Transport: Traveling Salesmen

"You know what traveling salesmen are like," says Mr. Edwin J. Carey of Manhattan. The U. S. public long ago concluded that no traveling salesman would ever get to heaven. The same tales are told about him that were told about begging friars in the 15th Century. But it is not his general way of life that worries Mr. Carey; it is his way of padding expense accounts. Cynical companies allow for it in his wages, as restaurants allow for waiters' tips.

Mr. Carey is the youngest member of a family which runs about everything...

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