Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-11
Recent Hotel Fire Causes Re-
newed Agitation For Better
Protection For Guests
TO ENTER POLITICS
Iowa Organizations to Give Influence
to Legislative Candidates Who Will
Work to Secure Protective Laws
Special News Notes Of Some of the
Travellers.
Travellers.

The travelling men living in Waterloo
called meeting one day last week to
take some action as regards working
for the. election of senator's and repre-
the interest of us all in trying to bet
ter the hotels of Iowa. The hotel fire
of last week, when so many of the boys
lost their lives, was most deplorable
accident. While it could not have been
helped in this case, was there an eX-
cuse for allowing a landlord to house
people in such a firetrap as that Was
said to be? This is not the first time
we have been taught such a lesson, and
we hope before many years to have
laws to compel hotels to be so ar
ranged that people can be housed with
safety. The death of so many of the
travelling men in the hotel fire of one
week ago. was appalling. 1t does not
been caught in such a tiretrap. 1t is
lesson to all of us, who are COM
PEELED to travel and put up with the
accommodations that are given us, to
carry all the insurance possible, and we
are to be congratulated that we belong
to class that has the insurance COM
panies that we have. There is no ex-
cuse for a traveller not providing acct
dent insurance for his family, in case
of death, and to carry all he can afford
to. We hope that every one of the
eleven of the boys had more or less in
surance, even if it does cost us an ex-
ira assessment. Most Of the boys killed
We're members of the 1. G. NJ. A. of Chi
cago In cases of this kind the large
surplus comes in handy. No one now
can complain of the large surplus that
the companies have on hand.
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The banquet to be held next Friday
evening under the auspices of the
Merchants club at the Stoddart Hotel,
should be largely attended by the trav-
cling men. The boys should make an
effort to be at home that evening if
possible.
L S. Rist, with the Wells, Abbott &
Nieman Company of Schuyler, Neb.,
had hard job of it last week Monday
to keep a drunk from taking his hat
and grip. The conductor of the train
was helping the party off the train
with the grip and coat, when it was
discovered. Brother Rist's lungs and
size would stop most anything.
George Richardson, with Burley &
Tyrell, wholesale crockery, of Chi
cago, spent the day last Monday in
George has Travelled for
his firm for over forty-'five years, and
still looks hale and hearty. The firm
only asks him to make twenty-five Of
his best towns, which he makes in
thirty days, then takes rest for
thirty days, calling on the trade every
sixty days.
j. c. Keister, with the Commercial
Supply Company, of Chester w. Va,
Of enamel ware. in
train on Thursday, was thrown vio-
lently to the ground, but met with no
mishap other than a good shaking up.
J. C. called on trade on the Iowa Cen
trail last week.
II. N. White, representing Simmons
Hardware Company, of st. Louis, re-
ports Mrs. White as doing nicely,
much better than was expected. This
is good news to their many friends.
e. H. Wilmott, with the Myers Vim
egar Company, of Freeport, ILL.,, made
the trade in eastern Iowa last week.
Mr.. Wilmott is slowly recovering from
an accident of last winter. He should
not have been around for some time yet