Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-02
KNIGHTS Ql! 0! The GRIP
Commercial Travellers Not Sup
porting Bryan in Large
Numbers.
A STRAW VOTE is TAKEN
STRAW VOTE is TAKEN
Out Of Sixteen on One Train, Fifteen
Were for Taft-Prosperity Appeal
Sent to /. C. M. A.-Harry comparet
Occupying New Home-!IIinois cea-
trail Puts Trains in Service.

norris as to the number of commercial
travellers who will vote for Bryan, some
even going so far as to state there
will be 50 per cent? No doubt they
get their authority from some such
leader as HAYWOOD the socialist, who
made that statement. How would he
know, for very few travellers would
lower themselves enough to give him
purely guess work The subject came
up the other day on a train running
into Carroll. Iowa In the coach We're
sixteen travellers and after polling the
car we found fifteen for Taft, one for
Bryan, and so you will find 1t all over
Iowa.
A letter from our friend c. e. True.
with the Churchill Drug company, OIL
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, states that he ana
Mrs. True are having a glorious Tune
at Portland, Maine, taking in all the
sights, and enjoying themselves as
best they know how. Mr.. True is feei-
ing much better and expects TO take
I'D his grips again Nov. 9, for his llrla'
The following letter was sent to all
the members of the I. c. NJ. A. last
week. by the secretary, r. A. Cave
naugh: "The tide has turned; pros
perity is here again. there is no DOUBT
about it. it is a positive fact. Inc bus-
mess depression that swept over lhls
country a few months ago is dlsap-
nearing as fast as it came upon US,
and why should it not? There never
was any good reason for it's existence.
There was no production: our
factories were selling their products
faster than they could make them: IN
fact the majority were sold TO thelr
full capacity before they had started
to make the goods, and the merchants
were not overloaded. They needed the
goods they ordered. and We're really
hungry for them. The whole trouoie
was caused by a few would-be imam
ciers who overstepped themselves, the
banks became frightened and the peo-
nile lost confidence, boarded their mon
ey and bought nothing1 except VIVA.
they absolutely had to have Ihey olu
not know what might /lappen next ana
wanted to be ready for it, Now Unat
they know it was only a scare, they
have loosened UP and are buying WIFI
the same confidence as before, and IT 8
11p to us as commercial travellers to get
ont and hustle. The live ones are go
ing to reap a harvest next year.
honestly believe that this country is
on the verge of the greatest era OF
prosperity it has ever known"
TFarry Co1hparet, with the Luthe
Hardware company of Des Moines, is
moving into his new home he has just
completed on Summit street. The house
is a very neat one, modern in every
respect. We wish more of the boys
would follow in Harry's footsteps.
y. M. Paxkhil1, of Des Moines, spent
Thursday in our city, and Friday NOR
ming accompanied E. w. Winery Of
our CITY. to Nevada in the interest Of
w. p. Soash Land company, of Wat
erloo. We are sure something took
place, when two such hustlers got after
parties.
Travelling men at times are COM
PEELED to put up with most anything,
but think the railroads are going a
little too far when they allow their
brakemen, when on duty, ITO smoke
cigarets, as was the case on a G. &
G. w. passenger train, the other day.
The ladies' coach was filled, .compell-
ing passengers, if they wished a seat,
tn gro in the smoker, and there we
found brakeman on duty putting
a cigaret as if his life depended on 1t.
We find that nearly all travelling men
are going home ito vote this year. This
is as it should be, and it is a duty we
owe the country.
W. G. Stephenson and wife have re-
turned home from a five weeks visit
in the east. w. C.=represents Marshall
Field & Co., Chicago. He lost his
trunks in fire few weeks ago, when
the depot at Jewell Junction burned,
and was compelled to spend three
weeks in Chicago, getting new sam
pies.
Amos Elderian, salesman for Baker
Paper company. of Cedar Rapids, was
on Wednesday last married to one of
Cedar Rapids very prominent young
ladies. Congratulations from your
many friends among the travellers.
l.. C. Medearis, salesman for the ga
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