The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-10

bean. and only progress can lie In consid-
ering and encouraging that which should
be.
Therefore, as | represent 10 you the
desire OF our company for a better reia-
tionship--as the change has cornmencoo
with us-am ! unreasonable in asking
that we bury the past. join hands fof the
! future, and work out together tho PROB
lens OF our material welfare, undsrs'and-
ing, as you must, that neither can prosper
alone. that we are partners in everything
and willing partners hereaftep-worfln ing
IA mutual confidence and esteem.
What matters IL that cause for griev-
| ance has existed. may even exist longer
for II takes time TO bring about changes;
1T is the man and not the arunclai
being called the company that has been
at fault. II fault there has been Inc
men have gone-let the rememprance OF
your troubles go with them, Look i1 FOR
| you under those who are as YET untrleu
in your service who promise fairly. Don
waste time over what other men shvust ,hs,
working together you supplement eaeh
other, while at cross-purposee you nvth
were trending 70 your own undodng oel.e
the moment that comes 10 you with prof.
fers OF help. and lay by the store tnat
shall protect you when served by those
less favorably disposed.
You but handicap me In my enorts tof
Improvement by distrust, doubt and ais
paragment. while with little encour-
agement now and then you can spur 10
renewed effort and bring the desired re-
| suit nearer accomplishment
! 1T should be that our company can 40
better than any other agency Inc work
to your corn ,p sstion as
hope to- and you can help yourselves 70
your desires. in the way OF efficient and
satisfactory service, In no better way
than by helping ine with your commence
and encouragement
1T is doubiy incumbent upon the man
asement of railroad having practically
a monopoly. as we have, 10 serve you
faithfully and efficiently
"You have the right TO require much OF
a company so able To give you what You
need. You should not submit to unreason-
able exactions discourteous treatment, or
insufficient and unsatisfactory accommo-
dstions. You are entitled to the best
there is and the company Is able and
willing TO give IL.
You should, however remember II is
not an easy task 10 control and discipline
$1,000 employees. The stock OF angels has
run rather low, and the wages paid are
not attracting them to the extent We
would like, but with the material availa-
BILE. we are proposing to do the best we
can, and trust to make manifest a con-
stant Improvement
Earnestly desiring here the respect
and confidence that has been my reward
in other fields of work | am hopeful TO
sidered criticism that may help towards
the Improvement we all 40 much desire,
and assure you that " will be gratefully
received and considered in the spirit " Is
given, also a not unreasonable amount %
patience at the time which must necessa.
rily eispse before results are manifest
considering the magnitude OF some OF the
problems confronting us"
SENT REGRETS
A letter OF regret was read by the toast
master from Senator Nelson w. Aldrich,
who was detained at Washington. In his
letter Senator Aldrich spoke Of the neces-
sity OF cooperation between the people
said that he felt sure that the meeting
would be productive OF much good.
The POSTMASTER then introduced Presi-
dent William II. p. Faunce. D. d., OF
he was in a somewhat peculiar position
in this gathering, for he had no reason
to ask for reduction OF freight rates.
President Faunce said his only importa-
tons were freshmen. classed as raw ma
terial. His expectations were expulsions
and then only occasionally.
After all. our future rests not with
ships or wharves or warehouses or rail-
roads, but with the men who control
them. Back OF all mechanism. Is man
hood, and the real question always -
| whether we have men OF such inteln-
gence as can coordinate and direct the
throbbng forces and marvellous apparatus
OF civilization to great and worthy ENDS:
| With steam and electricity we have let
the gen out OF the bottle-but TO strong
and courageous men we must look to har-
ness and use the geni. When Mr., Hux-
sight of the Tribune building and asked:
What is that building rising into the
sky?' That is a newspaper Office, was
the answer. All ] see; he said, ,,9,n IN the ne
are the centres OF intelligence. No ap-
pliances OF civilization can help us apart
from the men who can direct them; no
cunning engines can save US from our
! selves The appliances of civilization in
Rhode Island are a hundred fold more
Intricate and wonderful and dangerous
than 100 years ago. But unless we can
I'm school and church and mill and home
turn out men greater than all our ma
chinery our civilization Will fall. II Is
not to rolling stock or switchboards that
we look for counsel and aid, but TO the
brain behind them all.
MORE LATENT POWER
providence has more latent power in
proportion 10 its population than any
other city in the Union. Here are or
ganizers OF industry who are second 10
none, teachers known throughout ths
! world libraries famous In Europe ana
| wealth. not dreaming of its own power.
to serve and bless the world Best OF
ALL here are men OF stainless integrity
and n municipality that has had an al
most unspotted record for many years.
Much has been said recently against the
political and moral condition OF certain
parts OF our state. and the facts are bad
enough our exposure OF such facts can
not be too swift nor our condemnation
too severe Let the good work so on un-
I'll corruption OF every kind Is driven from
our state. But let us not forget, ana let
us publish to all the world, that here In
Providence we have attained a degree or
non-pa rtsa nship In municipal adminstra-
tion almost unparalleled. that here we
have a government out OF which no pri-
vate purse is ever enriched, suffrage
that is pure and city government Tar
more honest than that OF any other large
Eastern city. IL our cproach has been
published throughout the country. let our
nrtde be published as we'll Let ~ be