Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-04-28
Able Address,

Able Address.
The Remove Record in last weeks
issue quotes from the able address
delivered by B. w. Green, ESQ.,, of
Emporium, before the Railroad men at
Remove, the following:
B. w. GREEN, EsQ.'s ADDRESS.
B. w. Green, ESQ.,, of Emporium,
the Republican candidate for Judge of
this district, then addressed the meet
ing. He opened his remarks by ex-
tending thanks to the committee for
this opportunity to be present, as he
was heartily in accord with the spirit
of the meeting and it's objects. He
thought the meeting of the employer
and employees of this great system,
which is SO closely allied with every
material interest, not only within our
commonwealth from which it derives
its good name, but with the nation at
large, to which it is the right arm of
strength, will certainly have lasting
results, for good, not only for those
who are present, but to the community
at large that relies to considerable
extent upon the working of this line of
transportation for their pleasure and
prosperity. 1t is fitting for US on this
sacred day that we should turn our
thoughts to our duty to our fellow
man, to the community, to the state
and nation under which we live, and
last but not least, as employer and
employe of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The grand conception of the idea of
doing unto others as we would others
should do unto us, that has been the
guiding star to humanity for ages and
has stood the test of time, continues
and will for all time to come. That it
is one of the cardinal and essential
self-imposed requirements among your
membership to cultivate morality and
intellectual attainmentS is to be highly
commended.
He then reviewed the history of the
progress made by railroads in the
United States They have been the
advance agents of progress and civiliz-
alton; they have developed and opened
to the use and employment of man the
best resources of a continent within a
comparatively short time, and within
the recollection of many here the first
trans-continental line was completed.
And now the canvas covered "prairie
schooner has given away to the eX-
press trains with all their modern con-
Veniences and luXuries on at least
three complete systems of railroads
from ocean to ocean. From 40, 600 miles
of railroads in 1865 the records show an
increase to $4,000 miles, being one
third of that upon the earth's surface.
Any single industry pales into insight
ficance when compared with it. He
then spoke of labor and capital, which
must of necessity go hand in hand.
The great industries of this or any
other country are interchangeable in
their cause and effect upon each other
and an injury to one is disaster to
the other, and is like taking out rail
in the way of a rapidly moving train,
that by the very nature of things must
result in great loss of property if not
of life. The fact remains that the
shareholders of great corporation
like the one you represent numbers
into thousands and includes the labor
ing man, the widow, the orphan, and
what may be termed the great inter-
mediate class, either directly or indi-
rectly. This stock is owned by and is
the corner stone of the foundation of
security for the beneficial associations,
the life insurance companies and the
saving institutions of the country.
These institutions are safe in your
hands. He also referred to the great
ness of the Pennsylvania Railroad; it's
rapid and substantial growth which
reaches out in every direction in the
most populous parts of the Union; the
important part which it took in the
civil war; the mutual feeling which
exists between officers and employees,
and that for at least twenty-one years,
this great, good and faithful army of
employees have been loyal to them
selves and their employers and have
followed the leadership of good sense,
and kept in the service and aided the
company with good will and good
works: In closing he paid high
compliment to the gentlemanly and
courteous treatment of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company's employees
who, he said, were brave and fearless
in the performance of every duty and
met every just requirement.