Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-14

OF their position and duties They look
down upon ordinary work, and are not
willing to begin at the bottom Os they
must do TO succeed. / doubt much
whether the long college course makes
the boy a better business man.
III YOU had a boy would you send
him 10 collegeY
Il might. l cannot say. My brothers
are good business men, They were
reared as l was and started into their
working life from the common schools.
Nevertheless thoy are giving their own
boys college educatlons, | might do
the same, but ~ pure business prop
ositlon doubt its ACCESSIBILITY"
your futhor was college bred was
he not?"
Eyes, he was educated at Ann Arbor
and was II graduate Of Union College,
New York. but he did not believe In
college training for business men. The
Morton family IN fact, seems for gem
eratlons TO have ultcrnated between the
college and business Office In training
It's boys. ono of my great grandf0th-
ors was n college man noted for his
classical learning His son, my grand
father was businesses man, educpNod
I'm the school OF experience, Father
went to college lIls sons We're trained
20 business, and my brothers sons are
now IN college again, AZ 10 my broth
ers ] would say, that the business
school has been success. They stand
high I'm the commercial world, and,
starting with nothing have made
themselves men Of large interests and
high business standing
OUR GREAT RAILROAD INTER
ESTS.
The conversation here turned to rail-
road matters, and Secy. Horton spoke
of the part they had in the prosperity
OF the country Said he,
"The railroads are one Of the great
est interests of the United States They
rank next 10 our farms, and It is due
Ia them that the farms are valuable,
For every dollar spent I'm railroads il
is estimated that at least $40 has been
added to the value Of farm lands, MY
father paid 81. 25 an acre TO the gov
eminent for his Nebraska farm, which
now forms a part Of our old homestead.
When he bought It there was not
railroad within three hundred miles OF
us. That land today Is worth s125 per
acre. and It is the railroad which has
made II valuable,
Il INlOk IL WdS bacon VINO SHlu tNNl
the chief element OF countrys pros
perity lies IN its facilities OF Transport
tation. That certainly has been one of
the strong forces at work i'm the build
ing up of this country, We are the
richest people on the globe, and this
is largely due TO the fact that we are
the greatest railroad country on the
globe There are 100000, 900 people
IN the world, Of whom one twentieth,
say $4,000 600, are i'm the United States.
There are altogether less than 100000
miles Of railroads on the globe, and
more than 100000 miles are I'm this
country, Our railroads are IN enor-
nous asset I'm our national wealth,
They are worth altogether IL is esti-
mated, about $4,000, 100000"
SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT OWN
RAILROADS?
1.-THE power OF such an amount Of
money is enormous, Mr.. Secretary"
said ]. rs it not too great TO be In
private hands or In that of corpora
tlons? Should not the government
own the railroads?"
Il think not" was the reply, such
ownership would be bad for the roads
and bad for the public, Government
management would soon become eX-
traVagant, and the public would pay
more and receive less than Il now does
under the present competitive system
Besides the power Of such machine,