El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-12
Commercial Travellers Urge
Change In Election Methods
Wish the Day Changed Monday and the Right Vote
Without Registering in Advance.
! of any church worker loeated in one

of any church worker located in one
city.
Are Jolly Fellows.
The commercial travellers are a jolly
lot. and have many semfsecret organi-
nations which are social. beneficial and
protective in scope. Some of these
have unique names and their officers
/ have grandiloquent titles that appeal
strongly to the risibiIities of the mem
bers THE Imperial Guild of the An
cient and Exalted Army of Soldiers Of
the Grip" THE Royal United Fellow
ship of Promoters of Commerce" are
few of the names which the travelling
men roll from their tongues for the
benefit OF their smoking rom audi
ences-
The increase of the number of COM
mercia1 travellers has had an apprecia-
bic effect upon many railroad pro-
visions which apply to the entire trav-
cling public. 1t is said that, the mile
age book and its reduced rates would
never have been secured but for the
influence Of the drummer. and these
men are still at work trying to secure
rates that are uniform, absolutely in
Interchangeable mileage books, better
many other advantages which viii
benefit all classes Of travellers
Raise Hotel Standards.
The travelling men also have done
mere than any other class of people to
raise the standard Of hotels. especially
in the smaller towns The sanitary
movement for longer sheets on hotel
. beds was originated by the travelling
men Of the country and the Oklahoma
law requiring sheets to be of "suffi-
cient length 10 enable them to be turned
down at the top thus protecting the
sleeper from coming in contact with
blanket or comfort used by another
person" is the beginning of a reform
which the drummers hope to extend 70
every state in the union These gen.
tlemen also object to short beds, bad
springs. hard mattresses. unclean bed
ding and similar hardships often in
fiicted upon travellers by penuriouS
hotel managers. The Influence of the
various organizations Of commercial
travellers enable them to bring about
a degree Of reform in these matters
which could not be secured by any
other class of people
The roller towel in the country ho-
tel is one of the latest evils to re-
ceive the attention OF the drummer and
this abominat ton is already in sight
The state board Of health in Pennsyl-
vania has conferred with a committee
of travelling men upon this subject. and
a bill making ii a miSdemeanor for
any hotel proprietor to keep a towel
in the Mushroom for use indiscrim-
inately by all classes Of people will
be presented to the legislature Of that
state at its next session. In a num-
Der Of western cities the abolition OF
the roller towel has been brought
about by the agreement of travelling
salesmen to boycott the hotels in
which 1t Is in use. The substitution OF
individual paper towels in the public
Mushrooms of hotels viii soon be-
come universal.
Last year the proprietor of a Cali
fornia hotel charged a travelling sales
man 81 a day for room he was sup
posed TO have for 50. because at that
time a convention in the town made
an extra demand upon the hotels. The
salesman promptly put himself in touch
with some real estate agents and pur-
chased the hotel outright BY noon
the following. day the hotel proprietor
was notified that the house had
changed ownership and the rent would
be doubled at the expiration Of so
days. For some time the drummer
turned deaf ear TO the pleadings Of
the hotel man. but finally a compro-
mise was reached by which the hotel
man was compelled to pay only a
slight advance in rent, with the dis
tinct prcvfso that in the future travel
ing men should always be given ac-
commodations at their regular dis
counts, no matter how great the de-
mand for rooms. This hotel Is still
owned by this traveller. who gives It
rigid inspection each time his duties
take him to that city, and It is now a
better paying investment than ever be-
fore.
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