| Show I TRAVELERS TRAVELERS' OFFICIAL DEMANDS T S END OF FEDERAL RELIEF LABOR traffic Safety Deportation of Aliens and Elimination of Nuisance Taxes Urged at Three-State Three Conclave By RAY RICHARDS Traveling salesmen of three states demonstrated in Salt Lake City Thursday that the present generation of their profession profession profession pro pro- has no ti time to sit in hc hotel tello lobbies bies telling funny stories As they met in the he- he heNho N-ho- N Newhouse h hotel ho ho- tel for the fortieth annual convention convention conven conven- tion of the Utah-Idaho-Montana Utah jurisdiction of the United Travelers of America most of them said they had never even heard the one about the traveling salesman and the farmers farmer's daughter With the term drummer as ob- ob old-fashioned old as a one- one horse shay they revealed that what time they have to themselves between between between be be- tween trips is spent in campaigning campaign campaign- ing for the organizations organization's movements movements movements move move- ments for elimination of nuisance iJ u taxes unnecessary legislation diversion di diversion diversion di- di version of gasoline tax funds from highway improvement and above all traffic perils especially for chil chil- dren At the first luncheon of the three- three day meeting after the delegates had heard reports on the progress ress of the organizations organization's movement to paint all aU school buses red white and blue as a safety measure Ralph H H. Davis of Binghamton N N. Y past pasts s supreme reme counselor u cl of the national nal order struck out vigorously at re relief relief relief re- re lief labor under the governments government's alphabetical agencies I wouldn't hire one of those workers at 50 cents a day to say nothing of the prevailing wage he declared If this public work needs to be done let It to a private contractor con- con tractor on the bid basis and he will do more work in to less time and employ employ employ em em- ploy more men Lets cut aliens off our relief rolls and send them back to the country whence they came and have American for Americans Extremists Attacked I have no regard for the communists communists communists com com- the German bund or any like tike organization Neither have I for forthe forthe the he tories the economic royalists the feudalists crooked business businessmen men the 60 foremost families the submerged third or two thirds of the he population or kindred rabble- rabble rousing terms As for for- business he called for honest honest honest hon est merchandise with honest value sold at a profit elimination of shoddy shoddy shoddy shod shod- dy goods at shoddy prices and shoddy shoddy shoddy shod shod- dy service barring of the price cutter cutter cut cut- ter the chiseler the skimp and the scamp He asserted that the American independent wholesaler manufacturer manufacturer manufacturer and retailer can equal or excel excel excel ex ex- cel in economic efficiency and merchandising merchandising merchandising mer mer- ability any system in inthe inthe inthe the world Owners of stores are responsible for 23 per cent of lost sales through errors and indifference he said and the balance can be charged to sales- sales people Hardly any merchandising business Is free of such evils he asserted as as- as Veterans Honored T. T Harry Heal of Provo grand counselor of the jurisdiction tion presided Oldest members present are Charles Sutton Button of Helena past supreme su- su preme counselor who is 69 and for 45 years a member of the order and J. J B. B Lewis of Salt Lake City 67 a member for 42 years E. E R R. Penrose of Salt Lake City past grand counselor of the tri tri- state jurisdiction reported that the order has obtained introduction in every legislature of a uniform law calling for red white and blue school busses not only for patriotic purposes but to make them vividly visible on crowded highways Elaborate entertainment programs have lave been arranged for women here herein heren in n connection with the convention There here will be a theater party Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day evening Election Slated Officers are to be elected Friday afternoon with the expectation that A. A C. C Brown of Ogden now grand junior unior counselor will be elevated to the he post of grand counselor The convention banquet will be beheld beheld beheld held at the Newhouse hotel at p p. p m. m Friday Saturday will be de devoted devoted devoted de- de voted largely to motor tours and a dance at Saltair Sober-minded Sober folk In n a period of serious business problems the traveling traveling traveling trav trav- eling sal salesmen still found much cause for levity in friendly rivalry between members as M to respective ability to eat largely and hastily in order to catch trains Principal challenger challenger chal- chal lenger enger was WM Paul P. P Eardley of Salt Lake ake City who expressed willingness willing willing- ness to take on all aU comers at every luncheon and dinner held in connection connection connection con con- with the convention I |
