The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-08-15

| faces and listen 10 the kindly greetings which
you have given me through your representative
He has spoken in too high praise of the rail-
road men Of the United States. The characte OF
OF the duties thew are called upon To Discharge
require great intelligence; in many depart inents
the best skill in the highest mechanic arts, aud
in ALL even in the lowest grades OF labor in con-
nection with railroad management, there is 70
quired, for the safety OF the publ; who intrust
thems Ives TO your care. fidelity and watehful-
ness not only in the day, but in the darkness.
Ire man who attends the switch, tho trackman
who observes thu condition OF the track
these have put into thor charge and eeping
the lives OF men aud women and the safety OF
our commerce Therefore it is that the ex-
igenciss of he service in which you are on
gagged have operated TO select and call into the
service Of our great corporations picked body
OF men. l gratefully acknowledge o-nigut that
service you render To the country OF which am
Il citizen. The great importance 81 the enter
prises with which YOU are connected have al
ready suggested % our legislators that they owe
duties 10 you a we'll as TO the travelling anu
mercantile public.
The Congress of the United States has under
that provision Of the Constitution which COM
mIs 10 is care al fore ga and interstate COM
merce, under a6en TO reAulate the great mi
sta railroads In tho in o.est OF equal and fair
C mpetision and in the equal interest OF all
Inemb ms Of our communities. l do not doubt
that certain and necessary provisions Tor the
safe OF the men who operate these roads W II
yet be mads compulsory b. public aud general
law. The dangers connected with your calling
are very great, md The public interest, as well
be reduced to the minimum, and | do not
doubt that shall yet require TINT uni
fonnity in the cons .ruction of railroad
cars that will diminish tie danger of those who
| must pass between them in order TO make up
| trains. do not doubt. either that those cor
porations are not private corp ratioas, but are
recognized by the Jaw To viii n L have eferfed,
ana by the uniform decisions OF our courts as
hav NJ public relations. shall yet see legisla-
ton in the direction of providing sono suitable
| tribunal OF arbitration for the settlement OF
ditfofaucp- between
! panies that engage their services 1 believe
| thnt IN these directions that have no time TO
suggest-reforms viii wOrK tneins slves out With
exact justice 10 the comp MES and with justice
| TO tn men they empioy. BE cause. my friends,
| ! 10 not doubt--ans hope YOU will novor low
| yourselves o doubt-that the great mass OF our
people OF all vocatons and callinys, love justice
| and right and hate oppression.
The laborirg men of this land may safely
trust every just reform in which they are In
osted to public discussion and 20 tho logic OF
] reason they may surely hope upon these lines
| which are open to you by the ballot-bOx To ac-
conplish undar American instructions, all
those right things YOU have concei ged a neces-
| sary TO your highest success and well-beng.
DO not allow yourselves TO doubt, for one mo-
| msnt, the friendly sentiment OF ths great
masses OF our poop Q. Make your appeal wisely
and calmly and boldly for every reform you de-
| sire TO that sentiment of justice which pervadei
~You come tonight from one OF our most
beautiful Indiana cities. IL was buildsd on the
/ Wabash, in the expectation that the stream
| wo I'D Furnish tho channel OF it's communca-
| ton with the outside world. But the Wabash
| IL a small tributary to-day TO the commerce OF
Terre Haute. The railroads that span II are the
| great vehicles OF your commerce. They have
| largely super seded the water communication
that was deemed so important IN the first settle
| ment. and psrhaps so decisive I'm tn, loca-
| tion of yo r city. Terre Haute IL conspicuous
| for its Industries. The smoke of your factories
/ goes up night and day. The farms about your
city have become gardens, and tho cor
dial and harmonious relations between
| the railroad shops and the factories and
| the farms that lie about have a conspicuous IL
| lustration with you. You havo found that that
| policy which built up these shops. which main
| tains them, which secures the largest output
yearly from the factories which gives employ