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t ,- J - ; , ,j j 3 i i VI s1 A I'LIi'A 1 OH Till: C'OMMttltCIAIi THAVJXP.K. Ih tho last issue of the Advocate was published jin article from tho AV tliDuOld by Edward 11 Sanborn' ou tidM: "One Sourceo Tn'li-ni upon ( V-iisnnn r." Tho grovrnd taken : I'm! 1 1 . m: niv-rt ti-ave'r; ir. ari m luxury to I .i !i tin r.i !,w:t;ui,i II: ) purchaser. Mr. S, 0'o's IVV!''' of il l' Mi!'' lion is rai.V ci- en-:' rid nil rgahsyr Ctrl 1 J 1 ; i : , in JV .'or o? tho .system. IF-1 -1 i . 1 1 ;tv.- s lh' t.uader of (,p)ti!t.'t(",.,!t'M!-".,,c!fr- Ujiiicil St:-1 afJO'K'. milium average ('.aily o.,;jh;ish tr-onac of .?(J per I ".at!. Salaries ho nmgo.s from M)'H nil in a few c:isim as high v..$lt U00 putting th. average at !?lS00per In .'nl. The above figures are by no i;i"'ins iinl'T eUiaiatod. At pr Jh'imI pT (l!'i.i for tra'vliiig expenses all. S'.iii'ioin makes tho total for IKlo" dim:, :-?.ll7,nilf--H for, tho 0,000 I ravelers. This would bo correct were tho drunmier engaged in traveling running tin an o:;pen,-'o aeeount- from say 7 o'clock .January la. m. until Do-cea-ber JJOih 7 o'clock p, m. Thofact Joes not appear to have been sugges ted to 'ill'-Sanborn thntiho traveling m:n are entitled to some lot' up una that those who cannot luxuriate in any very extended vacation, tit least put in s mi') time renewing their acquaint ance wifh their families ami employ ers and in getting up samples etc. The" fact is; u great many do nottruv 41 over two-thirds of tin.) your, mauy not over hx months, and u number 1 four or even nl,yrlo? time. Tins fcu iu.'v has been ovorlookod by Mr. San bo:'!:, n:d will materially reilueo the tm"iieg oxp n.''o recount l:o has os timal'cd, which willi a reduction that i.ha writer thinks that tho M'.lavios uoiv'.'.l ,' oarnhvill cut down tJio 1;; 1,000 (iO').(K);) total cNponscs nl.tributod to tho :;npnort of commercial travolinf; a "t'ily number of rjilJiotw. Sup- .Mr. Sanborns idea worn adopteil oi' r'.'!vintho commcnvnl traveler!! his Ki.s cm what would bo tho g'.'iior j:l f: u!t In ft majority of civ-os, the iu. iv'.liant.s ;o;ildl'0 olJ'd to mtiko J' 'Violent trips to tho localities of v. L. ...i".u!u houses to urehti:;o their jov many loro buyers ao. ,n-d tliii' pny travelia oxpons'OM, lo.ot Uio iniiubf-r of ' talesmen ou tin i .;. 1 Wo are not vprpurod to pay liov many, but tho ihuro v.'ill by no lu.-i n.-; v.)) in tin) hundreds of thous L.u'.. It vill bo r. rule that won't .)!: bol'i v.vys. if V.io con'-umers a -i.'i have to put up for tho travel iiu: xA ..'us.'s of Hie rrrJx'.nts and a feK o: fancy trimmings with Avhicii ho i ii.x'ly to od;;o oil' his visihj to the i r cities caul thc-ir Jilu.rements; v. Ia ro the elephant is more nunpar.t (,:.i the tiger has moro and larger h ois on his coat, than in tho town in which his businci-s is located. Al though as a rule tho bills for such oxeursions f.ro footed by tho ebtab lUluuoattliat soils tho goods to tho LU-ixhant who pays thorn all tho same i;iA they get their final tnuajfur to tho consuriior. :,h Sanborn still further takes tho position that under hia projwsod .rc f'imo theforco of 2o0,000 travelers will lo completely. wiped oui- If thia .' ,'... ''.'A ' ' ' '.H.y tuuu wv.jm i v i "-'- vm:; of the men with whom he proposes to dispenso will have to bo required. In ho event of Mich ft change, for them it would not be u lmppy one. On tho road tho boys are iu a measure tho guests of their patroi:;; and ts n rule are not overwhelmed with invitations to come out at vrj orprn.sv, and son til- menagerie b, criiiicial light nnd !H t i:doshi) e to make life a burden n-wt day. With the roven-o order of tilings, the Kuh'amau who has patient ly plodded through tho whole cstab hMiuient Viith a customer whom lie roukl liavo sold in one lifth tho time with Ids establishment in minatureon tho road, sill bo in many cases expect ed to pilot his customer through tho show undhtir up tho animals in that department in which tho visitor most, delights. Tho homo salesman will have better opportunities to enjoy domestic life than ho who roans in (pleat of his prey. But if ho bo of a convivial disposition after his role of Ciccrudc to a customer from tho wild and wooly west his appearauco'iu tho bosom oil his family is likely to bo as sociated with n chronic case of wot towel around his head us aneutralier of Ins elicits to clinch tho trade of the man from tho west. Again Mr. Sanborn has overlooked tho fuet that tho Commercial traveler is lurgely a consumer. No class of salaried men disburse their money ho freely as the Commercial travelers and tho indust rial clussos largely derivo a benefit from their expenditures. A largo portion of their outh'ty returns to tho merchant to whom they bell goods. In tho towns they visit; tho hotels, buss, liverymen etc. derive a huge patronage from them tho receipt:-; of which, to u considerable extent nro divided among the merchants of their town ft bettor homo market is alforded tho farmer, and occupation is thus given to labor for its increase tho traveling man creates. Throw 250,000 traveling men out o.f employment to day, (and which according to Mr. Sm born's proposition would deprive them of employment, as ho makes no pro vision for them at homo) what would bo the result ? Hundreds of hotels aggregated iu wnaller towns, i de mand for which the Commercial trav eler has created, would bo mine J, a multitude of employes rendered idle. In cities large Hotels that gain ft largo share of their receipts from tho drum mer, would find it dilucult to make ends meet. For oven if the merchants visit tho cities in largo num bers, a small majority would only pat ron ize the best hotels. It dos not ap pear that any movement which is in strumental iu depriving m largo ft body as the commercial travelers of employment, entailing as it would tho reduction of a largo working elfissjn many other fields, is strictly in accord ance with political economy, or reform in the right direction. "What would tho country bo without tho ubiquitous genial drummer. Tako him out of hotels, deprive tho railrord coaches of his cheerful face, deprive thitj country of tho animation hi carried with him every whore, this man of ways and ruoona to surmount tho difficulties of almost any emergency. A Corn I'Maw. Tho managers of tlio Kansas Stato fairhavo hit upon ft happy and appro priate attraction this year in tho Corn L'idace, which will bo built entirely of dim from ground to domo. What more appropriat e feature could bo pre duivd ? Corn is King. He wears his golden crown and wields his mighty scepter this year in ft land of plenty and amid the smiles of hnppy people, Mvery man woman and child who i: proud of Kansas will wish to fioo tho corn palace nnd nit or its princely por tak Tho Kansas state fair will bo heldatTopebumtholO, 17, 18, 19, J) and Hint oi heptemlior, ami prom ises to bo the most successful fair over held in tho state. Special rates will bo made on all lines of travel. Our gianaries will bo filled tooverllowin and fortune has shed her most benef icent smilo upon Kansas this year, therefore it is eminently proper that all should meet together and jolify. Topeka Sunday Lodger. The employers and capitalists this country have not been flow tako advantage of tho lessons taught by organized labor, and now in turn we should learn ft lesson from these men. vv nen iney moor, as lfiiuvuuiajs or in a corporate capacity they do not publish to tho world their proceed ings or give to tho four winds of heav en their plans before they get rendy to act. In tho ranks of organized la bor wo have too many who seem to bo tongue tied when they aro at i) 10 meet ing but who aro very talkative with their fellows at tho nhop or at the curb stono. This loose stylo of gossip often works great harm to the c:'U-;o. Uio Advance. "It is Mid t hat tho United States accumulates wealth at. tho rate of J,r,00,'H)0 daily. This is equal to one third of tho accumulations of all the reat of mankind outside of tho United Slates." American Farmer. Would it notoouio nearer tho truth to say that tho United States concen it.atks weal Hi at tho above rate? l enjovedtho pleasure of mooting with tho members of Bloomfield Alii anco on Saturday evening last. Tho meeting was harmonious and enthus iastic, and a, fixed determination was manifested to stand by tho Colors un- il Alliance principles aro triumphant every where. - - f Tho Sunday mail question is up a- gam. bhali man do oenvereu on oun day? Mr. Vanamaker who is at tho head of tho post oliico department, being himself an active christian, will doubtless give tho subject serious rttontiom and if ho bo swayed at idl by prejudice of opiniou it will not bo on tho nido of working on Sunday. But Mr. Wanamaker is a business man ns well as a christian and it is not at all unlikely that his business ex perience has lxon useful to him in M-nnlrmmT h!n views of Christian dutv 1 lo has probably reasoned himself up to tho piano which a great many other peoplo havo reached a piano which sees no wrong but reid and substantial and permanent good in ministering tlf Kiimtl r and with order to tho roason? able of our f ' ,nn on auy d;y, Tho deliver!' Jyv..i aiirwly...Wier mightbo,;v ( KlM'cl;il VHLlnl'ia3jii toil o N.O, ). IJiH-.Mupmerit., (J. A 11. JMto.lu- Fo( lingtliat tho rueful.vrrt of the U. AJR, their families nnfrienhs vi.o deffiro to uttendtho Natiorud or.o.M'ip. meut aro entitled to tho very b : train service and accommodations po:' sil)le? tho Santa Fo route will iu:i. a special vestiblo Fulbum train, frotu Kansas City to Chicago and Milwank iiMin this occasloii. The train v, ill cousitit of vestibulo baggngo e.'.;, coaches, chair car, Fullman s! i''.;oo; and dining cr. A train will h ave Meriden connecting with tho upecial at Topoka Saturday, Augiv.t ill, ar riving in Kansas Oity aUut (Jr. m. Saturday, arriving in. Chicago 10 a. :.t. Sunday, and Milwaukee Sunday af ternoon, August 25, thus avoiding-tho great rush ot peoplo between Chio:igo and Milwaukee whith issitro to occu." later in tho week. Comrades and their friends who desiroto reach Milwaukee in time to seouro comforttiblo qu.'tf; tors, and witness and tako part iu the parade, should go on this fast tpecir.l vestibulo train. Tho rate is ouo fr.ro for tlio round trip; children between tweon H and twelvo y(tim of ago hnl f of tho excursion rate, Tickets ou sale August 21 to 2S, good forretur-.'. fv:," .) August iJoto September 5. I r; I V it September 10. I'inul linut rrtk, extended to Setember hs0 by uYpr I - ing reinrniicuers wrun joint ngeuc ar Milwtiukeo. For full particulars re garding special tram, tickets, rate, 'in 1 I r y re tnt i . .. ll . i k xir . . . eie.,CHJlOU J'i. A. tVAOOXEtt i,nfttll Agent Santa loltoute, or addrera . Geo. T. Nicholhoh ancl ar O, F. i T. A. h & Moll Topeka Kr Bucklon'a Arnica Salyc' 'PINSC The Best Salvk in tho world for. C.i UruisoM, Sores, Ulcent, Salt KM.u V )ver Sores, Tottor, Chapped . Chilblains, Corns and all (skin eru villus, tions, aud positively cures File?, 'jr fVrt no pay required. It is guarantor to give perfect satisfaction or monc refunded. Frico cents per bmiTTT' For stile by W. C. Spencer . , , ' A hirM'.M)!!) OITIOIC. j Having made special arrangement with tho publisher of the Topek-4 Weekly Capital, a splendid H 'r f.'nuilv neVKivnwr. nbb''fi -1 iW peka, and worthy of patronage, , onalded to offer theADVOCA'iT, ?,:nd . Veekly Capital, hath ono ytnr' il.llo. Every Kansas man ', i lijLJLJL have his county paper for homo and ft paper from the capital , ojND stnto. Give this combination a i 1UY WANTErT; 'ERIE Kock Croolr, Kan,''., Aug., 'trQrrg ' I will want 2,1300 tons of cho ' land prairio hay between tho j lato and Mity 1 1800, for whM fro it HATS A C Y & NOTIO highest market price will b; Farties having hay to coll will S VV ARE to aoo mo before disposing of th C.S. HuutoU .cigar: ir ai ivjwt jcxc u i n n o Aserieaof round frih oro havo been arranged to vtS. wa will s readied by tlio line i or tho A:;ES. S. F. It. It. Co. in Kwi.w, at about ono faro for tho ' roirw tho IliAhot l Tickets will bo Bold Aug. i'pry produce. & 21, and Oct 8, 16ttX Ti'vM bo good rot urairjg SO day y If. A. G A R D N' l: ox fe;i,;o. ' licjieta goou gear; Xo allow V 'd caxt'tiT-"1" mued on Mrpy