The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-03-13
THELOCALU.C.T.
BRANCH HEARD
fine ADDRESS
SPEECH WAS DELIVERED BY
CLAUDE DUVAL, THE SUPREME
COUNSELLOR, WHO GAVE THE
LOCALS MUCH ENCOURAGE
MENT.

Members of the Pensacola council
of the United Commercial Travellers
last night were given new enthusiasm
in their organization as a result OF
listening to Claude Duval, of Kansas
City, supreme counsellor of the United
Commercial Travellers, which is an or
ganization constituted of seventy thou
sand travelling men of the United
States and Canada, as he clearly ex-
planned all of the different phases of
the body. of the good it has already
done and of the things which are pos
sible through concentrated and con-
scientious effort.
Mr.. Duval has a happy faculty Of re-
lieving his hearers of the consciousness
of the fact he is making a speech and
gets upon that man to man plane which
allows him to present his views most
admirably. And his words fell upon
fertile ground last night.
Twenty-Five years ago, Mr.. Duval
said, the United Commercial Travellers
came into existence and has developed
until now it is composed of seventy
thousand men actively engaged in SELL
ing merchandise, and. as the supreme
counsellor explained, the personnel of
the organization is of exemplary man
hood.
When the organization became
reality. the eight men who first plan
ned it had five objects in view.
First, to unite that a bond of fra
ternity might exist between travellers
ard to maintain 4 general moral up
lift.
Second, to give material and frater-
nal aid to members
Third. TO provide an indemnity fund.
Il i,,ct nd q h Ia
service from transportation companies
and hotels.
Fifth. to have a secret order Of COM
mercial travellers.
After thoroughly explaining the five
different objects. the speaker explain
ed in each case how the association
had fulfilled its mission. referring to
many cases which had commanded his
personal observation. The United Com
mercial Travellers ne said. has done
more than ali other agencies combined
to elevate the commercial traveller in
the minds c: the public and this effort
has resulted in tine large manufactur-
ing concerns seeking out members of
this organization to carry on their bus
mess.
The accomplishments in the way of
hotel service betterment obtained
through state and mu~ icipal legislation
We're referred to. which the speaker
said was possible not alone because
Il was right, but because the men were
possessed Of brain, energy and moral
courage, and incidentally mentioned
that there was larrer percentage of
total abstainers among the United
Commercial Travellers than any known
body.
Mr. Duval grew eloquent in his ap-
peal for greater effort. Personal eff
fort among the embers, assuring
those present that there is no higher
attainmeTt for man to hope for than
to be Of service to humanity.
The speaker was generous in his
Praise Of Pensacola ana her people be-
ing especially impressed with the state
already made, but cautioned the COM
mercial travellers that a city of a state
IS exactly what the people make it.
During the eight months Mr. Duval
has been at the head of the United
Commercial Travellers the organization
has made long strides forward. Tween
ty-five hundred as net gain was the
record the year before he took charge
whereas more than five thousand have
already been increased and the cam
paign is not yet finished. twenty
per cent increase in desired and the
Pensacola council has promised to do
its part.
Mr.. DuvaI leaves this morning for