The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-31

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ssd h-tt that the employees - q r.,-f..-.
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their needs bstter than ! can knpw .
and they Ars thsrsfor. the safe xlaryl ..r.
/ Whioh must dep~nd In order o. fr,. ..
mo frOm doing than an injustice.
inasmuch 80 Mr. Baldwin apph,-i .
theory practically In the operation % .
railways under hts control. n va Y-
natural that tho dsgr~s % success Wr...
h. achieved should aitra"t ai'.r'
among railroad msn and comma.
their respect His insi-s"nc- g,....
tho right % employees - CON.
bins In furthSrAnoe Of th.tr own l-g.
innate interests vas accompanied D., ..
correlativs assertion Of like right on 80.
part % the employers. -Ths hrst business
conviction which Western sxperi-nca
despensd in him was thu necessity % com
bination' twithstAnding the popula-
feeling the other way and the cTys,allisa-
ton Of that popular feeling In statute
he was opposed Co unrestricted competi-
ton between railroads: hs favored Legal
lied pools ~ conducive 60 stability OF rates
he advocated In substance a unified sys-
TEN Of railroad operation embracing the
great lines Of the country. bus subject 90
such Governmental regulation a. II essen
tial in the interest Of the public. His tiaA
Of the proper relations between the rail-
ways and the State can be expressed In
a single sentence: The exact fair cost
should be capitalized. and after capital
has its proper return and business ef1ci-
ENJOY is maintained. the surplus Is 60 20
where IL belongs. TO the public II usei
TO be said among his friends. Baldwin IL
sort of Socialist after all. but be
does not seem 20 have gone any further
than this. Although steadfastly insisting
that the first obligation Of public corpora
tons il loyalty and fidelity 20 their pubic
trusts. he held that the performance ~
this obligation could be insured by sta,u-
tory regulation without resort 20 Govern
ment ownership Of the railroads. To Gov
eminent ownership or management he
could never be converted He insisted uppn
private possession. to BE- exercised. how
ever. in the public interest. In this respect
Mr. Baldwin was not radical enough 20
suit his socialistic friends who preferred
public Ownership. Nor did his frendli-
neas toward trade unionism extend a. far
as the leaders Of organized labor desired
: Against the logic OF the closed shop Bald
win was a. flint. No employer should be
compelled to hire or keep men by any out
A.. ahAs,lA harA 10 hharTv
which the men themselves asked. II they
were FREQ 20 leave him. he should he free
TO turn them OF There should be the open
shop 10 which unionirt and non-unionist
alike could come. and from which no non
unionist should for that reason be turned
adrift
As the author points out. Mr.. Baldwin's
views Of railroad economies furnished
the corporations which he served with
working principle Of solid. social value
Separately considered. there was nothing
new or extraordinary in any one 81 these
views, hut their combiEAt alton constituted
a practical standard for successful rail
road management on large scale and
this j. why his career Possesses elements
q exceptional interest and has made the
present biography worth while.
AHlLt from nus TtAlHOsel WOTh, MI bAll-
wins more conspicuous activities related
10 negro education in the South and tome
ment house reform in the city Of New York
He advocated the Tuskegee system Of
INST ruction for the colored race. and A. a
trustee % the institution there under tho
presidency Of Booker Washington he par
icipatei personally in that noteworthy
movement for the advancement Of the
negro. He was chairman OF the Commit
80 Of Fifteen in this city which invcsti-
gated the increase Of gambling and pros
tuition with view Of suggesting effective
methods Of dealing with these evils. The
'e-rilts were negative rather than positive.
Iut a foundation was laid for future con
.trictive work. The most definite out
'oms was decision against the segrega-
ion ~ prostitution in any particular part
Il the city.
The reader ~ this colums will learn
good deal about some Of our most impor-
ant present day problems in addition 90
making the acquaintance Of a singllarly
attractive chATacter-a man Of force
20 play the game good with
,ut being goody and q reformer without
being a doctrinaire.