Show I V. V TRAVELING IRA MEN MENTo TO MAKE PROTEST PROTESTs s It Action Will Probably Be Taken V In lii Regard to Alleged Excessive Excessive Ex Ex- Ex- Ex V V Charges V V OBJECT T TO HIGH TIPS f V Declare that Salesmen Are Hotels and andon V Held Up at t on Oil Railroads I I I I I A V Many I of the thc traveling men of the tho jf J United States arc nrc up In about t the thit- treatment the they say a ay thc they receive receiveS of oC railroad and hotel 0 J S at ut the tile hands t attaches as itS they ther travel the country At 1 the thc first annual con coin I lion of oC the American Federation of el Travelers ls l's In lit I Kansas City Thursday 11 n V V of the or organization orV or- or D. D W. W Richmond president V made ma e a strong protestS protest f S S against tile the extortion to which j. j he V a as the traveling men mei V are arc lie lIc maintained that thai I 44 members of or his 1115 or organization LUC arc not nol fr s II trying to lo re resist the tile payment of oC any S. S V Just l' l charges cs but bui that tile thc they are nrc tieL tie de- L to n light ht against l the y system V of ur I tit this lips which I Is worl worked ed I against them at Itt man many of the tile hotels and also tiso that they tiley the will make malic an effort to lo protect their thell rights on railroad j trains President Richmond asserted J that thai many discrIminate salesmen because V u tile thc traveling ii 1 V 5 they do not nol pa pay ca cash h h fares Cales like e most V of oC the thc passengers II hen At l the he later tes- tes V of If the tIe convention the subject Is 18 V being V V Se Several local ocal traveling tm salesmen V V S were seen cen Friday In III lc regard ard to this tills maiLer Although they y had heard S L t. t V V nothing regarding the action of oC the thc V V 1 I of oC Tr Travelers eler tiie they wore almost unanimous In declai- declai V I V V In lug Ing that there Is much truth In the charges eS of ot discrimination They The Thesa t say sa ay V V that many man hotel and ind railroad cm- cm eniS ent- ent S 8 entertain the opinion that 4 raveling salesmen ma may refer an any ex- ex I ef to 10 their lIeu business houses for fol forS S JUm payment tand and In consequence cun the salesman sales sales- man Is to give about twice V ns hi n tips as the tle lI e ordinary tour tour- 1st If It the thc tip lip I nl I nl forthcoming the travelers say jay a their treatment is V f. f t V s shabby a I by V I es of tile the Utah division of or United Travelers TIa were vere ls a ask k regarding the lIon that olg organization 1 Tr 11 tO IW Way onn wIth tile the them m mel V el n I on Iut intimated that thal S thelI a l al o in 1 or sho chales to Its v V m ml cn 0 has et C een S Inken I by the V. V C. C relative to the S i bUt t t Is ls not hot Probable that V V V f t S W will b be done clone In ln the near |