The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-02-21
COUNTRY CLUB TALK
(For the Bulletin by x. Ray Faber).

Prof. Norman. one OF the finest
signs Of change in the tide from
reckless progression to calm and safe
conservatism should appear In the
management of railroads in different
ways, but especially in the running or
trains Safety should be substituted
| for speed. With the latter as the
prime aim the income of the roads is
pense account is greatly augmented.
High speed does not induce people
| to travel. They go when necessary
or when they feel like il, whether
trains are running thirty or sixty
miles an hour The wear and tear of
tracks and rolling stock by high
speed is very great. A majority OF
the destructive and costly accidents
are due to high speed schedules.
Making up lost time causes the loss
of many lives and much property In
/ the course of a year.
Dr. Stone: President Roosevelt is
man; he cerainly is speedy when rid
ing on horseback; but he supplied a
precedent for moderation recently
that should take effect upon the tray
cling public and upon railway mana
gers. He was returning from the CEN
ltennal celebration at the Lincoln
farm in Kentucky. His special train
was four hours and thirty minutes be-
Ihind the schedule time at Louisville,
THE railway officials resolved to make
this up before reaching Washington !:
but Roosevelt put his veto ION the
proposition. He wanted no extra
lspeed TO make up for lost time; he
Iprelerred safety and comfort Spcn
an example would hardly be expect
ed of him, and it should have effect
uUon those who are stralning steam
and electricity for rapid transit with
I0ut any sane reason for It,
Capt Turner: Roosevelt has a
charmng side to his nature. He
would look Ia the welfare of the com
Imon people and make them take the
Ipanaceas for their ills he prescribed
whether they wanted to or not lie
would make the very rich bear their
share of the public burdens and pre-
vent them from robbing the people
: with goyernment-fostered monopolies
He is philanthropic, SO much so that
he is apt to endorse every fad pre-
scented 10 him by any bunch of erankS
or self.seekers in the name OF philan
lanthropy. He does not give these
calm consideration he did the PROPOSE
ton to send him through to Washing
ton from Louisville at a speed limit
ed only by the capacity of steam pow
er. A few days ago lot OF oil
. women and men met in Washington
| in behalf of homeless children. Thel
plan was to have the general gov
; ernment provide for these, and thel
appealed to Roosevelt TO help them
The president commended them anC
sent q special message TO congress
asking legislation to provide for the
ltiiiuTtu III Tic lJlSltICl Vi 1Oluilibit
and the territories. These section.
have their local legislative bodies and
can provide for homeless children a.
well as the states can. AZ all philan
thropic effort was dumped upon gov
eminent, how would the philanthropy
| lists employ their time? They woull
be unhappy. Some college professor.
and others, constituting a commission
to determine how country life coule
be made more attractive, met a
Washington recently. Roosevelt com
mended their work to congress ant
asked an appropriation for IT, Farm
ers average the most intelligent an,
} best informed people of the country
and If they cannot determine how {,
make country life profitable and. al
iractiye it is useless for college pro
=, fesscrs 10 undertake the job.