The evening times., 1911-08-16
NORTHWESTERN HOTEL
men TALK SHOP IN meet.
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and in order to simplify and facilitate
procedure, the vast army Of travelling
men to which have referred, have
formed travelling mems associations.
Likewise the hotelmen, realising that
the changed conditions have brought
with them new problems to be con-
sidered and solved, have organized
hotelmen's associations, for the pur-
pose Of more easily and better con-
sidering the handling Of various ques-
tons in which all find themselves
vitally interested.
My thought Is, that cooperation
between the travelingmen's associa-
tons on the one hand. and the hotel
mems associations on the other. is
the easiest, the best, and In fact the
only way Of rightly solving the ques-
tton with which both are deeply con-
cerned. refer to travelingmen's as
soctations, for the reason that when
We say travelingmen we include the
larger portion Of the travelling pub
lie, and their claims and require
ments cover all that the travelling
public could demand.
On October 3, It was my pleasure,
as president Of this association, to at
tend meeting Of representatives of
the travelingmeu's association and
the hotelmen's associations Of Ne
braska. called for the purpose Of con-
sidering and discussing proposed leg
tslatton. The meeting proceeded to
consider certain things Of which tho
travelling men complain and other
things for which they are asking, and
to ascertain whether their claims
could not be met and granted in a
way which would not work hard
ship upon the hotelmen.
Absolute Fairness.
In that meeting was manifested a
spirit Of absolute fairness on both
sides. with the result that bill was
agreed upon which was presented to
the legislature during the winter, and
enacted into law, which was salts
factory to both parties concerned.
Following the enactment OF that law,
I attended q meeting of the Omaha
Hotelmen's association, which repre-
sentatives Of the Nebraska Travelling
mems association and the hotel in
spector, and the results accomplished
were likewise satisfactory to all con-
|cerned.
"on the other hand. may refer to
an illustration In my own state,
where without cooperation, bill
was drafted by representatives of the
different travelingmen's associations,
presented to the legislature, and be-
fore the hotelmen were really alive to
the situation, the same was passed by
the house Of representatives. After
considerable strife and some minor
changes. 1t was finally passed In the
senate and at the present time, after
travelling its course for nearly two
years, is now pending before the su-
preme court Of the United States, and
from Information from, that source, q
decision will not be reached for
something like two years to come.
Iowa Bill Unsatisfactory.
That bill. In the judgment Of many
hotelmen. is not fair. and I believe
IN many respects not satisfactory to
the traveltngmen themselves, and I
have a firm conviction that II Joint
meeting Of the travelingmen's asso-
Citations Of Iowa, and the hotelmen
OF Iowa had canvassed the situation,
and discussed the questions from
both viewpoints, a bill could have
been agreed upon, which would have
been satisfactory to both sides and
have passed the legislature without
strife or contention, with no result
ing feeling on the part Of either side.
and would have entailed no litigation,
Following Its enactment into law.
The settlement Of controversies Is
IN keeping with the times. Whatever
differences may arise between the ho-
telmen on the one hand and the
travelling public on the other, be-
lieve that fair and honest co-opera-
ton between the two will usually re-
suit In the settlement of any prob
lens that may arise, to the satisfac-
ton OF both sides, and to the COM
mon good of all.
Il do not feel that 1 have over
drawn the importance of co-opera-
ton between hotelmen and the travel
ing public. Much more might be
said. but 1 have simply outlined my
own views, and If the suggestions I
have dropped prove of value to the
members Of this association from the
different states here represented, I
will feel that have contributed a
mite toward our common welfare.
Il desire at this time to express
In q word my appreciation Of the
honor of having been president of the
Northwestern Hotelmen's association
for the past year. l cherish your
confidence In me. manifested by your
action in electing me. It has been
la pleasure to undertake the duties
and discharge the responsibilities
connected with the position as best
] could, and as member of the as
sociation. in the future. will rem
der such service as lies within my
power to promte the interests of our
organization"
Rome Millerss Views.
Rome Miller of Omaha, assigned a
place on the program, was unable to
attend, but VIM. Anderson, chief clerk
OF the Rome hotel, presented Mr.. MIL
ler's paper to the convention this
morning. Here IL what Mr.. Miller
has to say on several subjects that
interest the hotel owners:
In reference to the question which
is being discussed more or less
throughout the country regarding
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