The Washington herald., 1910-06-05
By JAMES b. sIoRRow.

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India and the South African Coast
manufacturer in Boston who worked
up a strike for higher wages among his
own employees.
At the age Of twenty-six. driving man
OF business. but an accidental bankrupt, |
through a caprice Of nature, owing S250.000 |
Throughout his life. into which the fore
going is but a hurried glance. Edward |
Augustus Moseley, friend of the worker in /
a blouse. has had many unique adven- |
lures on land and water.
Rehabilitated in personal fortune. his |
obligations of honor settled in full, he is |
now the happy and willing creditor Of the |
human race and the debt is so monsUous- |
ly large that II never can be paid.
At the request OF President Cleveland. |
made In 1851, Mr.. AIOSeley came 10 Wash |
tngton as secretary Of the newly created
Interstate Commerce Commission. He has
been here, therefore, from the very outset
OF the efforts Of the national government
10 regulate the railroads OF the United
States. The sins Of transportation are bet
ter known to him than 10 any other man.
Congress goes TO him for information and
advice. Shippers and consumers are daily
benehciaries of his alert intelligence and
his unwearied labors in their behalf.
Not Working for Money.
With means of his own, Mr. Moseley
is not in Office for a living AS one
who knows him well. truly says: He
goes forth every day not TO hold down
job or work for himself, but always
to work for others" Entitled to large
fees, he does not take them. and TO
500 year additional, as dlsbursing OFF,
Ger Of the commission. but he declines
10 draw the money. When Cuba,
waither he was sent by President RoOse-
Welt, offered him 5000 for writing its
railroad law and schedule OF freight tar
ifs. he declined to accept a penny.
A big man. surely: and big physically
with the smile, the kindly brown eyes,
and the hearty voice and manner which
make him everybodys good friend and
excellent neighbor And yet he is a
rough, shrewd, and dangerous adver-
sary Anyway. railroad Hobbies are of
that opinion.
Economically, which means Offlcially,
Mr. Moseley has been Of tremendous
constructive and material value 10 the
country His work for mankind, how
ever Is beyond computation IN the mat
ter of dollars. Automatic couplers. air
brakes, and strong grab irons On the
ends and sides of freight cars were
forced upon the railroads after years OF
the hardest kind Of fighting, Mr., Nose
lev planned the campaign, started It, led
II from first 70 last, and was present al
the final surrender Of the forces Of prop
,-frr 10 bt4roouftv
Helping the Employees.
For two decades this man. unnOticed
By the public, has been thinking and
toiling day and night for the railroad
employe who carries a dinner bucket.
Every law safeguarding life and limb on
railroads is either wholly his own by
suggestion and authorship or largely his
own by energetic agitation and general
enlightenment All OF the various organ
izationS Of railroad men In the country
have thanked him by resolutions, en-
crossed IN large script and framed. MY
trophies" Mr. NIOseley smilingly calls
them The legislature OF Massachusetts,
proud of his citizenship, sent him its
greetings for his distinguished services
in the cause of humanity" Better still.
coupling accidents on the railroads OF
the United States were decreased from
g.063 In 1893 10 ,9S5 IN 1908.
II switchman. a section hand. an en-
gineer, or a brakeman has suffered an
Injustice or If he is killed IN the line
of duty and leaves a family, he or his
widow may write 10 Mr.. Moseley and in
return get practical instructions and,
perhaps. a letter Of introduction to some
kind-hearted lawyer.
When a meritorious case is lost in one
court Mr. Moseley has been known to
supply the money for an appeal 10 a
higher authority My position as secre-
tary Of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission" he said to me, would be in
tolerable were It not for the work can
do voluntarily for the men in overalls
who are moving the freight Of the coun-
try"
The Moseleys, in money and influence,
were the most important inhabitants of
Newburyport. IN Massachusetts. Two
brothers Of Edward Augustus are mil
uonaire business men in Boston His
father was an East India merchant and
shipbullder
Gets Experience at Sea-
mo boy in NewburypOrt." Mr. Moseley
said to me. could attain 10 a high
standing. socially or IN a personal sense,
unless he went 10 sea- 1 had gone
through the public schools. learning
geometry and Latin, and mixing with
the people. as my father said, when the
civil war came on. I wanted 10 be a
soldier. My father thought I ought to
be a sailor. was sixteen years old, and
not very skillful at an argument So we
compromised. With a tarpaulin on my
head. hard as wood and vanished until
it gllsteped, and wearing trousers that
fared from the knees down, a blue
woolen shirt. a flowing black necktie. and
a pea1acket, I was put aboard an East
Indaman IN Boston. We had lumber
for the south coast of Africa. and thence
were to sail to Calcutta, I was only a
boy. but I shipped before the mast at 5!
a month, my father saying that compe-
tent navigators never entered their hon
oTable profession through a window OF
the cabin
Our crew consisted OF eighteen men
only one Of whom, except myself coult
speak English The rest were the off
scourings OF hades. They all came 4
the ship drunk and were lifted aboard
with block and tackle. After we go
under way the captain and mate bea
them with Delaying pins TO make then
sober. AS the vessel left the wharf and
I could see the growing width of water
home crept into my heart, and, bending
over the rail I wept into tho harbor
Until then I had never been away ovei
night from my mother
Attacked with IA Knife.
1--WE ate salt pork. beef the color o