New Britain herald., 1925-02-19
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The man who knows the most about the town or city is not the president of the corporation or the businessman but the travelling sales- man. according to Seymour Sears of New York, who addressed the meet ing of the New Britain Rotary club today. The members of the Nut meggers' club of which Mir. Sears Is organizer, and delegates to the Hardware dealers convention, were guests at the luncheon.
 Mir. Sears said Tt Is the man who comes in with the grip who knows when the trains comes and go, where the best hotel is, which mer- chant pays hls bills and which one doesn't, which man greets salesmen with cordiality and which one always seems to have a grouch."
 He quoted a statement made by George T. Kimball of the American Hardware corporation that 1t is the salesmen and hardware dealers who keep the factories working overtime, by saying that 1t is up to the travel ing salesman to keep the factories going by boosting whenever they can.
 He denied any feeling that might exist that the travelling man is a loose living, sporty sort of individual by saying that in his home town he is president or Hce-president of the bank, or some other local corpora. tion and a leader generally in com. manity life, usually on the official board of the church, also.
 One of tho troubles the travelling salesman has, he said, is that of get ting hotel accommodations. He must law out his schedule a week or more ahead and make reservations in ho- tels.
 He explained how some dealers keep salesmen waiting around for hours at time. Then when they do talk to the salesman every other clerk seems to disappear and there is nobody to wait on customers but the buyer.
 "The travelling man today is as moral as any man on the .face of the earth" he said.
 ~ Brief remarks were made by George T. Kimball, president of the American Hardware corporation. c. F. Bennett, president of the Stan ley Works, and P, F. King, assistant secretary of the Stanley Works.
 Mrs. Howard F. Horton sang several solos, accompanied by Theron c. Hart. A welcome was given visiting Rotarians, Lions and Kiwanians from gother towns who are attending the convention.
 Nutmeggers Organize
 "The Nutmeggers." an organiza- tion for the purpose of boosting Connecticut products, was formed at the Burritt hotel in this city this morning with Robert B. Skinner, secretary ofthe Skinner Chuck com pany as vice-president.
 ''The Nutmeggcrs' is an organi- zation of salesmen, which will make the Burritt hotel of this city its headquarters and will meet for din- ner on the second Wednesday of every month.
 It represents manufacturers and manufacturers agents selling whole sale only and who spend at least part of their time calling upon the hardware trade in Connecticut.
 The purpose of the organization is to- boost the hardware business, the merchants and the salesmen calling upon them to create broader &C., quaintance among the salesmen and to strengthen the spirit of coopera- ton between the salesmen and the hardware store buyers.
 The following officers were elect ed: President. Leon Schwartz, of Long Island city: first vice-president, c. B. Viet of Stamford; second vice. president, Robert B. Skinner of New Britain; secretary, Linford c. White of Waterbury; organization con- mittee, M. L. Langel of New York, Harry A. Leonard of Boston. W. P. Ross of Boston, Leon Schwartz of New York, J. M. Tracy of the Rus sell and Erwin company of New Britain, c. B. Viet of Stamford and Leonard C. White of Waterbury.