New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-05
A GOOD THING ALL AROUND.
THE INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY CONFER
ENCE
CIIArNCEY NJ DEPEw ONE OF THE DELEGATES.
SPEAKS ABOUT THE EXPECTED RE-
SUITS OF 1T.

CHAtNCEY NJ. DEPEw ONE OF THE DELEGATES.
SPEAKS ABOUT THE EXPECTED RE-
SUITS OF 1T.
The International Railway Conference. which Is
70 be held in London. beginning June 2s. promises
to be of the most important gatherings or
railway men that the century has seen. Already
many OF the delegates TO this conference have
sailed for the other side. SIX delegates from the
New-York. New-Haven and Hartford Railroad
were among the last to go. The New-fork Gen.
trail delegates will go next week Chauhcey NJ
Depew yesterday. in speaking OF TINS conference
said: Every conference or congress OF persons
who the heads Of organizations quilt on paral-
lei lines assumes a sort Of a university extension
look Even educators hold their Congresses on
learning. and the result is manifest In the I'M
provement OF the college curriculum during the
Worlds Fair there met IN Chicago what was
known the Worlds Congress OF Religions
REPRESENTATIVES were there from the Protestant
faith. Catholicism was represented. Buddhism'
the Greek Church. Confuciussm, n-worship-
pers and on. They got together and round
that although they were very wide apart. never
theless they were very close together The re-
sui, Of that meeting has been manifest In the re-
ligions of the world Ii was great help TO each
individual seeker after the truth.
Now l don't mean to say that the welfare and
comfort Of the soul Is akin 10 the welfare ana
comfort of the travelling public. and yet, while
one is supremey important IN It's line. the other
is also delegated trust. and the very best IDEAS
should be sought diligently In one as the other.
To that end are to have railroad conference
with international delegates present. Not dele
gate will attend. no matter how old or eXpe-
rencei egotistical who will not learn some
thing that Will be OF incalculable beneht 10 MN
have h.ap atscf II
America and feel sure that we are going u us
semina,e the largest part Of the valuable data
given out at this conference. but am not as
tigOted say that we snail not learn a great
deal ourselves
There is one thing that every railroad man
should have and that is a hberality o. Ideas. A
man who sticks To- his division for four or ilve
wears without a change mingling with his iel-
low railroad men soon forgets that the world 90
move He Is like man who works In a tunrel.
He loses individuality, and does not seem 10 I'M
bibe the progress that is going on all around him
He needs - be educated, and for this reason the
congress in question is 10 be held. Those fellows
over there will feed the delegates we'll on solid
food and treat them well. as understand that a
delegates certificate IS equivalent TO free pass
over all lines. and into almos. everything that Is
worth seeing
I hol,ev. that this congress will do much 70 ad
vance, railroad facilities over the world. 1t viii
unite not only 10y the glisening twin bars Of steel
the railroad men OF the world put VIII ara" thuin
closer in the bond Of fellowship. II Will oil the
working parts " the machinery and lead - "A bet
ter understanding. | know personally many o'
the gentlemen who will 60 as delegates 10 'his
conference, AM will say concerning some OF
them that II there is thing In the world That
they need 1t is hcad-end collision with new IDEAS
and systems that will knock some OF the ola fogy
ideas out Of their heads and open their eyes 10
the egotsm they have held to-.
London. June Al r. Roosevelt secretary OF
the United States Embassy. will represent the
United States In the international Railroad Con-
gress which will begin here on June 70