The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-15
ossirsss Men Tell the Travel
ing Men How Much They
Like Them, Then the Drum
mers Get,Real Busy. !,
ETnATTAN TELLS OF
! HIS RUSSIAN TRIP
Thinks the Country of9the SIav
win Some Day Be the
Greatest Nation in the En-
tire Universe.

At the meeting Of the Commercial
elab last evening. which organisation
eatertained the members Of the T. r.
A.. IN honor Of their success in elect
Ing Elmer Lebo Of that organization
10 tho stats T. p. A. presidency. a
very enjoyable time was had. A large
representation Of both organisations
was present. The features OF the ev-
Dnfng was q talk on Russia By 8. s.
Gtx1&tan, Jr., of this city, who recent
ay returned from visit to that coun-
Try. Others, including Elmer Lebo.
NichAM O'Brien, Marcus Hasty. Stoph-
an Kuth and Frank Elder, former
postmaster OF Richmond. but now q
hesidenk OF New York City, made
6hort talks.
Tho affair was In the nature OF q
smoker. A light lunch and punch was
Osgved during the evening.
Drummer We'll Liked.
Sharon e. Jones acted ~ presiding
officer and toastmaster. In his ad-
dress, he referred to the admiration
the merchant holds toward the trav-
cling man.
Mr.. Strattan declared that Russia
was not appreciated in this country
- II should b. He believed that the
AmeJacans' sympathy for the Japan
90 IN the recent Russo-Japan war
Nas entirely misplaced. a. American
Dlt11eng owe moro to Russia than they
N - Jspazi. Eyseywhers cne goes
u RusSiA, Anne efcsn products are
Geen ana Russianst believe that what
0Ivsr America does II o. K. Mr.. STRAIT
2an said.
RUSSIA, according to Mr.. Strattan, is
0e0dned TO become a much greater
ccunary than at present. probably the
11eatsDt country in the world. This
q due TO the enormity Of the country
and the almost limitless natural re-
sources. Russia produces more
wheat than America does now. and 1t
viii be the greatest wheat producing
country in the world in the future. he
oa0A
War with Turkey seems to be inevi-
cable. according to Mr.. strattan. Rus.
Mtan business men are demanding q
Aeaport and Constantinople is the
Nharm q Russia's eye. Russian bus.
5nees men declared to Mr. Strattan tina,
thsy wc0ld got Z seaport In the next
sfSoFt Odessa is the only seepor,
Open the entire year, but located as /,
a on the Black Sea. it does not meet
G~Quirements. st. Petersburg Is an
Oehsr seaport but it is inaccessible
0aring the winter months.
Education Discussed.
The education OF the masses was dis
ea0oed at some length by Mr.. Strattan
He declared that there was great
amount d iiliteracy but that an eft
tort was bsing made by the younge,
generation to obtain better educational
advantages.
He declared that the people were
vary religious The national church
% the Greek Catholic. He attended
services at the cathedral in Kief and
also visited the catacombs. OF that
church. IN which repose the remains q.
40 saints. He kissed the crosses OF
the breast Of the mummies Of til.
saints, a. has been the custom for Wis
ttors 10 do for the last 100 years.
The Russian government is muck
more liberal than that OF this country
Mr.. Strattan said. Only one thinf
constitutes serious offense and tina
4 an attack upon the government
Anything else Is permissible, but I.
speak dispairingly Of the goyernmen
means : long term sentence to siberia
0e po9nlbly death
For the efficient service rendered b,
George Dilks and Charles Slifer, VII,
served tho refreshments. the club pre-
ssnted them with corn cob pipes. Joh.
i Rupe. In ! hufhorous manner pre-
scented the medals to the two marnhers