Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-04-15
PHILOSOPHY OF rHz moo.
soms General Commen9 On the Peo-
PIE. Ratiroad Chests and Pather
Time's crindStone.
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fs. apparently. clothed with drawbacks
at times 50 closely equalizing the bens
fits az to sink Discrimination betveen
the two into . puddle Of doubt, alive
With controversial frogs.
For do We not somewhat resemble
the frog ss we swim about in this
puddle Of human mystery. We hop
here sud there. finally land on an isl
and of mud, and. as we view the grand
scope. puf up and eroak loudly. The
difference between this fgurstiye frog
and the real frog is that the real thing
eroaks vita his hind legs while the
imitation does il with its mouth. We
hnd benefit aeeruing from this state
Of mystery for it gives opportunity
TO some--to promulgate arguments
bound to remain undisputed, prinei-
paIly from the fact that no one else
appears TO have upon motion on the
truth long enough 70 meet il success
fully. Since. therefore. one is entitled
as much a. another 20 know the truth,
aud whereas none seem 70 know ex-
aetly what il is al all times, tie issue
lies in the success of being able TO pa
rade a possibility in the uniform Of
high degree Of probability. and make
the "other fellow" think you know
more than be does about il. In other
words. with an argument clipped Of
the same sheep. convince your opponent
by eloquenee, by illustration suited 70
your position, by anything bat the
truth Of the matter, that you are right
and he is wrong. Although we are not
all in possession of absolute truths
vet we are certain Of law Of eOmpen-
sation, or compromise. II YOU please.
which exists and 20 which We must all
bow in genuine respect
What has particularly led up to this
philosophical preamble was dis
patch relating the terrors Of the New
York subway. A short time ago the !
papers were prolific in praise Of mans
achievement in such a mighty aceom-
plishment as the subway. Today We
begin 10 see there Is q proportionate |
drawback interEoven in this modern |
avenue of intersocialization- These
subway tunnels are equipped with four
tracks The two outside tracks are
for local trains which stop at every |
street crossing, while the Two inside |
lines are for through trains which |
make one or two stops throughout the |
entire run. These through trains are
said 20 hit the subway train at about
50 miles per hour. The drawbacks
beginning 10 be experienced are the
running down Of track repairers and |
other footmen. The great subway is /
destined 90 rank with the automobile !
when i, comes 70 killing of population. |
Where tho biame lies will always b.
an open question concerning the FATAL
ties involved. but il must not be- over
looked tha, the people themselves arr
a careless set of creatures. Railway
engineers are more in dread of the peo. !
pie who haunt the tracks than the
broken rail- the tcothpick bridge or
the division superintendent II YOU
will ever take occasion 60 notice peo-
pie, you will see that thew will not
take safety II they can take = chance
iustead At the depot you see them
stsnding on the track until the COW
catcher begins 20 scrape the blaekening
"a their boots, before they will get
od the track and GA the platform
where they belong. No, only has an
engineer % watch these sublime idiots
az stations, bus they are distributed
aD along the tracks from one end Of
the line 10 the oiheg. Running up
TO a man walking ahead, the engineer
has uo means of knowing whether this
fellow with a tie pas hears the train
90 not, The engiucCr has learned from
experience With others that the fellow
viii not get on the track until the last
momeat, and although realizing what
a remarkable attraction railroad tracks
have for deaf mutes and drunkcn men.
the engineer is ohliged 90 presume that
the fellow Is aware of his approach
and take a chance along With the pc
dcstriau
Strcci ears are operated BY mcn who
have the same experience, People gct
ca she tracks and stand Sherc imag.
ining they leok like Nspolron crossing
the Alps, while the motormsn yanks
the tongue out of bis goag Chhdren
are allowed by busy parents 20 play
on she tracks They bald mnd houses
bctWcca the rails and opcn up a bake I
shop for their pies Thcse are the