The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-11
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convention before adjournment If bene-
Mt Of convention rate Is secured"
Checrs for Three.
The president made very compliment.
tary reference to the work OF q. Il
Tonlinson. of High Point, n. c.. chair
man OF tho membership and organiZa.
tlon committee. Under his admins
tration there has been net gain In
membership of 4.215, tho total member
ship being 4e.I42. The drummers
loudly applauded Mr.. Tonlinson's
achievements. and special interest wac
added to the incident by the fact that
ne Is the rumored dark horse" candi-
date for president. although he has
not announced himself. Later MIR.
Tomlinson was called to the platform.
and put on exhibition" to use his own
words. With him stood Albert Ehrlich.
OF Savannah, Ga. who has secured ~
new members during the past year. and
Charles Ehnic. OF Jacksonville, Ill. who
has secured los. These upbuilders OF
tho association were wildly applaudcd.
and each told, In a little speech. just
how he did 1t.
recommendation of president,
which is expected to give rise 10 some
debate later In the convention, is that
he increased to three years. with re-
call prov!so. and that his salary be
made tho same as that of tho secretary.
| with the understanding that he devote
all OF his time to the business OF tho
| association. The president asserted
| that such an arrangement would make
for economy and efficiency
The president paid special attention
to the work OF the railroad commit
tees. which, since the last convention.
have been five in number. one for
each OF the great railway divisions of
the country. and one for trunk lines
| Reports OF these cha!rmcn. made at
the afternoon session. showed the i'm
portant reforms which have been
| brought about In this line
Helped Flood Victims.
Both the president and Ashby Mil
| ler chairman of the national board.
spoke OF the good work which was
done BY the association in aiding those
members who suffered losses in tho
| floods and cyclones which swept tho
Middle Western States this spring. Sew
eral thousand dollars were raised In n
very short time. and many OF the
sufferers were relieved The presi
dent spoke OF this action as an evil
dcnce OF tho fact that tho association is
not a purely commercial organization.
but real brotherhood which stands
ready TO render assistance in every
| possible manner.
Mr. Miller made strong plea for
the cooperation OF ALI the members in
carrying out tho purposes OF tho as
| aoclat!on, asserting that cheap insur-
ance as minor part or the associa-
| tons work, and that tho success Of its
| bigger and broader aims depend upon
the spirit OF its membership.
An act which will make ii possible
| for travelling men, whose residence Ia
constantly shifting, TO vote. under Ger
by J. Y. Williams. chairman of tho
leglslative committee. Mr.. Williams
| also presented two recommendations
| of general interest: the opening OF
! post offices on Sunday and 1-csus
| postage A resolution was offered, ad-
! dressed 10 the Postmastcr-G General, TO
| the effect that the closing Of post Of
! fees on SUNDAY works special hard
! shio on travelling men. and requesting
| that they be kept open, and that the
cmployes be compensated for the extra
! work
With regard to i cent postage, Mr..
| Williams stated that the association
would always stand for this reform.
/ believing that the people should not
pay the government 100 per cent profit
4 for It's services.
! some Railway Problems.
I The reports OF the chairman OF the
/ five railway passenger committees were
received at the afternoon session These
I committees investigate all complaints
referred Ia them. and also work for
| permanent reforms.
! Legislation which has been passed in
! many States abolishing drinking cups
| on trains without providing substi-
( tute. has engaged the attention Of
nearly all these committees. The trav-
| cling men are not opposed to the re-
/ moval of the unsanitary common cup.
| but they do not believe that drink
! of water should be made a luxury diff
| iicult to obtain. In many States tile
/ committees have obtained the install
! lation OF sanitary cups. and they hope
! to make this reform universal in the
| near future.
J a system of universal mileage, with
as few restrictions as possible. is an
/ other object upon which they are all
! set. An attempt is now under way To
| have adopted q system OF mileage tick :
! cts which will be good, at least every =
! where within the division where is
sued. 1t is believed that the adoption
! of such system would be a step to :
| ward universal mileage.
a question of great moment to tho
! travelling salesman Is that of how big
| Il trunk he can check without being
charged for excess. In the central di-
vision this matter has been thrcshcd
out before the Interstate Commerce
| Commission, to the great satisfaction
OF the travellers. The railways have
/ been forbidden TO charge excess for
\ trunks. because OF size. unless they are
more than forty-fve inches long.
| whereas heretofore n forty-inch trunk
| has been the limit.
| The chairmen of railway committees
who reported arc as follows: James r.
| era wford. Central; w. X. Knell West
ern. X. II. Boggs, Trunk Line; NJ w
4 Joiner, Southeastern: j. w. Graves,
II Southwestern.