The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1904-10-28
EXCELLENT SHOWING.
Though In Past Year |. c. r. R.
ExpendS More for Repair
Than Ever Before.

oil action: lake much lro LIE, aud
give largely to the living. And in
the centuries that have passed STAGE
Pericl,s exempified his precepts in
his own life the world has prog:esse
but little beyond the ethical aw upon
which he 1t sisted. The terms have
changed, but reduced to ultimate In
tention, the dogma oil a most every
,hool of moral science from his day
uotil now Is iairly stated In these
words.
Judged by these standards Of happi-
ness, the year closing on june 81,
1904, was an exceptiona y happy one
Tor the Illinois Central Railroad, ior
during that yer It increased mate:i-
ally both It's gross receipts aud MS *
p,nSes. The fact that the curTenttx-
peuse Of the road Increased more taa
ITS gross receipts, ought not perhaps,
L. b. argued by the pc; s'mist. he Ioto
his. at least, ielt tn y OF Gi'bDra-
ing muuiiicently. IL has been me
dunn OF enlarged ANA Wonderful ac;iN-
ny, c rrying more OF the commerce
and travel of the nation than ever be
ioIe. 1t has, at the same time. cos
the road more To carry it, business
than before, aad the ratio OF ircfe4a-
cd cost has outstiiped the ratio Of IL
crease in the gross income.
Started IN the more exact .a1suaG,
o:the figures oithe report Of the dire
tors OF the read ioT the year !ti-red Il
l. IL shown that the increase In gIos.
receipts irom traffic amounts To 81
645,o69..I. while the increase III tx
penses of op>rdtion tot up s. 957.-
567 90. The reasons assigned ioi
this disprop increase IN ~.
Grating expenses are: The proIong
al cold season .! ,he winter, the In
creased cost Of fuel and the increase,
est wage scale OF operatives. In tn
latter item alone the increase 10 shown
to have been :, 100 ;q9 Is
There is food rel -ction III this lat
ter statement. 1t is sometimes bi,
terly compla ned by the ~or-idg iorc
that there Is an unfair division viii
them OF the profits OF the gigantic 10
dustiial entelpr IS which trtnsic
the business OF this Twentieth Cen
tury woIli. If there is Reasonable
foundation Tor such a charge, it Ger
tainly Is not To be found IN the lac
that the largest items OF increase l.
the expenses OF this road for the yeaI
Is the wages paid to Its operative.
Ode moral, however is certainl
pointed out by this condition OF al
tairs. IL is cumulative evidence
Republican prosperity, which cposl't
in augmrntlug the earning power o.
an individual. or OF Il cOrp1rtuon
and AT the same time increasing sti,
more in proportion the essential *
pen S. account of the Garner. Tho'
the Illino,ss Central Railroad should
show such result al the end OF 1t
years BUSINESS l. no natteI ior wonre
il would be If M result were other
wise. The road is IA int, g al part o
the Commercial ami Industrial dCVel-
opmeut of the United States, and nee
essa1ily reflects prevailing conditions.
The facts shown in the statement re
ferred to indicate how closely identi-
fed are the best interests of labor and
capital, and how impossible 1t is tor
one to prosper or suffer without in
volving the other.
AS to the great commerce. al artery
along which pulse the interchange OF
business north and south, the Illinois
Central Is Of special interest to both
sections. AS the chief Of the many
lines OF railway ceutering in Memphis
and discharge their swelling tides OF
commerce through her gates, the road
Is ot special interest to Memphis
And hence it is With more than
ordinory qualification that Memphis
unites with the rest OF the busy world
of commerce. North and South in
feliciating this enterprisiug line upon
the splendid showing made. The IL
liuois Central has been an enlarged
distributor OF wealth during the past
year. So IN UGH Is evidenced by the
annual statement. And In that re
spect, at least. 1t is to be congratula,-
ed upon having fulfilled what Pericles
denominated the law of happiness.
1t has taken with a grasp the busi-
ness of the world and dispensed with
broader plan the result OF its win.
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