The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-07
COY. HUGHES FOR R. R. REGULATION Tells Traffic Club in New York That People Are Deter
 mined Upon Some
 Just Control.
GET CONCRETE FACTS FIRST
To Solve Problems of Present Da, There Must be Honest CO-Opcra- tion-Things Must be as
 People Desire.

New York, March 6,-That the people are determined that there shall be ade- quate regulation of the railroads but that they are sincere in their avowed wish that such regulation shall be just, was the belief expressed by Governor Charles E. Hughes in an address be- fore the Traffic club tonight. The governor was guest at dinner of the club which also entertained the heads and other officials of many railroad corporations
 The governors conviction that there was an urgent necessity of first arriv- Ing at the concrete facts of the situa- tion and finding out just what was wanted befo.e any attempt was made to regulate was made plain also. The New York Public service commission was used as an illustration of the prop CT machinery for getting the traffic system and the people who patronize | it into touch with each other for theil mutual interest.
 | Other speakers were President w. w Finley, of the Southern Railway com pany: President George A. Post, of the Standard Coupler company, and William Sproule, traffic manager of the American Smeltng and Mining com pany.
 | Governor Hughes was introduced bl General Passenger Agent George A | Cullen, of the Delaware, Lackawanns & Western, as "the man who does bis things" This reference pleased tho fancy of the diners who cheered up roariously as the governor responded
 Governor Hughes said in part:
 There Is not the slightest question but what the great American peopl' are interested in their railroads ant want to see them developed, and wan to see them extended, and every possi ble means adopted to bring them III to the maximum of service In ordel that there may be no retarding in oul commercial relations of that extension and development which we are so anx ious to see. We are organized in so ciety not for the sake of government not In order to give men offices, no to establish positions of distinction O to give men authority for their selfsf purposes; but in order that men wh, are all equal. each one of whom is en titled to the same opportunity, shal have a fair field, with the condition maintained under which that fair fielt shall be offered and with that exten of government and no more which SC cures to every man his birthrght am his right to get his due according t his work and his ability.
 Now, in order that the proh'ems 0 this day may be solved there must b honest cooperation: there must be co operatrn in a necessary effort to hay everything what the people really de sire 1t to be- and that is right Moth Ing, as has frequently been said, i ever settled until 1t is settled right and as you go up and down this coun try and you meet the average Ameri can citizen in whatever organization or occupation you may find him, am you come to close quarters with hin and try to understand what he reall, wants, ninety times out of a hundre, lyou will find he only wants what i right. He may find some difficulty il telling you what 1t Is that is right how it ought to be obtained; but have an abiding confidence as mee my fellow citizens. in the honest de sire that the ordinary man has to SC all business conducted in perfectl straight way, to see the governmen managed and administered according to the intent of our constitution am the statutes. and to see every obi gation faithfully met and performed
 The governor said that railroad me must recognize the indisputable fac that the people had determined tha railroading was a public business an that it was to be regulated in the in terests of the public. Whether thi regulation came in the right way woul depend, he said, upon the sincerity an intelligence of the efforts to deal wit these matters in a sensible, fair an open way so that all rights might safeguarded with reference to all par ties concerned. The proper machin cry should be provided so that an one who thinks any particular thin Is not right will have place to g where his views will be heard and hon estly passed upon.
 He continued:
 The great danger is in throwin matters which demand careful andy sis and study of particular facts. 1T tricately related facts into seethin tCal5rOY nf popprol