Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-09-14
SANGTiftED At LAST.
An official announcement has

holdings of Baltimore & Ohio and Nor
| fork Il Western shares These stocks
| were purchased some six years ago, IL
I Is stated, Tor tho purpose OF est dish
ing such relations with the manage
ments of those properties rs would
incline them to join the Pennsylvania
Railroad OmpHny in Nh effort To
abolish secret rebates and preferences.
| Ohtinuinp the statement issued by
| the COMPANY says THE desired re-
suit having been realized, AID the
management eiIt er talning no feais that
the railroads Of the country will ever
tall back into the old praciices, the di-
rect0rs OF The company had thought
it wise to reduce its ownership in these
companies y
| The above item which the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad has caused to be Issued
is one of the most remarkable utteran-
ces found IN the literature of the day.
Mark we'll the following sentence !:
These stocks were pure hased some
six years ago, for the purpose ut es
tablisbing such relations with the
nanagements of those properties as
would incline them to jim the Penn
| by wanna ASaitOSbd III ob NhoA u
TO abolish secret rebates and prefer
ences."
The PENNSYLVANIA purchased these
stocks-why In order to establish
such relations with the arrangements
of these properties as would Incline
note the phraseolOg y-INCLINE THEM
to join the Pennsylvania in an effort
to abolish sc cret rebates aud prefer
ences.
| What mastery IF ,rt for good Six
years ago Mr.. Cassatt tells us he pur-
chased these stocks-not for gain. not
| for greed, not for investment, not to
control other properties, but simply to
''incline" other railway to join in an
effort to abolish rebates and preferen-
ces. Glorious thought, mastery con-
ceptiOn. Now after this noble work
began, this iniative for high morality
on the part Of the Pennsylvania, let
US see how the purifying persuasion
worked. how much of the seed fell in
good ground.
Within the period stated the b no.
tore up the tracks of the branch road
which permitted the Fulmers to mine
and ship coal, and drove them out #
! business 1t WAS this act which fol ced
the TIllman Gillespie resolution This
was only one of hundred. possibly a
thousand, lawless acts committed by
the B. & o. soon after the purifying
! purchase of the aforesaid stock.
The influence of the Pennsylvania
railway upon the Norfolk q Western
tending to 'incline" it to noble deeds,
higher purposes and sincerer regard
for the law, can be traced to the battles
which Col. Browning, an independent
coal dealer, has waged against them
in an effort to get decent treatment,
which he never succeeded in getting,
but which be has fought for in season
and out of season. The 'inclining"
influenc of the Pennsylvania was also
such as to cause Mr.. l.. E. johnson,
president of that road, to incline to
drive out and keep out any indepen-
dent operation of coal on that line, and
adopted policy of preference for the
Norfolk g. Western own Coal Co. So
far did Mr.. johnson 60 under this in
Ginning influence that be boldly and
defantly announced that it was THE
POLICY OF THE NORFOLK & WESTERN
NOT TO PERMIT ANY MORE COAL TO
BE MINED ALONG THAT LINE. This
announcement was made so well with
in the time since which the Pennsylva-
MIA purchased Norfolk & Western
stock that the ''iDclining" influence Of
that corporation must have been ever
present.
With these notable Inspirations for
good, SO broad and philanthropic that
content to do good wlIhin I.s own
q on, but must go forth and Christian
ize the railroad world, behold the sin
cliningn Influences of the PennsyIva.
MIA, at home upon its own system and
Its own officers. The Interstate Com
| merce Commission, with the assistance
of Mr.. VIM. A. Glasgow, has been ex-
aiming into it's deeds. and the sweet
purity of it's conversion. In the face
of the prOtestations of the sanctifying
influences which caused the Pennsyl-
vania to purchase the stocks which it
now agrees to sell, it is impossible to
find fitting expressions, especially
when almost every high Official of that
road was proven a CRATER. and the
road hOneycombed with rebates and
preferences.
| 1.-The desired result having been &C
cOmplished, I'VE are told, they entertain
no fears of the railroads falling back
on their old practices. Desired re
sults'' is peculiarly good, peculiarly
expressive, and possibly, in fact true,
| if the results desired were really known.
Was ever stock purchased for 30 high
and noble purpose Will there
ever be such purchase againp Did
, ever a railway go on such a crusade of
evangelizing, or on such noble mis-
sion? Long before the Investigation
now going on was undertaken, or in
deed thought of, six years ago, we are
told. the good work started and I'M
abated, has been going on, until now
the full Tuition is at hand. The stock
can be sold, because the glorious end
is accomplished, and no more will
the railroads fall back upon their old
practices. Like Saul of Tarsus, the
Pennsylvania has fought good fight
and there is now laid up for it a crown
of glory; like Paul when he spoke to
the Corinthians, this great refOrmer
can now exclaim: Moreover breth-