The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-08-05

of | speak when | say that the rail
road will never do anything caiculat
ed to retard the development of thi'
great state OF ours.
at is perfectly apparent to anyone
who will stop for moment to con
slider the situation, that the Shor1
Line cannot injurc idaho without in.
juring itself. Nor can the company
be injured without resultant harm to
the people it serves. You will always
find the Short Line willing to meet
you half way and more in any work
you may undertake for the better
ment of Idaho or of any section of
Idaho.
There may be those among you
who think the railroad does not al
ways do everything it should or
could do for the welfare of the terri
tory through which it runs. This is
quite true. In the hands of mere
mortals, as it is, the railroad is often
| guilty of sins of omission and of COM
mission. Any review of railroad his
tory must show, just as any review
of other human endeavor must show,
many things left undonc that should
have been done many things done
that should not have been done.
But | want to emphasize the fact
that the railroad must build up its
| territory if it would build up itself.
II 1t has not a prosperous constitu-
| ency 1t cannot itself be prosperous.
The partnership between the trans
portation company and the public is
so apparent that the need for calling
attention to it should not exist. The
railroad and the people are partners,
and as partners they should bear,
with such patience as they can mus
ter, the burdens of each other.
Nothing is more important to all
concerned than friendly feeling be-
tween the railroad and the people
who live along it's lines. And the
Oregon Short Line wants to do every
thing it can to promote that friend
ly feeling. AS it happens, we secure
your business in this section of the
state whether you desire to give it
to us or not. And that very fact, it
seems to me, should make us all the |
more careful to respect your wishes,
to be regardful of your rights, to use
every effort to make you contended,
and to keep you commended.
I'VE want you to come to us glad
ly with your business, to give to us,
not because you are obliged to, but
because you like to. We would have
you feel that, if there were dozen
railroads running between the same
points through your section, you
would keep right on giving your bust
ness to the Oregon Short Line.
ut is the desire of every indiyid
ual in the employ of the company To
Undue this public with the belief that
in trading with the Oregon Shore Line
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
you are trading with friend who
takes the keenest interest in your well
fare. If you have a grievance, real or
come to us with it, and come
in the same spirit you would use to- |
wards an esteemed neighbor whose
hens had gotten into your garden or
whose horse had damaged your lawn.
IF the grievance is fancied we will
do our very best to reason you out of
1t. If 1t is real we will correct it if
the thing is humanity possible. The
company is not always able to grant
every concession that is asked There I
are many angles to every railroad
situation. The welfare of the entire I
territory must be considered before
any conclusion can be reached. Often
what seems simple justice to one sec
lion might work grievous harm to an
other section. The interests of all I
must be looked after and a spirit of
honorable compromise must prevail.
but the chief requisite is the get I
ing together. If you will go directly
% responsible officials with your trou-
,les you will perhaps be surprised to {
ind that you are meeting with men i
Who take a personal interest in you
md who will do everything in their t
)ower to remove the last vestige of I
your discomfort. a
THE chief officials endeavor to i'm {
press upon all employees the desirable $
ty of dealing courteously with pa t
rons of the road. We want them to i
re obliging and agreeable at all times. t
But the patrons should do their share, Il
90. | have known of more than ?
ew instances in which a bilious pa
ron has tried to work off his crouch