Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-11-19
MUST
60 ALONG WITH
REGULATION
Railroads Must Earn IL per
Cent Annually in Order to
Keep Up With Times Declares
High Santa Fe Official.

I'll AAfA ~. iaAAi EtAN - AFttNfAANIf ~
protection should 20 with II.
II ~ not unlawful tor railroads &,
earn more han Q per cent annually
The} must earn more than double
that 10 keep up improvements an,
/ provide tor iean years.
These were some Of the points
made by W. D.. Hines, chairman 81
the executive committee II the board
OF directors 90 the santa Fe Railway
Al the Topeka public meeting held
recently
Mr.. Hines address is considered
one IT the c%leancst eut statements
made from the railroad view point
| He s1id
ar. Chairman. Ladies' and Gentle
mon.
A on officer 81 the santa Fe / am
particularly sratifled 70 have this OPP
p%ortunits e. address the citizens of
Topeka.
The Santa Re is a Kansas corpora :
tlon md has o ecrg large mileage IN
Kansas. So that Tor both these rea-
IONS it has important interests in
common with the people 81 Kansas.
we an recognize that "a new ergl
has come in railroad management,
the people have asserted and are now
exercising a very extensive control
over railroad affairs and through
their public officers are taking part
IN railroad management To q consid-
cradle extent. This is plain which We
consider the enormous powers which
have been conferred upon the inter
state commerce commission and upon
state commissions and officers.
I believe that railroad Officers gen
orally accept in the utmost good faith
this new state of affairs and earnestly
desire to cooperate with the public
ana to give The public full informa-
ton as 70 railroad conditions. ! have
come in contact 70 an unusual extent
with the presidents and general
sci OF practically all of the important
railroad companies IN the United
States aud have frankly exchanged
views with them upon this subject. so
that I think I am especially Wen
qualified to assure you that railroad
officers do accept the new order Of
things in the proper spirit.
IiaiIroad business Public Service.
The reason the public exercises
extensive control over railroad
management is because the railroad
business Is "a public service, and / be-
lieva that at the present time rail-
officers generally feel a pre-
found obligation 20 the public IN the
discharge OF this public service.
But the change which has como
about and hrs caused the public TO
take such active part In railroad
management calls for a change of at
titude on the part ci The public ne
woll MS IN the part of the railroads
| feel sure that the public must ap-
PROBATE that as II has assumed the
power TO control railroad manage
IN such important particulars II
also discharge tho responsible
ties which 60 with that power. and
u can not properly discharge
these responsibilities without a care
ful study OF railroad conditions. and
viewing 10 6 broad and intel
way the railroad situation as 2
when the people were attempting /
30 assert their right OF control It was ,
unnatural that they should as
IN attitude Ut hostilitN t,N1ra
railroads and should magnify 1
faults. But since the at
has been successful and the I
people. through their tribunals ROW
exercise this control there ought n 1
he an end L. this spirit OF hostility |
ana TO this tendency to magnify the l
occasional mistakes or mis- 1v Sc el
railroad people. The time has aotpe !
when thu public ought to consider fne
good points at the railroads ms we'll \
IS the bad and when Il should weigh
.he whole situation and act With y
thorough understandings ~ an thu
.pct~
Public should Also Protect.
The public regulates the railroads
lecalsc the railroad business o. %
,uhlio service. The ver, same rea-
demands that Tho public should
,%rottOt and foster tho railroad bust
lo.s nh, public ts,ors and pro-
every other form Of public
ereicc and thor, is uo other form
,f ulbli, service which Is condemned
impi, because at m. occasional mis-
axes or wrnnuful acts that MAJ, oc-
lfr Than ae the raflroad business
5 = uubli, seryIc. and h regulated bv
Tor that re.tson. whv no, ave
he railroads M le4st ID fafr measure
the s.mc consid.ratfon obirb mo
cubic ipvariabl, gives No. aU nther
nrns of puhll, s,rvic,s
Vh.refore .tsk this audience. as
important norton nf ia, Duhlf. of
d. statr ~ Kansas a. .onstaer ,rttb
ne I'm = thourhtful ana earnest snirit
,rtaio reilrn,,f n,,.s,f,,s ", ,re
vrirh an in,nortaut nnblfr scr-
tre pn5 Won nav. oseured tbe 70
~ r,ntr,lii,, 80 s.rv;co
y msu, Vi,nl r.snsrts. ~o-nsr,rerfi,
am any. ,o,, c.ill o~rc v.f,b We
,,t ~ ls .nf,~.t,. ,ron,r ~ ,.,,, 70
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