The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-16
TRAVELLING MEN
meet THEIR BOSS
Good Fellowship and Good
Speeches at Smoker Given
by u. c. y.
STRONG TALK BY THE MAYOR
Business People Reminded That
IT New Era Has Dawned
& in Richmond.

Travelling man met boss on neutral
3 ground OF the smoker given last night
by Richmond Council. No. 159. United
Commercial Travellers OF America, and
both expressed their views with an
intimacy. md freedom from restraint.
which went far towards realizing the
stated object Of the m6eting--"to ros-
s ter feeling Of fellowship and CO.
operation be tween the man on the road
and the house."
Moro than 200 Richmond road mon
+ were in attendance, as wen as invited
4 representatives from the hotel, bank
Ing and newspaper interests. Speeches
were many and short, and entirely in
and bluff good Fellowship which char
acteriZed the occasion. Professor Kauf-
& mann's orchestra filled In the inter-
sals between the talks With popular
q end of the program sent the inner man
homo rejoicing.
Address by Sir. spence.
Ss& The speaking began at 0 o'clock
with few Introductory remarks by
John Goode, aenior counselor of the
local order. who presided. He presen ted
aB the principal speaker OF the even
ing G. Aubrey Spence. who. In OUT
lining the principles Of the organiza-
ton and It's relation to the progress
OF Richmond. ninde what was conceded
been the most eloquent and stausticel-
~ illuminating speech delivered be-.
fora meeting OF local business men,
Sc or the army Of 100000 In the United
on the road. he told the gathering.
$1,000 are now affiliated In the United
Commercial Travellers. tho largest sim
gle commercial body in tho world.
Councils are now located in every
State. with tho two exceptions OF
Nevada and Wyoming, and in four Ca
council has on It's rolls the NAMES Of
40 men, the great majority OF them
representatives. of Richmond manu-
facturers and jobbcrs.
Travelling Nen nv Citizens.
To this body of men he attributed.
in large part. the growing wholesale
trade of the city, which in the year
900 While interested chiefly in their
respective lines of business, Mr. Spence
pointed out tho fact that no other
class OF citizens excel the travelling
men in the matter OF civic pride and
In their devotion TO the duties Of
citizenship. They never fail to vote"
be SAID which Is more than the men
them can say" II was the order Of
com mercial travellers he reminded the
meeting. which was first TO lend sup
port to the proposed Northern Neck
Railroad, which. when completed, will
mean much for the commercial i'd
ivancement of the city.
MAYOR Riehardson. who followed,
claimed affinity with the travelling men
because he had Travelled and had had
the grip, and was sorry that he was
not member of the organization. He
eomplimented the spirit of co-opera-
ton, which was tho Keynote of the
ident OF the Chamber of Commerce.
declared his belief that TO tho CONNER
cial men OF the city. of which the
united travellers are part, belongs
much OF the credit for the recent re-
form in tho city government
Good 3Icn Needed for Board.
n ff,r ~
creation CT an Administrative Board
has been approved be both branches Of
Tho city government, II Is necessary"
said Mr.. Darlington, that we secure
the right men for the place He
itta OF the board are in danger Of being
lost unless its personnel is OF the
highest character.
Colonel John 8. HARDWOOD. who was
the next speaker, aroused the interest
1 OF his hearers. when. In the course
1 of his remarks, he prcphesied conf
ddentially that within the next few
4 her opposite tho American National
Hank Building another tall skyscraper
] He spoke from the standpoint IT tho
4 employer OF travelling men and offered
lit as his belief that every man on
the road who has rendered good ser
/ an Interest in tho business which he is
ahclping to create.
a Other speakers Of tho evening wcro
Henry w. Rountree. c. d. Coleman.
apre sident OF Post A of tho Travellers
SProtective Associations; Captain John
3I.andstreet, N. D. Stills. president of the
aBusiness Mems Club: Leon Wallerstein.
aCharles B. Cooke. Alvin N. Smith. and
aW. T. Dabney. business manager OF the
8Cnamber of Commerce,