The Washington times., 1905-07-09

cheeks wrathfully upon a paper trenn-
bling in his spatu1ate fingers
What does this mean,'' he roared in
brutal discourtesy. My clerk tells me
you fellows are employees
His information Is correct" answer
ed Mr. Jasper calmly And at one time
I asked TO higher honor than to be
connected with this road
We'll, since you are here, kindly in
form me what or whom you represent,
sneered the official resuming his seat.
Il am the only one of the old men
vet remaining pursued Mr. Jasper,
and I represent the old ways that at
one time made this road the model of
the railway world. Fair treatment and
q kindly vitaIized interest shown by
every man to the one beneath him,
Plainly defined rights on the part of ali
employees, whose conferred privileges
We're always respected.s
Let me interrupt you here" ex-
claimed Mr.. Coleman his face a mot
tied purple. I've heard enough on this
question of rights .Rightsr The only
rights held by the employees of this
company, which it viii ever recognize is
the right to quit; and let me tell you
that this road is run in the interest Of
the management and not of the en-
ployes. Mr.. Blanks idea of discipline
was the embodiment of sentimental hy-
sterics. and that is the least considered
element in modern business. The men
employed by this company are to me as
it's engines and its cars. When from any
cause they are not up to full effective
standard my first duty is to take them
out of service and see that they are
replaced by others. from whom we get
100 cents to the dollar
Y Y
II think 1 can reach you on the com
mercial basis, answered Mr.. Jasper,
but as I do not wish to get into waters
beyond my depth. III conhne myself
TO the local conditions at Red Canyon
The yards are filed with cars and I
noticed on my way here this morning
that there is not a clear passing sid
ing on the district-t1e round house has
at no time under s15o,ol0 worth of dead
engines lying in II for repairs Re
pairs that in nine cases out of ten are
the direct result cf incompetency or
gross neglect. You are paying cents
q mile 10 a class of engineers whom Mr..
Blank wouldn't have allowed to walk
on the right of way. Your superinten-
dent there has deliberateIy-and upon
the most trivial pretexts-dfscharge
the splendid body of men yeu obtained
with the road. They are scattered over
the country, and every good man knows
that If the original Inter-Mountain men
were unable to fill the bill, their
discharge was the result of a vicious
personal policy. Consequently. we have
come TO time when no seif-respecting
man would dream OF entering your SER
will detour 500 miles rather than ride
over it. Your claim department is work
ing over time, and this once magnificent
shippers. Nov the question we wish
to ask it tits: Is the Warner misman-
agement a local affair, or part of an
outlined policy?'
Suppose 1 decline to answer your i'm
pudent questioning" said Mr.. Coleman.
Then L can draw an Inference and
my resignation at the same time" re-
piled Mr. Jasper firmly
Either course is imma terial to me. I
think the Inter Mountain will survive
it, returned Mr.. Coleman. with a sneer
adding corteInplatively, DO YOU lack
any further inforp1atione"
NO. sir replied Mr. Jasper quickly.
but think you do. Now let me tell
you something. No railroad. let its
monopoly of territory be never Sc
, cure. can persistently ignore outraged
public opinion. The Infamous work your
subordinate has accomplished at Red
Canyon had turned one hand of each
citizen against YOU Those old men
whose home lies ycu have heartiessIy
broken. whose innocent families YOU
have endeavored to pauperize carried
each on his long search for employment
the sincere sympathy of the entire town
Men like you never ascribe TO the men
IN active service upon your engines or
trains the possession of sufficient gray
matter to equip a $40 per month clerk.
or know chat in those little railroad
towns the engineers and conductors are
men of prominence in social, fratern:lI
and religious circles BY intellectual
! equipment ranking with the best, own
/ ing their homes, taking high positions
in politics ii virtue of proven capacity.
! Were you Sc constituted you could real
| ize the feelings of a community, when.
instead Of looking upon comfortable
homes environing merry faces ana use
fui happy lives, they see only the
drunken orgies of imported dead beats
! and buns Il seems as If even YOU
could understand the feelings of hatred
entertained toward the corporation df-
rectly responsible for the transforna-
ton
* y.
, "A thing that l and the interests |
I manage, care that for" roared the pres
! ident, swapping his fingers. When it
! gets 10 the pass that these one-horsc
sage-bush towns are TO be considered
other than in freight or ticket offices,
! water will run up hill
| Well returned Mr. Jasper. with
! calm decision. then get ready to see
the Colorado heading for the Tetons
! for. as God lives. the day shall come
when men and interests akin u your
! ideas will obey as whipped ours the very
whisper of these same 'one-horse towns
| The ignorant brutality created in this
room has paved the way to revolt. Our
| people are stupidity slow TO anger. Last
| year law was placed upon our statute
| books defining your responsibility in the
matter of personal injury to your butch
| cred employees. After eXhausting all
means 10 block its passage you sui
| lealy acquiesced TO its requirements
Don't think for an instant you deceived
| the DenDle of this State. bV the IN etfns