leggett & Platte Mfg. Co, Carthage,
Mo-; United States Chemical Co.,
Chicago, ILL.,; Webster Mfg. Co.,
Minneapolis, Mimi; Leroi Furniture
Co., st. Louis, Mo-; Peck-.& Hills
Furniture Co, Chicago, ILL.,: Durfee
Embalming Fluid Co. Detroit, Mich. 4
Bintliff Mfg. Co., Minneapolis,
Mimi; II. S. Eckells & Co., Philadel-
phia, Pa; Milwaukee Casket Co.,
Milwaukee, Wis; Sioux City Gasket
Co, Sioux City, Ia; Wisconsin Fur
niture Co., Milwaukee, Wis; A.
Dunn & Co., Minneapolis, Mimi;
Carl Netschert, Chicago, ILL.,; Nation
al Casket Co., Chicago, Ill.,; Jennings
Amos Mfg. Co., st. Louis, Mo-; G.
T. Hooper, Sioux City, Ia; Salisbury
& Satterlee, Minneapolis, Mimi;
Mcleod & Smith. Minneapolis, Mimi;
Office &, School l1urni-
ture Co., Minneapolis, Mimi; Ozinet
Fluid Co., Minneapolis, Mimi;
Mitchell Furniture Co., Mitchell, S.
D.; Ganglehoff Bros, Minneapolis,
MINI.
l wish to call your special atten-
ton here and now to the fact that