The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-04-11

| trip. No expense has been spared in
the planning of this trip by the Knox.
vile Board of Commerce to make it
success, and allow the members OF
the party the longest possible stay
in each town, and yet make the mum.
Der of towns necessary to cover SO
much territory on the first trip.
Few realize the amount of work
and preparation that is involved in
the running of one of these Trade
Trips. Before the train starts on its
way, the executive committee in
charge of the Trade Trip will have
| spent many weeks in working out the
| details, in order to insure no hitch or
confusion.
First, the route had to be selected ;
the itinerary adopted and the ar
| rangements made for the railway
| equipment and for the facilities af-
! forded the members of the trip. The
| commissary car must be stocked, the
! supplies being, so far as possible, the
products of the sections to be visited
and bought i'm Knoxville, which in it.
self should prove big advertisement
| for the trip; the red, white and blue
umbrellas to be carried by the mem
| bers ordered, and the badges to be
worn secured. These badges will
have printed ON them = sKnoxviiie's
First Trade Trip, April 18th to 14th,"
and on the Identification portion will
be printed the name and title of the
member and the firm represented.
This will be great aid to the people
of the towns visited, as it will not be
necessary for one to ask names, but
! by merely looking at any members
badge one can get the members name,
title and all. Besides these badges,
each member of the Trade Trip will
wear a white hat with the word
! Knoxville" printed on the band,
which will also be an aid in distin-
! gushing the local boosters from the
Trade Trip members, allowing them
to get together in the shortest posi-
BILE time There is also the assign
ment of the party to Pullman accom-
modations to be looked after, and a
great many other things which must
be taken care of by the Trade Trip
committee of the Knoxville Board OF
Commerce, to make the trip one that
will give maximum results to the
| Knoxville business men as we'll as to
the business men of the towns to be
visited.
Reaching Richmond, KY, at 7:1O
D. M on the first day out, the Knox
vile Trade Trip members will unload
at the depot, and headed by the Uni
versity of Tennessee band, march tC
the business section of the city, where
they will hold joint session with the
commercial organization of that
place in one of the towns large halls
Speakers from the special will tel
the Richmondites about Knoxville
what she buys and what she sells, and
lots more of general interest, while
the Richmond speakers will tell the
Knoxville party about their town
sell, and many other things. Alter
mating between the speeches will be
concerts by the University of Tennes
see Band.
At Middlesboro, where the special
will arrive at 4:45 on the second eve
ming out, April 18th, another evening
meeting will be held similar to the
one at Richmond, as will also be done
at Johnson City on the evening of the
third day and at Asheville on the eve
ming of the last day. At all of the
stops the band will play and at many
the Knoxville party will parade, and
at every stop the Knoxvillians plan tt
make the most Of the time the trair
will tarry.