The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-01
I'VE ARE NOT PLANNING FOR
TODAY ALONE, BUT FOR
TOMORROW.
COOPERATION IS THE SOLUTION
How One Railroad Official Views the
Questions at Issue Between the
People and Railroads.

man of the board of directors of the
Rock Island & Pacific Railway. was
asked by the Worlds Work to out
line his views on the railroad prob
lem, and the steps that must be taxi
EN- to settle it,. This article is the
result. As one of the leaders of the
New School of railroad officials he
Is quallhed to speak with authority.
DelleVe that the solution of the
railroad problem is to be found in the
cooperation of the people and the
railroads. through the government of
TIE united States. The time has
gone by when the railroad could po
ahead and work out its plans and
carry out its operations without con
sutllng the interests of the people
me railroad must fall in line with
the democratic institutions of this
country. =
That there have been mistakes bv
the railroads we admit, and that some
OF the troubles today are the legiti-
mate and logical outgrowth of such
mistakes. The object of the en-
l1ghtened railroad manager and of
the enlightened legislator must be to
correct as far as possible existing er-
rofs, TO make a repetition i'm
possible, and to establish perma-
nent OASIS upon which the people and
the railroad can transact their bust
ness In the future without injustice
either to one or to the other.
me current created by the existing
agitation must be e'turned into a safer
channel, or great harm will be done
both to the railroads and to the peo-
pie. This agitation has reached Il
point where 1t may he said to carry
threat to the general welfare Of
the country; because it threatens to
AFFECT the industrial welfare of the
country, with the millions of men,
women and children directly depend
ent upon these enterprises. do not
believe that the people desire the de-
struction of the railroad properties:
and ! believe that the people. the
government and the railroads are
united in this desire to turn this
current of agitation from destruction
to construction
The public demands that the rail
roads of the United States shall be so
regulated by law as to prevent future
injustice in their management or dis
elimination in their conduct. The
government of the United States is
shaping its administrative policy To
that end. AS railroad manager
and as an individual, heartily en-
dorse this policy and shall do all
can to promote such course.
We are not planning and legislat-
ing for today alone. but for tomor-
row, when there will be more than
1OO,OOO,OOO people in the United
States producing and consuming
Therefore the problem of n fair adj
justment between the railroads and
the people through the government
Is a problem of greater responsibility
than any other problem of the gem
Grafton. We must face il with omen
minds. laying aside all personal am
bition and our private prejudice to
seek first the good of all the people.
which is also the good of all the rail
roads.
should like TO take up in sections
the several points that seem to form
the basis, not only of the popular ag
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1. riiihih"'ioh oi tHe heoa'e'
The Hepburn act is effective. and Is
both lust and wise. AS time goes on.
the machinery for the enforcement of
the act will improve and should i'm
proye. and the enlightened railroad
managers will co-onerate with the
government and with the people to
enforce the law. believe in the
principle of the act. which is that
there shall be uniformity of charges